OFFICIAL SERIES RULES
1. Tire Class Regulations
2. Class Equipment Regulations
3. General Equipment Regulations
3.1 Definition of “Production Style”: As produced for and equipped on machines sold by manufacturers and their dealers (OEM), or be produced as a direct replacement for OEM the equipment.
3.2 All machines must retain and utilize production Style ATV / UTV Engine, Transmission, and Differential.
3.3 No Motorcycle, car, or truck engines, transmissions, or differentials allowed.
3.4 Axel paddles are allowed, as long as the axels remain as Production Style for the ATV or UTV.
3.5 Stretched or modified frames and tube chassis are allowed.
3.6 All types of tires are allowed but must be run in the appropriate class, as measured by the tire’s actual physical dimensions, not the dimensions indicated on the side of the tire.
3.7 Maximum of 4 Tires are allowed on a machine at one time.
3.8 No Tracks or track-type systems are allowed; all tires must be air inflatable tires.
4. Procedural Rules and Regulations
4.5 A machine may enter into the event under only one driver.
4.6. Second runs are available for purchase at the time of registration up to the time of the driver’s meeting.
4.7 You must run the original machine you entered into the event for any subsequent runs including second runs and run offs.
4.8 If you’re not present and ready for your run when your run is up, you will be disqualified.
4.9 You cannot exit the hole on the starting-line side once your run has begun.
4.10 Reversing is allowed if a machine has fully entered the hole.
4.11 Registration opens at 9am, and closes at 10:30am.
4.12 Registration for your classes and all runs must be purchased before the start of the driver’s meeting.
4.13 Driver running order will be drawn at random for each class at the rider’s meeting. Second runs will be drawn as a second heat to be run after all first runs are completed.
4.14 All drivers must attend the driver’s meeting themselves in-person. No rider representatives are allowed to attend in place of a registered driver.
4.15 Unsportsmanlike conduct will be immediately disqualified.
4.16 All pit official scoring calls will be made at their pit and will be final and will be final upon a 3-person committee review.
4.17 “Floating” and “Skimming” are both allowed.
4.18 There will be a 5 (five) minute time limit for each run.
4.19 All competitors must start with the center of your tire on the starting line as drawn by the official.
5. Safety Rules and Regulations
5.1 Only 1 (one) person per machine during runs – regardless of manufacturer seating or ability.
5.2 Helmets are required for all drivers.
5.3 Goggles, safety glasses, and fire retardant suits are recommended for all drivers.
5.4 You (the driver) must be present for the drivers meeting, and number draws.
5.5 After registration, prior to the drivers meeting, You must have your machine(s) and all tires ready for pre-race inspection and machines will remain in the staging area.
5.6 You cannot leave your machine or touch the ground in a manner to support your weight or to advance forward progress at any time during your run, or your run is over.
6. Timing, Measurement, and Scoring Regulations
6.1 All runs are counted at the place that your machine comes to rest at the end of your run – reverse at your own risk. Driver’s must stop the machine when time is up or the driver will be disqualified.
6.2 All runs will be measured by official measuring tape/string/instrument, measured from the side of the hole at the point at which it intersects the official scoring device placed across the hole by the pit judge at the designated area determined by rule 5.3.
6.3 Runs are scored at the furthest forward point of the front tire that is visible, or furthest point visible on the machine that is used for a mechanical purpose will be used for distance measurement.
6.4 In the event of a tie on distance, the fastest running time to achieve the furthest distance run in your class will be deemed the winner. You must let the pit official know your run is over in order to stop the clock.
6.5 Run time will start based on when the machine breaks the beams of the laser timers.
6.6 The end of your run will be the point at which either A) the machine breaks the finish line laser beams B) Tell or signal to the pit official that your run is over or C) you come off your machine or a part of your body touches the ground in a manner to support your weight or advance forward progress.
6.7 In the event that two runs tie on both distance AND time, the tied machines will go to a run-off, each getting one additional run, which will be scored on both distance and time. If only one machine can make the re-run, under that machine’s own power, the driver of that machine will be deemed the winner. In the event that both machines are broken and unable to make a re-run, the result will be declared a tie, and the points and prize monies will be split between the competitors.
6.8 All runs will be measured and recorded in the official results on both distance and time.
7. Series Points
7.1 Points Distribution
1st – 100 points
2nd – 95 points
3rd – 90 points
4th – 85 points
5th – 80 points
6th – 75 points
7th – 70 points
8th – 65 points
9th – 60 points
10th – 55 points
11th – 50 points
12th – 45 points
13th and lower – 40 points
7.2 In the event of a tie on championship points, the driver that has covered the most distance during the current racing season will be deemed the winner. In the event that season distances are also tied, the tie will be decided on the lowest cumulative run times throughout the season.
8. Payouts
9. Additional Rules and Regulations
9.1 All rules are final.
9.2 All Southern Bounty Series official’s calls and judgements are final.
9.3 Southern Bounty Series reserves the right to change this rulebook at any time.