Phil Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 Can any of the officials / promoters / team managers please check what the rules are with regards poor weather during a SWC meeting. I seem to remember it was not very clear last time we had the SWC in the UK. Track Preparation. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE can we keep Mr Ole Olsen away from the track! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted August 2, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2004 So no one knows the rules? Hopefully there will be no rain but it is a shame no one appears to know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomhaines Posted August 2, 2004 Report Share Posted August 2, 2004 It's speedway Phil, the rules are made up as they go along Weather looks good for today though. Fingers crossed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomazpozrl Posted August 2, 2004 Report Share Posted August 2, 2004 (edited) Here are some rules from SWC rulebook : 078.1.4 Dates of the meeting The SWC meetings can be held during daylight or during the evening under floodlights. The Speedway World Cup calendar will be established pursuant to Art. 20.1.2 of the FIM Sporting Code. Once the allocated date for the meeting is known, no other Track Racing meeting(s) can be staged at the venue five days prior to that date and until two days after. To provide for postponements that may be necessary, for example because of weather conditions, the FMNR or the organiser must declare one re-staging date, with the exception of the Final event, where two dates must be declared. The restaging date or dates must always be as close as possible to the original date of the meeting. These shall be notified in the Supplementary Regulations (SR). If the meeting is postponed again and cannot be held on the re-staging date or dates, the meeting classification shall be decided according to the ranking-list (Art. 078.8.1). Highest team ranking, placed 1st ; second highest team ranking, placed 2nd and so on. The SWC Final Tournament has precedence over any other Track Racing meeting, with the exception of the Speedway Grand Prix meetings. 078.1.4.1 Re-staging or abandonment of a meeting If a SWC meeting is interrupted or suspended for any reason whatsoever, the following rules will apply : 1. If the meeting is interrupted before heat 15 is accomplished, and the remaining heats cannot be completed the same day, then the results are not taken into consideration and the whole meeting must be re-staged in accordance with Art. 078.1.4 – Dates of the meeting. 2. If the meeting is interrupted at any time after Heat 15 is accomplished and the remaining heats cannot be completed the same day, the results will be considered valid and the following will determine the meeting classification : The team with the highest number of points, considering the total number of points scored up to and including the last completed heat shall be declared the winner ; the team with the second highest amount of scored points shall be declared second and so on. In the case of teams tied on points, precedence shall be given to the team having the greatest number of first, second, third, fourth (or fifth where applicable) places. If ties still persist, then precedence shall be given to the better-ranked team (see Art. 078.8.1). Edited August 2, 2004 by tomazpozrl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
21st century heathen Posted August 2, 2004 Report Share Posted August 2, 2004 Glad to see someone knows what's going on. I assume that if tonights meeting was rained off it would have to be on Wed, tomorrows on Thurs, and the play off on Fri??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adder Posted August 2, 2004 Report Share Posted August 2, 2004 Seems like a total balls-up to me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shazzybird Posted August 2, 2004 Report Share Posted August 2, 2004 No Adder that's Speedway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mylor Posted August 2, 2004 Report Share Posted August 2, 2004 Seems like a total balls-up to me! Adder, We'd be interested to read your alternative solution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adder Posted August 2, 2004 Report Share Posted August 2, 2004 Seems like a total balls-up to me! Adder, We'd be interested to read your alternative solution. I was merely asking if there was a plan in case of rain-offs this week, and what happens if a meeting gets abandoned before it is completed due to the weather. Nobody seems to know the answer with the only posting attempting to give an answer being the one above which was lifted straight from the rule-book. If you could therefore clarify the situation regarding this weeks events then I would be most grateful! Tis a good job tonights meeting isn't in Swindon, it has just started emptying it down. And its not even a Thursday!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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