I second this. In my last race they had a special tent where you could go for refuelling and there were generally no issues. In another race we had to put fuel ourselves and let’s just say it did not go very well for some teams, with all the spilled gas the karts were probably fire hazards and some teams underfueled their karts and ran out of fuel in the middle of the track, probably not quite the result they were expecting by letting the teams handle everything
1 stop will be fine in theory but it can make the race quite boring. Especially considering strategy is one of the main elements of an endurance race, 1 stop makes it more like a longer sprint race and that’s not quite as fun imo.
Worth adding that a run time for two hours on a tank is based on having a central tank on the kart vs using the smaller tank on the engine. It’s probably closer to 40/60mins on the engine supplied tanks
This also means you’ll need an external fuel pump.
Additional swaps can be made and do not require a hold in the swap area.
A kart swap will act as a fuel stop and will be a timed stop of 3 minutes.
A kart swap/fuel stop counts towards the 19 required stops.
No more than 4 karts may be in the swap station at any one time.
Drivers will enter the kart as instructed by the pitlane official.
A driver change may occur during a kart swap, but still at the designated driver change area.
The fuel windows are anticipated every 2:15 to 2:30. It is the teams’ responsibility to not run out of fuel.
3 total teammates may be in the kart swap station
From a practical standpoint… the team needs to let the timing/pit person who is managing the traffic in and out of pits that they are doing a fuel stop. The pit person is tracking stops and timing the holds.
The team needs to be flexible as the refuel staging area can only hold a certain number of karts. The team has to be aware of the fuel station situation before bringing their driver in, in case it’s full.
It occurs to me that there’s a lot of stuff you’ll learn by doing.
Things break and karts stop on track. Somehow you have to get them going again. If it’s a flat tire, for example, that’s not really their fault, so maybe you give them back some time.
Just a lot of little things that will transpire that you’ll have to figure out on the fly.
It might be a good idea to do a small test run. Do a 2hr with a group of friends and see how it goes. For the test run, make it 4 stops and make one of them have to be a refuel.
You’ll need more karts than teams for sure.
For the start, you can do either a rolling, standing, or lemans style start.
The standing or lemans is probably easier than the rolling.
@EnduranceKarting Chris has been doing this for years. He’s a busy guy but maybe he has some thoughts for a first time enduro race director.
Teams must make a total of 19 required stops (resulting in 20 driver stints) on pit road during the course of the 8 Hour event.
Drivers are not required to exit the kart during this stop.
Meatball Flags will count towards one of your stops, Black Flags will not.
There are no stint time limits, however a driver showing signs of being weary will be called in for a mandatory driver change.
Pit Lane
A safe speed is necessary on Pit Lane at all times.
Drivers are to come to a complete, controlled stop at each band of yellow caution tape without sliding or passing the tape.
A full stop means the front wheels are stopped.
Failure to stop completely will yield a 5 second time penalty.
Unsafe pit entry will yield up to a 30 second penalty.
If 2 karts enter the pitlane nose to tail and stop together at the yellow tape, then they may proceed together, like a train.
Pitlane entry is closed to non-emergencies mechanical or driver needs 15 minutes prior to the end of the race. Karts can be in the pitlane after the entry is closed.
Each stop on pit road will be timed to 20 seconds by our staff.
During the 20 second stop, the pit official will confirm the weight in the kart is correct for the driver in the kart, or the driver getting in.
PLEASE NOTE: The last bit is inaccurate. The pit timing person doesn’t verify weight. The driver when he exits the kart goes to a weigh in stand and registers their weight. There’s a finite amount of lead so taking your lead in and out of kart is problematic. In practice, if a lighter driver is getting in, he’ll add his lead to mine and I’ll grab a weight at weigh in to show what I was carrying. It’s sort of code of honor, really.
If you do a lemans start with seatbelts… have a team member waiting at the kart to help with the seatbelt when the driver jumps in. (Behind kart). They can only go when it’s buckled!!!
