Billy cart derby race rules

1            All drivers must wear a good condition helmet (bicycle/motorcycle) with chin strap secured

2            All drivers must wear enclosed shoes, No Thongs or sandals permitted

3            Four wheels only - NO three-wheel designs

4            Must have braking system on a minimum of 2 (two) wheels.

5            Must have firmly secured seating

6            Steering wheel with shaft and connected steering rods is permitted for all ages

7            Simple rope to front axle steering – up to and including 12 years of age must be use both feet and hand rope to steer

8            Maximum distance- front of cart to center of rear axle = 1800mm

9            Minimum width – outside of wheel to outside of wheel 450mm

10       Maximum width- outside of wheel to outside of wheel 1000mm

11       Minimum wheel diameter = 150mm

12       Minimum ground clearance = 75mm

13          Must have tow ring on both front and back of cart (No tow ring no tow to the top of the hill)

14          Tow ring must be no smaller than 50mm diameter

15          Driver deliberately leaving their lane = 5secound penalty

16          Driver deliberately crashing their cart = disqualified

17          Driver and/or cart not ready to race on call = disqualified

18          Maximum weight of cart (excluding driver) 80kg

19          Twin carts must have 2 fixed seating

20          Passengers of a twin cart must not exceed the age of 6 yrs

21          Drivers to take cart to the finish marshalling area immediately at the end of their run

22          Each driver will require to race only once in each lane of the 3 lanes

23          Driver racing in the same lane a 2nd or 3rd time will have a 5 second penalty added to their overall time

24          All 3 times will need to be recorded to determine a drivers place on the leader board, if you don’t complete all 3 runs your times will not be calculated for a 1st, 2nd or 3rd position