About
Supersprinting is a track driving competition which is against the clock and is an ideal way of developing track driving skills in a much safer environment than door to door motor racing. Most competitors aim for achieving “Personal Best” times, others like to compete with vehicles in similar Classes. The NSW Club Supersprint Series is an ideal way for drivers to enter into timed events either in a competitive way or for simply having fun on the track by trying to beat your own best lap times.
This Series offers quality timed competition for competitors wishing to compete at a Club level with events being held in conjunction with the NSW State Supersprint Championships.
The benefit of these combined events is that entry costs can be better kept under control due to better track utilisation and that there is a pathway to a higher level of competition if the competitor wants it.
Vehicles
The requirements for vehicles are not as onerous in the NSW Club Supersprint Series as they are in the NSW State Supersprint Championships. Whereas in the State Supersprint Championships vehicles that are not road registered must have a Motorsport Australia log book, a log book is not a requirement for unregistered vehicles in the NSW Club Supersprint Series. Similarly, safety cages are not required in vehicles without road registration (other than single seat racing cars) competing in the NSW Club Supersprint Series whereas they are required in vehicles competing in the State Supersprint Championship. (Schedule J 3.2)
How to Join
Competitors may compete in the NSW NSW Club Supersprint Series by (1) becoming a member of a Motorsport Australia Sporting Car Club; (2) obtaining a Motorsport Australia Speed licence (or higher) and (3) registering (at no cost) to have a NSW Club Supersprint Series competition number issued. That number (numbers are issued in the range #4 to #899) will remain yours to use as long as you remain an active competitor.
Registration will also provide you with priority event entry enabling you to enter events two weeks before they open to the general public. Quite an advantage when events have full fields, as entries are accepted on a first-in basis.
TO REGISTER: Please go to the Competitor Portal, create a login account if you don’t already have one and complete your registration information. You will be asked for your preferences of a competition number and the Registrar will try and give you one as close to your preference as possible.
Registrants will also receive 1000 Loyalty Points from Pro Speed Racing.
To lock in these points please email Daniel Sparrow at daniel@prospeedracing.com.au.
Competitors may also enter NSW Club Supersprint Series event as a Privateer after entries open to the general public if they comply with (1) & (2) above, but haven’t registered for an NSW Club Supersprint Series competition number. Privateers will be allocated a competition number for that event only between #900 and #999.
Scrutineering
Vehicles competing must all comply to Motorsport Australia safety requirements. Apart from being in good mechanical condition there are several additional requirements that, for example, a road registered vehicle must comply with. References below are to the Motorsport Australia manual schedules:
Competition numbers on both sides of the vehicle (Supplementary Regulations & Schedule K)
Competition “dayglo” number on top passenger side of windscreen (Supplementary Regulations & Schedule K)
Blue triangle (150mm sides) showing battery location (Schedule B q)
Fire extinguisher solidly mounted within reach of the driver less than 3 years old (Schedule H)
Any forward facing glass lenses are to be covered with adhesive material (not red) (Schedule B p)
Front and rear tow points with their location clearly marked. OEM acceptable on road registered vehicles (Supplementary Regulations & Schedule B)
All Privateer vehicles will undergo a scrutiny safety check in the Scrutineering Bay prior to competition. Other vehicles will be subject to an audit program that will check each vehicle on average every four events. Vehicles due for a scrutineering check will receive an “Audit Required” scrutineering sticker at Registration and are to take their vehicle to the Scrutineering bay for a scrutineering check and self extraction test at a time of their choice between 9:30am and 1:00pm. Vehicles with an “Audit Required” sticker will not be permitted on the track after 1:00pm.
It is a Motorsport Australia requirement that competitors can exit their vehicles in 10 seconds or less in an emergency. A self-extraction test is to be carried out at least every 12 months and together with the vehicle scrutineering results, the test result will be recorded in the NSW Club Series competitor data base.
Vehicles with a Motorsport Australia log book will be included in the Target Audit program.
Apparel
If your car has a Race, Rally/Road or Off Road log book a FHR system and Level A helmet, otherwise a Level B helmet with no additions or modifications unless approved by the manufacturer (Schedule D)
Ankles to neck to wrist outerwear, no flammable synthetics, no exposed ankles (Schedule D)
Footwear, closed shoes with non synthetic uppers (Schedule D)
Scrutiny Check Items List
Please click here for a full list of items that scrutineers check. This includes references to which part of the Motorsport Australia Manual’s Technical Index where the full details are shown, and if these requirements are included in the Supplementary Regulations.
Competition
The field is divided into 6 or 7 groups depending on the overall number of entries.
Each competitor has a “Ranking Time” based on actual Natsoft lap times or a calculation of a Ranking Time based on an actual best lap time if the competitor hasn’t recorded a lap time on the circuit before.
Groups are carefully structured to try and always have a slightly faster car in front of each competitor to minimise the likelihood of being overtaken, or having to overtake – both of which are nor conducive to a good lap time. Because of this structure, each group is started from the Marshalling Area in a line without any timed space between vehicles. This gets a session underway quicker and over the full day provides more track time to competitors.
Groups are not let out onto the track in fastest to slowest sequence. The field is sorted from fastest to slowest Ranking Times and depending on the rank of the group (Rank 1 = fastest group), Groups are then numbered as per the table below and are subsequently let out onto the track in the same sequence as their group numbering.
There are several reasons for this. The main reason is that a double entered vehicle (one vehicle with two competitors) whose lap times are not very different between it’s two drivers can be placed in a group with a similar lap time range but with another group in between. The other reason is that the fastest cars usually require more preparation and running in the last session of each rotation provides this preparation time, especially in the first session of the day.
When groups are combined at the end of the day as entries thin out, they may be combined based on their “Rank” and not on their Group number.
Results
A comprehensive set of Championship Results is published under this website’s Results/Records tab. These include:
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- Round Results. These are the overall results for the Round and show, in fastest to slowest order, each competitors outright position on the day together with their fastest lap time, the average speed of that lap, their Type and Class place for that Round and the Type and Class points they earned as well as the points they have earned for their Club in the Club competition.
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- Type Points. These show the year to date points earned for every Round and the competitor’s place (year to date) in the Type Championship competition.
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- Class Points. These show the year to date points earned for every Round and the competitor’s place (year to date) in the Class Championship competition.
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- Club Points. These show the year to date points earned for every Round and each Club’s place (year to date) in the Club Championship competition.
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- Times & Average Speeds. These are year to date results and show, by Class, each competitors fastest lap time, the average speed of that lap, for each Round in the Championship.
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- Natsoft Results. This data is taken from the Natsoft timing data for each Round and is similar to the “Round Results” report above except that this report includes competitors in the NSW Club Series competition and some additional data such as the number of laps timed, and which lap the fastest time was recorded on.
As Supersprints are a “lap time” based competition and not a “first past the post” competition we provide much more information for each Championship competitor, and the points system is also based on rewarding the fastest times achieved. The fastest time in each Type or Class receives 100 points, and basically other competitors in that Type or Class receive the same percentage of those points as their lap time was of the fastest time. For example, if the fastest lap time was 100 seconds and the runner up’s time was 102 seconds, the runner up would receive 98.039 points. This ensures that Championship competitors receive points recognition for how fast that they ran on the day.
Trophies are awarded to Type and Class winners based on the Sporting Regulations. These trophies are presented at the Drivers Briefing of the first Round of the Championship the following year. Points for trophies include a “dropped” round. The highest points from all rounds are added and the points for the lowest scoring round are deducted. Not every Class is awarded a trophy as their are minimum numbers of competitors in each Class stipulated by the Regulations to qualify for the awarding of a trophy.
More Information
If you require any further information, please contact one of the NSW Supersprint Panel Members.