All Events on Arizona Time – 1 Hour ahead of PST!
Dear Blue Water Resort & Casino Parker “425” Entry,
Welcome to the exciting Blue Water Resort & Casino Parker “425”, you are about to embark on another Best In The Desert Off-Road Adventure. This information packet is very important to you, your team, your support crew, and all others who will be joining you. Please read it all the way through. Enclosed you will find a schedule of events, a vicinity map of the BlueWater, your vehicle race number, and the balance of your fees. Only Driver/Rider #1 on the entry blank will receive this Final Information Packet and the Pit Support Book, sorry, but only one book per entry form, please make copies of this packet to give to your team members.
For those of you who will be staying at the Blue Water Resort & Casino and other motels and RV parks in Parker, I remind you to be on your best behavior. We are privileged to be invited guests of the Blue Water Resort & Casino and the Town of Parker, and we want to be invited back next year. Please treat the facilities and your rooms with the utmost respect. Please don’t throw trash, paper, or set bottles and cans down in the parking lots. Please!!! Also, keep in mind that you must be 21 years old to drink alcohol or gamble in Arizona. Please think about what you are doing at all times! Please don’t ruin it for everyone by doing something dumb! Think! Think! Think!
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Please read every word!!! Don’t say, “I didn’t know!!!” Don’t say ,“Nobody told me!!!”
TIME TRIALS - Thursday, February 5, 2009
TIME TRIALS FOR START POSITIONS IS NOT A MANDATORY EVENT!!!
The TIME TRIALS is for two classes only, Class 1400 and Class 1500. All entries in the Time Trials will start in the order in which they qualify. The Time Trials for start positions is not a mandatory event. Class 1400 and Class 1500 look for special instructions in your Final Information Packet regarding Time Trials.
#1 The FIRST thing you do on Friday, February 6, 2009 is check in at final Drivers/Riders registration in the Mohave I & II Room at the Blue Water Resort & Casino. (See Schedule of Events and the Parker vicinity map.) At least one arm-banded person listed on your official Parker “425”entry form must go through Driver registration to be able to tech your vehicle, however, ALL people listed on the entry form must check-in at registration as soon as they arrive to receive their armband. The balance of your fees must be paid on Friday, February 6, 2009, by the first person taking the packet, you will not receive your packet without making final payment (No Exceptions, don’t ask!) Please bring CASH ONLY!!! NO CHECKS WILL BE ACCEPTED - PLEASE DON’T ASK!!! CASH ONLY!! The Drivers final registration will be open from 9:00 AM to 5:30 PM on Friday, February 6, 2009.
#2 The SECOND thing you do on Friday, February 6, 2009 is go to the IRC Trailer at the beginning of Contingency Row and get your tracking until installed. You will continue with Contingency Inspection, from 9:30 AM to 6:00 PM at the Blue Water Resort & Casino parking lot (See Vicinity Map).
SPECIAL NOTE: The BEST IN THE DESERT contingency inspectors will be checking very closely to make sure the contingency sponsor’s products are being used by your race vehicle!! Please don’t say you are using a product if you are not! Refer to Tech and Contingency notice enclosed.
#3 The THIRD thing you do on Friday, February 6, 2009 is Technical Inspection, from 9:30 AM to 6:00 PM at the Blue Water Resort & Casino parking lot (See Vicinity Map. At least one (1) of the entries listed on the official Parker “425” entry form that has their armband on must be with the race vehicle through Technical Inspection.
Refer to Tech and Contingency notice enclosed.
NOTE: All race vehicles must go through Technical Inspection!!!
#4 The FOURTH thing you must do on Friday, February 6, 2009 is to attend the MANDATORY DRIVERS MEETING! This MANDATORY MEETING will be at Blue Water Resort & Casino at 7:00 PM in the Bingo Room. (See Vicinity Map). “THIS IS A MANDATORY MEETING” - “NO EXCEPTIONS”
Special Rules For The Parker “425” Race
1. You may drive your race vehicle around the parking lots of the Blue Water Resort & Casino to get to the Staging Area but please DO NOT speed in the parking lots. GO SLOW!!! GO SLOW!!! GO SLOW!!!
2. There will not be a testing or jetting area. Come prepared to race! Stay off the Parker Python!!!
3. To get from the Blue Water to the Main Pit Area you must drive on the Paved Streets through town. DO NOT TRY TO TAKE THE SHORT CUTS through the highway fence by the airport, if you or your support vehicle are caught going that way there will be a penalty. Please tow race vehicles through town.
4. The Parker “425” race is a No Pre-Run course. If you are caught on the Parker “425” course or the Parker Python by any BEST IN THE DESERT official or BLM staff the team will receive a severe penalty. Please, everyone stay away from the Parker “425” course!! There will be no pre-running allowed on the course beginning Friday, January 30, 2009. We want this is to be a fair race for everyone.
5. There will be a Time Trials for CLASS 1400 AND CLASS 1500 start positions on Thursday, February 5, 2009, see enclosed instruction sheet. The instructions will be sent to these two classes only.
6. Starting order will be announced to everyone at the mandatory Drivers meeting at the Blue Water Resort & Casino on Friday, February 6, 2009.
7. All Pit Support Vehicles as well as RaceVehicles must stay off the BEST IN THE DESERT radio frequency of 151.490 MHz, unless you are reporting an emergency. Please!!
8. BEST IN THE DESERT will have radio communications. However, we will not have a race vehicle relay set up for the racers or pit crews. If you need race information, go to any of the 4 Pit Stops and look for the BEST IN THE DESERT communications location. (See the Pit Support Book for location.) Also, there will be radio communications locations at the MAIN PIT and at the FINISH AREA (Ford Mesa) in the parking lot at the Blue Water Resort & Casino.
9. BFG Radio Relay will be at the Parker “425” event! BFG will also have some pit support! Contact BFG for more information.
10. There will be 2 paved road crossings on Shea Road plus one (1) for a total of three (3) paved road crossings in the Parker “425” Race. Race vehicles WILL NOT have to stop!
11. For those of you using Pit # 4 - Mineral Wash, your support crew MUST have a Red Best In The Desert Pit Pass affixed on the windshield. They must be by the land closure on Shea Road by 5 AM Saturday, February 7, and WILL NOT be able to leave Pit #4 - Mineral Wash, until the racecourse is closed, late Saturday night. If any pit crews leave Mineral Wash - Pit #4 before Best In The Desert closes the pit, that crew will be subject to a citation by BLM Ranger or La Paz County Sheriff. They will be waiting for them at the aquaduct crossing.
12. Your pit crews do not need a 4WD vehicle to get in or out of any of the 4 Pit Stops. However, Pit # 4 Mineral Wash may be a problem after the race is over, because you have to come out on the racecourse.
13. Tell your support crews not to speed on Shea Road or any County dirt roads in and out of the pit areas, (35 mph speed limit!) Please be safe! The BLM Rangers and LaPaz County Sheriff’s will be out in force.
14. There is NO pitting on Shea Road, Spectating Only!
15. Curt LeDuc will conduct a ROOKIE MEETING immediately following the Drivers Meeting on Friday night, February 6, 2009. If you are new to the sport, or Best In The Desert, PLEASE STAY for this very important presentation. Very vital information is presented, for your safety as well as your fellow racers!
16. For the Parker “425”race BEST IN THE DESERT will supply each driver or rider with a bright Yellow Stuck Stub to carry with you during the race. Please use the card if you are broken down or out of the race.
17. You must park at the Pit Stops like the diagram shows for each Pit Stop. Please refer to your Pit Book!
18. Absolutely no pitting anywhere else on the course except at the 4 Pit Stops and the Main Pit Area in the pit support book.
19. The rule for Parker “425” race course will be 20 feet from the center of the course markings.
20. Do not short course!! Please stay on the course except to pass another vehicle! Please do not take short cuts!! All check points in the Parker “425” race are hidden checks. Please do not take short cuts!!
21. The BLM/Arizona Fish and Game, CRIT Police Officers and Best In The Desert officials will be on the course watching for short cutting. If we catch you short cutting you will be disqualified from the race. You must stay on the course! Please! The only time you should leave the exact marked course is to pass someone. Please stay on the course!
22. Please clean your pit area before you leave each Pit Stop.
23. NO ATV’S, MOTORCYCLES , UTV’s, or BICYCLES ALLOWED IN ANY PIT AREA, EXCEPT MAIN PIT AREA.
24. Support Crews!! If you hear your race vehicle is broken down DO NOT JUMP in your truck and try to go out on the course to help them. Go to the BEST IN THE DESERT radio location at each of the 4 Pit Stops & Main Pit and they will tell you what you can do.
25. If your race vehicle is broken down and you are out of the race , then you will have to wait until the racecourse closes UNLESS a Best In The Desert Official RETRIEVABLE TRUCK can help you. Use your radio to contact BFG Relay or a Best In The Desert Pit Captain.
26. NO CHASE TRUCKS OR SUPPORT VEHICLES WILL BE ALLOWED ON THE RACE COURSE DURING THE RACE.
27. If your team plans on having a helicopter to view from or to follow the race YOU MUST REGISTER WITH A LETTER TO BEST IN THE DESERT, see Rule SEC 8 - page 7 in the Car/Truck rule book. Request the letter on bitd@bitd.com and send back and list reason for helicopter and radio frequency for both your team and your helicopter.
28. Special Note: All support vehicles must have the number of the race vehicle they are supporting on the right side of the windshield, as well as on the rear window. Please use six (6) inch numbers. Thank you!!! 29. All race support vehicles must display a RED BEST IN THE DESERT Pit Pass on the windshield. You can pick up your Pit Passes at Driver/Rider Registration at the Parker “425”. Each race entry can have up to eight (8) Pit Passes. You DO NOT need a Pit Pass for the Main Pit. You need a Pit Pass for Pit 2, 3, 4. At Pit 3, Midway, you will receive only two (2) special passes. A Best In The Desert Official will collect the special pass when you enter Pit 3 Midway. You can only enter Midway one (1) time only, you cannot go in and out of Pit 3 Midway. Midway is a small pit and we want only necessary support trucks stationed there. 30. Drive Safe!! Do not go backwards on the course!! No matter what happens!! Think at all times!! 31. There will be mile markers every mile on the course, starting at Mile 1. The Mile Markers are white. 32. The course will be marked with Pink Ribbon - Pink Arrows - Orange Danger Marks - Bright Orange Dangers Ahead Signs - Black & White Wrong Way Signs. The Danger Marks will be on the danger area. 33. The racecourse mileage between Pit to Pit is as follows: Start to Pit #1 32.0 miles Pit #1 to Pit #2 21.5 miles Pit #2 to Pit #3 37.3 miles Pit #3 to Pit #4 12.7 miles Pit #4 to Main Pit 35.0 miles All mileage is approximate Car and Trucks: Total Mileage of Loop – 138.0 miles - not counting the Parker Python and Main Pit - Approximately 9 1/2 miles. You WILL NOT race through the Parker Python at the start. Special Note: Please be on time for all schedule events!! Add 2 1/4 miles for Start - 1 time Only - All Classes Remember - Arizona Time is Add 9 1/2 miles for Main Pit and Parker Python - All Classes Mountain Standard Time! 34. ALL Classes will race three (3) laps, with the exception of the following classes: Two (2) laps only = Class 1700, 1800, 3100, 3700, 4100, 5100, 7300. THERE WILL BE A 16 1/2 HOUR TIME LIMIT THE CUTOFF TIME AT THE MAIN PIT WILL BE 9:00 PM THE CUTOFF TIME AT THE FINISH - 1:00 AM! 35. Race elevation: Start/Finish at 400-1000 feet in Parker. Average elevation for the race is 800 feet. 36. Be prepared for warm weather in Parker, we’ve put in an order for sunshine! But be prepared for cool weather after dark. 37. GPS plot trail will be on the Best In The Desert website (www.bitd.com) on January 30, 2009. 38. Please be on time to all scheduled events. Remember, Arizona is on MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME!!! 1-Hour ahead of PST! I know this seems like a lot to remember, but it is very important that we all try very hard to follow the rules. I have said this before, but I think it needs to be repeated. The BEST IN THE DESERT does not care - What your name is - Who your sponsor is - How much money you have - We treat everyone the same way!!! FAIR AND SINCERE, THE SAME RULES APPLY TO EVERYONE. I know I can count on all of you, after all, the Parker “425” race is for you. I want everyone to have fun, and enjoy your Arizona off-road adventure with Best In The Desert, the Blue Water Resort & Casino Parker “425”.
See you at the Parker “425”!
Sincerely Yours,
Casey Folks, Director
Best In The Desert
Racing Association
PLEASE BE ON TIME FOR ALL SCHEDULED EVENTS! ARIZONA TIME!
