INTRODUCTION & DISCLAIMER
The following rules are mandatory for all King of Drift (KOD) events. The KOD reserves the right to update or amend these rules and regulations at any time.
TECHNICAL INSPECTION
Technical inspection will take place at each KOD event and all drivers and vehicles must attend. All competition vehicles must pass technical inspection in order to compete. Any competition vehicle failing to comply with these rules and regulations will be excluded.
It is the responsibility of each driver to ensure they are on time for technical inspection. The appointed KOD technical inspector reserves the right to reject any competition vehicle which does not meet KOD safety standards. Upon failing technical inspection, a competitor will be allowed to make necessary adjustments and present the vehicle for re-inspection.
In the event of a collision/incident the KOD technical inspector must review the vehicle and decide on the eligibility to continue. Their decision is final and cannot be overturned. All competition cars must be in accordance with GDC vehicle safety regulations at all times during an event.
Vehicles must maintain the original steel unibody and/or steel frame structure between the OEM front and rear suspension mounting points. Vehicles that do not meet the above eligibility criteria must petition for approval from KOD.
PARTICIPANT AND HIS/HER OBLIGATIONS
Anyone who has a driver's license or a valid professional racer license can participate in the competition.
Participants must take whatever steps requested by a KOD Official.
CHASSIS MODIFICATIONS
All vehicles must be rear wheel drive. 4WD to RWD conversions are permitted.
ROLL CAGE
Roll cage is not mandatory.
ADDITIONAL SAFETY REQUIREMENTS
All vehicles must be equipped with at list 4 points FIA or SFI approval safety belts and they must function properly.
All vehicles must have properly installed FIA /SFI approved racing seats.
Convertible vehicles are permitted but must use a hardtop.
BATTERY
Batteries must be securely fastened with the positive terminal insulated and if located within the cockpit fully covered
FIRE EXTINGUISHER
All vehicles must have an on-board fire extinguishing with a minimum of 2kg/liters.
BRAKE SYSTEM
All four Brakes must be in perfect working order. It is allowed front and rear brakes to work separately.
Rear brake lights must be in perfect working order at all times.
All vehicles must have a front-facing LED brake light fitted to the top of the windscreen.
WHEELS AND RIMS
All four Wheels need to have a contrasting color on a specific portion
WINDOWS
Windshield must be OEM.
It is allowed to remove or change side windows.
INTERIOR
All non-essential and/or loose items must be removed from the interior.
ENGINES AND TRANSMISSIONS
Engine and gearbox substitutions and modifications are free.
EXHAUST SYSTEM
Exhaust system modifications are free.
FUEL SYSTEM / OIL SYSTEM / COOLING SYSTEM
Fuel filler caps must be securely fastened at all times. No part of the fuel system may be in the driver’s compartment
Oil systems modifications are free but must be fully closed and free of leaks.
TYRE RESTRICTIONS and OBLIGATORY
Participation in the competition is allowed only with street legal rear tires classified no more than MAX performance.
It is allowed to use semi slick tires only in the front.
Maximum rear tire size must not exceed 235mm, front tires are free.
Minimum rear tire presure must be no less than 2.0 bar before start of each run. front tires are free.
Maximum rim size must not exceed 18 inches.
Maximum rim width must not exceed 10 inches.
DRIVER SAFETY EQUIPMENT
All participating drivers must wear the following items when entering any KOD event:
Any type of racing suit, Racing Gloves, Racing Shoes, at list dot certified Helmet.
KOD visors, door cards and driver numbers must be placed on all competing vehicles and must remain present during all stages of practice and competition. Failure to display GDC visors, door cards or driver numbers may result in disqualification.
KOD reserves the right to apply KOD or official KOD sponsorship branding to each vehicle in designated areas. Failure to display compulsory KOD sponsorship branding may result in disqualification.
King of Drift - is an amateur competition in drifting where each participant comes out individually and performs a pre-given task with maximum preciseness, high speed, high angle, commitment and fluidity so that the car does not deviate from the drift, does not straighten and does not move in opposite drift.
The King of Drift racing season may consist of one or more stages
The winner of the racing season will be revealed by the points earned in the stages.
Each stage consists of two qualifying runs, second chance tandem battles, and the tandem runs for top 32 competitors according to the rules of professional drifting.
all participants will pass 2 qualifying runs, the best 30 participants will go to TOP 32. remaining participants with the scors (zero point is out of the competition) will battle in tandems to get remaining two spots of TOP 32. If any driver has car issue, he/she can ask for repare or chang the car, but must be ready befor end of qualifying (last participant's run)
drivers who is out of top 30 after qualifying, but with some points (driver with a zero point is out of the competition) competing with each other in tandem battles to get last 2 spots for top 32.
Each run starts at the start line and ends after crossing the finish line.
The number of runs at each stage is determined by the regulations of a particular event.
Each run consists of tasks to be performed
Tasks can be completely different from each other and include zones to be passed with front or rear wheels, proximity to the different objects.
Each run is evaluated by 3 judges, one of whom is the head judge
Each judge evaluates the run from points of each section of the track and style performed by race driver.
The maximum number of points for each run is 100, of which 60 points are for line, and 40 points are for the style performed by race driver;
The final points of the run are based on the average number of points awarded by all judges.
Judgement in the super final (tandems) is done according to the rules of professional drifting.
It is allowed to change the car only once per one event. The event itself starts from qualifying run 1. It is not allowed to change a car between two runs while tandem.
Each driver has only 2 minutes to come to start line when called (or other driver is waiting there) before TOP 4
After TOP 4 drivers have extra 10 minutes to change tires or prepare the car.
top 16 qualifying points
1 - 16 points, 2 - 15 points, 3 - 14 points, ........ 16 - 1 point
Competition points
1 - 100 points, 2 - 80 points, 3 - 64 points, 4 - 54 points, top 8 - 48 points
top 16 - 32 points, Top 32 - 24 points, participation - 16 points.
stage 1 - no bonus points, stage 2 - 10 bonus points for everyone, stage 3 - 20 bonus points for everyone, stage 4 - 30 bonus points for everyone, stage 5 (finals) - 50 bonus points for everyone.
stage 1 - no bonus points, stage 2 - 20 bonus points for everyone, stage 3 (finals) - 50 bonus points for everyone
Qualification - all participants will pass 1 qualifying run, the best 16 participants will go to TOP16, the remaining participants will pass 1 more qualifying run, and the 8 best participants will fill the TOP24 part of the losers grid;
0 points will not pass qualification;
Race - All participants of TOP16 of the first qualification have the right to lose ones and the losers go to the losers grid and join the 8 participants of the losers grid and on the other side the TOP16 is recruited and the winner 8 continues the race and so on until the final. See Figure 1 for a graphic representation
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