Championship Details
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The British Universities Karting Championship 2011 is open to any full time student studying at an accredited university in the UK.
The championship in 2011 consists of 9 national rounds spread over 5 race days in Feb, March and April 2011.
In addition 3 separate test days are laid on for drivers to familiarise themselves with the power and the handling of the karts.
The BUKC is strictly a team based sport for teams of 4 drivers exactly.
Full Rules & Regulations: (HTML) (MS DOC)
The Karts
The BUKC uses the most powerful arrive-and-drive kart fleet in the world.
The fleet is operated and maintained by Club100. Club100 are the pioneers in high performance arrive-and-drive kart racing. They have been in operation since 1993
These 115cc 2-stroke TKM-Extreme engined Birel-chassis karts are capable of accelerating from 5 to 60mph in 4.5s and can achieve top speeds of 70mph.
Racing in the BUKC is nothing like indoor or outdoor karting on 4-stroke Honda-engined karts. The Club100 karts are in an entirely different league of performance.
The Test Days
To ensure that every driver is familiar with the performance of the Club100 karts, all drivers must attend at least one of 4 test days or have raced in the BUKC in previous years to be elegible to race in the championship.
3T Racing keep a database of every driver to check if they have attended a test day. Any driver not on this database will not be allowed to race in the championship.
The test days provide your team with the perfect opportunity to get to grips with the Club100 karts. Each team is allocated a kart for 2 hours of uninterrupted track time. The test days are also the place to practise fuel stops and team work.
Teams may consist of up to 3 drivers for a test day
The price of a 2 hour test day is £150 inc VAT payable on the day.
The four test days are scheduled for:
- Wed 20th Oct 2010 at Rye House (arrival at 12noon)
- Wed 10th Nov 2010 at Rye House (arrival at 12noon)
- Tues 1st Feb 2011 at Bayford Meadows (arrival at 10am)
- Tues 8th Feb 2011 at Bayford Meadows (arrival at 10am)
The National Championship
The 9 round championship takes place over 5 days between February and the middle of April 2011
The first 4 days will consist of 2 rounds. One in the morning and one in the afternoon
The final (5th) day will consist of one round only in the morning – the final of the championship. The afternoon of the last race day will host the BUKC Drivers Championship.
Each team must consist of 4 drivers exactly for each round. No more no more less. Exceptions to this rule are detailed in the Rules and Regs. The team does not have to consist of the same drivers for each round.
The price of entry is £230 inc VAT per round if paying on a round by round basis. Your team can save 10% by paying for all 9 rounds of the championship up front (£208 per round). Payments must be made before 1st December 2010.
- Rounds 1 & 2: Teesside Autodrome – Wed 16th Feb 2011
- Rounds 3 & 4: Buckmore Park – Wed 2nd Mar 2011
- Rounds 5 & 6: Llandow – Sun 13th Mar 2011
- Rounds 7 & 8: Clay Pigeon – Wed 30th Mar 2011
- Round 9 (+ drivers champ): Whilton Mill – Tues 12th Apr 2011
The Formats
2 different formats are used in the BUKC:
The Solo Format and The 2-Man Relay Format
The Solo Format
The Solo Format is where every driver in the team gets to race in their own individual 25minute race. No fuel stops, no driver changes. Just a 25 minute sprint to the flag.
The teams finishing score for the round is determined by adding up the best 3 results from the 4 solo races.
The 2-Man Relay Format
The 2-Man Relay Format is where the team (of 4 drivers) is split into 2 teams of 2. Each mini-team of 2 drivers races in a one-hour race.
2 fuel stops must be made, and at least one driver change must be made.
The teams finishing score for the round is determined by adding up the points from both the 2 one-hour races
In Summary
- Universities may enter as many teams as they like subject to availability
- Teams must consist of 4 drivers exactly for every event
- All drivers must attend a test day before racing in the national championship
- There are 9 rounds in the national championship
- The cost of the test day is £150 inc VAT per team (2 hours of track time)
- The cost of a round is £230 inc VAT per team (or £208 inc VAT per team if paying for all 9 rounds up front)
