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Make sure you take your driving licence and cash for signing on.
1) Walk over to the signing on office at the base of the tower.
2) Present your driving licence and Signing on fee to the staff in the signing on office.
3) Collect your wrist-band (and RWYB vouchers and vehicle movement pass at specialist events).
4) You may now move your vehicle over to the fire-up lane to join the back of the RWYB queue.
5) Once you have completed your runs, please return to your campsite or parking spot.
On Track Procedure:
If you haven't done RWYB before, here's what you have to do:
1) Attempt a burnout in the water patch under the tower when the start line is clear of the previous pairing. How you do this will depend on whether your car is front or rear wheel drive. This will help warm and clean the tyres. Don't attempt to burn out in 4WD cars unless you know what you are doing.
2) Roll up to the start line slowly when the starter beckons you forward. Try and stay roughly level with your opponent.
3) As your front wheels reach the start line, a pair of orange bulbs will light on your side of the starting "tree" This means you are "pre-staged" and you are just inches away from being in the right position.
4) Roll forward a fraction more, and another pair of orange bulbs will light below the first pair. This means that you are in the right starting position.
5) When both you and your opponent have all staging lights lit, you are ready to go, so lift you engine revs, and get ready to drop the clutch..the starting tree lights will flash orange and then immediately green. Now is the time to GO! GO! GO!
6) Don't worry if you mess it up- the starting official will help you do the right thing. keep an eye on him for direction.
7) You can collect your timing slip from the signing on office. There is no charge for collecting your print-outs.
Avoid wheel spin on the run.
Avoid hitting the rev-limiter.
Change gear as smoothly and quickly as possible.
Race on a warm, but not hot engine.
Remember to take the handbrake off!!!
You will be transferring the maximum power to the track when your bike is neither wheelying nor wheel-spinning. Push the rear tyre to the limit, but not over the limit!
Most modern bikes will allow clutchless gear-changes. Just back off the throttle a bit and hoik the gear lever up. It is hard to do this right, but when you get it sussed, you can cut seconds off your ET.
Adopt the correct body position: Lean forward and tuck in for the optimal weight distribution and aerodynamics on the run.
More RWYB Info:
A red light means you have gone too early. In a race you would be disqualified or penalized for getting a red light.
A "perfect reaction" is now shown on your timing slip as 0.0 seconds (in line with international timing methods). Any faster and a red light will appear. Any slower and it will show you have been snoozing!
Toilets are located near the finish line on the opposite side of the track to the spectator bank.
Gates open at 8am, signing on will start from 9am and racing starts at 9:30 am (weather and track conditions allowing). The track usually closes at 5pm on normal RWYB days.
The dragstrip becomes much more slippery than a normal road when wet. For this reason the track will be closed if it is wet or icy. Track drying procedures will be employed at every RWYB event.
See the "advanced" factsheet for improving your RWYB times.
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