Number Policies

Membership validation rules

When creating a membership you can set whether this reserves race numbers for a particular class. You can also set which season(s) the number reservation applies to. This will reserve their number regardless of whether they make any entries within the selected seasons. 

Championship validation rules

For championships, you have the option to set the rules for a registered driver's race number:

• a specified range i.e. only register with the numbers from 201-299 or if the top 10 numbers are seeded, you may want to set the minimum to 11 to prevent other drivers using seeded numbers. 

You can also choose a validation policy from the dropdown:

• None - this will allow duplicate numbers
• Reserve numbers by membership - if you have a number reservation during membership this will restrict numbers according to the person's membership
• Unique for Championship - this will ensure all registrations have a unique race number. Even if the person entering is only attending one round or a test day, the number will not be available at any other events in this championship.

Event validation rules

Each event can have its own Race Number validation policy. This is used to control how race numbers should be reserved and / or validated for an event. Head to an event, Click the Edit button and select Event Settings from the dropdown. These policies are: 

• None - anyone can have any numbers 
• Championship race numbers only - this is only shown for clubs where the competitor must enter a championship registration first e.g. British Kart Champs / Super One. If selected then a competitors race number for an event will be automatically set to the race number on their championship registration 
• Unique per class - validates the race number is unique to that class in that event only (it doesn't check to see if the race number is reserved at the championship level). This is the setting for all normal kart clubs (i.e. ones which don't charge a championship registration fee) 
• Unique across all classes - this ensures that the race number is unique across all classes in that event. This will be the setting for most sprints, hill climbs and multi class single race weekends. 

If you choose None or Unique across all classes the system will show a set of Min race number and a Max race number fields which must be set. For example if you reserve numbers 1-10 you could set your minimum race number to 11. 

There is also an "allocate race numbers" menu item in the Event's tools menu. This is useful for Sprints and Hill Climbs where Race Numbers are allocated via the Competition Secretary or Race Administrators i.e. competitors don't choose.

Clicking this will bring up a form to allow the administrator to enter race numbers for each entry. It will check for uniqueness across the whole event or across each individual class according to the event race number validation policy set in the event settings. 

If you choose "Unique Per Class" (for most normal kart clubs) then it will also show a Reserve race numbers for members tick box. For most clubs that have memberships this should be ticked in order to reserve the race numbers for their members.