Amazing Assortment of Prizes For 2009 Leopard Challenge

The 2009 Leopard Challenge sees a huge and exclusive list of prizes up for grabs.

press release

  

Our aim is to make it easier for Leopard competitors to qualify for the Leopard Final Shootout by introducing a National Leopard Challenge.  Remo Racing continues to support karting by offering prizes such as a brand new car, trips overseas, Formula Ford Test Drives, Formula BMW drive in USA and engines, spares etc;

In the Remo Racing National Leopard Challenge, drivers are NOT restricted to racing in their own State or even a Leopard Series to qualify for the Leopard Final or National Leopard Challenge Points.

This approach will reward those who not only run the bigger meetings but also give competitors who run smaller meetings the opportunity to be included in one of Australia’s most prestigious events, The Leopard Final Shootout!

Drivers accumulate points from sanctioned events around the country which will go towards the National Leopard Challenge POINTS TALLY which ends 30th November to have a chance to win great prizes at the end.

Drivers will only need to race in 3 Leopard sanctioned events of their choice anywhere in Australia to be eligible to enter one of Australia’s most prestigious events, the “Leopard Final Shootout” and go into a DRAW to win a BRAND NEW CAR, it’s that easy.

      Please see the list of Leopard Sanctioned Events which are eligible towards the National Leopard Challenge. This may be amended at anytime to add more sanctioned events.

This list of events are available online at www.leopardengine.com or by contacting the Leopard Challenge Promoter below.

Each driver accumulates a total amount of points, scored from a maximum of 8 race meetings. For example, each state may have twenty ‘sanctioned’ Leopard challenge events and competitors can choose the events in any State that suit them, while still generating points. This way, competitors aren’t obliged to run certain events.

Instead the competitor can choose to race as many or as little as they want. If less than or equal to 8 meetings are run then competitors accumulate points from all meetings. If they race more then 8, the best 8 results count for their total tally at the end of November.

  

3… Points

The points system is designed so as to help all Leopard racers become involved in the Challenge and feel benefits whether they are running major or minor opens. The points are calculated from the finishing order at a given meeting “final only” counts for all Leopard Sanctioned Events. The winner at the meeting gets the most points – simple.

Points are weighted for different race meetings. Level ‘1’ meetings are worth the most points and 2,3,4,5 are worth proportionally less.

Level 1 = National Leopard Final shootout

Level 2 = AKA Nationals

Level 3 = AKA Open State Titles

Level 4 = AKA Closed State Titles and Major opens (example: VIC All Star Series, City of Melbourne Titles, Val Findlay Memorial, NSW Premier State Cup, QLD Supercheap Series or SA Festival State Cup etc ;)

Level 5 = Smaller open meetings (VIC Country Series, NSW Southern Zone, Australasian Kart Titles, etc)

In your eight (8) meetings you can count for example;

1 x LEVEL ONE event - The Leopard Final event is the most significant event on the calendar for Leopard drivers, this is worth the most points and will go towards the National Leopard Challenge Ranking.

1 x LEVEL TWO event - There is only one National Title, and it is worth a lot of points, but less than the Leopard Final.

2 x LEVEL THREE events (State Title Events)

6 x LEVEL FOUR events.

Unlimited x LEVEL FIVE events.

This approach will reward those who run bigger meetings while also giving competitors who run smaller meetings the opportunity to be included (when it comes to ranking and prizes).

      There are three major prize pools.

1.  LEOPARD FINAL SHOOTOUT event held in October or November (tba). Just for entering and competing at the 2009 Leopard Final Shootout ALL LEOPARD DRIVERS go into a RANDOM DRAW TO WIN A BRAND NEW CAR!! But that’s not all! There are Overseas Drives to be won! O40’s Personal Driver Training sessions by Remo Luciani to be won!  PLUS many many random draw prizes to be won! So EVERYONE HAS A CHANCE of winning a prize.

2.  NATIONAL LEOPARD CHALLENGE – PRIZES will be awarded right down to 20th PLACE, so the more points you accumulate till 30th November 2009 the more chance you have of winning.   The major prizes to the top six (6) drivers who accumulate the most points in both Light and Heavy classes up to the last sanctioned event on 30th November 2009 will each win a drive with SONIC MOTOR RACING SERVICES for a FORMULA FORD TEST DRIVE! Your chance of a lifetime!!

 3. LOYALTY PRIZE – KART RACING MAGAZINE will choose the most consistent, well presented race driver which must also be a LOYAL LEOPARD COMPETITOR to win a FORMULA BMW SCHOLARSHIP TEST DRIVE . Your chance of a life time!

 All competitors who compete at the Leopard Final Shootout in Leopard Light & Heavy classes are eligible for:  RANDOM DRAW PRIZE OF A BRAND NEW MOTORCAR regardless of where you finish.

1st  Place Leopard Light  The opportunity to race overseas at the 2010 IAME International Challenge.  This includes Entry fee, Airfare, use of equipment, Mechanic, spare parts eg: chains, sprockets, tyres, fuel etc; (transfers, accommodation & meals not included) (This prize is priceless, this cannot be bought)

2nd Place Leopard Light  The opportunity to race overseas at the 2010 IAME International Challenge.  This includes entry fee, use of Equipment, Mechanic, spare parts eg; chains, sprockets, tyres, fuel etc; (Airfare, transfers, accommodation & meals not included) (This prize is priceless, this cannot be bought)

3rd Place Leopard Light  The opportunity to race overseas at the 2010 IAME International Challenge.  This includes entry fee, use of Equipment, Mechanic, spare parts eg; chains, sprockets, tyres, fuel etc; (Airfare, transfers, accommodation & meals not included) (This prize is priceless, this cannot be bought)

1st Place Leopard Heavy  Kart and Leopard Engine Package (worth more than $7,000.00)

2nd Place Leopard Heavy  Complete Leopard Engine (worth $2,995.00 each)

3rd Place Leopard Heavy  Complete Leopard Engine (worth $2,995.00 each)

FIRST Over 40’s driver home in Leopard Light  Personal Driver Tuition Training day including kart set-up with Remo Luciani (includes FREE set of MG tyres)

FIRST Over 40’s driver home in Leopard Heavy  Personal Driver Tuition Training day including kart set-up with Remo Luciani (includes a FREE set of MG tyres)

THREE (3) INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGE DRIVES 3 other drivers will be chosen to compete at the 2010 IAME Leopard Challenge.  They will have the opportunity to purchase these drives. The lucky Drivers will be chosen amongst Leopard competitors who compete during the year in Leopard sanctioned events who show loyalty to Leopard Class.  

Plus many, many RANDOM draw prizes for both Light & Heavy competitors same as 2008 giving ALL competitors a chance to win a prize.

Competitors must attend the Final Shootout presentation at the end of the meeting to claim their prize.  If the winner is not present to receive their prize at presentation then that prize if forfeited.

   PRIZES AWARDED RIGHT DOWN TO 20th PLACE.  The more points you accumulate till the final points tally at 30th November 2009, the more chance you have of winning a prize, so the Leopard Final Shootout event would be a GREAT EVENT as it has the HIGHEST POINTS.

SONIC MOTOR RACING SERVICES
SIX FORMULA FORD TEST DRIVES

Six drivers who accumulate the most points in both Light and Heavy classes up to the last sanctioned event on 30th November 2009 will each win the chance of a lifetime, a
FORMULA FORD TEST DRIVE WITH SONIC MOTOR RACING SERVICES!

For the past ten years the SONIC TEAM have become one of Australia’s best at delivering a high level of preparation, professionalism and driver development not before seen in the Australian Formula Ford Championship.

Sonic Motorsport winners of 2001, 2002, 2004 & 2007 Australian Formula Ford Championships

SONIC has over this time, guided the path of some of the countries finest young drivers
Will & Alex Davison, Jamie Whincup, Tim Blanchard, Marcus Marshall and David Reynolds typify the outstanding young talent who have gone on to carve out International and National motor sport careers.  Official website: www.teamsonic.com.au

This test drive is a serious evaluation as the SONIC TEAM is constantly searching for up and coming drivers to join their team and start their racing career. So this is your ONCE IN A LIFE TIME CHANCE to take you into the next level of Motorsport. Valued at $5000.00 per drive.

1ST        Leopard Light - Formula Ford Test Drive with Sonic Motor Racing Services
2ND      Leopard Light - Formula Ford Test Drive with Sonic Motor Racing Services
3RD         Leopard Light - Formula Ford Test Drive with Sonic Motor Racing Services

1ST        Leopard Heavy - Formula Ford Test Drive with Sonic Motor Racing Services
2ND      Leopard Heavy - Formula Ford Test Drive with Sonic Motor Racing Services
3RD       Leopard Heavy - Formula Ford Test Drive with Sonic Motor Racing Services
 
The Formula Ford Test Drives with Sonic Motor Racing Services will be conducted at Winton Motor Raceway in Victoria at a specified date decided by Sonic Motor Racing Services. It is the driver’s responsibility to get themselves to Winton raceway. Terms and conditions apply for insurance and licensing purposes, please see terms & conditions by Sonic Motor Racing Services. All test drives MUST be used on the specified date and venue. If the winner cannot attend on the specified date of the test drive then that prize/drive is forfeited.

  KART RACING MAGAZINE
ONE FORMULA BMW SCHOLARSHIP TEST DRIVE

Kart Racing Magazine is offering a unique opportunity for participants of the National Leopard Challenge.  This prize is priceless as you cannot buy this kind of test.



Conditions: Drivers must register for the Scholarship test drive.

Registration forms can be found on the Leopard Engine website www.leopardengine.com.

Kart Racing Magazine will choose the most consistent, well presented race driver which must also be a loyal Leopard competitor.  There will be no preference to what team the driver races for, what brand chassis or how many National Leopard challenge points that driver has on the final tally points.

Formula BMW takes talented young drivers who have outgrown the kart track and introduces them to professional motor racing, this is a great opportunity.
 
PRIZE INCLUDES:

- Airfare to USA to test at the Moroso Circuit Florida, testing a Formula BMW FB02 Race car.

- A full test day in the USA with top Formula BMW Race team; GELLES-OS RACING

- Test to be held at the end of 2009 Formula BMW Americas Season, which will be advised.

- Airfare and cost of testing shall be fully paid for by "Kart Racing Magazine"

- Includes - A fully prepared 2009 season race car with full team and engineering services. Will also include driver tuition, data acquisition and evaluation for a drive in the FBMW USA 2010 season.

Total Value of test $20,000.00 AUD

For more information about Formula BMW website www.formulabmwusa.com.

  Below is a chart of how the points are weighted.

Starting at level 5 using the traditional 401 system, then each level on top of that adds an extra 401 points for first, with the standard 10% drop for each position.

Level 1 = 2005 minus 10%
1st = 2005, 2nd = 1805, 3rd = 1624, 4th = 1462, 5th = 1315, 6th = 1184, 7th = 1066, 8th = 959, 9th = 863, 10th = 777, 11th = 699, 12th = 629 etc;

Level 2 = 1604 minus 10%
1st = 1604, 2nd = 1444, 3rd = 1299, 4th = 1169, 5th = 1052, 6th = 947, 7th = 852, 8th = 767, 9th = 690, 10th = 621, 11th = 559, 12th = 503 etc;

Level 3 = 1203 minus 10%
1st = 1203, 2nd = 1083, 3rd = 974, 4th = 877, 5th = 789, 6th = 710, 7th = 639, 8th = 575, 9th = 518, 10th = 466, 11th= 419, 12th = 378 etc;

Level 4 =  802 minus 10%
1st = 802, 2nd = 722, 3rd = 650, 4th = 585, 5th = 526, 6th = 474, 7th = 426, 8th = 384, 9th = 345, 10th = 311, 11th = 280, 12th = 252 etc;

Level 5 = 401 minus 10%
1st = 401, 2nd = 361, 3rd = 325, 4th = 292, 5th = 263, 6th = 213, 7th = 192, 8th = 173, 9th = 155, 10th = 140, 11th = 126, 12th = 113 etc;

  

One huge positive for this system is that an average driver can race more experienced steerer’s like QLD’s John Grother, WA’s Kandola’s and VIC’s Sera’s without leaving his/her home track. This brings the local level racers that usually can’t travel into contention on a National level.

Drivers are not restricted in running in their own State so the National Leopard Challenge allows competitors to choose when and where they want to race. Also, as each State will have a large total number of sanctioned events, this system will allow drivers to avoid tracks they don’t like, or return to tracks they feel they do well at.

This system will make the final more accessible to average karter’s because there will be no “top 10” state series qualification to worry about. For example once a competitor has raced three (3) sanctioned events, they are eligible to compete at the Leopard Final Shootout regardless of how many points they have accumulated.

The list of all sanctioned events with their levels is attached allowing competitors to plan ahead which eight, or more, race meetings they wish to attend.

All sanctioned events will be completed and tallied after the 30th November.  The Leopard Final Shootout has the most points making it a worth-while event before the closing date.

If you have a bad race meeting, or have a mechanical issue and miss some races, you can make up for it in another race meeting and it won’t have ruined your entire year.

In the current series format, a competitor that has something planned that clashes with a race meeting has their season ruined points-wise. With the new National Leopard Challenge approach they simply select another race meeting to fill the gap and there is no problem.

The points weighting system will encourage competitors to race many different meetings (including State titles, Nationals and Leopard Final Shootout) to maximize their points.

This system is much easier for clubs to include in their race program. We don’t need to organize specific ‘Leopard Series only’ meetings, as all meeting count and it is just a matter of sending us the “final heat finishing order”. All the clubs have to do is offer Leopard on the supp-reg’s and we will label it an official ‘sanctioned’ event (also see terms and conditions). It doesn’t matter what format the Club decides to run or if the Club has qualifying or not, because the only thing we need for the challenge points, is the final heat finishing order in other words ‘final only counts’ towards the National Leopard Challenge Points Tally (regardless where you finish on the day).

 

1. All prizes are non transferable or redeemable for cash or equivalent. If the winner of the prize refuses the prize it is then forfeited.
2. Remo Racing reserves the right to alter any rules and conditions as best suit the National Leopard Challenge and Leopard Final Shootout.
3. Class rules are as per 2009 AKA Karting Manual chapter 45.
4. Classes in the Sanctioned events to be Leopard stand-alone classes. If your Club would like to be included, please feel free to send us your event details and we will be happy to include you in the list of Sanctioned Events. Remo Racing reserves the right to allow certain Clubs to be included in the sanctioned events if the classes are combined or are in a TaG class. In the event of a TaG class only Leopard engines will count towards results.  Example: First Leopard engine home in the ‘final heat’ will be deemed the winner and so on.  In the event of a combined weight Leopard or TaG class the drivers with Leopard engines will be awarded points to their usual light or heavy class that they have been most accumulating points in.
5. To be eligible for the RANDOM DRAW PRIZES at the 2009 Leopard Final Shootout the drivers must personally attend the presentation at the completion of the meeting to accept their prize.  If for any reason the winning driver is not present, then that prize will be re-drawn again.
6. For the winners of the Over’40’s drive, the tuition will be held at a track in Victoria.
7. The Formula Ford Test Drives with Sonic Motor Sport Services will be conducted at Winton Race Circuit in Victoria. It is the driver’s responsibility to get themselves to Winton raceway. Terms and conditions apply for insurance purposes please see terms set by Sonic Motorsport.
8. It is the responsibility of all drivers to obtain the necessary kart or car licences to drive the reward prizes.
9. If a driver is excluded or disqualified for any reason from the 2009 Leopard Final Shootout event, that driver will not be eligible for any prizes.
10. It is the club’s responsibility to forward race results to Remo Racing to ensure that each driver’s points are recorded in the tally. Remo Racing takes no responsibility if the Club has forwarded incorrect results. We will do our best at all times of course to gather results but please ensure you remind the club to fax or email the results to us. Fax 03 5382-0390  E-mail: mail@leopardengine.com
11. Monthly tally results will be uploaded to the www.leopardengine.com website to the best of our ability.
12. If there is a draw after the final tally is calculated on 30th November, then it will be decided by the highest finisher that competed at the Leopard Final Shootout.  If driver or drivers did not compete at the Shootout then it will be determined by the highest Level 2 result and so on.
13. Rights to appeal points tally:  If you feel that there has been an error please forward your query in writing within 14 days of the points being published, please include your name and contact number, full event details and your finishing position in the ‘final heat’.
14. If an event is under appeal, points from that event will not be included in the National Leopard Challenge Tally until the official results are forwarded by the organising club.
15. Remo Racing shall determine, at its sole discretion the accuracy and rightness of the points and any prizes.  There shall be no right of appeal against any final decision that Remo Racing may make regarding the National Leopard Challenge Final Tally.  Remo Racing will control the points tally in good faith based upon the information provided by the Clubs or its members.

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