THE RULES

All rules are as important as each other to make a fare race so people have no advantages with better batteries.

TECHNICAL RULES

1. The motor is sealed by the manufacturer and must not be opened.
2. Batteries must be brought to events fully charged as no battery charging is permitted at events.
3. Batteries must be clamped to the chassis of the car using the supplied battery clamp only.
4. The floor of the car must be fitted with no large gaps to the ground.
5. The top of the driver’s crash helmet must be below roll bar height at all times.
6. The driver must be able to reach and operate steering and brakes comfortably.
7. Bodywork must cover the entire length of both sides and the front of the car.
8. Bodywork must not cover isolator switches which must be freely accessible at all times.
9. There must be no sharp edges on bodywork.
10. Bodywork at the front of the car must be made of deformable material.
11. The brakes must be correctly set up, so that when applied prevent the car from being pushed.
12. The safety harness must be tightly adjusted for each driver.
13. Drivers must be aged 9 – 11 (inclusive) only.
14. Safety equipment must be worn at all times when driving: Full face crash helmet with chin protection, securely strapped in place. Visors or eye protection must be used.  Long hair must be tucked into crash helmets or clothing.  Overalls or long sleeved tops and trousers.  Full sturdy gloves, not fingerless/half finger gloves.
15. All drivers must know about all aspects of the car, especially how to isolate the power.
16. It is recommended that all drivers have experience in driving before arriving at an event.
17. Always transport and charge batteries in a safe environment where here is no danger of metal parts coming into contact with the battery terminals. Always charge in accordance with manufacturers’ instructions.

TERMS OF ENTRY

1. Published regulations may be subject to change. In the event of this happening, notification will be sent to all entered teams and posted on the Greenpower website.
2. All vehicles will be subject to pre-event and possible post-event scrutineering to ensure compliance.
3. The vehicle and required drivers must be presented at scrutineering (race day safety check) in a race ready configuration.
4. Supplementary Regulations specific to each event will be published approximately two weeks beforehand and sent by email to all entrants for that event.
5. Greenpower’s scrutineers and officials accept no responsibility for damage caused to cars whilst performing safety checks, recovery or rescue during an event.
6. Whilst these regulations, the scrutineers and other officials endeavour to ensure vehicles are safe to participate, ultimate responsibility lies entrant.
7. Whilst compliance with the Technical and Sporting Regulations should result in a compliant vehicle, race officials reserve the right to prevent a vehicle racing.
8. It is understood that all persons participating in events under these rules are doing so at their own risk and the entrant will ensure that all competitors will have disclaimers (as provided by Greenpower) signed by their parents guardians prior to competing.
9. Greenpower ensure that Public Liability and Personal Accident Insurance for participants is always in place for events under their control and participants always in place for events under their control and accept no liability for events organised by third parties or team practice sessions.
10. As part of communications activity, Greenpower regularly uses photography for publicity purposes. Entrants must ensure all participants are aware of this and the necessary permission is obtained. If permission is not granted, Greenpower must be notified prior to every event in which the participant takes part. Team leaders with less able students wishing to participate, who may have special requirements with regard to the regulations, should contact Greenpower who will be pleased to assist in any way possible.

PORTFOLIO GUIDELINES

• A diary of what has been done, dates with what was achieved and where possible pictures to support each entry.
• Photographs of the build (and breakdown when relevant), including at least one flat pack picture of the goblin and then at different stages of the build, including the children at work where possible!
• Photographs and explanations of tools used during the build and when they were used.
• A minimum of one technical drawing of a goblin component created by the team or a team member, including measurements and labels, extra information about what the component does and how it is suited for the job would be a bonus!
• Bodywork designs – colour schemes and children’s creative ideas, drawings with measurements, materials and the good and bad points of these choices.
• An explanation of why the final design was chosen – material and bodywork design reasons.
• Any difficulties faced and how problems were overcome.
• Any evidence of initiative; maybe how funding or assistance was gained from outside the school, the letters sent or received from companies or individuals.
• Any publicity surrounding this year’s project – for example newspaper cut outs or printouts from any stories on the web.
• Any evidence of the project being used within the curriculum, details of a class the kit was used in, (this can be in any subject and multiple subjects.)
• Extras could include write ups from the children on their experience – what they enjoyed, didn’t enjoy and what they gained from the project.
• Or a write up from the teacher on how they think the students (participants) did during the challenge.
• Be creative with the presentation of your portfolio, we like to see innovative ideas!