Unwritten Racer Rules / Etiquette

[extrakt0r]

Keep Jeff's list going...

12. You can never wreck on the warm up lap
13. You can never wreck on the cool down lap
14. When you wreck, get up, make a point to let the corner works know you are ok (assuming you are), and get out of the impact area...Tons of Red Flags cause people stand there like  do I do now...Pick you bike up and get it out of the way if you can
15. Don't be super slow in the warm up lap...People and bikes get hot on the grid waiting for you...
16. Always clean your Rims before you bring em' to the tire guy to be changed
17. Make sure your pit bike is not as loud as a Weedwacker...And if it is, don't take it to the bathroom at 3:00am while you do wheelies...

[EX_#76]

The overtaking rider has the responsability to make the pass clean.

When overtaking, show the rider a wheel before you get to the apex or give them lots of room.

[PJ721]

help the guy/gal coming into his/her pits and put the bike up on the rear stand for them

[boo181]

just remember the rules af karma

[weggieman]

You are not Nicky Hayden or Valentino Rossi and you won't be tommorrow......leave your ego and attitude at home, they're not needed at the race track

You cannot win the race in turn one on the first lap.

Donate to the Red Flag and RRW air fence funds.

[K3 Chris Onwiler]

Mentor newbies, just as you were once mentored to.  It is the only way to repay that karmic debt.  And if someone you're teaching ends up able to smoke you, be proud of that, not bitter about it.
Don't try a pass that has a high percentage of crashing the guy you're passing.
If you FUBAR totally and put yourself into an unsavable situation, racer's honor demands that you crash yourself rather than taking out the other rider.
Never steal from anyone at the track.  Seriously injure anyone you catch stealing, then tell everyone from the race director to the cashier at the concession stand about the lowlife thief.  (This is an all-purpose rule suitable for everyday life as well.)
Share anything you have with those in need.  You'll either make a friend for life, or you'll get fucked.  Either way, you'll know how to deal with that person from now on....
Ask anyone for anything if you're in a jam, and make damn sure you pay them back.
If you can't pay them back right away, call them every few weeks just to remind them that you remember that you still owe them.
If you're chilling and drinking beer while some guy you never met before is two pits down the road trying to rebuild his bike with bleeding hands and sprained wrists, you're just an unfeeling piece of shit.
If you don't know the answer, don't make shit up.  The guy you lie to may risk his life based on your bogus advice.
Have some integrety.  If your sponsor turns out to be untrustworthy, don't continue to pimp the guy just because he's taking care of you.
If you're still physically capable, pick up your own damn bike and get it the hell out of the way!  You're wearing a lot more protective gear than the corner workers are, and you put the bike there in the first place!

[GSXR RACER MIKE]

For the Profesional level Amateurs out there that are running lap times capable of getting them on the grid of an AMA Pro race:

YOUR NOT RACING THE EXPERTS WITH THAT YELLOW PLATE ON YOUR BIKE! It's great you've been able to sandbag as long as possible without having the integrity to seek upgrading yourself, but don't be doing BS over aggresive block passes on Experts your not even racing against as you go up thru the field (future Karma comes to mind here). You've proven your point by being so fast, now be a man and get a white plate and stop cherry picking!
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When you see another racer stranded along the Interstate with truck or trailer problems stop and offer assistance or a ride to the track, even if it will force you to miss getting that prime pit location or miss some practice time.
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Think of the others at the track, including the spectators. Don't set-up your pits so that it doesn't allow people to freely walk along the fence surrounding the racing surface. There's always somebody that doesn't leave room for people to walk along the fence as they spectate, take pictures, or video the racing - very selfish. Leaving 5 or 10 feet between your pit space and the spectating fence is appreciated by all.
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Don't be the person that screws it up for everyone else by being an idiot at the track, total disregard for those 'stupid pit bike rules' may eventually result in all of us walking and not having pit bikes at all. Oh ya, wasn't that a major factor in how the pit bike 'fee' at BFR came to be in the 1st place? 

[Jason748]

If you have a noisy generator, bring enough long extension cords yo get if as far away as you can from everyone else.

If your camping and listing to your car stereo at night, be respectful of your neighbors that are camping and turn it down, some people are trying to get a decent nights sleep!

[cardzilla]

Karma is circular, always help out those in obvious need.  I can't even count how many times I've been bailed out by a fellow racer who is a total stranger.

Second is something Pedrosa needs to learn... when you decide it's time to pass you need to be sure that the tighter angle is something you can handle without crashing because it's not just you that's going down.

[funsizeracing]

ALWAYS HAVE FUN!

[Snacktime]

I know it's been kind of mentioned but...
If you take someone out (like I was at Daytona during the Am SS race) be a man or woman, find the guy or girl and apologize! I know I've made some questionable passes in the past and went out of my way to find the person and apologize. So far all I've herd was something like "It's cool, good pass." I just wanted to make sure it was "cool".
PICK UP YOUR SAFETY WIRE!     -Snack

[SV88]

As a slower rider, although follow the race line but leave 18" on either side of you so that faster riders can safely pass.
Do not hold up riders with a different plate color than your own or put them at risk.
Do not subject other riders to risk you are not prepaped to face.
Do not cut across slower starters after the green unless you have at least a path lenght and they are slower than you.