are there any other sets of rules besides ROAR? us local boys are making a track and have been looking at ROAR regultions and they seem very strict and specific.

i say:

screw regulations!

*ahem* thats just me, though.

The other two organization I have heard about are NORRCA and IFMAR. NORRCA is (or was - I don't know their status) a competing standards organization here in the US - IFMAR is more a European thing I think (The Italy world championships were IFMAR standards). I don't really know a lot about either organization but there's always Google.

Our local track is self governing and that's fine with everyone who races there. We get quite a bunch some weekends (sometimes >120 entries) but everyone has managed to not get in a huff and take their toys and go home. Maybe once a month someone will complain that someone else has 'cheated' (sometimes founded - "I don't know how that 12 turn armature got into my 27 turn housing, really!" - and sometimes not) but it's usually not a big fight to get it straightened out. It's usually pretty obvious if someone has a stunning advantage and that might warrant checking out but as long as no one has a big edge it's usually fine.

yeah we have a group that already converted to ROAR and they are a real picky group and real stubborn. it would be nice to get them in our circle of tracks but they might not join because were not ROAR also. who knows, maybe they just want another track besides their own to screw around on. we'll probably create our own rules to help keep the fun in the hobby.

Well just make your own set of rules for novice/sportsmans races and follow ROAR for the pro/expert races.