Rule Change: Increasing Late Fee to $40
I propose a change to Section 11.2.B


Current rule:
Late registration entries may still be made on MotorsportsReg at any time up to the registration cutoff time of 8:15 am the day of the event, but entries received after the early registration deadline will be assessed a $20 late fee and the entrant will be gridded at the rear of the class on a first come, first served basis. No exceptions will be made.



Proposed rule:
Late registration entries may still be made on MotorsportsReg at any time up to the registration cutoff time of 8:15 am the day of the event, but entries received after the early registration deadline will be assessed a $40 late fee and the entrant will be gridded at the rear of the class on a first come, first served basis. No exceptions will be made.



Reasoning:

With MotorsportReg registration no longer needs to be "closed" or "taken offline" after pre-registration ends on Monday evening prior to an event. Registration is left open until 8:15am on race day and late registrants get assessed an automatic late fee starting on Tuesday prior to an event. So there is plenty of time to get registered prior to the race weekend. The purpose of this rule change is to increase the incentive for racers to pre-register for the following reasons -

  1. Reducing traffic in the race day office on Saturday and Sunday mornings.
  2. Incentivising pre-registration should help the board have a better outlook of the potential signups going into a race weekend.
  3. Puts a little more money in the MRA's bucket thanks to the procrastinators.