What was required to be signed to participate in F1 events
2026-IHRA-F1PC-RULEBOOK-approved-final.pdf
DISCLAIMER
No express or implied warranty of safety shall result from publication of, or compliance with, these rules and regulations. They are intended as a guide for the conduct of the sport and are in no way a guarantee against injury or death to participants, spectators, or others.
ASSUMPTION OF RISK AND RELEASE
RACING IS AN INHERENTLY DANGEROUS SPORT. Each participant assumes that risk when he or she participates in an IHRA event. Participation in IHRA F1PC events has a significant risk of permanent injury or death that cannot be fully mitigated or eliminated. Participants are required to advise their family members of this risk. Any person who (i) participates in a racing event (as a driver or other on-track participant) or (ii) attends a racing event as a spectator, fan, visitor, or otherwise (“Participant”), understands and acknowledges that there are certain risks involved, including, but not limited to, concussion, serious injury, death or permanent disability, contact or collision with other persons, vehicles, or objects, head injury, spine injury, injury to the muscular or skeletal systems, injury to internal organs, scratches, bruises, contusions, strains, sprains, fractures, verbal abuse, loss and/or damage to sight, loss and/or damage to teeth, loss and/or damage to hearing, paralysis, inadequate or negligent first aid or emergency measures, weather related hazards, and natural hazards. The foregoing risks may arise from, among other things, high speed driving, collisions, mechanical failures, track/course conditions, and the actions of the drivers. Participant acknowledges and agrees that he or she is voluntarily participating in such activities or attending such events with the knowledge of the dangers involved and agrees to assume and accept all risks of such participation or attendance.
Any Participant is required to sign IHRA and/or track waivers before entering the pit area and/or competitor’s area. In exchange for being allowed to participate in or attend a racing event, on behalf of themselves and each of the other Releasors (as defined below), Participant hereby releases and agrees not to sue IHRA and each of its respective affiliates and employees, officers, directors, direct and indirect owners, sub-contractors, sponsors, business partners and agents, and all other participants, operators, vendors, agencies, sponsors, advertisers, and owners and lessees of premises used in connection with or related to any IHRA racing related event or activity (collectively, the “Releasees”) from or for, as applicable, all present and future liabilities, claims, and causes of action of any kind, whether at law or in equity, that may be made by the Participant or the Participant’s family, estate, heirs, or assigns (collectively, the “Releasors”) arising in any way as a result of or in connection with the Participant’s participation in a racing event or associated activities, attendance at an IHRA event or associated activities, including but not limited to actions for property damage, personal injury, or wrongful death. Participant understands and agrees that the Releasees are not responsible for any death, injury, or property damage arising out of participation in the racing event, EVEN IF CAUSED BY THEIR OWN NEGLIGENCE.
These provisions are intended to be interpreted broadly to provide maximum protection to IHRA and its affiliated entities to the fullest extent permitted by law. If any provision of this rulebook is determined to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable by a court or other authority of competent jurisdiction, such determination shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions. All remaining sections shall continue in full force and effect.
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INDEMNIFICATION
Participant also agrees to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Releasees for all liabilities, claims, damages, causes of action, costs, and expenses of any kind arising out of or in connection with the Participant’s participation in any IHRA event or competition, attendance at any IHRA event, or any and all related activities. Participant understands that this release and indemnification is intended to be as broad and inclusive as permitted by the laws in which the event or activity is taking place and agrees that if any portion of this release is invalid, the remainder will continue in full force and legal effect.
IHRA shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages resulting from any and all demands, rights, and causes of action of whatever kind or nature, arising out of all known and unknown, foreseen and unforeseen, bodily and personal injuries, damage to property, and the consequences thereof, including any injury, damage, death or disability resulting from entry into the track premises, attendance at an event, or participation in an event, including as a result of the negligence of IHRA or its affiliates. To the fullest extent permitted by law, IHRA’s total liability for any claim arising from participation in an IHRA-sanctioned event shall not exceed the amount of entry fees paid by the Participant for the event giving rise to the claim.
Participant expressly waives all rights under Section 1542 of the Civil Code of the State of California, and under any and all similar laws of any jurisdiction. Participant acknowledges that Section 1542 of the Civil Code provides as follows:
A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS THAT THE CREDITOR OR RELEASING PARTY DOES NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS OR HER FAVOR AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING THE RELEASE AND THAT, IF KNOWN BY HIM OR HER, WOULD HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS OR HER SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR OR RELEASED PARTY.
Participant acknowledges, on behalf of itself and each of the other Releasors, that the foregoing waiver of the provisions of Section 1542 of the California Civil Code is a material term and condition of this Agreement. Participant, for itself and each of the other Releasors, expressly acknowledges that this waiver shall be given full force and effect in accordance with each and all of its express terms and provisions, including those terms and provisions relating to unknown and unsuspected claims, demands, and causes of action, if any, to the same effect as those terms and provisions relating to any other claims, demands, and causes of action hereinabove described. Participant further acknowledges, for itself and each of the other Releasors, that each is fully aware that they might hereafter discover facts or other information in addition to or different from those which they now know or believe to be true, with respect to the subject matter of the claims released in this Section. Nevertheless, the Releasors intend to hereby fully, finally, and forever settle and release all matters, disputes, differences, known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, which might now exist or heretofore might exist in connection with such claims. The releases given herein shall be and remain in effect as a full and complete release notwithstanding the discovery or existence of any such additional or different facts or information.
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