Rally New Zealand 2017 Supplementary Regulations Part One

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2 SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS PART ONE: 1. JURISDICTION: This event is a National Rally with Foreign Participation promoted by Rally New Zealand and will take place from Friday 24 th November to Sunday 26 th November 2017 in the Waikato, Raglan and Bay of Plenty regions. Rally New Zealand is Round Six and the Final Round of the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship 2017 for Categories 1,2,3,4 and 5 and Round Five of the Top Half Rally Series. The Rally will be held under these Supplementary Regulations, the MotorSport NZ National Sporting Code and its Appendices and Schedules particularly Appendix Three, Schedule R being the Standing Regulations for all Rallies and Appendix Two, Schedule A Driver and Vehicle Safety Requirements and the 2017 New Zealand Rally Championship articles. The MotorSport NZ Permit Number is: MAJOR OFFICIALS Clerk of the Course Deputy Clerk of the Course Assistant Clerks of the Course Secretary of Event Chief Safety Officer Chief Scrutineer Chief Timing Marshal Assistant Chief Timing Marshal Competition Relations Officer(s) Judges of Fact Noise Schedule A 3.8 (1) Steve Foster Stuart Barnett Lara Herbert, Malcolm Laycock, Ross Twyman, Sheree Shelton Deborah Brock Andrew Jenkin Dave Robb John Holland Craig Donald Paul Mallard, Ben Aro, Bill Richardson Clerk of the Course, Asst Clerks of the Course, Post Chiefs Start Line Timing Marshal Any Rally Official Any Rally Official Starts Servicing Driving behaviour/excessive speed in the Service Park Quiet Zone The Clerk of the Course Communications Chief Brian Littlewood Results Chris Parker Chrissport Results Co-ordinator Chris Grant MotorSport NZ Stewards TBA (Chairman) TBA TBA MotorSport NZ Technical Officer Terry Carkeek Organising Committee Chairman/Members Peter Johnston (Chairman), Stuart Barnett, Blair Bartels, Simon Bell, Deborah Brock, Carl Fenn, Steve Foster, Chris Grant, Paul Mallard, Willard Martin, Blair Read Address and contact phones (fax) for all matters pertaining to the event are as follows: Rally Office Postal Address: PO Box Sylvia Park, Auckland 1644, New Zealand Telephone: info@rallynz.org.nz

3 3. THE EVENT 3.1 Venue: The event will be a two day event and will take place on gravel roads on Saturday in the Waikato/Raglan region with a service park based at the Raglan Airfield and on Sunday in the Bay of Plenty region with a service park based at the ASB Baypark Stadium. 3.2 Length: Comprises of special stages and of touring. A full stage description is appended to these regulations. 3.3 First Car Starts: From TC0 at Raglan Airfield at 0830hrs on Saturday 25 th November. 3.4 First Car Finishes: At 1608hrs at the final control which is situated at the ASB Baypark Stadium on Sunday 26 th November. 4. ENTRIES 4.1 Opening and Closing: These open with the publication of these regulations and close at 1700hrs on Friday the 3rd November with Late Entries closing at 1700hrs on Monday 13 th November A Late Entry Fee of $ incl GST will apply. Entries post marked after the normal closing date but received prior to 1700hrs on the 13 th November will be subject to the additional late fee. 4.2 Entry Acceptance: Entries shall be made on the correct form and to be deemed valid must be complete in all details and accompanied by the appropriate fees. Acceptance will be at the organising committee s discretion. Organisers reserve the right to refuse any entry in accordance with the prescribed provisions of the National Sporting Code. 4.3 Fees: (a) International Basic $1000 $1030 $862 $558 $993 MSNZ $570 $340 $160 $160 $160 St John $180 $180 $180 $180 $180 Tracking $145 $145 $145 $145 $145 Sub Total $1895 $1695 $1347 $1043 $1478 plus GST $285 $255 $203 $157 $222 Total $2180 $1950 $1550 $1200 $1700 (a) Entry Fee for international competitors - $2180 Includes: 1x Road Book, 2x Route Maps, Vehicle Livery, Rallysafe Fee, Insurance excess Excludes: Stage Notes and Recce. (b) Entry Fee for competitors registered in Categories 1 4 in the NZ Rally Championship - $1950 Includes: 1x Road Book, 2x Route Maps, Vehicle Livery, Rallysafe Fee, Insurance excess Excludes: Stage Notes and Recce. (c) Entry Fee for TWO Day competitors registered in Category 5 in the NZ Rally Championship - $1550 Includes: 1x Road Book, 2x Route Maps, Vehicle Livery, Rallysafe Fee, Insurance excess Excludes: Stage Notes and Recce. Entry Fee for ONE Day only competitors registered in Category 5 in the NZ Rally Championship and Top Half - $1200 Includes: 1x Road Book, 2x Route Maps, Vehicle Livery, Rallysafe Fee, Insurance excess Excludes: Stage Notes and Recce. (d) Entry Fee for Two Day competitors not registered for NZRC - Others - $1700 Includes: 1x Road Book, 2x Route Maps, Vehicle Livery, Rallysafe Fee, Insurance excess Excludes: Stage Notes and Recce. (e) Service Crew Registration First Crew included in entry fee. Each additional vehicle - $20.00 (f) Recce Fee - $50.00 (b) NZRC Cat 1-4 (c) NZRC Cat 5 Two Days (c) NZRC Cat 5 Top Half One Day Only (d) Others

4 (g) Late Entry Fee - $ an additional fee required to lodge a late entry (h) Change of Crew The fee to lodge a change of crew after close of entries is $ Number of Starters: The organisers reserve the right to abandon the event if less than 60 entries are received at normal closing date. The maximum number of starters will be 120. Any additional entries received will be placed on the reserve list in order of receipt. 4.5 Acceptance of Entry: These will be notified by Wednesday 8 th November together with the seeded start list. 4.6 Competitor Requirements: (1) Knowledge and Understandings: In signing the entry forms competitors (Entrant and Drivers) are deemed to fully understand the MotorSport NZ National Sporting Code and its relevant Appendices and Schedules. Particularly, (a) (b) The National Sporting Code articles pertaining to protests and competitors obligations, and Appendix Three Schedule R articles pertaining to Stage notes, Pace notes and Reconnaissance. (2) Licence Requirements: Both the No. 1 and No. 2 drivers shall hold a R1 Grade or higher MotorSport NZ issued Competition Licence. If the Entrant is other than a driver, an Entrants licence in the name of the Entrant is required. (3) New Competitors: Any driver(s) who have not previously competed in three or more rallies must attend the new competitor special briefing to be held at 1600hrs on Friday 24 th November. The venue for this will be advised in the Supplementary Regulations Part Two Acceptance of Entry. 5. ELIGIBLE VEHICLES 5.1 Compliance: All vehicles shall comply with Appendix Two Schedule A and Appendix Three Schedule R of the current MotorSport Manual unless stated otherwise in these supplementary regulations Classes: Vehicles will be divided into the following classes: NZRC as per the 2017 NZRC Portfolio:- Category 1: 4WD cars Category 2: FIA Group N 2WD, R1, R2 and R3 cars, plus 2wd GPN Category 3: Open Class 2WD Category 4: Historic vehicles as per 2017 NZRC Portfolio Category 5: Rally Challenge Trophy cars THRS and Others:- Open 4WD Open 2WD Note: Competitors can only enter one class 5.3 Fuel NZRC Category 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 competitors must use fuel in accordance with the NZRC Portfolio Article 16 and any subsequent amendments. All other competitors must use fuel in accordance with Appendix Two Schedule A, Article 3.9 of the current MotorSport Manual. Note: Competitors should be familiar with and adhere to the MotorSport NZ Code of Practice Fuel, available via the following link

5 6. DOCUMENTATION AND SCRUTINEERING AUDIT Competitors must present themselves at documentation for the checking of licences and documents, issuing of competition numbers and applicable advertising material prior to presenting the car for audit scrutineering and for those cars with forced induction engines, restrictor inspection. Cars will not be cleared to compete until all of these numbers and advertising requirements are firmly affixed in the appropriate places on the vehicle. The venues for Documentation will be: Monday 20 th November Rally New Zealand Office - By appointment Wednesday 22 nd November Rally New Zealand Office - By appointment Thursday 23 rd November Rock It Café, Raglan hrs Thursday 23 rd November Mount Brewing Company, 109 Maunganui Road, Mount Maunganui hrs Friday 24 th November Mount Brewing Company, 109 Maunganui Road, Mount Maunganui hrs START LIST The Start List will be published on the official Notice Boards at 1630hrs, on Friday 24 th November. SCRUTINEERING Remote Pre-scrutineering is available before Wednesday 22 nd November by application with following scrutineers: Region Scrutineer Phone Number Whangarei Mike Jordan Auckland Dave Robb Hamilton Sean Elder Rotorua Myles Herbert Tauranga David Loughlin Taupo Alistair Steele Taranaki Greg Dietschin Napier/Hastings Trevor Sandilands Palmerston North Timo Lloyd Wellington Barry Carrington Nelson Garry Orton Christchurch Les Summerfield Dunedin Dan Cresswell Event Chief Scrutineer Dave Robb For those competitors who do not pre-scrutineer, limited options for scrutineering will be available on Thursday 23 rd November and Friday 24 th November by appointment with the event Chief Scrutineer. All NZRC Registered Crews are to present their Cars and Logbooks to Scrutineering between 1730hrs and 2100hrs on Thursday 23rd th November (Pending finish time of Recce) or between 1030hrs and 1600hrs on Friday 24 th November for pre-event eligibility, checking and weighing. The venue for this will be:- Performance Diesels 1 Rerewai Place Mount Maunganui (Corner Tukorako Drive & Rerewai Place) 3 from Documentation venue.

6 7. OFFICIALS IDENTIFICATION Officials of the event will be identified as detailed below. a) Safety/Spectator Marshals Orange vest with black Safety b) Stage Control (Post) Chief Blue vest with black Post Chief c) Other Post Marshals Green vest with black Control d) Competitor Relations Officers Red vest with white Competitor Relations Officer e) Medical Officials Green Overalls with yellow Medical f) Scrutineers Black vests with Scrutineer 8. OFFICIAL BULLETINS Official Bulletins may be issued in accordance with the provisions of the National Sporting Code. 9. OFFICIAL NOTICE BOARDS These will be at any of the following venues: Rally Headquarters Chrissport Website 10. RESULTS Provisional results will be posted at 1730hrs on Sunday 26 th November on the Chrissport website: STAGE NOTES The use of Stage Notes will be permitted in accordance with Schedule R Part 1, Article 7.1. For those competitors wishing to purchase the Stage Notes it is essential that they advise of their intention on the box provided on the entry form. Information: The stage note system uses an automated computer program to generate a description of the special stage road using sensors fitted to a vehicle driven through each stage. Such notes describe the route in more detail than the Road Book and can be used without reconnaissance. The purchase and use of the stage notes is a direct contract between the competitor and Neil Allport Motorsport with the organiser s involvement being limited to authorising the use and facilitating the preparation and distribution on behalf of Neil Allport Motorsport. There is no obligation on any competitor to purchase these stage notes. The cost of these notes is $ per set if ordered before 5pm Friday 3 rd November. Notes will cost $ if ordered after 3 rd November but before Monday 13 th November. You must order direct through Neil Allport Motorsport website RECONNAISSANCE Two pass reconnaissance is available for those competitors who have purchased Stage Notes. Reconnaissance will begin at SS1/4 Te Hutewai in accordance with the below schedule.

7 Reconnaissance Schedule Thursday 23 rd November Report Times Stage Stage Distance Liaison Distance 08:45 to 09:00 SS1 / 4 Te Hutewai 1 & :00 to 09:15 SS2 / Whaanga Coast 1 & 2 09:45 to 10:00 SS1 / Te Hutewai 1 & 2 10:15 to 10:30 SS2 / Whaanga Coast 1 & 2 11:45 to 12:00 SS3 / Te Akau Sth 1 & 2 12:25 to 12:40 SS3 / Te Akau Sth 1 & 2 ETA Tauranga 15:40 hrs Friday 24 th November 08:45 to 09:00 SS7 / Manawahe 1 & 2 09:40 to 09:55 SS7 / Manawahe 1 & 2 SS8 / :10 to 11:25 TMMI 1 & 2 SS8 / TMMI 1 & 2 11:45 to 12:00 12:20 to 12:35 SS9 / 12 Mangatoi 1 & 2 SS9/12 Mangatoi 1 & Kms ETA Tauranga 13:30 hrs Total Distance Time Allowed 00:15 00:45 Clear Stage by 00:15 10:30 01:30 11:15 00:40 00:55 13:20 01:30 10:15 00:35 11:45 00:35 13:00 One loop 1 st pass One loop 2 nd pass One loop 2 passes One loop 2 passes Two Passes One loop 2 passes Reconnaissance will be conducted in convoy strictly in accordance with the published schedule. No late entry into a stage for reconnaissance will be permitted. During special stages crews must remain within the convoy. Reconnaissance outside the schedule as set by the organisers is considered a very serious offence and will be penalised. At all times competitors maximum speed on Special Stages will be 80kph. All cars must have their headlights on at all times whilst travelling on the roads of the special stages. Crews are only permitted to enter a special stage from the start point shown in the Road Book and may not under any circumstance drive in a direction opposite to that of the rally unless instructed by an official of the event. Crews must stop at the start of each stage where a Rally Official will endorse their Reconnaissance Card and at any other location where instructed. Competitors shall create their own safety plan which appoints a team member who shall be responsible for the well being of the crew during the reconnaissance period. All cars will be subject to compliance scrutineering at any time during reconnaissance. Each crew using a reconnaissance car will be issued with 3x Number Sets. The two large sets of numbers must be placed on the rear side windows of the reconnaissance vehicle. The small numbers must be placed on the front windscreen in the top corner on the co-driver s side. Each crew will be issued with a Reconnaissance Card valid for one passage over each special stage according to the reconnaissance time schedule.

8 13. GENERAL A. Prize list General Classification Rally New Zealand 1st Trophies for Driver and Co-driver 2nd Trophies for Driver and Co-driver 3rd Trophies for Driver and Co-driver Trophies will also be awarded to each Driver and Co-driver placed first, second and third in each class. New Zealand Rally Championship As per the NZRC Portfolio B. Prize Giving The venue for this is on the finish ramp at ASB Baypark Stadium. Awards will be presented for the event. A separate NZRC end of season prizegiving and a dinner will be held in the Stadium Lounge at ASB Baypark Stadium. Venue open from 1830hrs for dinner followed by prizegiving. This will be a great event to finish the season and ALL competitors and crew are invited to attend. Further details will be published in the Supplementary Regulations Part Two - Acceptance of Entry. C. Itinerary The itinerary is appended to these regulations; the itinerary published in the road book will be the definitive one. D. Livery Requirements Rally Plates and Competition Numbers will be provided by the Organisers at Documentation. NZRC Competitors extra livery requirements will be as per the 2017 NZRC Portfolio. Please note that all livery as outlined in these regulations is compulsory and is not dependent upon being registered for any Championship or series. All competition vehicles must have all the livery as outlined in these regulations in place to gain access to the pre start area. E. Official Time Official time throughout the entire rally will be set from the Industrial Research Ltd Talking Clock: Telephone F. Withdrawals and Rejoining All withdrawals either temporarily or permanent must be reported to Rally Control as soon as possible. Competitors who have handed in a temporary withdrawal form or have phoned a temporary withdrawal to Rally Headquarters, have the opportunity to rejoin the rally after service. Competitors wishing to rejoin must advise the CRO before their scheduled report time to the TC after service. If the vehicle has been damaged the competitor needs to gain approval to rejoin from the Chief Scrutineer. As per the NZRC Championship Portfolio registered competitors are able to rejoin at the Power stage. Rejoining competitors will be reseeded at the discretion of the Clerk of the Course. G. Change of Co-Driver Change of Co-Driver is permitted at any Service Out Control; the replacement Co-Driver must complete all Documentation and Scrutineering requirements. Competitors wishing to take this option are to advise the Clerk of the Course via a CRO at the Service Park at least 15mins before reporting to the Time Control. Competitors wishing to make this change are advised as per Manual 35 Sch R the crew undertaking the change cannot feature in the results ahead of a crew that has not changed. H. Rallysafe The Rallysafe tracking and timing technology will be used by all competitors. An overview of the system which provides significant safety benefits can be found on The cost to competitors will be in two parts: (a) A one off cost of approximately $200 to purchase the wiring kit, brackets and aerials that can be used at multiple events. (b) An event cost (for all competitors) of $140 incl GST is included in the entry fee. Competitors are advised, as per the fitting instructions available on

9 Rallysafe requires a continual reliable power supply from 9 to 28 volts DC, for your safety and continuity of service, it is imperative that the unit is connected to an un-switched supply on the battery positive terminal or the battery positive side of the isolation switch, insure that power is supplied to the unit at all times. Do not use an ignition switched power supply. I. Servicing There will be two service parks located at ASB Baypark Stadium and Raglan Airfield. Competitors must service on a ground sheet capable of holding the debris and mud that falls from the vehicle during servicing. Teams will be allocated a designated service area in the Service Parks. Due to the limited space available only registered vehicles will be permitted in the service park. If you require additional space or want to service alongside another team please contact the event secretary via no later than 1700hrs Wednesday 15 th November. The ASB Baypark Stadium café will be open throughout the event. Refuelling will be permitted in the service parks and competitors are reminded of their requirement to comply with the MSNZ Code of Practise for Motorsport Fuel. Note: Competitors should be familiar with and adhere to the MotorSport NZ Code of Practice Fuel, available via the following link: No servicing is permitted in the Control Zones. Servicing is defined as any repairs or additions of fluids to the competing car, other than to change a punctured tyre. Refer Servicing In Control Zones: Motorsport New Zealand Manual 35, Schedule R, Article 11.1(c) & National Sporting Code Article 60. J. Ceremonial Start & Pre-event Promotional Activity The Ceremonial Start will be at 18:15hrs at The Strand, Tauranga commencing with a Car display and Autograph session. K. Power Stage NZRC Competitors The Power stage for all NZRC competitors will be SS5 Whaanga Coast. In the event SS5 Whaanga Coast is interrupted for any reason, then the Power stage will be SS6 Te Akau South. Competitors will be advised of this change at Service C. L. Ceremonial Finish & Parc Ferme The Ceremonial Finish of the rally will be at ASB Baypark Stadium at 1608hrs. From there, competitors must follow officials instructions to drive over the finish ramp and then proceed to Parc Ferme as directed where applicable. M. CROs Paul Mallard Ben Aro Bill Richardson Ph Ph Ph pmallard1975@gmail.com meter_boy@hotmail.co.nz bilric@kinect.co.nz

10 N. Starting System of Special Stages The competitors start time will be allocated at the start line by the Start Marshal using the rallysafe system. The countdown will be provided within the car via the rallysafe unit. In the event of a failure to this system / process the Start Marshal will commence a manual start. A false start will be detected by the Start Marshal with the rallysafe system as the backup information. Competing crews are reminded the only entry they can make on the time card is within the yellow section, all other entries are to be done by the Timing Marshal. O. Service Park Driving behaviour within the service park will be monitored by Rally officials. Any unreasonable speed or behaviour will be reported to the Clerk of the Course. The penalty for any breach is 5mins added to the competitor s elapsed time.

11 APPENDIX 1 ITINERARY The itinerary as published in the road book will be the definitive itinerary RALLY NEW ZEALAND DAY 1 RAGLAN Saturday 25 November TC Location SS Dist Liaison Dist Total Dist Target First car SS km km km Time Due 0 Start - Raglan Airfield 8: :08 8:38 SS 1 Te Hutewai : :17 8:58 SS 2 Whaanga Coast :01 2A Service A IN :40 9:41 Service A Raglan :20 2B Service A OUT 10:01 Distance to next refuel :45 10:46 SS 3 Te Akau South :49 3A Service B IN :25 12:14 Service B Raglan :20 3B Service B OUT/Regroup In 12:34 3C Regroup Out 0:20 12:54 Distance to next refuel :08 13:02 SS 4 Te Hutewai : :17 13:22 SS 5 Whaanga Coast :25 5A Service C IN :40 14:05 Service C Raglan :20 5B Service C OUT 14:25 Distance to next refuel :45 15:10 SS 6 Te Akau South :13 Refuel - Te Uku Landing Distance to next refuel A Service D IN :12 18:25 Service D (ASB Bay Park) (0:45) 6B Service D OUT / Parc Ferme IN (NZRC) 19:10 Saturday Totals

12 APPENDIX 1 ITINERARY The itinerary as published in the road book will be the definitive itinerary RALLY NEW ZEALAND DAY 2 TAURANGA Sunday 26 November TC Location SS Dist Liaison Dist Total Dist Target First car SS km km km Time Due 6C Service E (ASB Bay Park) 8:20 6D Service E OUT 0:10 8:30 Distance to next refuel E :05 9:35 SS7 Manawahe : :10 10:48 SS8 TMMI : :20 11:11 SS9 Mangatoi :14 9A Service F IN :45 11:59 Service F (ASB Bay Park) :20 9B Service F OUT/Regroup IN 12:19 9C Regroup OUT 0:20 12:39 Distance to next refuel :05 13:44 SS10 Manawahe : :10 14:57 SS11 TMMI : :20 15:20 SS12 Mangatoi :23 12A Finish (ASB Bay Park) :45 16:08 Proceed to Ramp Prizegiving Sunday Totals Saturday Sunday TOTAL

13 APPENDIX 2 IMPORTANT DATES & TIMES These times are for reference only and may change in Acceptance of Entry Friday 3 rd November 17:00hrs Normal Close of Entries Wednesday 8 th November Acceptance of Entry Notified to Competitors and Seeded Entry List Published Monday 13 th November 17:00hrs Late Entries Close at the discretion of the Organiser Wednesday 15 th November 17:00hrs Last day for Service Park & Scrutineering Special Requests Monday 20 th November & Wednesday 22 nd November By Appointment Documentation & Recce Registration at Rally NZ Office, Auckland If you wish to do documentation in Auckland please book an appointment by phoning or deborah@rallynz.org.nz Wednesday 22 nd November Last Day for Pre-Scrutineering Thursday 23 rd November 07:00-08:30hrs Recce Registration at Rock It Café, 248 Wainui Road, Raglan Everyone to meet here before the start of Recce Breakfast, coffee and toilets available 08:45 15:40hrs Reconnaissance 17:30 21:00hrs Scrutineering Performance Diesels, 1 Rerewai Drive, Mt Maunganui Friday 24 th November 08:45-13:30hrs Reconnaissance 10:30-16:00hrs Documentation Mount Brewing Company, 109 Maunganui Road 10:30-16:00hrs Scrutineering Performance Diesels, 1 Rerewai Drive, Mt Maunganui 15:30hrs New Competitors Briefing venue to be confirmed 16:30hrs Start list for Day 1 posted 16:30hrs Cars in Pre-Start Park 18:15hrs Ceremonial Start, The Strand, Tauranga Saturday 25 th November 08:30hrs First Car Departs, TC0 at Raglan Airfield 18:13hrs First Car Finishes, ASB Baypark Stadium, Tauranga 18:45hrs Start list for Day 2 posted Sunday 26 th November 08:20hrs First Car Departs 16:08hrs First Car Finishes, ASB Baypark Stadium, Tauranga 18:30hrs Championship Prizegiving, Stadium Lounge, ASB Baypark Stadium Venue open from 18:30hrs for dinner followed by Prizegiving

14 APPENDIX 3 Stage Descriptions Stage No. Stage Name Distance Stage Description SS1/4 Te Hutewai SS2/5 Whaanga Coast SS3/6 Te Akau South SS7/10 Manawahe WRC stage narrow and winding - opening towards Finish. WRC coast stage with a variety of challenges for Drivers. WRC stage, good gravel surface presenting a variety of conditions. Traditional WRC stage including a tarmac section before Helicopter corner a drivers stage with many changes of pace. SS8/11 TMMI 5.66 At the TMMI Motorsport Park. SS9/12 Mangatoi Winding and narrow gravel surface as the final test for car and driver.