SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS SM O.K. Auto-ralli 18 19 May 2018 Finnish Rally Championship, Suomi CUP, NEAFP Kouvolan Seudun Autourheilijat ry Kouvola 1. PROGRAMME 13 April 2018 Publication of supplementary regulations, opening date for entries, restrictions concerning reconnaissance begin 7 May 2018 At 21:00 Closing date for entries 10 May 2018 List of accepted entries and competitor s information kit published on KITI-service and on the official website of the event at www.okautoralli.fi 17 May 2018 15:00 20:00 Optional administrative checks and distribution of reconnaissance materials, Original Sokos hotelli Kouvolan Vaakuna Hovioikeudenkatu 2 45100 Kouvola. Only for classes 1-16 18 May 2018 07:00 Rally Office opens 07:00 Adminstrative checks and distribution of reconnaissance materials, Original Sokos hotelli Kouvolan Vaakuna, Hovioikeudenkatu 2, 45100 Kouvola classes 1-16 08:00 Start of reconnaissance, classes 1-16 16 20:00 Media Center is open, Original Sokos hotelli Kouvolan Vaakuna, Hovioikeudenkatu 2, 45100 Kouvola 17:00 End of reconnaissance, classes 1 16 17:00 Reconnaissance Shakedown, place will be published in competitor s information kit. 18:00 Shakedown 18:00 Pre-rally scrutineering starts, classes 1-16, Kuljetus Tuuri Oy, Kullasvaarantie 2, 45200 Kouvola, +358 400 787 967. Remember to book a time: https://slotti.fi/booking/rallism/ 22:00 Shakedown closes. 22:30 23:00 Rally Office closes. Pre-rally scrutineering ends. 19 May 2018 07:00 Rally Office opens. Sokos hotelli Kouvolan Vaakuna, Hovioikeudenkatu 2, 45100 Kouvola 07:30 Rally scrutineering starts, classes 1-16 and 17-25, Kuljetus Tuuri Oy, Kullasvaarantie 2, 45200 Kouvola, +358 400 787 967. Remember to book a time: https://slotti.fi/booking/rallism/ 08:15 Start list is published, updated at 30 min intervals. 08 16:00 Media Center is open, kauppakeskus Veturi, Tervasharjunkatu 1, 45720 Kuusankoski. 09:01 Start of rally. 11:39 Regrouping I 18min / Service I 33 minutes, service park Veturi, Tervasharjunkatu 1, 45720 Kuusankoski. 15:10 Regrouping II 18 min / Service II 33 minutes, service park Veturi, Tervasharjunkatu 1, 45720 Kuusankoski. 17 20:00 Media Center is open, Original Sokos hotelli Kouvolan Vaakuna, Hovioikeudenkatu 2, 45100 Kouvola 18:07 Finish of the rally, Original Sokos hotelli Kouvolan Vaakuna, Hovioikeudenkatu 2, 45100 Kouvola. Publication of results, schedule to be given in competitor s information kit. Prize-giving ceremony, schedule to be given in competitor s information kit. 21:00 Rally Office closes. 2. OFFICIAL NOTICE BOARD Official notice board is located close to the rally office in Original Sokos hotelli Kouvolan Vaakuna. From May 17th 2018 at 15:00 until the end of the rally May 19th 2018. Notice board ll is located in service park Veturi May 19th 2018 from 08:00 to 18:00. RALLY OFFICE MEDIA CENTER Location Original Sokos hotelli Kouvolan Vaakuna Location Original Sokos hotelli Kouvolan Vaakuna Address Hovioikeudenkatu 2, 45100 Kouvola Address Hovioikeudenkatu 2, 45100 Kouvola Telephone +358 400 431 413 Telephone +358 50 308 8310 Email anne.ristola@okautoralli.fi Email seija.koskela@okautoralli.fi Contact Anne Ristola Contact Seija Koskela Opening Opening hours hours Thu May 17th 2018 from 15:00 to 20:00 Fri May 18th 2018 from 07:00 to 22:30 Sat May 19th 2018 from 07:00 to 21:00 Fri May 18th 2018 from 16:00 to 20:00, Vaakuna Sat May 19th 2018 from 08:00 to 16:00, Veturi Sat May 19th 2018 from 17:00 to 20:00, Vaakuna
3. EVENT SM O.K. Auto-rallt driven in May 18th-19th 2018 is organised by Kouvolan Seudun Autourheilijat ry. Event will be organised in compliance with general rally regulations, Finnish rally regulations and these supplementary regulations, which have been approved by AKKMotorsport with the following visa: 13/R/18. 3.2. Officials Stewards name town Chairman Tuomo Luodes Virrat Steward Markus Silfvast Kokkola Steward Pentti Kangas Kangasniemi Other Officials name town AKK Safety Delegate Jari Moisio Vähäkyrö AKK Chief Scrutineer Markku Poutiainen Helsinki Secretary of the Stewards Arja Kaukinen Kouvola Chief Officials name telephone email Clerk of the Course Markus Tankka +358 50 599 3228 markus.tankka@okautoralli.fi Clerk of the Route Juha Koskela +358 400 487 725 juha.koskela@okautoralli.fi Chief Safety Officer Arto Heino +358 40 507 2333 arde.heino@gmail.com Secretaries of the Event Anne Ristola +358 400 431 413 anne.ristola@okautoralli.fi Safety Managers Arja Kaukinen Reijo Toivonen Sami Skippari Matti Jukarainen +358 440 562 704 +358 50 365 0060 Communications Manager Artur Tynys +358 50 548 8594 Route Managers Jani Haikonen +358 400 553821 Mikko Selkee +358 40 526 7019 Media Officer Seija Koskela +358 50 308 8310 seija.koskela@okautoralli.fi Chief Scrutineer Petri Rautio +358 400 787 967 Competitors Relations Officers Pekka Valkonen +358 44 921 3997 pekka.valkonen3@gmail.com Simo Pärnänen +358 440 747 120 simo.parnanen@gmail.com 4. DESCRIPTION OF THE RALLY The lenght of the route is 321,80 km including 8 special stages with the total lenght of 102,30 km If a person who is either a competitor or acting on behalf of a competitor of SM O.K. Auto-ralli is found on the roads outside the reconnaissance schedule before the competitor s start time in the area of Iitti or Kouvola the competitor is refused the right to start. This concerns roads of Finnish roadmap, marked in yellow, grey and black or unmarked roads used for the rally. 4.1. Tires, classes 1-16 A competitor must deliver the organizer a list of FIA barcodes of the tires that will be used in the competition with a tire form at the latest in pre-rally scrutineering. The maximum number of tires that can be used in the rally is ten. The acquisition, marking and checking of the tires should happen according to Finnish SM Rally Regulations. 5. COMPETITION CLASSES Finnish Rally Championship classes, General Class 1 SM1 Super 4 FIA R5, Super 2000 Rally, FIN R 4WD (including A, Super 2000 (with out-of-date homologations) and WRC-2002 homolologated cars) Class 2 SM2 Production 4 FIA N (2018 and older international homologation), FIN N 4WD (including N and R4 homologated cars with national derogations, including out-of-date homologations)
FIA R4 Class 3 SM3 R2 FIA R1 and R2B up to 1600 cc Class 4 SM4 Super 2 Group N up to 2000 cc FIA R3 and FIN R up to 2500 cc FIA R3T/R3D Super 1600 N/A (Tdi 2-wheel drive) Suomi Cup, General and Juniors Class 5 Group F (up to 3000 cc) Class 6 V1600 General Class 7 WRC 2011 and newer FIA R4 RGT Class 8 R-lite General and Juniors Class 9 2WD (According to Finnish ASN, Appendix J, excluding Group F and V1600) Class 10 Historic, periods E-I up to 1600cm3 Class 11 Historic, periods E-I over 1600cm3 Class 12 Historic, periods J1 and J2 up to 1600cm3 Class 13 Historic, periods J1 and J2 over 1600cm3 Class 14 Seniors 2WD (According to Finnish ASN, Appendix J) Class 15 Seniors 4WD (According to Finnish ASN, Appendix J) Juniors Class 16 Juniors 4WD (According to Finnish ASN, Appendix J) CLASSES WITHOUT PACENOTES General and Juniors Class 17 Historic, periods E-I Class 18 Historic, periods J1 and J2
Class 19 Seniors 2WD (According to Finnish ASN, Appendix J) Class 20 Seniors 4WD (According to Finnish ASN, Appendix J) Class 21 N/A, FIN R (up to 1400 cc) FIA R1, V1600 (up to 1600 cc) General Class 22 2WD (According to Finnish ASN, Appendix J) Class 23 4WD (According to Finnish ASN, Appendix J) Juniors Class 24 2WD (According to Finnish ASN, Appendix J) Class 25 4WD (According to Finnish ASN, Appendix J). 5.1 Competitors The competition is a NEAFP event and thus open to licence holders of other coutries ASNs. 6. ENTRIES Anybody wishing to take part in SM O.K. Auto-Ralli must submit the entry through KITI-service, or ask the secretary of the event anne.ristola@okautoralli.fi for instructions to submit entry using alternative means. ASN licence holders from other coutries will submit their etries via entry form which can be found in ww.okautoralli.fi. The entry form should be emailed to the secretary of the event, anne.ristola@okautoralli.fi The maximum number of entries is fixed at 180 crews. Should the number of entries exceed this number, drivers who have entered the Finnish Rally Championship or Suomi Cup will be given priority. 7. ENTRY FEES Entry fees are as follows. Finnis Rally Championship registered Non-registered Non-AKK licence drivers SM1 SM4 600 750 650 SC5 SC6 550 Classes 7 8 550 Classes 9 16 400 Classes 17 25 320 Entry form and entry fee must reach the organiser May 7th 2018 at 21:00 at the latest. The entry fee must be paid to the organiser s bank account: Kouvolan Seudun Autourheilijat ry/sm O.K. Auto-ralli 575001 2158523 IBAN: FI9657500120158523 SWIFT: OKOYFIHH Driver s competition licence number should be used as the reference number of the payment.
8. SERVICE There is one service park in the event located at Tervasharjunkatu 1, 45720 Kuusankoski. Service is allowed only in the service park. The lenght of the service is 2 x 33 minutes. There will be two services. The organiser will reserve each crew 6 x 8 metres service space or a service space as defined in the Finnish Rally Championship regulations. Should a joint service space be requested, a written request (with the dimensions of the area) must reach the organiser by May 7th 2018 by 21:00 at the following contact: email anne.ristola@okautoralli.fi. After that date the organiser will charge 150 for every change concerning the service park layout. Organiser reserves the right to reject requests. Service vehicles must be equipped with fire extinguisher appropriate for extinguishing flammable fluids and with an oil spill kit ready for use at any time. A tarpaulin or equivalent being at least the size of the vehicles, must be used in the service park during service. Penalty fees for infringements in the service park area are as follows: 1 st infringement 300 2 nd infringement 600 3 rd infringement exclusion from the event by the decision of the Clerk of the Course 9. REFUELLING Refuelling is only allowed at petrol stations marked in the road book or otherwise shown by the organiser, as well as at marked refuel zones according to the Finnish Rally Championship regulations. 10. RECONNAISSANCE Reconnaissance for classes 1-16 will take place on Friday May 18th 2018 from 08.00 to 17.00. Competitors in classes 1-16 may collect their reconnaissance material from the Rally Office at Sokos Hotel Vaakuna, Hovioikeudenkatu 2 Kouvola either on Thursday May 17th 2018 between 15.00 and 20.00 or on Friday May 18th 2018 starting at 07.00. Both drivers have to present their licences and other documents personally. At registration, each competitor must give the organiser details of the car used for reconnaissance, contact details of his/her mobile phone and contact details for their service. Identification stickers (2 pieces) for the reconnaissance must be affixed on the reconnaissance vehicle as follows: one to top center of the windscreen and the other to the rear side window on the right-hand side. They must be visible throughout the whole duration of the reconnaissance. On special stages the speed limit is 80 km/h unless a lower limit is indicated by traffic signs or signs placed along the route by the organiser. The competitors must drive in a manner that does not endanger or inconvenience other traffic or people living near the stages. Under no circumstances may crews drive in the opposite direction of the rally in a special stage. Organiser will control the traffic during the reconnaissance paying attention to the manner of driving as well as to the speeds used. Police will also control the reconnaissance and will penalise competitors for infringements according to the Finnish Traffic Law. The organiser will control speeding with GPS devices, witch will give and automatic report. The GPS device can be collected from the Rally Office either on Thursday May 17th 2018 between 15.00 and 20.00 or on Friday May 18th 2018 starting at 07.00 or on Saturday an hour before every crews start time. Competitor must reserve an USB power supply for the GPS device and must keep the device on during the whole reconnaissance. Competitor must return the GPS device to the Rally Office after reconnaissance. There will be RC-stations on the course where the competitor is obligated to stop. The Clerk of the Course can also notify possible infrigiments via these stations. For a speeding infringement during reconnaissance measured either by the organiser or by the police or switching of the GPS device the Clerk of the Course may impose a penalty as follows: 1 st infringement: reprimand 2 nd infringement: 90 fine 3 rd infringement: 200 fine 4 th infringement: refusal to start The organiser must inform the competitor of the infringements immediatly either by telephone or via RC-station. The fine must be paid to the Rally Office at the latest 30 minutes before star time or the start is refused. If the speeding offence is more than 30 km/h, the Clerk of the Course may exclude the crew.
Competitors are, under pain of refusal to start, obliged to stop if Rally Officials with official plates request them to do so. Reconnaissance is allowed only two times per special stage. The organiser will motitor this via GPS devises and on the course. Speeding infringements during the rally For a speeding infringement on a road section or in the Service Park measured either by the organiser or by the police, the Clerk of the Course may impose a penalty as follows: 1 st infringement: written reprimand and 90 fine. If the speeding offence is more than 30 km/h, the Clerk of the Course may exclude the crew. 2 nd infringement: as defined by the Clerk of the Course, but may be a maximum 500 fine or exclusion. The fine must be paid to the Rally Office immediadly after the rally or at the latest before the publication of the Provisional classifications. If failing to do so the Clerk of the Course may exclude the crew. Competitors from classes 17-25 can not partisipate in reconnaissance. If a competitor from classes 17-25 is met on a special stage before theit start time their start is refused. The Organiser withelds the right to search at any time during the rally the car and all personal items (including telephones) and bags of a competitor from classes 16-25. If any notes for the route are discovered the competitor will be excluded from the race. 11. ADVERTISING Windscreen stickers in championship classes: as per rules of the Rally SM series. On competition numbers: OK Auto Oy, Kaupunkilehti Pohjois-Kymenlaakso (logo), Original Sokos hotelli Vaakuna, Kuljetus Nokkanen Oy. V THE RALLY 12. START The rally will start at the parking lot of shopping centre Veturi Saturday May 19th 2018 at 09.01 in one minute intervals. The start time of every crew will be published on the Official Notice Board. Every crew should be at the starting area 20 minutes before their start time at the latest. GPS device and the transponder for the results can be collected from the Rally Office at the latest one hour before every crews own start time. GPS device and the tranponder must be retuned at finish TC. Time card will be given to competitors at start TC. 13. FINISH The finish of the rally is located at Sokos Hotel Vaakuna starting Saturday May 19th 2018 at 18.07. There will not be a Parc Fermé area at the finish. Protest against any cars must be made before said car arrives at the finish. Telephone number can be found in the road book. 14. COMPETITOR MATERIAL Competitors in classes 1-16 are given one road book, which gives detailed description of the route to be followed, and two route maps, either on Thursday May 17th 2018 between 15.00-20.00 at the same time as administrative checks or during administrative checks in the Rally Office at Sokos Hotel Kouvolan Vaakuna on Friday May 18th 2018 starting at 07.00. Competitors in classes 16-25 are given one road book, which gives detailed description of the route to be followed, and two route maps at pre-rally scrutineering, Kuljetus Tuuri Oy, Kullasvaarantie 2, 45200 Kouvola, +358 400 787 967 15. REGROUPING HALTS There will be two (2) regrouping halts during the rally at service park Veturi, Tervasharjunkatu 1, 45720 Kuusankoski. Service is forbidden during these halts. The lenght of these halts will be maximum 18 minutes and minimum 4 minutes. There will be two (2) service halts during the rally. Service is allowed during these halt. The lenght of the service halt will be 33 minutes..
16. PRE-RALLY SCRUTINEERING Pre-rally scrutineering, classes 1-16 Pre-rally scrutineering will start Friday May 18th 2018 from 16:00 to 23:00 at OK Kuljetus Tuuri Oy, Kullasvaarantie 2, 45200 Kouvola, +358 400 787 967 Pre-rally scrutineering will end 10 minutes after the time given for the last competition number in classes 1-16. A competitor must book a time for scrutineering at https://slotti.fi/booking/rallism/ between May 10th 2018 at 21:00 and May 16th 2018 at 04:00. If a competitor wishes to chance their scheduled time after the booking system is closed the organizer will take a fee of 50. The same fee will be collected for the cars that are not booked for a time and therefore must be booked by the organizer or cars that miss their scheduled time. Classes 1-16 and 17-25 Rally scrutineering will continue Saturday May 19th 2018 at 07:30 at OK Kuljetus Tuuri Oy, Kullasvaarantie 2, 45200 Kouvola, +358 400 787 967 Rally scrutineering will end 10 minutes after the time given for the last competition number in classes 1-16. A competitor must book a time for scrutineering at https://slotti.fi/booking/rallism/ between May 10th 2018 at 21:00 and May 16th 2018 at 04:00. If a competitor wishes to chance their scheduled time after the booking system is closed the organizer will take a fee of 50. The same fee will be collected for the cars that are not booked for a time and therefore must be booked by the organizer or cars that miss their scheduled time. Rally scrutineering for classes 17-25 will only take place on Saturday May 19th 2018. Competitor material for these classes will be given at scrutineering. Details on the Competitors Information Kit. 16.1 Sealing Sealing of parts will take place during pre-rally scrutineering on Friday May 18th 2018. Details on the Competitors Information Kit. 16.3 End of Rally Scrutineering OK Auto Oy, Kaitilankatu 6, 45130 Kouvola, +358 400 787 967. 17. RESULTS Provisional classifications per competition class will be published on the official notice board as per schedule given in the Competitors Information kit. Official classifications will be available at KITI-system and www.okautoralli.fi. 18. PRIZES AND PRIZE-GIVING CEREMONY The prizes will be memorabilia and utility articles. The number of awarded competitors will be published on the Official Notice Board. Prizes will be given to both drivers in the finish area at Original Sokos hotel Kouvolan Vaakuna based on provisional classifications. If there is a chance on crews avarded a prize after official results the competitor is required to the return prizes given to them. All crews receiving prizes must attend the ceremony. Only the Clerk of the Course may grant permission for a crew not to attend the ceremony. WELCOME TO KOUVOLA KOUVOLAN SEUDUN AUTOURHEILIJAT RY SM O.K. Auto-ralli