Welcome to Historic Rally Midnattssolsrallyt 2012 The rally will be run in full compliance with the National Regulations by the Swedish ASN, this invitation and eventual bulletins issued by the Organiser. Anybody taking part in the rally is doing so under his/hers own responsibility and at his/hers own risk. FIA, The Swedish ASN, organising clubs, the organiser and marshals assumes no liability for damages. Competitors have by entering the rally accepted that personal data from the entry form can be used for computerising results and media purpose. 1 Organiser - Place - Dates KAK, the Royal Automobile Club of Sweden. Västerås Start Wednesday July 18 and Finish Saturday July 21 2012. 2 Organising Committee Per Carlsson, Lars Mattsson, Janne Rydh, Roger Turesson, Kerstin Linden, Magnus Turesson och Thomas Kvant. Competitor Relation Officer: Ulrika Ladebo +46 76 1007729 Press Officer: Robert Gustavsson +46 70 9618352 3 Clerk of the Course Lars Mattsson, phone: +4644 351699, mob +4670 30999393 4 Chief Scrutineer Conny Johansson, mob +4670 7273763 5 Chairman of the Stewards Bo Swanér phone +46520 481190 6 Steward Torbjörn Johansson 7 Technical delegate
Ralf Pettersson +358 400404118 8 Environmental Officer Börje Lagerqvist 9 Description This is a national historic rally run under the Swedish ASN historic rally regulations. Total length will be 1150kms with 180kms of SS divided into 22 SS mainly over gravel roads. The rally will be run over 3 legs with 2 overnight halts. Road book will be used. Reseeding will be done after each leg. Classes 11-19 are allowed to use the organisers pace notes. Available will be describing and number pace notes in Swedish and English and are made by Bruno Berglund. The fee for pace notes is SEK 800, VAT incl and has to be paid together with the entry fees. Please note that for Swedish competitors both driver and co-driver need to be licensed to use the pace notes. Classes 3-19 will be seeded as one group after the first leg. Leading competitor starts first and so on. 10 Rally Base Start and Finish will be at Rocklunda, Västerås. 11 Preliminary Time Schedule Wednesday April 4 Official invitation at www.midnattssolsrallyt.com and entry opens. Monday April 30 Entry closes at 18.00. Friday May 11 Monday May 14 Entry list official at www.midnattssolsrallyt.com Payment of entry fees can start. Friday May 25 Entry fees must be by us latest 18.00. Monday May 28 Monday June 11 Friday June 29 Media accreditation form available at www.midnatttssolsrallyt.com Rally Guide will be published at www.midnattssolsrallyt.com Start list in seeded order will be published at www.midnattssolsrallyt.com Start confirmation will be sent out by email. Tuesday July 17 16.00 Rally Info opens at Rocklunda. 17.00-21.00 Pre-administrative checks and collecting of starting numbers and advertising. 21.00 Rally Info closes.
Wednesday July 18 08.30 Rally Info and Press Centre opens. Administrative checks and collecting of documents. 9.00-15.00 Scrutineering. Start numbers and advertising must be attached on the cars. Timetable will be given in the Rally Guide. 10.00-15.00 Possibility to check pace notes in normal road going cars 16.30 Information meeting for Competitors close by Rally Info. 17.00 Stewards meeting Rocklunda. 18.00 Start list for SS1, and leg 1 will be published at Rally Info. All cars must be placed according to instructions at Rocklunda 18.15 Official opening ceremony of the 2012 Midnattssolsrallyt. 20.00 First start SS1. 19.30-22.30 Welcome buffet Rocklunda. 22.00 Rally Info and Press Centre closes. 22.00 Optional guarded parking at Rocklunda. Thursday July 19 06.45 Rally Info and Press Centre opens. 08.00 First car starts on Leg 1. All cars must be at the Start park 15 min before their respective starting time. During the day lunch break with service and regrouping in Hamra, Hedemora. 18.00 First car at the end of Leg 1 at Rocklunda.. 19.00-22.00 Dinner for all Competitors at Rocklunda. 20.00 Entry closes for restart after withdrawal during Leg 1. Place: Rally Info. 21.00 Stewards meeting Rocklunda. 22.00 Results after Leg 1 and restart list for Leg 2 will be published at Rally Info. Optional guarded parking at Rocklunda. 22.15 Rally Info and Press Centre closes. Friday July 20 06.45 Rally Info and Press Centre opens. 07.00 First car starts for Leg 2. During the day lunch break with service and regrouping in Östhammar. 18.00 First car at the end of Leg 2 at Rocklunda. 19.00-22.00 Dinner for all Competitors at Rocklunda. 20.00 Entry closes for restart after withdrawal during Leg 2. Place: Rally Info. 21.00 Stewards meeting Rocklunda. 22.00 Results after Leg 2 and restart list for Leg 3 will be published at Rally Info. Optional guarded parking at Rocklunda. 22.15 Rally Info and Press Centre closes. Saturday July 20 06.45 Rally Info and Press Centre opens. 07.00 First car starts on Leg 1. During the day lunch break with service and regrouping at Ericbergs Säteri. 17.30 Finish of the Rally with some prize-giving Rocklunda. 17.40 Parc Ferme Rocklunda. 19.00-22.00 Closure buffet Rocklunda. 19.30 Stewards meeting Rocklunda.
20.00 Final results. 20.30 Optional guarded parking at Rocklunda 22.30 Prize-giving for Class winners and overall winners. Sunday July 21 08-00 Overnight park opens. Reconnaissance on roads used for the rally is strictly forbidden after publishing of these regulations. Start interval will be 1 minute. Eventual gaps will filled. SS1 will be run at 30 sec start interval. Final technical control will be done at the finish. Controls will also be done at the regroupings. 12 Competitors Licenses Accepted entries The rally is open for Swedish drivers with valid A-, B- or C-license and codrivers plus foreign drivers with valid EU-licenses. Maximum number of entries are 165, counting both Regularity and Historic Rally. Note: At all competitions except FIA International Championship events only the driver is allowed to drive the car. The crew, driver and codriver have to do the whole event as a crew without any replacing. Any person can only take the start once in the event. Lady class including in this years rally. The organiser reserves the right to decide which entries to accept. 13 Classes - Start order Cars in the Historic Rally are competing in classes 3-19. Cars in Classes A1-D4 must be certified as historical cars with a HTP (Historical Technical Passport) that must be shown at the scrutineering. Failure to do so results in a no start. Period E and earlier (before 31.12.1961) Class 3 Class 4 Class 5 A1 up to 1000 cc A2 from 1000 cc up to 1600 cc A3 over 1600 cc Period F and G1 Class 6 Class 7 Class 8 Class 9 Class 10 B1 up to 1000 cc B2 from 1000 cc up to 1300 cc B3 from 1300 cc up to 1600 cc B4 from 1600 up to 2000 cc B5 over 2000 cc Period G2 and H1 (1.1.1970 31.12.1975), pace notes allowed. Class 11 Class 12 C1 up to 1300 cc C2 from 1300 cc up to 1600 cc
Class 13 Class 14 Class 15 C3 from 1600 cc up to 2000 cc C4 from 2000 cc up to 2500 cc C5 over 2500 cc Period H2 and I (1.1.1976 31.12.1981), pace notes allowed. Class 16 Class 17 Class 18 Class 19 D1 up to 1300 cc D2 from 1300 cc up to 1600 cc D3 from 1600 cc up to 2000 cc D4 over 2000 cc If less than 3 competitors are entered in a class that class may be merged with the next higher class. Start order: Class 1 (Regularity), Class 2 (Regularity), Historic Rally in by the Organiser seeded order. 14 Advertising The organiser reserves the right to advertise on the cars in conformity with the ASN regulations on the front doors, front wings and upper part of the windscreen. These areas must be kept free from all other advertising from the time of scrutineering to the end of the prizegiving. Organisers advertising must be kept on its place during the event. Competitors that cannot accept this advertising must pay SEK 9.000 plus VAT at the administrative check on Wednesday morning July 18. Advertising on the competition numbers are not optional. 15 Team competition There will be no team competition. 16 Special regulations Tires must be according to FIA App. K. Stages will be marked according to the British system. Timing will be done down to 1/10 of the second. Restart possibility: Withdrawals on Leg1 and 2 can make a restart on next leg after rescrutineering with 3 min added for each SS not covered. This as an addition to the best result in class on each SS. A minimum of 3 min will always be added. The same possibility is given the competitor that has been excluded because of being far too late at a TC. Request for a restart is made at the Rally Info according to the Time Plan. Witdrawal on the last leg, Leg 3, i definite. Restart at other occasions, during a leg, is not automatic, but can be allowed by a decision by the Clerk of the Course. 17 Entry fees Entry fee is SEK 15.000 VAT included.
The entry fee includes: 1 Road Book 1 Program incl map Rally plates, start numbers, organiser s advertising Welcome buffet for driver/codriver Lunch at halts Thursday to Saturday for driver/codriver Dinner buffet Thursday/Friday for driver/codriver Prizegiving with dinner buffet for driver/codriver 2 plaques from Midnattssolsrallyt 2012 1 Service set 1 extra Service set can be ordered when paying the entry fee, additional cost SEK 600VAT included. Payment: Bankgiro nr 765-4502 Rallytravels Sweden AB For payment from abroad, Sparbanken 1826, Sweden BIC: SWEDSESS IBAN: SE1780000831395044289741 Rallytravels Sweden AB Adress of the bank: Sparbanken, Näsby 291 25 Kristianstad Please, remember to note driver s name, license and class together with the payment. 18 Entry - day - time Wednesday April 4 Official invitation and entry opens at www.midnattssolsrallyt.com. Monday April 30 Entry closes at 18.00. Friday May 11 Monday May 14 Friday May 25 Entry list official at www.midnattssolsrallyt.com Payment of entry fees can start. Entry fees must be by us latest 18.00. If not, the entry will not be accepted. 19 Cancellation The Organiser has the right to cancel the Rally after deliberation with the Stewards. 20 Prizes - Prize giving - Dead heat Prizes will be given to 25 % of the competitors in class. Not collected prizes will be forfeited. In a dead heat the winner is the competitor with the best result on SS 2, if still not decided, SS 3 aso. 21 Non-starter
A cancellation of entry has to be made to Resultatservice, Lars Gren, mob +4670 5339834. lars.gren@resultatservice.se A cancellation before 18.00 on 2012-06-15, will result in 50% repayment, after that date and time there will be no repayment. 22 Information - phone numbers General: Per Carlsson, +4644 70865, mob +4670 8802335 business days 9-16 info@rallytravels.com Technical: Conny Johansson mob +4670 7273763 Filming, photo and selling of goods or commercial activities is only allowed after consultation and acceptance by the organiser. Additional buffets can be ordered at www.midnattssolsrallyt.com 23 Exemptions Exemption from the speed limits on the SS s has been applied for at the local government. 24 Fuel - Service There are gas stations along the rally route. It is allowed to use these. Service regulations have to be followed. Set Service parks may occur. Environmental regulations according to the Swedish ASN regulations have to be followed. At the Service Park in Rocklunda each Competitor will be provided with an area of 6 x 10 meters. If more room is needed, please contact the organiser at info@rallytravels.com before May 20, the cost is SEK 100 per m2, VAT included. There will be NO parc ferme after SS1, Leg 1 and 2, so there will be free servicing up to the start next morning. The cars may not leave the Service area until 15 min before restarting. We will offer WC and shower facilities in conjunction with the Service Park at Rocklunda. 25 Rest halts 2 overnight halts and 3 lunch halts with regrouping 45-60 min. 26 Respite and maximum lateness Following the ASN regulations, max 15 min between two TC s, max 30 min on a Leg and max 60 min for the whole rally. 27 Official Notice Board There will be an Official Notice Board at the Rally Info. Furthermore, eventual bulletins and information s will be on display at the lunch breaks. 28 Phone number during the event
Deputy Clerk of the course, Janne Rydh, mob +4670 0524750 Welcome