SOLWAY COAST JUNIOR RALLY - SUNDAY 9 AUGUST 2015 - Adam Steele SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS
SOLWAY COAST JUNIOR RALLY 2015 REGULATIONS (2300300615) ARTICLE 1. ANNOUNCEMENT: Solway Car Club Ltd will organise a Single Venue (Multi Use) Special Stage Rally the www.usedcarparts.co.uk Solway Coast Junior Rally on Sunday 9th August 2015. The event will start and finish at the Military Ranges, Dundrennan, near Kirkcudbright, and will be a qualifying round of the Brick & Steel Junior 1000 Ecosse Challenge, McGrady Insurance Junior 1000 Rally Challenge Ireland, and Kick Energy Junior 1000 Rally Championship. ARTICLE 2. JURISDICTION: The meeting will be governed by the 2015 General Regulations of the Royal Automobile Club Motor Sports Association Ltd [incorporating the provisions of the International Sporting Code of the FIA], these Supplementary Regulations, Regulations issued by the Brick & Steel Junior 1000 Ecosse Challenge / McGrady Insurance Junior 1000 Rally Challenge Ireland / Kick Energy Junior 1000 Rally Championship and any written instructions that the organising club may issue for the event. ARTICLE 3. AUTHORISATION: M.S.A. Permit No: 90537 Brick & Steel Junior 1000 Ecosse Challenge Permit No. 73/2015 McGrady Insurance ANICC Junior 1000 Rally Challenge Ireland Permit No. 45/2015 Kick Energy Junior 1000 Rally Championship Permit No. 24/2015 ARTLICE 4. ELIGIBILITY: The event is open to: Registered competitors in the Brick & Steel Junior 1000 Ecosse Challenge. Registered competitors in the McGrady Insurance Junior 1000 Rally Challenge Ireland. Registered competitors in the Kick Energy Junior 1000 Rally Championship. Each driver must hold a licence valid to compete in the Junior 1000 Championship, as per Article 2 of the 2015 Junior 1000 Challenge Regulations. Each co-driver must hold a licence valid to compete in the Junior 1000 Championship, as per Article 3 of the 2015 Junior 1000 Challenge Regulations. Club Membership Cards and Competition and Entrants Licences will be inspected at Event Documentation. ARTICLE 5. EVENT TIMETABLE: Entries Open On publication of these Supplementary Regulations on 1 st July 2015. Entries Close Saturday 1st August 2015 Entries close for seeding. Seeded Entry List and Final Instructions Issued Monday 3rd August 2015 Seeded Entry list released on www.solwaycarclub.co.uk Monday 3rd August 2015 Final Instructions emailed to all competitors. Noise Check, Scrutineering and Documentation Saturday 8th August 2015 18:00 20:00 [prompt] at Girdstingwood Rally HQ, Dundrennan. Sunday 9th August 2015 07:00 onwards at Girdstingwood Rally HQ, Dundrennan. Event Start Sunday 9th August 2015 Event Finish Sunday 9th August 2015 Event Prize giving Sunday 9th August 2015 Car 1 @ 09:01 at Girdstingwood Rally HQ, Dundrennan. Car 1 @ 15.00 [approx.] at Girdstingwood Rally HQ, Dundrennan. 16:00 [earliest] at Girdstingwood Rally HQ, Dundrennan.
ARTICLE 6. IDENTIFICATION: Competitors will be issued with rally plates to be fixed to the front and rear of the car, numbered door panels, high visibility rear side window numbers and sponsor decals by the organisers. The above identification must be carried throughout the event and must be removed immediately upon retiring or finishing. Competitors are reminded that advertising should be in accordance with [H28]. ARTICLE 7. ENTRIES: The entry list opens on publication of these SRs and closes finally on Saturday 1st August 2015. Regulations and entry form can be downloaded from our website www.solwaycarclub.co.uk, or obtained from the Event Secretary: Ruth Peacock, Wyncum, Bridge of Dee, Castle Douglas, DG7 1TN By telephone: 01556 680231, or by e mail: ruthpeacock@uwclub.net. Payment can be by internet banking or cheque made payable to Solway Coast Rally. The entry fee is 530.00. This includes the following: Stena Line return ferry for car/van under 6 metres with trailer and 2 persons. (Other offers detailed on booking form). One Route Book One set of event and sponsor decals [as per SR Article 6] One Service Vehicle Pass Contribution to the Marshals Fund. Payment: By BACS: Sort Code: 82-61-22 Account Name: Solway Coast Rally Account Number: 00102286 By Cheque: Cheques should be made payable to: Solway Coast Rally Sent to: Ruth Peacock, Wyncum, Bridge of Dee, Castle Douglas, DG7 1TN Entries will be acknowledged in order of receipt. Postal entries must be made on the official entry form and be accompanied by the appropriate fee. Entries will not be accepted without payment within 3 working days. Only entries which have been fully paid by the closing date will be seeded. Entries must be withdrawn in writing, and should be addressed to the Event Secretary. Entries withdrawn before the closing date will receive a refund, minus a fee to cover administration costs. Refunds for entries withdrawn after the closing date are at the organisers discretion. Late entries may be accepted at the organisers discretion, but must be paid in cash and will not be seeded. Should the event be cancelled due to circumstances out with the organiser's control, a full refund less 25 administrative costs will be made to all entrants. Final instructions, containing details of competitor s starting numbers, will be e-mailed to entrants by Monday 3rd August 2015. Please provide an e-mail address, written clearly, on your Entry Form. The maximum entry for the meeting is 40. The minimum is 15. The organisers reserve the right to cancel the meeting as required. Seeding will take place in order of anticipated performance. The order of starting will be at the organiser's discretion, but to assist seeding competitors must fully complete the seeding information section of the entry form. First-time entrants will be seeded in order of receipt of entry. Once the entry list has been published no correspondence will be entered into regarding it. ARTICLE 8. RESULTS: Provisional results will be published at the Girdstingwood Rally HQ Complex as soon as possible following the finish of the event, and Prize giving will take place there once results are declared final. Any protest must be lodged in accordance with [C5]. Appeals must be lodged in accordance with [C6].
All other GCR s of the MSA apply as written except for the following which are modified: [R40.1.2]: Ties will be decided by the least penalty incurred on the LAST Special Stage of the event. Should this also involve a tie then the penultimate stage penalties and so on, in reverse order of running, will apply. ARTICLE 9. OFFICIALS: Stewards of the Meeting: Appointed by the MSA: TBA Appointed by the Organisers: Ian Gemmell, Gordon Hood MSA Safety Delegate: Nicky Moffitt Clerk of the Course: Michael Riddick: Tel: 01556 660281: Email: michael@davah.co.uk Assistant Clerks of the Course: Kirsty Riddick; Donald Peacock Secretary of the Meeting: Ruth Peacock: Tel: 01556 680231: E-mail: ruthpeacock@uwclub.net Wyncum, Bridge of Dee, Castle Douglas, DG7 1TN MSA Scrutineers: Allan B Marshall & Team Environmental Scrutineer: Keith Harris Chief Medical Officer: Dr Neil Oliver Chief Timekeeper: David Houston Chief Safety Officer: Russell Fair Chief Spectator Safety Officer: Bill Sturrock Competitor Liaison Officer: TBA Event Press Officer: TBA Results Co ordinator: Raymond Mann Organising Committee: Norman Gowans, Albert Connelly, Keith McMath, Marylyn McMath, and Donald Peacock. ARTICLE 10. ROUTE: Ordnance Survey map sheet number 84 (1:50,000 series) covers the route. The event will start and finish from the Girdstingwood Junior Rally HQ on the Military Ranges, Dundrennan, near Kirkcudbright. Cars will start at one minute intervals. The event will have a total mileage of approximately 73 miles, and will contain 10 special stages, totalling approximately 40 miles. The stages will take the form of 96% sealed military range concrete/tarmac roads and less than 4% unsealed, hard surface roads. ARTICLE 11. SCRUTINEERING AND DOCUMENTATION: Before proceeding to Scrutineering, competitors must first report to Noise Check and pass the Noise Test [J5.18] prior to presenting the vehicle at Scrutineering. Exact details of locations will be given in the Final Instructions. At Scrutineering cars will be checked for compliance with current MSA Tyre, Technical and Safety Regulations [R46-R49] and class eligibility. Each entrant will be assumed to have full knowledge of the car and its eligibility for stage rallies. Cars must be presented in the same condition as they intend to compete. A validated MSA Rally Special Stage Vehicle Log Book [R25.2] and MOT Certificate where appropriate [R46.1.2] must be produced for inspection at Scrutineering and on demand throughout the event [R25.2]. Helmets and Race suits will be checked for compliance [K10 + K9] and must be worn on Special Stages [R25.3.1 + R25.3.2]. All cars must carry an approved Environmental Spill Kit. These will be available for purchase from the Environmental Scrutineer at Noise Check, and will cost approximately 5. There are no in-car cameras allowed due to recent MOD activity. All competitors must have signed on and completed all documentation at least 30 minutes before his/her scheduled start time otherwise he/she may be deemed a non-starter, and his/her number allocated to a reserve. ARTICLE 12. CONTROLS AND TIMING: Target timing will apply as per [R31]. Timing of controls will be to the previous whole minute. Timing of special stages will be to the previous whole second [R31.1.3]. The Rally will be divided into Road Sections and Special Stages. All controls other than Passage Controls [PCs] will be Time Controls [TCs]. Each road section will be allotted a Target Time based on 30mph average or less and a competitor can calculate his Due Time of arrival at a TC by adding the Target Time to his actual time of departure from the preceding TC. All Special Stages will have a Bogey Time set at 70mph and a Target Time set at approximately 30mph (or less on short stages). Bogey and Target Times will be found in the Route Book. Competitors will receive penalties as follows:
Under Bogey Time: Bogey Time Over Bogey Time but under Target Time: Actual Time taken Over Target Time by up to 15 minutes: Target Time Over Target Time by more than 15 minutes: OTL - Exclusion However, excess lateness taken over Target on Road Sections and Special Stages is cumulative and once lost cannot be regained. When accumulated lateness between any two adjacent Main Controls exceeds the permitted maximum of 15 minutes, a competitor will be excluded. Should any recorded time not be legible or not appear authentic the organisers may use any means at their disposal to establish a time. The following titles shall describe the various types of Time Controls: [a] Main Control [MC] Main controls will be situated at the Start and Finish of the rally. Each competitor will be given a due starting time from MC1 and the difference between this starting time and his actual starting time will be counted towards exclusion for overall lateness and a time penalty will be applied. [b] Special Stage Arrival Control [ATC R29.4.1, Appendix 1, Drawing No 29.1.4, Signs 1 and 2] On arrival at the ATC a competitor will receive an arrival time only when he is ready to start the stage [helmets and seatbelts on, etc.] A competitor who is early may wait for his due time outside the control area [R30.2]. A provisional start time for the special stage will also be given [R31.2.11]. This will be no less than 3 minutes from the arrival time. Competitors must then proceed immediately to the start line. [c] Special Stage Start Control [SSS R29.4.1, Appendix 1, Drawing No 29.1.4, Sign 3] At the SSS the competitor should be ready to start the stage on the provisional start time given at ATC. Once a competitor has clocked in at an ATC the Start Marshal will assume he is ready to start the stage and will issue a time as soon as the start line is clear, whether the competitor is ready to start or not. The Marshal will inform the competitor at 30 seconds to go. Thereafter, the normal start sequence will be controlled by automatic traffic light. In the event of system failure a verbal countdown and manual signal will be given. As each section is timed separately the time taken from SSA to SSS is Dead Time and delays are automatically allowed for. The control area between Sign 1 at the SSA and Sign 3 at the SSS will be parc ferme. If for some unforeseen reason the Traffic Lights fail then the Start Marshal will revert to hand signals. [d] Special Stage Finish Control [SSF R29.4.1, Appendix 1, Drawing No 29.1.4, Signs 4, 5, 6, 7] At the SSF a competitor will receive his finish time in hours, minutes and seconds. This time in hours and minutes will be the start time for the following Road Section. Any competitor who fails to stop at the STOP Line must return on foot. Reversing is prohibited and subject to exclusion [R25.6.1]. [e] Service Control [SV] Certain Service Areas will have In and Out Time Controls. A Target Time will be specified between these controls. [f] Passage Control [PC] At certain points indicated in the Road Book the organisers may establish a PC in order to collect Time Cards from competitors, or for other purposes. There will be no official times recorded at these controls, but a competitor failing to provide the necessary documents at any PC will be deemed not to have visited that control. [R12.4.3] It is a competitor s responsibility to ensure that their times are correctly recorded and handed in when and where instructed. Once a time has been accepted by a competitor no further claims will be entertained. Any adjustment caused by a Timekeeper s error MUST be made at the Control in question. [R11.1.4] ARTICLE 13. SIGNS: Entrants will be supplied with a Road Book and Time Card at signing on. These documents will provide all the information necessary as per [R2.3.2 + R33]. Although all no-entries should be blocked as per MSA recommendation, the Stage Route as given will be deemed adequate for competitors to find the correct route through the stage. Stage signs will be as [R29]. ARTICLE 14. SERVICING: There will be one service area. Servicing will take place at the Girdstingwood Rally HQ Complex for the duration of the event.
Servicing is defined as work carried out on the car by any person other than the Driver or Co-driver, or the use of any part or tool not carried in the competing car [R38]. Safety rules regarding service areas will be contained within the final instructions and will be strictly enforced. Contravention of these regulations will be reported to the Clerk of the Course who may apply the penalty of Exclusion. All servicing must take place on a groundsheet / tarpaulin. Service Crews will be subject to the same regulations as competitors regarding noise, bad driving, manners, etc., and marshals have been instructed to note any infringement of these rules. Competitors are responsible for ensuring that their service crews understand and comply with this regulation. Crews may work unassisted on their own cars, using parts and tools carried in their rally car, in No Service Areas except for: Within 100m of any control. Between a Special Stage Arrival Control and Special Stage Start Control. The only work permitted in these areas is to be unassisted [R38.2.1]: Clean number plates, lights, decals, windscreen and windows. ARTICLE 15. DAMAGE DECLARATION: Competitors will be required to complete and sign a report declaring that they have not been involved in any incident resulting in damage to private property or injury to persons or animals or alternatively giving details of any such incident where damage or injury has occurred [R15.1.2]. In the event of damage to third party property giving rise to an insurance claim, the competitor will be responsible for payment of the policy excess of 350. Failure to hand in a duly completed form will be penalised by exclusion. Competitors who do not report at the finish are required to forward their Damage Declaration to the Secretary within 72 hours of the event finish, unless they have been involved in an incident in which case details must be given to the organisers the same day [R15.1.3]. Competitors who fail to reply will be reported to the MSA. ARTICLE 16. JUDGES OF FACT: Named Judges of Fact appointed by the organisers will be on duty throughout the event to observe and report upon any Competitor or Service Crew considered being in contravention of [R24.7 + R24.8 + R24.9 + R24.10] as well as breaking Servicing regulations [SR 14]. These Judges of Fact are empowered to exclude competitors on the spot. A list of Judges of Fact will be on display at Documentation. The start officials on all Special Stages will be empowered to judge whether or not a competitor has made a jump start. Any notified offence by a Competitor or their Service Crew which involves speeding, reckless driving or failure to observe road signs will automatically be considered as a possible contravention of [C1.1]. The Competitor concerned is liable to be penalised in accordance with [R32.2, chart 32.2 (l)] and reported to the MSA. ARTICLE 17. PENALTIES: Penalties will be applied as [R32.2] except as modified below: The following offences will carry a penalty of EXCLUSION: [1] Not reporting at, or not providing proof of visiting a control or check. [2] Servicing contrary to SR Article 14. [3] Driving in the reverse direction on a Special Stage or reversing to a Stage Stop line after overshooting. [4] Smoking on a Special Stage. [5] Failure to wear properly fastened seat belts and crash helmets on a Special Stage. [6] Causing an obstruction on an access road to a Special Stage or on a Special Stage. [7] Accumulated lateness between adjacent Main Controls in excess of the permitted 15 minutes. [8] Contravention of SR Article 15. [9] Failure to use SOS/OK boards provided by the organisers correctly. To be classified as a finisher, competitors must complete the course without incurring the penalty of exclusion. ARTICLE 18. MEDICAL ASSISTANCE: Competitors must have an A3-size numbered SOS/OK boards to be used as [R25.4]. Any crew which has the red SOS board displayed to them or sees a car which has sustained a major accident where both crew members are seen inside the car but is not displaying the red SOS board shall immediately and without exception stop to render assistance. All following cars shall also stop. The second car at the scene shall proceed to inform the next radio point. Subsequent cars shall leave a clear route for emergency vehicles. The penalty for not stopping at an SOS board or when no board is displayed is exclusion. Competitors involved in an incident where medical assistance is not required
must clearly display the OK board. Competitors are asked to make themselves familiar with the rules and requirements of [R25.4] ARTICLE 19. PACE NOTES / PRACTISING: [a] Pre-event practising or testing on the special stages contained in this event is strictly forbidden [R5.1.4 + R26.7]. Any competitor or his/her agent observed on the stages after the publication of these regulations will be refused a start or excluded from the results as appropriate. The only exception to this regulation will be for persons who live on or whose employment causes them to travel on the roads in question. [b] The possession of pace notes by a Competitor during the course of the rally, whether or not they relate to the stages being used on the rally, is forbidden [R25.9]. [c] The use of Routenotes will be permitted in the www.usedcarparts.co.uk Solway Coast Junior Rally, with the express permission of the MSA and the junior 1000 Challenge Co-ordinators. Routenotes prepared by Scotmaps [Bill Sturrock] specific to the www.usedcarparts.co.uk Solway Coast Junior Rally will be available in selected formats. These must be pre-ordered either by telephone: 01356 625080, or by visiting www.scotmaps.co.uk. ARTICLE 20: YELLOW SAFETY FLAGS. Yellow Flags will be deployed on all stages. These flags will be sited at Radio points shown in the Road Book, and the Radio Marshal will be wearing a Tabard. On seeing a yellow flag competitors must and without fail, CEASE COMPETITION IMMEDIATELY AND PROCEED FORWARD SLOWLY and until directed to do otherwise. ARTICLE 21: INSURANCE Competitors are responsible for the first 350 of any claim arising for damage to third party property covered by the MSA Insurance policy for the event. (Appendix 2, MSA Regulations 2015). ARTICLE 22. AWARDS: Junior Ecosse Challenge 1st, 2nd and 3rd Overall Award for Driver & Co-driver. Junior McGrady Challenge Ireland 1st, 2nd and 3rd Overall Award for Driver & Co-driver. Kick Energy Junior 1000 Rally Championship 1st, 2nd and 3rd Overall Award for Driver & Co-driver. ARTICLE 23. EVENT WEBSITE: The only accurate place to find information on the event will be the official website www.solwaycarclub.co.uk, which will be updated regularly as entries come in, and with any relevant news items as appropriate.
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