Targa NZ 2018 Tour SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS (TOUR) Part 1 TARGA TOUR PRINCIPALS & INTENT The Tour is designed for people who have a special road legal car they do not want to fit with full MSNZ safety equipment but want to experience driving their car following a predetermined route in an exciting non-competitive atmosphere. Cars with MSNZ approved roll cages are only accepted at the discretion of the Organisers. Management: The Tour is not a race. All cars travel in convoy on the route and their pace is governed by an experienced Tour Leader, with a Tour Follower vehicle. Additional Mid-Point officials may be included as required. No overtaking is permitted on the closed road sections. A Road Book is provided to aid with navigation on the event which also contains a Slippery Surface (yellow & red) and an OK (green) sign. Speeding and Accidents will not be tolerated and will result in exclusion. Page 1
1. JURISDICTION This event is a Tarmac Rally Tour with Foreign Participation, promoted by Targa (Promotions) NZ Ltd on behalf of Club Targa Inc and will take place from Tuesday 23 rd October to Saturday 27 th October in the Southland and Central Otago districts. The Tour will be held under these Supplementary Regulations and the Targa Tour Standing Articles. The MotorSport NZ Permit Number is: Tarmac Rally Tour 2. MAJOR OFFICIALS Clerk of the Course Wayne Barnard Base Manager Naomi Barrow Assistant Clerks of the Course Secretary of Event Victoria Main (0212429495) Scrutineer/Accident Investigator Andy Culpin 000 Safety (STMS) Warren Watts (STMS Level 1-40874) Competition Relations Officer(s) Jim Scott (021 811 787) MotorSport NZ Stewards Chief Medic Targa Tour Leaders Devon Milner & Greg Paul Targa Tour Midpoints Gordon Legge & Robin O Connor Targa Tour Followers Rodger Malcolm & Allan Horner Judges of Fact Headlights On Onsite Targa Officials Crew Identification Onsite Targa Officials Corner Cutting Onsite Targa Officials 130 & 160 kph speeds COC Organising Committee Peter Martin, Victoria Main, Naomi Barrow, Wayne Barnard, James Logan, Trevor Carswell Address and contact phone for all matters pertaining to the event are: Targa NZ, PO Box 499, Drury 2247 Ph: 09 298 8322 Fax: 09 298 8266 Email: info@targa.co.nz 3. THE EVENT Targa NZ 2018 Tour is a five (5) day Tarmac Tour event. 3.1 Venue: Targa NZ 2018 starts in Invercargill and travels through the Southland and Central Otago districts. There are 33 stages in total. This is broken down to 7 stages a day for Legs 1, 2 and 4, 8 for Leg 3, and 4 for Leg 5. Service stops are as follows: Leg 1 - Gore, Lawrence and Balclutha. Leg 2 - Milton and Mosgiel. Leg 3 - Hampden and Oamaru. Leg 4 - Mosgiel, Milton and Lawrence Leg 5 - Glenorchy and Queenstown Page 2
3.2 Length: Comprises of approx. 587.01km of special stages and 1298.99km of touring. 3.3 Leg One Tuesday 23 rd October: First Car starts from Invercargill at 8:00am and finishes at 7.00pm in Invercargill. 3.4 Leg Two Wednesday 24 th October: First Car starts from Invercargill at 8:00am and finishes at 5:45pm in Dunedin. 3.5 Leg Three Thursday 25 th October: First Car starts from Dunedin at 8:15am and finishes at 5:05pm in Dunedin. 3.6 Leg Four Friday 26 th October: First Car starts from Dunedin at 8:30am and finishes at 7:30pm in Queenstown. 3.7 Leg Five Saturday 27 th October: First Car starts from Queenstown at 8:30am and finishes at 4:20pm in Queenstown. 4. ENTRIES: 4.1 Entry Fees Standard until 30/06/2018 From 01/07/2018 Medical Levy Trackit Tour $4790 $4990 $490 $100 All listed fees are plus GST. The compulsory Medical Levy and Trackit Fee are payable in addition to the Entry Fee. 4.2 Entry opening: Entries open on publication of these Supplementary Regulations and close at 5:00pm on Monday 22 nd October 2018. 4.3 Entry Acceptance: Entries shall be made online via the website www.targa.nz and to be deemed valid must be complete in all details and the appropriate fees paid. Acceptance will be at the Organising Committees discretion. Organisers reserve the right to refuse any entry in accordance with the prescribed provisions of the National Sporting Code. Supplementary Regulations Part 2 (Acceptance of Entry) will be available by Monday 8 th October. 5. LICENCE REQUIREMENTS: Refer to the Standing Articles governing the 2018 Targa NZ Tour, Article 3. 6. VEHICLE COMPLIANCE: All vehicles shall at all times comply with and display the NZ NZTA warrant of fitness and registration requirements. Refer to the Standing Articles Governing the 2018 Targa NZ Tour, Article 6. Head lamps/driving lights must be on during the closed road sections. 6.1 Targa Tour vehicles will be divided into the following categories: Open Class Tour Limited Class Tour Refer to section 5 of the Tour Standing Articles. Page 3
7. TRACKIT: Trackit units shall be installed as per the Standing Articles Governing the 2018 Targa NZ Tour, Article 7.3. Trackit units are available for lease from the Targa office. 8. SAFETY EQUIPMENT: All vehicles shall have safety equipment as per the Standing Articles Governing the 2018 Targa NZ Tour, Article 7.2. 9. DAILY BRIEFINGS: These are compulsory and will be held each morning by the Tour Leader. Failure to attend these briefings will result in exclusion from the event. 10. SAFETY AUDIT, DOCUMENTATION AND DRIVERS BRIEFING: 10.1 Documentation: Time: 11:00am to 2:00pm 10.2 Safety Audit: Time: 11:00am to 2:00pm You must complete the Safety Audit in the above time slot for the Tour unless arranged prior with the Event Secretary. You must take your form from documentation to scrutineering. 10.3 Tour Drivers Briefing: Time: 4:00pm 11. OFFICIAL BULLETINS: Official Bulletins may be issued in accordance with the provisions of the National Sporting Code. Page 4
12. SECRETARIAT/SCRUTINEER & CRO SCHEDULE The Official Notice Board will be positioned with the Secretariat unless otherwise stated. Please note the Scrutineer may be called away please see the CRO if not in attendance Secretariat (Official Notice Board), Scrutineer & CRO will be located at: Tuesday 23 rd October Start of Day: Invercargill Service & Lunch: Gore A&P Showgrounds, Gore End of Day: Invercargill Wednesday 24 th October Start of Day: Invercargill Service & Lunch: Toko A&P Showgrounds, Milton End of Day: Forsyth Barr Arena, Dunedin Thursday 25 th October Start of Day: Forsyth Barr Arena, Dunedin Service & Lunch: Oamaru Historical Precinct End of Day: Forsyth Barr Arena, Dunedin Friday 26 th October Start of Day: Forsyth Barr Arena, Dunedin Service & Lunch: Toko A&P Showgrounds, Milton End of Day: Forsyth Barr Arena, Queenstown Saturday 27 th October Start of Day: Queenstown Service & Lunch: Events Centre, Queenstown End of Day: Queenstown 13. PRIZEGIVING Prizegiving will be held as follows: Date: Sunday 28 th October Time: Breakfast from 9:00am Prize Giving at 9:30am Venue:, Queenstown Two (2) prize giving tickets are included in the entry fee. Further tickets can be purchased from the Event Secretary. Please fill out the form online and email to info@targa.co.nz Page 5