| Beverley & District Motor Club |
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12 Car Championship Regulations |
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| Beverley & District Motor Club |
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12 Car Championship Regulations |
| a) | The 12 car championship will be contested over the events specified in the Calendar. The main championship will only be open to competitors who are not classified as an expert. Experts will compete on the same events, but will score separate championship points. |
| b) | Competitors can only score on 5 events out of the 9. If a competitor finishes more than 5 events, the best 5 scores will count. If fewer than 9 events run, the events to count will always be 4 less than the total number of events. |
| c) | Points will be awarded to both driver and navigator towards the respective championships as follows: - 1st place championship contender 6 points 2nd place championship contender 5 points 3rd place championship contender 4 points 4th place championship contender 3 points 5th place championship contender 2 points Any other championship contender 1 point |
| d) | To be eligible to score points on any of the above events each championship contender must be a fully paid up member of Beverley & DMC or any invited club on the date of that event. It is the championship contender's responsibility to prove his/her membership by production of club cards if required. |
| e) | To be eligible for the championship each competitor must marshal, organise or train on at least two events. (No points are scored for marshalling, organising or training). If a competitor is planning to marshal on one or both of the last two events, and either does not run, they will exceptionally be eligible for the championship. |
| f) | Training must be nominated to the organiser of the event before the start, and to be classed as training you must be with a new or inexperienced competitor. The committee will decide disputes over what classes as legitimate training. |
| g) | Class will be determined solely on the navigator's ability. This will be decided by the committee between each season. A list of Experts and Semi-Experts will be published on the website. All other competitors will be classed as novices. Exceptionally, an experienced navigator who is new to the club may be classified as an Expert or Semi-Expert on their first event. |
| h) | The 3 classes are Expert, Semi-Expert and Novice. |
| i) | The following championship trophies are to be awarded after the last event 1) 1st Driver 2) 1st Navigator 3) 1st Expert Driver 4) 1st Expert Navigator |
| j) | Results will be declared Final 15 minutes after being announced by the organiser, unless there are any queries. Results will be published on the website promptly after each event by the results co-ordinator. |
| k) | If the results are queried, and cannot be resolved to the satisfaction of both parties, then the queries will be referred to the Club Steward, whose decision will be final. If the organisers are found to have organised an event which does not comply with these regulations, then the steward will refer the matter to a meeting of the club committee, who may decide to disregard the points from that event. In this case, the championship will be decided on one fewer events. However, competitors who marshalled or trained (but not organised) on that event can still count this as one of their two events. This concession does not apply to the organiser(s) of the event. |
| l) | Each event will have an Organiser, who will be the Clerk of the Course, Secretary of the Meeting, Chief Timekeeper and Chief Scrutineer, unless notified otherwise. Each event will also have a Club Steward, who will be appointed by the Club Committee. The name of these people will be published on the club website. Other officials will be designated Marshals uness notified otherwise. |
| m) | In the event of a tie, the competitor who has completed the greater portion of the competition from the start without penalty, or if both incurred penalty at the same point, with the lesser penalty, will be the winner. No further means of splitting competitors will be applied. |
| n) | Maximum lateness will be 30 minutes at all controls, unless specified by the organsier. |
| Offence | Penalty | |
|---|---|---|
| (a) | Not reporting at a Main Time Control | Retired |
| (b) | Not reporting or reporting OTL at any other Time Control | 1 Fail |
| (c) | Not complying with the route card including visiting a control more than once | 1 Fail |
| (d) | Not reporting at Passage Control or providing proof of visiting a Route Check, or recording a Route Check incorrectly | 1 Fail |
| (e) | Arrival before scheduled time at the end of a Standard Section | 2 minutes per minute |
| (f) | Arrival after due time at the end of a Standard Section | 1 minute per minute |
| (g) | Arrival before due time at the end of a Neutral Section | 1 Fail |
| (h) | Arrival before due time at an intermediate control or finish control of a Regularity Section | Actual Time Early |
| (j) | Arrival after due time at an intermediate control or finish control of a Regularity Section | Actual Time Late |
| (k) | Breach of any statutory requirement concerning the use of a motor vehicle | 1 Fail |
| (l) | Traversing a distance greater than four miles between two consecutive time controls in less than three quarters of the time specified by the official time schedule. In calculating this penalty, any fraction of minute will be ignored, for example: (a) In a nine minute section - penalty imposed if a competitor completes a section in less than six minutes. (b) In a 10 minute section - seven minutes. (c) In an 11 minute section - eight minutes. (d) In a 12 minute section - nine minutes. |
1st Offence - 1 Fail 2nd Offence - Exclusion |
| (m) | Excessive speed or driving likely to bring motor sport into disrepute | Exclusion |
| (n) | Excessive sound | Exclusion |
| (o) | Receiving regular assistance organised in advance | Exclusion |
| (p) | Carrying any form of Intercom (i.e. method of voice amplification) or any Radio Transmitting device (except Mobile Telephones, which are permitted). | Exclusion |
| (q) | Breach of 9 (The Crew), 20.2 (Not signing Damage Declaration Form), 20.2.2 (damage to car) or 14.3 (Map Marking) | Exclusion |
| (r) | Failure to Stop before entering any road protected by a Stop sign or a Give-Way sign, or where specific instruction has been given to stop, providing the marshal observing the junction is following the directions given in these regulations. | Exclusion |
| 1. | Three classes of navigation should be used on each event. Orgnisers can only combine instructions when they comply fully with the rules for all the classes involved. |
| 2. | Map numbers and editions must be quoted on event publicity, including the website. |
| 3. | No winners' prizes. |
| 4. | A completed results form must be handed to the results co-ordinator after each event. |
| 5. | Entry fee is set at £5 per car unless the competitors have to cross the Humber Bridge, when it is to be £3. |
| 6. | If a cross roads is to be used twice the correct route must turn left and left. |
| 7. | Competitors will be allowed to enter controls early and wait for the time they require. |
| 8. | Penalties will be as specified above, and may not be amended by the event organisers. |
| 9. | If the organisers require competitors to go the long way round grass triangles which are not marked on the map, they must tell competitors specifically where these triangles are located. It is not acceptable to tell competitors to go the long way round all triangles. Any penalty imposed for missing the back of a triangle when specific instructions were not given will be invalid. |
| 10. | Novice navigation will be extremely easy, with an explanation of the method used given on each route handout. The only permitted types of navigation for novices will be map references, tulips, herringbones, grid lines, spot heights and coloured junctions. |
| 11. | Semi-Expert navigation must also provide an explanation of the method used given on each route handout, and should be based on the novice types, or be accompanied by a detailed explanation. |
| 12. | Expert navigation can be more difficult, and may generally follow any format. |
| 13. | The final control of an event will not be a Main Time Control, in order to allow all starters to be classified as finishers, unless they have suffered the penalty of Exclusion. |
| 14. | In order to penalise competitors for failing to stop at a Stop or Give-Way sign, organisers must place one marshal directly inline with the dotted line denoting the end of the approach road, and another marshal shortly after the junction, so competitors can be advised of the offence straight away. Any other form of observation will be invalid, and no penalty can be applied. |
These are the types of navigation allowed on our 12 Car Rallies in the novice class. Organisers will not use any other types of navigation.
| 1. Map References. | These may be given as either vias or blackspots. Vias are points through which you may pass. The order in which you must pass through the points will be given. The route is then the shortest point between the points given, making sure you don't use the same section of road twice. Blackspots are the opposite of vias, that is they are points which you must avoid. You must travel the shortest route without passing any of the points given. |
| 2. Tulips. | These are pictures of each junction, with a dot on the road you enter the junction from, and an arrow on the road you leave on. They are always the same way up as on the map. |
| 3. Herringbones. | These are lines with sticks on each side which represent roads you pass. You can consider them as if you've picked up your route off the map and pulled it straight. So, a stick on the left might be a road you pass on the left, or it might mean you turn right. Either way, you 'miss a left' on the road as on the herringbone. Like tulips, they have a dot for the start, and an arrow for the end. If white roads are included, they will be dotted on the herringbone, all other roads are continuous lines. |
| 4. Grid Lines | These are the thin blue lines on the map, and you must cross the lines as indicated by the instructions. The instructions may be given as the numbers on the edge of the map, as H and V for horizontal or vertical lines, or N, E, W, S, meaning to exit the grid square in that direction. The instructions will specify which method is being used. |
| 5. Spot Heights. | These are the small dots with numbers beside them which are printed on the map to indicate the height at that point. You should pass the spots in the order given, without passing any others. Note that the spots are normally found on roads, but may be slightly off the road, in which case they would not count. |
| 6. Coloured Junctions. | In this type of navigation, each junction is displayed as a string of letters, where the first letter is the road you enter the junction on, the middle one(s) are those you ignore, and the last letter is the one you exit the junction on. The letters used are R for Red (A roads), B for Brown (B roads), Y for Yellow (unclassified roads) and W for white (tracks). Each junction will be printed separately on the handout. |
Note that usually only coloured roads count, i.e. Blue, Red, Brown or Yellow roads, with white roads not being counted at all. However, sometimes an organiser may use white roads in navigation, or even in the route. A novice route will always explain whether white roads are included or not. Organisers may use the abbreviations CRO meaning coloured roads only, or AR for all roads.