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MESSAGE
FROM THE CLUB DIRECTORS
Welcome to this the
We would like to extend to all current and earlier organisors of the
“Pacemaker” our sincere thanks for the tremendous efforts you have put
into the event to make it one of the most enjoyed in
Your hard work is very much appreciated by your Motor Club and we are
sure by the competitors.
Here’s to another successful event and once again many thanks for your
efforts.
Alan Jones
Mike Ammonds
Secretary
Chairman
Knighton Motor Club – Pacemaker Rally
An Event organised by Competitors – for Competitors
Welcome
Welcome
to the 2011 Pacemaker Road Rally,
organised By Knighton M.C. Ltd.
We are
indebted to all our sponsors for their support especially
Vision Appliances for being
our main sponsor.
The
Pacemaker will be used as a round of the
AWMMC, WBCC & WAMC
championships. Whether you are contesting a championship or not we thank
you for your support, and hope to offer you a night of no nonsense
sport.
This year’s
route will consist of approximately 110 miles on classic lanes on 126
and 137 maps. There will be no plot and bash and no tricks, just
straight forward sport. For a smooth running event it’s a condition of
entry that you supply a marshal - who stays at their control for the
allotted time.
NO MARSHAL
- NO START.
We will be
donating £2.50 of every entry to local Air Ambulance Charities. Last
year we raised £400.00 for these worthy charities.
We look
forward to seeing you at the
start and hopefully the finish.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Andrew
Thompson - RLO Dyfed Powys
Dave
Lucas - RLO
The
Organizers would like to thank the following: -
Dyfed Powys
Police
Residents
of
Halfway
Petrol
The
Residents en route
All our
understanding wives, husbands, boyfriends and girlfriends.
PREVIOUS
WINNERS
1993 Andy Sheppard / Phil Tucker
1994 Alun Williams / Dylan Jenkins
1995 Malcolm Walters / Andy Bowen
1996 Dennis Quinn / Nick Darkin
1997 Pete Zjalic / Richard Preece
1998 N/A
1999 Kevin Hesketh / Andy Moss
2000 N/A
2001 Foot & Mouth
2002 Anthony Gluyas / Richard Preece
2003
Gareth Jones / Dave Pitchford
2004
Gareth Jones / Steve Herbert
2005
John Davies / Neil Bevan
2006
Phil Turner / Steve Herbert
2007
Glyn Price / Steve Herbert
2008 Richard Jerman/ Iwan Jones
2009
Dylan Davies/ Dale Furniss
2010
Mark ‘GT’ Roberts/ Llinos Jones Davies
2011
IT COULD BE YOU !!!!!
SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS
1.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
Knighton Motor Club Ltd will organise a National B Road Rally on
9th/10th July 2011.
2.
JURISDICTION
This meeting
will
be governed by the General Regulations of the MSA, (incorporating the
provisions of the International Sporting Code of the F.I.A.), these
Supplementary Regulations and any written instructions that the
organising club may issue for the event.
3. AUTHORISATION
MSA Authorisation No
TBA
MSA Permit No. 63257
Welsh championship registration number is :- TBA
4. ELIGIBILITY
The Event is open to:
All fully elected members of the organising club or members of clubs
affiliated to the Welsh Association of Motor Clubs & the Association of
West Midlands Car Clubs.
All competitors must produce a valid MSA Competition License and Club
Membership Card as appropriate for inspection at Signing On.
NO 4X4/TURBOCHARGED CARS WILL BE ALLOWED TO START THIS EVENT.
5. ROUTE
Start
The start and finish of the event will be at
Finish
The Results will be posted and awards presented at the finish venue.
The total mileage will be about 110 miles on metalled and unmetalled
roads.
Cars will start at one-minute intervals.
Competitors will be identified by two rally plates supplied by the
organisers, and these must be fixed to the near side window and the rear
of the vehicle as per R.6.1 and R6.1.1. These must be removed upon completion of the event
or on retirement. It is the competitor's responsibility to ensure
plates are legible throughout the event.
Competitors should ensure that they carry enough fuel to travel
approximately 70 miles.
Entrants will be supplied with a Rally Pack after the production of a
satisfactorily completed Process Card, which will provide all the
information necessary to enable competitors to comply with
R2.3.2,
R33.1.1-R33.1.9, R26.1-R26.10.4,
R9.1-R9.2.3.
Before, during and after the competition, official notices may be
displayed and every competitor shall be deemed to have read all such
notices, and if applicable they shall have the force of these
regulations.
Ordnance Survey Maps Numbers 126, 137 (1 :50,000) will be required. The
route for the whole event will be clearly defined by map references;
and/or written instructions and/or other information to allow
competitors to comply with
R2.3.2, R33.1, R26.1-26.10.4.
Any Notice displayed at the Start or en route bearing the signature of
the Clerk of the Course or Deputy Clerk of the Course shall have the
same authority as these Supplementary Regulations.
All the organisers times and mileages shall be deemed to be correct,
having been established according to
R6.2-R6.2.9.
All organisers road signs are mandatory e.g. NO, CARE, QUIET, Etc.
Due to spectator problems, ANY competitor found to be divulging route
information to non-competitors will be EXCLUDED.
6.CLASSES
The event will consist of 4 classes as follows:-
CLASS 1 MASTERS - Any crew member having finished 1st O/A in the last 5
years in a National ‘B’ Road Rally.
CLASS 2 - Experts
Either member of the crew having finished in the top 10 of a National B
Restricted or higher status event or the top 5 of a clubmans rally.
CLASS 3 - Semi Experts
All crews not eligible for the other two classes.
CLASS 4 - Novices
Neither member of the crew having won an award on a road event,
excluding 12 cars.
Note:
a) Competitors eligible for two or more classes must enter the higher
class
b) Competitors who have not won an overall or class award since 1st
November
2002,
may if they so wish, enter the next class down to which they would
otherwise be eligible.
c) Crews may be re-classified at the discretion of the organisers.
d) Entries accepted without any seeding information will run at the rear
of the class entered.
e) No discussion will be entered into regarding seeding. Penalty
exclusion YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
7. ENTRIES
The entry list opens on publication of these Regulations. Entries will
be received on a first come first served basis. The Entry Fee is
£90. If vacancies are available entries will be accepted up to 19:00
on the 9th July 2011. All entries must be made on the official
entry form and accompanied by the appropriate fee. Post-dated cheques
will not be acceptable.
Any entries made after the 1st of July must be paid in full with cash
only.
The maximum entry for the meeting is 75 plus 20 reserves, the minimum is
40. The maximum number of entries per class is 50 and the minimum 5.
Should any of the minimum figures not be reached, the organisers reserve
the right to cancel the meeting or amalgamate classes as necessary.
Any entry containing a false or incorrect statement shall be null and
void, and the entrant deemed to be guilty of a breach of the General
Competition Rules of the MSA. The entry fee may be forfeited in
accordance with A45. The organisers may conduct random checks to
establish the validity of all or some of the information contained on
the entry form.
Any reserve who withdraws after being offered a vacant place may be
refunded at the organisers' discretion. Any reserve not offered a vacant
place will be refunded in full.
Cancelled entries must be made in writing - no verbal cancellations will
be accepted. They will be taken in order of receipt by reference to the
postmark. Refunds may be made at the organisers' discretion, but in any
event, a £15 administration fee will be retained.
It is a condition of entry that competitors must provide at least one
marshal. Failure to provide a marshal or their failure to man their
control for the duration of the event will result in the exclusion of
that crew and no refund of entry fee. Please be aware NO MARSHAL - NO
START.
The Entry Secretary of the meeting, to whom all entries must be sent
is:-
MIKE HART
HEREFORDSHIRE
HR6 8SN
TEL:- 07789992526
pacemakerrally@btinternet.com
All entry forms will be acknowledged but the organisers reserve the
right to refuse an entry.
8. FINAL INSTRUCTIONS
Final Instructions will be sent by Email to the NAVIGATOR, unless
otherwise instructed, before the event.
9. OFFICIALS
Clerks of the Course
Steve Price
01686 630295
Shaun
O’Gorman 07710961627
Entries Secretary
Mike Hart
07789992526
Secretary of the Event
Ann Lloyd
07989557601 or 01547 520239
Stewards of the Event
Ian Mills
Chris
Evans
Phil
Tucker
Chief Scrutineer
Dave James
Environmental Scrutineer
Malcolm Taylor
Chief
Marshal
Rob Marpole
07983264595
Chief Time Keeper
Judges of Fact
All Officials plus TBA
DSO
TBA
Results
The Brother Hood Results Service
10. AWARDS
Awards will be presented as follows:-
-1st Overall Driver/Navigator
- Perpetual trophy and an award each
-1st in Class Driver/Navigator
- An award each
-2nd in Class Driver/Navigator
- An award each
-3rd in Class Driver/Navigator
- An award each
-Best up to 1425cc
- An award each
-Best O/A Welsh Border
-an award each
Note: - Crews will be eligible for one award only.
The organisers reserve the right to alter, amend or add to the Awards
List. The overall winner is not eligible for class awards. All perpetual
trophies are the property of Knighton Motor Club Limited and must be
returned after 11 months or sooner upon request.
11. RESULTS
Assessment of performance will be decided firstly by the number of
fails, then by the number of time penalties. Ties will be decided in
favour of the furthest clean and then the smallest engine capacity.
'The organisers reserve the right to cancel sections from the results if
they deem it fairer to do so, "Force Majeur" etc., not withstanding.
Time Controls at which, in the organisers' opinion, inaccurate times may
have been given to competitors shall be considered as either Passage
controls or Route Checks.
12 G.C.R Modifications
All other General Regulations of the MSA apply as written except for the
following, which are modified:
R12.8.1-R12.8.3
Certain sections of the route will be timed to an accuracy of less than
one minute.
R2.3.3
Secret Checks may be established without prior notice, e.g. at
R6.3
Any notice displayed at the Start or en route bearing the signature of
the Clerk of the Course or of Deputy Clerk of the Course shall have the
same authority as these SR's. It is the competitors' responsibility to
note any information displayed at the start.
R9.1.1-R9.1.2
Give Ways will be used to define the route.
R15.1-R15.1.2
be classified as a finisher, a competitor must report to and receive a
signature
at
the following: -
.
a) More than two thirds of the controls listed on the Route Information
b) All Main Controls
c) Damage Control
d) All Noise Checks
Within their maximum permitted lateness and in the car in which they
entered the event.
R12.2.7
Maximum lateness for Classes 1, 2 & 3 will be 30 minutes and 59 seconds,
and 45 minutes and 59 seconds for Class 4.
R12.6-R12.6.1
Competitors may be required to reduce lateness at certain locations en
route.
R9.1.3-R9.1.4
All competitors will be required to STOP at all junctions approached on
roads controlled by
13. PENALTIES
Performance will be assessed on the Fail System as
R13 and modified as
follows:
a) Not reporting at or providing proof of visiting a Main Control or
reporting after maximum permitted lateness.
EXCLUSION
b) Not reporting at or providing proof of visiting a Time Control,
Passage Control, Via, Manned Secret check or Route check
1 Fail per offence
c) Failure to Stop at a Halt Sign, Give Way sign or at a junction
specified in the route card
R9.1.3-4
EXCLUSION
d) Wrong Approach to or Depart from a Time or Passage Control, Secret
Check, Via or Give Way check
1 Fail per offence
e) Passing through a control twice or more (unless the Route Information
instructs you to do so)
1 Fail per offence
f) Entering an area designated as Out of Bounds.
EXCLUSION
g) Failure to obtain a signature for a code board at the next manned
Time or Passage Control
1 Fail per offence
h) Failure to accurately and clearly provide/record any information
requested/displayed at a control
1 Fail per offence
i) Unauthorised alteration of a Time Card
EXCLUSION
j) Using the same piece of road twice. (Unless instructed in the Route
Information)
1 Fail per
offence
k) Failure to comply with an instruction on the Route Information
1 Fail per
offence
I) Not complying with a reasonable instruction by an official, provided
warning is given that a penalty will be applied
1 Fail per
offence
m) Breaking any rule or regulation for which no penalty has been
specified
1 Fail
per offence
n) Failure to comply with QUIET ZONE requirements.
EXCLUSION
CONTROLS SITED WITHIN AND AT THE END OF A REGULARITY SECTION
Early arrival – timed to the second
2 second per second
Early arrival- timed
to the minute
2 minute per minute
Late arrival-
timed to the second
1 second per second
Late arrival-
timed to the minute
1 minute per minute
Stopping within sight of RITC and RFC
1 sec per offence
CONTROLS SITED AT THE END OF A NEUTRAL SECTION
Early arrival
1 Fail
per minute
Late arrival
No penalty
other than
maximum lateness
CONTROLS SITED WITHIN AND AT THE END OF A STANDARD SECTION
Early arrival - timed to the second
2 second per second
Early arrival - timed to the minute
2 minute per minute
Late arrival - timed
to the second
1 second per second
Late arrival-
timed to the minute
1 minute per minute
r) Breach of Technical Regulations concerning the use of lights and
breaching the Construction and Use of Lighting of Vehicles Regulation
1 Fail
SECOND OFFENCE.
.
EXCLUSION
s) Excessive vehicle noise, excessive speed or driving likely to bring
motor sport
into disrepute – R4.1-R4.1.3,
R8.4
EXCLUSION
t) Damage to car as defined in
R26.1.3
EXCLUSION
u) Receiving assistance contrary to
R7.2
EXCLUSION
v) Breach of "No Map Markings"
R9.1.5-6
EXCLUSION
w) Breach of R2.6, R7.2.3,
R15.1.2
EXCLUSION
X) Competitors will be judged to have entered a control when any part of
the entry passes the control board, i.e car, driver or navigator.
14. SCRUTINEERING
Scrutineering will be in compliance with the Road Traffic Act, General
Regulations Section C and Technical Regulations J(b7 and
R18.1-20.1. Cars will also be
required to undergo a 0.5 metre noise test, if over 98dba is registered
at 2/3 engine speed on the noise meter; they will not be permitted to
start (J(b)24, R4.1-R4.1.3,
R8.5-R8.5.2) Noise checks may
also be performed en route. Crews failing either noise test or
scrutineering will not be permitted to start and will not be refunded
their entry fee.
Close attention will be paid to the following at scrutineering.
Tyres must be legal at all times and comply with
R18.4-R18.4.3.
No
loose items within the vehicle
Throttle linkage must be in good order and to specification.
A maximum of two spare wheels must be securely located
A red reflective Warning triangle must be carried.
A
first aid kit must be carried
. Road fund license (tax disc)
. MOT Certificate must be produced
Vehicle Registration Document must be produced
If a vehicle is hired or borrowed a letter of consent from the owner
must be supplied
Bodywork and paint-work must be in good serviceable order.
Air filters must be fitted
All vehicles must carry a small spill kit complying with J.5.20.13.
(R46.1.5)
No radio transmitting devices are permitted except that in the interests
of safety
Mobile Phones may be carried but
must remain switched OFF during the event
15. CONTROLS
There will be several types of control, Main Control, Time Control,
Passage Control, Route Checks, Secret Check and Intermediate Regularity
Controls. Controls will be defined as follows:-
RS-
Regularity Start Control
RF-
Regularity Finish Control
RITC- Regularity
Intermediate Control
SS – Standard Start
SF – Standard Finish
SITC - Intermediate Time Control
MC - Main Control
PC - Passage Control
Via - Via Control
SC - Secret Check
RC - Route Check
At each
Some controls or checks may not be manned; these may be represented by a
Code Board. Competitors must note the letters and/or numbers displayed
on these boards in the correct format and record them in the relevant
place on their timecard before proceeding. The marshal at the next Time
or Passage Control must endorse the code.
A Control Board will indicate all controls 50 yards ahead on the correct
direction of approach. They must be visited in the order specified in
the route information. Any controls visited out of order will be deemed
not to have been visited.
Sections of the route may include
Should any entry on a time card not be legible or not appear authentic,
it may be deemed not to have been made. In the case of all controls
reference will be made to marshals' check sheets or by other means.
It is not the duty of any marshal to interpret Regulations or other
written instructions to a competitor or to explain the meaning and/or
effect thereof. It is the responsibility of competitors to read and
understand these regulations and all written instructions.
Controls will open 15 minutes before the due time of the first car, and
close 45 minutes and 59 seconds after the last car is due –
R11.1-R11.1.1
A competitor who causes ANY form of harassment to a marshal or any other
official or who remains in a control area after an instruction to
depart, will be reported to the Stewards of the Meeting. The organisers
reserve the right to exclude any such competitor.
An altered, amended or countersigned Time Card will be accepted if it is
countersigned by the marshal at the time of alteration. It is the
competitors' responsibility to ensure that his time card is correctly
marked - COMPETITORS WILL BE EXCLUDED FOR DEFACING OR ALTERING A TIME
CARD
16.
TIMING
The event will use the scheduled timing method. Timing will be to GMT
(BBC Time) and by marshals' digital clocks. All crews are advised to
carry an accurate digital watch with them on the event.
There will be three types of section.
REGULARITY SECTION
This is a section where time penalties will be applied for being early
or late. The section will be run at an average speed of 30mph. Timing at
RITC’S and RFC will be when the COMPETITOR PASSES THE CONTROL BOARD. You may go in and wait
at a Regularity start
STANDARD SECTION
This is a section where time penalties will be applied for being early
or late. The section will be run at an average speed of 30mph. Timing at
start controls, TC’s and finish controls will be when the
TIME CARD IS PRESENTED TO THE
MARSHAL and not the time of entering the control area.
NEUTRAL SECTION
These are deemed QUIET sections and are used to take the rally through
PR sensitive or densely populated areas. PLEASE RESPECT THEM. They are
timed at a low average speed and competitors must complete the section
in as high a gear as possible. Competitors MUST NOT make up time in
these sections, and no penalty will be incurred for lateness other than
for exceeding maximum lateness. Any lateness incurred in these sections
will be cumulative towards Maximum Lateness.
Competitors may be instructed to reduce lateness en route.
A competitor who wishes may miss a control or controls. He will be
penalized in accordance with R13
for every control missed. If he rejoins the route at a control at the
end of a competitive section he will be permitted to restart without
further penalty at any time between his original scheduled time and his
maximum permitted lateness. This maximum permitted lateness time still
being in relation to his original scheduled time. If the rejoining
control is at the end of a neutral section, he will only be permitted to
restart without further penalty at his official corrected time taken at
the last control at which he reported within maximum lateness.
Competitors late at one control may be the equivalent amount late at
succeeding controls without further penalty provided maximum lateness is
not exceeded.
Where a control at the end of a section timed to the second also forms
the start of a section timed to the minute, the departure will be taken
as the time of arrival but to the preceding whole minute (i.e. the
seconds will be ignored). This will be in accordance with
R12.4.3, R12.5-R12.5.1
17.
INSURANCE
Motor Sport Risk Services
The Club has applied to Lockton for a Blanket Cover Note under the above
scheme. This will provide competitors who need to use the scheme with
the Third Party Cover necessary to meet RTA requirements on the road
sections of the event.
The basic rate for the Event (before any Loadings) will be
£30.10
All
New applicants wishing to use the Scheme must be able to comply with all
points of the Lockton’s
Declaration:-
* Over 21 and held a full license for at least 6 months.
* Not more than 1 Fault Accident in last 3 Years.
* No more than a Maximum of 6 speeding points on license.
* No physical or mental disabilities.
* No other material facts.
If you comply
with all points above - No Letter of Acceptance is required.
If unable to comply
with any of the above points complete the Declaration Form itself and
forward either to the Club or direct to Lockton prior to the Event to
allow sufficient time for Letter of Acceptance to be issued. Faxed
copies are
acceptable.
Please return the completed form to: Motor Sport Risk Services.
A Division of Lockton Companies International Limited
M1 4FD
Fax:-0161 2360995
18. 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 give
details of any such incident. Any information given will incur no
penalty, but failure to provide a completed form at the finish or within
48 hours for non finishers, or falsifying a declaration will result in
exclusion from the results. Where an accident has occurred the
organisers must be notified on the day of the event.
Competitors who retire shall be required to submit the form within 48
hours to the Entries Secretary giving the location and reason for
retirement
(R15.1.2)
Competitors will be expected to contribute towards the costs or claims
incurred in respect of damage caused to property. It is a condition of
signing the entry form and the MSA Signing-on forms at the start that
competitors accept this clause.
19. PACE NOTES
The use of pace notes or map markings is forbidden. Navigation on the
event must only be carried out by the use of OS maps 126, 137 only. Any
other form of navigation will be classed as pace notes. A pace note
will be defined as per R9.1.5-6
and any marking (s) on the map not provided by the organisers.
Any
competitor found in possession of such map markings/pace notes will be
excluded. There will be an initial map check at signing on and
thereafter random checks throughout the course of the event.
At the organisers discretion any competitor observed on the route prior
to the event may not be permitted to start.
20. DRIVING STANDARDS OBSERVERS
DSO's may be appointed by the organisers in accordance with B83 to B86
and R8.2-R8.5.2. Failure to stop when requested by a DSO will incur the
penalty of EXCLUSION. Details of DSO's will be displayed at
Documentation.
21. SERVICE
Service will not be permitted at any time during the duration of the
event, except by the crew working on their own car. This also applies at
any halt. The penalty for infringement will be EXCLUSION. However,
competitors may work unaided, and may borrow tools from the proprietor
of a halt, or borrow from fellow event competitors only - not from
spectators and the general public.
22. PHOTOGRAPHER
Duncan Littler of Speedsports
will be the official Photographer.
23 WHEELS AND TYRES – Are free but must fit within the standard unmodified
wheel arch (K22.3.1). Tyres must be ECE 30’E’ or ‘e’ marked OR be marked
‘for competition use only’ or ‘for rally use’.
Tyres marked ‘for racing purposes only’ are prohibited.
Remoulded tyres must be marked ‘Remould’ or ‘Retread’ and carry the BS
AU144e mark. They must meet the statutory tread depth requirements at
all times.
ACCEPTABLE
The
legal requirements concerning tyres is that they should have a minimum
of 1.6mm depth of tread over 75% of the tread width for the full
circumference of the tyre and the tyres should be ‘Fit for purpose’.
There is no laid down requirement for a minimum percentage of void area
for the tread pattern but as a point of information the FIA refers to
the figure of 17% minimum. The term ‘Fit for purpose’ is open to
interpretation and any individual case is going to be subject to
assessment ultimately by a court of law. There is an argument that if a
car is participating in a road rally
then this is a competition and thus tyres marked ‘For Competition
Purposes Only’ are ‘Fit for Purpose’. This MAY or MAY NOT be so, and if
you are involved in an accident either on your way to the start of, or
after completing or retiring from such a rally, a court may deem that
the tyres were not fit for purpose. It is very much a grey area although
we suggest that whatever the circumstances tyres marked ‘For Racing
Only’ are unlikely to be accepted as fit for purpose if used on public
highway.
It is
to be noted that whereas in many countries the legal requirements is
that cars must be equipped with ’e’ marked tyres, in the UK the only
limitation extends to the sale of tyres for highway use. Thus to use non
‘e’ marked tyres on the public highway is not illegal provided they are
fit for purpose and meet the minimum tread requirement as noted above.
Scrutineers responsibilities extend only to carrying out such checks as
are practical concerning compliance with MSA regulations. Whether or not
a car is road legal is entirely the competitor’s responsibility.
The
MSA cannot advise whether tyres marked ‘For Competition Use Only’ or
similar, are fit for purpose, or otherwise. You may like to reflect on
the point that should a court decide that such tyres are not fit for
purpose then potentially this could result in you being awarded 12
points on your licence, a fact that may limit your driving activities.
24. SPOTLIGHTS.
Spotlights are not allowed in West Mercia Police Area. I.e. Spotlights
are not allowed on this
event.
Click Here to Download Regs
Final Instructions will be sent out 1 week before the Rally takes place.
If you have not received your copy they can be downloaded here.
FINALS DOWNLOAD Bishops Castle Map 2011.pdf
Please note they will only be available in the week prior to the Rally.
