SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS (printable version)
LRS CHALLENGE CHAMPIONSHIP 2010
Viking Four Wheel Drive Club / Midland Offroad Club
INTRODUCTION.
Viking Four Wheel Drive Club & Midland Offroad Club aim to promote a series of events that will encompass various disciplines of off-road club motorsport that will attract the 4x4 club competitor. These events will consist of:
Trial, Winch, Gymkhana and Treasure Hunt Sections.
Eligible competitors must be able to comply with the regulations as set out below.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
Viking Four Wheel Drive Club & Midland Offroad Club will co-promote the LRS Challenge Championship, consisting of six Off Road Challenge Events on:
Sunday March 21st Duck End, Kettering, Northants. NN14 4AD
Sunday April 11th Harbury Warks. CV33 9HJ
Sunday May 30th Yarwell Lincs. PE8 6PN. TBC
Sunday June 20th Coney Green, Stourport on Severn, Worcestshire. DY13 0TE.
Sunday September 19th Upper Loads, Holymoorside, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. S42 7BS
Sunday October 17th Woodhouse Farm Brosley Telford Shropshire TF12 5AE
JURISDICTION.
The event will be governed by the General Regulations of the MSA, (incorporating the provisions of the International Sporting Code of the FIA), these Supplementary Regulations and any written instructions that the organising club may issue for the event.
AUTHORISATION.
MSA Permits have been applied for. Numbers 56536, 56537, 56538, 58622, 58623 issued.
ELIGIBILITY.
The event is open to:
All fully elected members of the organising clubs,
Members of the following clubs:
Buxton & District Land Rover Club
Peak & Dukeries Land Rover Club
Mid-Wales Four Wheel Drive Club
Mid-West Off Road Club
Stafford & Shropshire LRC
All competitors must produce a club membership card and, where applicable and all drivers must produce a valid MSA Competition Licence ((P) 24.2. & 24.2.1.), and a full DVLA driving licence in order to start the competition.
Winch personnel must be at least 15 years old.
CHAMPIONSHIPS.
The events are all rounds of the:
The LRS Challenge Championship.
PROGRAM.
Pre booked competitors will scrutineer from 08:00 hours and until 09:30 hours.
All competitors must sign on and be scrutineered at each event.
Competitors not signed on by 09:30 hours may be excluded.
Drivers Briefing, to which all competitors MUST attend, will be at 09:45.
The Event will start at 10:00 hours, and ‘non pre-booked’ competitors will be scrutinneered.
Event finishing times will be announced at the drivers briefing. (No score cards will be accepted after this time).
COMPETITION.
The object of the event is to locate various punches, the location of which will be indicated on the day. Each punch will be identified by a number to verify it is the desired objective. The punch will be attached to a fixed point on the objective by a cable and its location marked with red & white tape.
The control card (attached by the Scrutineer to a consistent point on all vehicles) must be marked with the pin punch in the correct box on the control card as proof that the objective has been visited.
The vehicle must negotiate close enough to the point to collect the punch mark without detaching either the pin punch and or the control card. Each punch will carry a predetermined score; the total of these scores will be used to determine a winner.
There may also be special tasks, which may be timed to the nearest second. These will also count towards the final scores.
The event will be for individual vehicles, each of which must carry one driver and one co-driver (herein referred to as a Team) providing they are accommodated in securely fixed seats and wearing approved (of at least) three point seatbelts or harnesses.
CLASSES.
The Event will consist of three classes as follows:-
Class 1. Limited Modifications.
Vehicles do not need to be taxed for road use and may be equipped with one front winch (which must have a minimum rating of twice the vehicle weight). Traction aids (locking/limited-slip/torque-bias etc) may only be used if original factory fitted equipment. Vehicles with soft structured roofs must have roll over protection with a minimum of a roll over hoop (MSA spec).
Class 2. Modified.
Vehicles do not need to be taxed for road use and may be equipped with one of the following: Two winches, specification as class one (or one that is movable and is capable of multiple direction pulls), or one front fixed winch and one traction aid.
Class 3. Unlimited Modifications.
Vehicles do not need to be taxed for road use and may be equipped with any combination of winch, specification as class one, AND diff locks. Hydraulic steering is allowed but if fitted, vehicle must carry suitable spares and an emergency spill kit.
TECHNICAL REGULATIONS.
All vehicles must comply with the current MSA technical regulations and must have four wheels, all driven, and pass scrutineering before starting the event.
The maximum vehicle width shall be 2000mm (78 ¾ inches).
The maximum tyre diameter of shall be 915mm (36 inches).
Portal axels, four wheel steering and/or duplicate drive wheels are not allowed.
All vehicles in classes 2 and 3 must have MSA approved full rollover protection.
Crash helmets are to be used if a solid roof is not fitted. The helmet must comply with C(c)90.
Competitors in ALL classes must use a ground sheet when working/repairing vehicles.
Personal Protective Equipment is highly recommended.
EVENT AWARDS.
Event Awards will be presented as follows:-
1st Class 1 Team Event Trophy
1st Class 2 Team Event Trophy
1st Class 3 Team Event Trophy
ENTRIES.
The entry list opens on publication of these Supplementary Regulations and closes finally 14 days before each appropriate event. No entries will be accepted after this date.
The entry fee is £40 per event.
All entries must be made on the official entry form and accompanied by the appropriate fee or booked through the website:
www.lrschallenge.co.uk.
The Entries Secretary, to whom all postal entries must be sent, is:-
Mrs. Heather Essam,
Glebe Farm, Main Street,
Fleckney.
Leicestershire.
LE8 8AQ
The maximum entry for the meeting, (excluding reserves) is 30. The minimum is 20 and should this figure not be reached, the organisers have the right to cancel the event.
Entry fees may be refunded in full to a competitor withdrawing the entry at least 10 days prior to the event in writing.
OFFICIALS.
Entries Secretary Heather Essam Tel: 07714154857
e-mail bookings@lrschallenge.co.uk
Event Secretaries Kevin Bradley Tel: 01530 222168
e-mail info@lrschallenge.co.uk
Championship Stewards Gerry Blythe F(coll)P DIP.ED. (MSA & ANEMMC)
Mark Wagstaff (ANEMMC)
Dave Middleton
RESULTS.
Provisional results will be published in accordance with D26.1.2. Any protests or appeals must be lodged in accordance with C5 & C6.
ROAD BOOK/TIME CARD.
Competitors will be issued with instructions which will detail the scoring system and which ‘punches’ classes are allowed to collect.
IDENTIFICATION.
To score Championship points, competitors must be identified by LRS numbered decals.
This identification must be eligible at the start of every event and will be checked at scrutinneering.
LRS decals will be supplied by the organisers; however it is the competitor’s responsibility to ensure it is displayed at each event entered and that any event score cards must correspond with their competition number.
EVENT SCORING AND PENALTIES.
The individual scores to determine a winner at each event will be announced at that event’s drivers briefing, however points will be made available for punches depending on their severity, typically:
Punches 1 to 10 = 200 points each.
Punches 11 to 40 = 100 points each.
Penalties will be deducted from a team’s score during the event typically:
1500 points crossing or breaking yellow tape and/or wilful damage to a tree through bad driving or winching practices.
1000 points for touching yellow taped stakes.
200 points for breaking a red/white tape and/or touching red/white taped stakes.
Special Sections.
These may be short timed sections, with or without tasks. At the start of these sections, the team will be allocated a set of points which will be deducted from for time taken and/or penalties as communicated at the drivers briefing.
Marking and penalties will be applied as per these instructions, or any other instructions issued by the organisers.
MODIFICATION OF GR’s.
All other general regulations of the MSA apply as written, except for the following, which are modified:
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LRS CHALLENGE CHAMPIONSHIP.
LRS Challenge Championship will comply with A.25 and:
Consist of six rounds, with the best five scores to count.
Both drivers and Co-Drivers will score points separately.
Drivers and Co-drivers will score points (for the class entered) that count towards the LRS Championship as follows:
1st in Class 25 points
2nd in Class 23 points
3rd in Class 21 points
4th in Class 20 points
5th in Class 19 points
6th in Class 18 points etc...............
The championship scores from each event will be accumulated to determine the Driver and Co-driver (Championship) winners within each class.
Competitors who act as Clerk of the Course for an event will score maximum points for that event. These points will only be allocated once during championship season.
Provisional Championship results will be published in accordance with D26.1.2. Any protests or appeals must be lodged in accordance with C5 & C6.
Championship Trophies will be awarded to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd in each class.
Other prizes may be distributed at the organisers’ discretion.
In the event of a tie, the competitor with the greatest number of ‘maximum’ points will be deemed the winner.
Awards will be presented at an annual awards presentation, details of which will be announced.
OTHER INFORMATION.
A marshals championship will consist of six rounds, all to count and will be based on attendance. Prizes will be awarded for the most points scored.