Otago Sports Car Club Inc.
P.O. BOX 100, Dunedin
www.lawrence-rally.com
2016 LAWRENCE RALLY
Supplementary Regulations
1. Jurisdiction
This event is a Clubmans Rally promoted by the Otago Sports Car Club and will take
place on November 5th 2016 in and around Lawrence, Otago
The rally will be held under these Supplementary Regulations, the Motorsport New
Zealand National Sporting Code and its Appendices and Schedules particularly
Appendix 3, Schedule R being the Standing Regulations for all Rallies and Schedule A –
Driver Safety and Vehicle Requirements.
Motorsport NZ Permit Number is 160401
2. Officials
MAJOR OFFICIALS
Clerk of the Course
Assistants to the Clerk of the Course
Secretary of the Meeting
MNZ Stewards
Judges of Fact: Noise
Jumped Start
Chief Scrutineer
Accident Investigators
Mike Hosken
Larry Martin
Garth Tyrrell, TBA
Mike Hosken, Norm Oakley
TBA
Mike Hosken
Start Line Marshal
Daniel Cresswell
Assistant Clerks of Course
Additional Officials will be advised in Supplementary Regulations Part Two –
Acceptance of Entry.
The Official Rally address for all matters pertaining to the event is as follows:
The Lawrence Rally Secretary
Otago Sports Car Club Inc.
P O Box 100
Dunedin.
3. The Event
3.1
Venue:
The rally will start and finish in Lawrence using public
gravel roads to the south and west of Lawrence.
3.2
Length:
Comprises approx 80 km of special stages and approx
100 km of touring.
3.3
First Car Starts:
From the rally start outside Fox Autos at 11:00am
3.4
First Car Finishes:
At approx 3.05 pm at the Final Control located at the
Coach and Horses Inn (Prize giving venue)
3.5
Stages
SS 1
Corkscrew
SS 2
GreenField
SS 3
Cockleshell
SS 4
Robberts Rd
SS 5
Reserve Rd
16.69
16.00
13.30
16.00
16.69
4. Entries
4.1
Opening and Closing
These open with the publication of these regulations and close at
6.00 p.m. on 26th of October 2016
Entries received after this date will be considered late and only be
accepted at the organisers’ discretion
4.2
Otago Sports Car Club inc Members
Oscc members will be entered into Class 1 and will be given preferential
entry to the rally. Club memberships are available at www.oscc.co.nz
4.3
Entry Acceptance
Entries to be made on the correct form and to be deemed valid must be
complete in all detail and accompanied by the appropriate fees.
Acceptance will be at the organising committee’s discretion.
The organisers reserve the right to refuse any entry in accordance with the
prescribed provisions of the National Sporting Code.
4.4
Fees
Entry Fee $335 This includes Rally Safe fees
Late Fee $100
4.5
Number of Starters:
The organisers reserve the right to abandon the event if less than 30 entries
are received at the normal closing date. The maximum number of starters
will be 50.
Entries in excess of the maximum number will be placed on a reserve list
in order of receipt.
4.6
Acceptance of Entry (Part Two Supplementary Regulations)
These will be posted on the Lawrence rally website
www.lawrence-rally.com
Together with the seeded entry list at 5pm Friday the 29th of October 2016
If you wish to be posted an acceptance of entry please indicate on your
entry form
4.7
Competitor Requirements:
Knowledge and Understandings: In signing the entry forms competitors
(Entrant and Drivers) are deemed to fully understand the MotorSport NZ
National Sporting Code and its relevant Appendices and Schedules.
Particularly,
(a)
The National Sporting Code articles pertaining to protests
and competitors obligations, and
(b)
Appendix Three Schedule R articles pertaining to Stage
notes, Pace notes and Reconnaissance.
Licence Requirements:
Both No. 1 and No. 2 drivers shall hold a R1 or R2 Grade
or higher Motorsport NZ issued Competitors Licence.
New Competitors:
Any driver(s) who have not previously competed in three
or more rallies must attend the new competitor special
briefing. Details of venue and time will be announced with
the acceptance of entry.
5. ELIGIBLE VEHICLES
5.1 Compliance
All competing vehicles shall comply with Appendix Two
Schedule A and Appendix 3 Schedule R of the current
Motorsport Manual unless stated otherwise in these
supplementary regulations.
5.2 Classes
Vehicles will be divided into the following classes:
Class A 0 – 1300cc 2wd
Class B 1301cc – 1600cc 2wd
Class C 1601cc and over 2wd
Class D 4wd Vehicles
6. DOCUMENTATION AND SCRUTINEERING AUDIT
Competitors must present themselves at documentation for the checking of
licences and documents, issuing of competition numbers and applicable
advertising material prior to presenting the car for scrutineering.
Cars will not be admitted to the pre-start area until all of these
numbers and advertising requirements are firmly affixed in the
appropriate places on the vehicle.
Competitors shall present themselves at Rally Headquarters at the
times given in Supplementary Regulations – Part Two.
7. OFFICIALS IDENTIFICATION
Officials of the event will be identified as detailed below:
a) Marshals: Will wear bibs
b) Stage Control (Post) Chief: Will wear bibs
c) Scrutineers: Name Badges
d) Other Officials: Name Badges
8. OFFICIAL BULLETINS
May be issued in accordance with the provisions of the National Sporting
Code.
9. OFFICIAL NOTICEBOARDS
These will be displayed at any of the following venues:
• Start Control
• Rally Headquarters
10. RESULTS
Provisional results for the event will be posted at the prize giving
venue
11. STAGE NOTES
The use of Stage Notes will not be permitted during the event
12. REJOINING
• The Road Book contains a ‘Temporary Withdrawal’ form, a ‘Final
Withdrawal’ form and a ‘Rejoining form’.
• No competitor will be permitted to restart the rally once they have
handed in a ‘Final Withdrawal’ form.
• If a competitor believes that they may be able to restart after an incident
they should complete a ‘Temporary Withdrawal’ form and hand it to an
appropriate official.
• If a competitor then wishes to re-join the event they must only do so at
the start control of a stage 3 or Stage 4. They must
hand in a ‘Rejoining form’ to the Post Chief. They must try to rejoin in
their seeded position. If this is not possible then they must rejoin at the
end of the field.
• All cars that have suffered accident damage must be checked and cleared
by a Scrutineer or designated official before rejoining.
13. SERVICING
All Service and Support vehicles are to be registered with the Organisers
at the time of entry. They must display throughout the event the official
competition numbers and applicable advertising material that will be
issued at Documentation.
Servicing from an unregistered vehicle will be deemed to be the same as
servicing in a prohibited area and will be penalised accordingly.
Servicing is encouraged in areas designated as Service Parks or Service
Areas in the Road Book. However, vehicles competing may service in
other areas except where expressly forbidden.
14. RALLY SAFE
‘Rallysafe’ tracking and timing technology will be used at this event and is
mandatory for all competitors.
An overview of the system which provides significant safety benefits can
be found on www.rallysafe.com.au
a. A ‘one off’ cost of approximately $AUD175 (plus shipping) to purchase
the wiring kit, brackets and aerials that can be used at multiple events.
These must be ordered from Rallysafe using the online purchase form
found at www.rallysafe.com.au
NOTE: Please make sure that you have ordered and received a wiring
kit at least two weeks prior to the event. There will be no kits
available on the day, please insure you have fitted the mounting
correctly prior to the event.
b. A briefing for Co-Drivers can be downloaded from
www.lawrence-rally.com
15. GENERAL
a. The prize giving function is to be held at the Coach and Horses Inn at
the conclusion of the event (Every competitor and crew is urged to attend)
b. A 4wd recovery vehicle and tow truck will follow the rally course.
They will attempt to recover your vehicle back to the service area. If your
vehicle can not be towed it is the responsibility of the entrant to recover
the vehicle in a timely manner.
c. Competitors are required to report any damage they cause to stock or
property, to the next control official.