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1.
General:
The ASWMC
Championships will be promoted and administered in accordance with the
General Regulations of the Royal Automobile Club Motor Sports Association
(incorporating the provisions of the International Sporting Code of the
FIA), the Championship Rules listed hereunder and the Regulations specific
to each individual championship.
2.
Competition Licences:
The minimum grade of competition licence is "Clubman" for Autotest,
Classic Reliability Trial, Car Trialsand Sporting Trial Championships and "National
B" for all other Championships.
3.
Judicial:
Disputes, protests and appeals will be resolved and all other judicial
procedures conducted, in accordance with the relevant paragraphs of Section
'C' of the MSA Competitors Year Book, except for the following:
i) In the event of a championship contender being excluded from the results
of an event in accordance with C 3.1 or 3.1.1, then the penalties described
in C 3.5.3 will be applied.
ii)A protest against points awarded
or not awarded of any Championship must be lodged with the Co-ordinator
of that Championship within 7 days of the Championship provisional results
being published.
4.
Safety:
Safety requirements in all championships will be in accordance with
Section 'K' of the MSA Competitors Year Book and appropriate other Sections
according to the type of event.
5.
Championship Stewards:
The panel of Championship Stewards for all ASWMC Championships shall
be listed in the current edition of the ASWMC Year Book. Any three Stewards
from the panel shall constitute a quorum.
6.
Championship Co-ordinators:
Championship Secretaries/Co-ordinators for all ASWMC Championships
shall be listed in the ASWMC Year Book.
7.
Championship Season:
The period from the first weekend in January to the first weekend
in December inclusive, shall normally constitute the ASWMC Championship
Season.
8.
Championship Events:
a)Member clubs may nominate any event of National 'B' or higher status
to be included in a championship calendar. Nominations should be made
when application is made for a date to be inscribed in the Association
Fixture List.
If any championship is incomplete after the AGM, the appropriate Championship
Co-ordinator may invite further events to complete that championship,
he or she may also nominate evnts to replace events cancelled.
b) Championships shall normally be limited to a maximum of 12 events,
unless the regulations for a specific championship state otherwise.
Not more than one event in any championship may take place on the same
day.
c) The qualifying events, in each championship, should normally be 2 weeks before or after other qualifying events in that Championship, unless there are two rounds at the same venue over the same weekend.
9.
Championship Event Fees:
A Championship Event Registration Fee, as listed in rule 22, is payable
by the organising club for each event inscribed in the published Fixture
List as a round of a championship.
Clubs will be invoiced for these fees in January each year. Fees for events
added to a championship after the 1st January are payable BEFORE the event
is run.
A refund will be payable, on application to the Treasurer, for any championship
round cancelled.
A set of pre-printed name and address labels of registered contenders
is included in the fee for each event.
10.
Championship Invitations:
A Club promoting a championship round must invite all contenders registered
for that championship, irrespective of any other invitations issued.
Supplementary Regulations for all championship events must clearly state
thet the event is an ASWMC Championship round.
All references to ASWMC Championships must quote the full and correct
title of the championship, including the sponsors name, if any e.g "The
(sponsors name) ASWMC (type of event) Championship".
11.
Supplementary Regulations:
a) Secretaries of championship rounds MUST send a set of draft Supplementary
Regulations (SR's) to the appropriate ASWMC Championship Secretary before
the SR's are distributed to competitors. If the SR's comply with all ASWMC
Championship Rules and Regulations, the Championship Secretary will issue
a letter of acceptance as a championship event. The Championship Secretary
will also issue a set of addressed labels of all contenders currently
registered in the championship to which the event belongs. If no set of
draft SR's is received, no labels will be issued.
b) Clubs promoting championship rounds MUST send supplementary regulations
to ALL contenders for whom an address label has been obtained above and
make available a minimum of 20 places for registered contenders.
12.
Championship Event Results:
A copy of results of every championship event (provisional if necessary),
MUST be sent to the appropriate Championship Secretary within 7 days of
the event taking place. The results MUST be accompanied by a detailed Entry
List showing classes and engine capacities of competing cars, where appropriate.
In the event of cancellation or postponement, the appropriate Championship
Secretary must be notified immediately.
13.
Championship Classes:
Where appropriate, classes and other criteria to be complied with,
will be specified in regulations for individual championships.
For events forming part of other championships having a different structure,
classes and other criteria will be defined in the event SR's.
14.
Championship Sponsors:
Sponsors of championships may require Championship Events and Registered
Championship Contenders to display sponsors decals on competing cars and
to comply with certain other criteria.
Organisers will be given full details of the requirements at least 4 weeks
prior to the event and will be responsible for ensuring compliance. (MSA
H.29.1.1 to 29.1.3)
15.
Compliance with Championship Rules:
Clubs failing to comply with Championship Rules 10,11, 12, 13 or 14
for a particular event MAY render the event ineligible for championship
status in the following year.
16.
Observers:
All Association Championship rallies SHALL have an Association nominated
observer.
The Association reserves the right to appoint an Observer to any other
Championship event.
17.
Championship Eligibilty:
Championships are open to the members of all Association member clubs,
provided that the club is not in arrears of subscription to the Association.
Promoting clubs MUST inspect competitors club membership cards to ensure
validity before allowing them to compete.
18.
Championship Registration:
Competitors registering for championships must forward the following
details to the Registration Secretary on the Registration Form.
a)Surname and Forenames.
b)Full address.
c)One ASWMC member club of which they are, or will be, a member in the
championship year and to which their points in the Club Championship will
be allocated.
d)Registration Fees as appropriate - Rule 22.
On receipt of registration details and fees, the Registration Secretary
will issue the contender with a Registration Card, a copy of the Association
Year Book and periodic Championship Newsletters. Registration Cards will
show a contenders name, club and championship registration number. This
card MUST be produced when signing on for all championship events and
the contenders name and championship registration number recorded on the
ASWMC championship contenders form provided, or points may not be allowed.
Registrations will be accepted at event signing-on in all Championships, only where the appropriate Championship
Co-ordinator or member of the ASWMC Executive is present. Points will be awarded for events from the date of registration. NOTE: Competitors are advised to register early by post, in case there is no one at an event to take registrations.
Registration must be made at least 8 weeks before any event, for
a contender to be entitled to receive supplementary regulations from the
organisers of that event.
19.
Championship Results:
Championships will be awarded to the drivers and navigator/co-drivers
where appropriate, who have scored the highest number of points in the
qualifying events, according to the following table. Unless regulations
for a particular championship state otherwise.
|
Events Run |
Results to Count
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12 or over |
Best 8 |
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10 or 11 |
Best 7 |
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8 or 9 |
Best 6 |
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6 or 7 |
Best 5 |
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Less than 6
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All |
In the event of a tie between two or more competitors, Championship placings will be awarded to the competitor scoring:
i) The highest number of maximum scores, continuing down the table of scores until the tie Is resolved.
ii) The highest number of event class wins followed by event positions (2nd, 3rd etc)
iii) Their Championship score in the fewest number of events.
iv) Where appropriate, the competitor who has achieved their score by beating the highest number of competitors will be the winner.
v) If a tie still exists the position shall be held jointly.
20.
Championship Awards:
a) The number of awards made in any championship
shall be proportional to the number of contenders scoring points in that
championship, to a maximum of 10 places, according to the following table:
|
No of Contenders
scoring |
No of Awards
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1 to 3 |
First Place
only |
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4 to 7 |
First and Second
Places |
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8 to 15 |
First Three
Places |
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16 to 25 |
First Four Places
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26 to 35 |
First Five Places
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36 to 45 |
First Six Places
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46 to 55 |
First Seven
Places |
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56 to 65 |
First Eight
Places |
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66 to 75 |
First Nine Places
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76 to 85 |
First Ten Places
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b)The presentation
of Championship Awards will be made annually at a suitable time and venue
decided by the Council.
21.
Championship Trophies:
The Association shall be responsible for the custody of all perpetual
trophies. Trophies must be returned to the Championship Secretary not
later than 1st December, or at any other such time as he/she shall require,
for suitable engraving. Replicas, or any other awards shall become the
property of the winners. All trophies loaned to the Association shall
remain the property of the donor. Trophies to be loaned in perpetuity,
but if no longer awarded or the ASWMC be disbanded, shall return to the
donors. The Association shall be responsible for keeping a schedule, which
shall be published in the Year Book.
22.
Championship Fees:
Schedule of fees payable by Clubs for inscription of event in championship
calendar.
| Events |
Fee |
| Stage Rally,
Hillclimb & Sprint |
£25 |
| All other Championships
|
£FOC |
Schedule of fees
payable by competitors for registration as a Championship Contender.
|
Event |
Fee |
|
Hillclimb |
£14 |
Sprint |
£14 |
|
Stage Rally
|
£15 |
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Open Navigational
Rally |
£10 |
| Novice Navigational Rally |
£10 |
| Endurance Rally |
£10 |
| Historic Rally |
£10 |
| Autocross |
£10 |
| Classic Trials |
£10 |
| Sporting Trials |
£10 |
| Autotest |
FREE |
| Car Trials |
FREE |
| Under 21's |
FREE |
23. Inter Association Teams
The relevant Championship Co-ordinator will be responsible for the selection of Inter Association Teams. Wherever possible the team members will consist of the top Championship contenders. Other contenders can only be appointed if the top contenders are not available.
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