Championship Rules

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 and Production Car 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 'O' 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 O 3.1.1 or 3.1.2, then the penalties described in O 3.5 a) & b) ONLY, 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 'Q' 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. A provisional championships calendar will be formulated at the Dates Meeting and agreed by Council at the AGM.
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) Once a Rally Championship calendar has been approved, any Championship Rally moving its date within 2 weeks before or after another rally of the same Championship may forfeit its Championship status, and a replacement event found.

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. These results MUST be detailed in accordance with the classes specified for the championship, or by the classes actually run, as appropriate. The results MUST be accompanied by a detailed Entry List showing classes and engine capacities of competing cars, where appropriate and an official ASWMC Championship signing-on form showing the competition number, championship registration number and name of every contender claiming championship points.
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 GR.E.24.2)

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 not be accepted at event signing-on except for the first round of the Autocross, Autotest, Classic, Sporting & Production Trials and ALL Rally Championships, where the appropriate Championship Co-ordinator is present.
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

12 or over

Best 8

10 or 11

Best 7

8 or 9

Best 6

6 or 7

Best 5

Less than 6

All

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

1 to 3

First Place only

4 to 7

First and Second Places

8 to 15

First Three Places

16 to 25

First Four Places

26 to 35

First Five Places

36 to 45

First Six Places

46 to 55

First Seven Places

56 to 65

First Eight Places

66 to 75

First Nine Places

76 to 85

First Ten Places

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

Stage Rally

£15

Sprint

£14

Open Navigational Rally

£6

Novice Navigational Rally £6

Historic Stage Rally £10

Historic Rally £6

Autotest £6

Autocross £8

Trials (Covers all 3 Trials Championships) £6