NEZ                                                                                       
           
                                                NEZ 2004
                         CHAMPIONSHIP  FOR SUPERCROSS 
  ELVA  25. – 26. September 2004

Regulations.

  1. General prescriptions.
  2. Organization of event.
  3. Date and time of events, program.
  4. Participants, team entries,  administrative checking.
  5. Eligible vehicles, drivers safety equipment.

     Running of event:
  6. Scrutineering (technical checking).
  7. Free practice.
  8. Official timed practice.
  9. Common regulations for heats, order of start, finish.
10. Order of heats.
11. Semifinals.
12. B final.
13. Qualifying heats.
14. A final.
15. Parc ferme (closed area for cars).
16. Individual and team results of the Championship.
17. Prize giving.
18. The main technical regulations.
19. Information.

1.  General prescriptions.

1.1	These regulations prescribe NEZ (North European Zone) Championship for Supercross Drivers 2004. organization, procedure and order of judge, requests for participants and   
      prescriptions for Championship classification according to FIA Sporting code..
1.2.	The Championship is organized as One Championship for North European zone (NEZ) 
Drivers, consisting from  rallycross and autocross events.
1.3. The Championship is included in FIA calendar 2004.
1.4. Questions not covered by these regulations are authorized to be decided by:
- Steward, if decision is made in the time of event;
- NEZ OffRoad commission, if decision is made in another time.
Supplementary regulations will be announced by dated and numbered bulletins and will be sent by post and e-mail to all the participating countries.

2. Organization of event.

2.1. Event will be organized in accordance with FIA Sporting Code by the Organizer of the 
       Championship Event in cooperation with National Automobile federation (ASN) and Autocross /
       Rallycross Commission.
2.2. Event will be refereed by judges union chosen by the Organiser of event and approved by  
NEZ OffRoad Commission in accordance with the FIA code and regulations of NEZ Championship. 
2.3. The Championship will be held in  autocross circuits accepted by NEZ OffRoad 
       commission representatives.

2.4. Organising Committee

     MTÜ Reinsalu Sport 				 
     Konguta tee 3, Elva                       fax    + 372 74 15 436
    Mr. Ahti Sei                                   mob  + 372 52 18 677
                                                            ahti.sei@mail.ee

   The Estonian automobil sport federation	                                                                     
  Regati pst 1,				tel	+372 6398 666                  
  Estonia				fax.	+372 6398 533
  Mr. Priit Pallo                                 eal@sport.ee

 NEZ OffRoad commission Members of Estonia
 Tanel Kutsar                                    Tel.     + 372 6032 042
                                                         Fax.   + 372 6076 645
                                                         Mob.  + 372 56 246 001
                                                         tanel@karumaa.ee

2.5 Officials: 

- Clerk of the Course: 			Villu Viks
-  Assistant:	                                               Vello Peedimaa
- Secretary of the meeting:                            Margit Viks			 
- Chief Scrutineer: 				Marko Luhthein 
- Chief Timekeeper: 				Aivar Parts

			 

3.  Date and time of event, program.

3.1.  Program of event.

       Saturday.  25.09.2004

       15:00 – 17:30	registration of participants, administrative checking
       15:00 – 19:00	scrutineering (technical checking)
       19:15		            official briefing      

  Sunday.      26.09.2004

        8:30 – 10:00	            free practice 		
	  10:00 – 11:30	official time practice
       11:45 – 12:00	drivers briefing
       12:30	     	            official opening of the Championship
       13:00 		the 1st start

3.3. Following programme of the event, depending on number of drivers, weather conditions and  
       other reasons is prescribed by Clerk of Course and announced in drivers briefing and posted on 
       official notice board on the day of the event.

4.  Participants, team entries.

4.1. Any person holding NEZ National  license or FIA International license  valid for autocross   
and (or) rallycross in  year 2004 is eligible.
4.2. Individual and team entries must be sent to NEZ OffRoad Commission not later than 10 days  
before each event. 
4.3. Entree fee for each driver  70 EUR in each Championship event. Entry fee must be paid  
during registration of participants and  administrative checking
4.4.  During administrative checking driver reports his official and team.
4.5. All information concerning event participants is on  official notice board. 
4.6 .Only driver or his team official are eligible to apply to Championship officials for lodging 
announcements, protests etc.

5. 	Eligible vehicles, drivers safety equipment.

5.1. The Championship is open to vehicles of following divisions:

- 1600  Junior – cylinder capacity does not exceed 1600 cm3, 2WD (front or rear wheel drive);
- 2000  Super  - cylinder capacity does not exceed 2000 cm3,  front wheel drive;
- Open             - without limits for cylinder capacity; rear wheel drive
- D -1               - 3500 cm3 (4WD) – according to FIA.
- Buggy           – 1600 cm3 (4WD) or  2000 cm3 (2WD).

5.2. Cars eligible to compete must be prepared in accordance with Technical Regulations 
approved by National Offroad Commission and National  Technical Commission for year   
2004. Start is refused if car does not correspond to Technical Regulations . 

5.3. Competition numbers for countries:

Latvia -		101 …
Lithuania -	201…
Estonia -          	301…	 
Finland - 	 	401 …
Denmark -	501…
Sweden - 	 	601…
Norway -		701…
Poland -		801… (in the case of participating)

5.4. Competition numbers are regulated by National  Offroad Committees in accordance with 
previous year National Championship results in mentioned divisions (or similar in different countries), for example, champion of Finland – number 401, the second place – number 402.
5.5.There will be only one driver per car in one class. The same driver in another class may 
compete with another car. 
5.6.During the Championship between events competitor may freely replace the car. If changing 
class, driver may not combine points obtained in different classes.
5.7 Additional fee 100 EUR has to be paid by a competitor who refuses to carry the organizer’s 
sponsor’s advertising.
5.8.Each driver must use safety equipment in accordance with Technical Regulations approved  
by National ASN and (or) FIA Technical regulations.

                                                          6. Scrutineering.

6.1. Any car taking part in the event must be presented to scrutineering which will be held at 
organizer’s indicated place in Saturday from 15:00 to 17:30. Competitor who arrive after   
the closure of scrutineering, may pass it in 1 hour time, being applied financial penalty
20 EUR .  No car will be allowed to start unless it has passed scrutineering. 
6.2. Scrutineers must provide equipment for weighing of cars. Organizer must provide suitable 
covered working place. 
6.3. Additional scrutineering may be carried out at any time during the Event after Chief 
Scrutineer’s decision. 
6.4.At scrutineering competitor must present drivers card, Technical Passport obtained by 
National Offroad commission or FIA and driver’s safety clothing.

7.	Official time practice.

7.1. Not more than  20 best drivers in each division will be classified for the Championship 
       event after official   time practice.
7.2. Official time practice is obligatory. If driver has not started in official time practice, he 
may be allowed to start by decision of the steward if number of competitors in the class 
does not exceed 20. 
7.3. Drivers starts individually after distance regulated by start judge. There will not be more 
than 4 cars in each start group.
7.4. Driver must give his drivers card to start judge.
7.5. Driver may drive 3 laps. The best of three lap times will determine the starting position 
for heat.
7.6. The best of three lap times will be taken into consideration. In the event of tie, the 2nd best 
lap time will be decisive, in case of a further tie, the 3rd lap time will be decisive. In case of a 
further tie, better start position will be arranged for the driver who was the first to complete 
official timed practice.
7.7. Driver who has started, but has not completed a single lap, is arranged for start behind driver 
who has a lap time.
7.8. Driver’s Liaison Officer must be informed if driver can not participate in further running of 
the event after official time practice.

9. Common regulations for heats, order of start, finish.

8.1. The Steward may assign introducing lap before start. Introducing lap is not obligatory.
8.2. The starting grids will consist of not more than 10 cars in four rows divided up into 3-2-3-2.              
8.3. In all heats drivers are allowed to choose their starting places in the starting grids they  
have been arranged in – the best qualified driver is able to make his choice first, the second 
best driver is able to choose one of the remaining places in the grid. This possibility of 
choice will also operate in 2nd, 3rd and 4th rows. The chosen start place may not be changed 
afterwards.
8.4. During heat drivers are allowed to stop in a special zone for repairing of technical problems. 
8.5. If a flag, which informs about technical problems (black flag with orange circle), is 
displayed for driver, he must stop in the zone for repairing of technical problems in one lap 
time.
8.6  If two or more cars stop during a heat, they are classified according to the number of laps 
covered or, if it is the same, the order in which they last crossed the finish line. The grid 
positions are decisive if the cars stop during the 1st lap.
8.7. If car stops on a course, driver must immediately leave his car and go to a safe place behind 
track edges. Returning to the car or any action near the car until the end of the heat is 
prohibited.
8.8. Driver who has not started will be classified last in the heat. If more than one driver have not 
started, they are classified according to their starting grid positions.
8.9. The start will be given by the red light which will be flashed or green flag waved by Clerk of 
the Course or start Judge. Start procedure will be explained in Drivers briefing.
8.10. All competitors participating in the particular heat must be present on the start zone 10 
minutes after the start of previous heat, for 1st start of Event and for starts after breaks – 10 
minutes before the start time. In case of technical interruption Drivers’ liaison Officer 
informs competitors about the time of next start. If driver is not present at the start on fixed 
time, he is excluded from the heat.
8.11. Only drivers who are about to start and one mechanic per driver are allowed to be on the 
starting grid. 
8.12. In case of technical problems driver may ask the Clerk of the Course for a start delay of 5 
minutes for repairing the problems. If driver is not ready for the start in that time, the start 
signal is given without him.
8.13. If a driver is unable to start a heat, his place in the start grid will remain empty and cannot 
be occupied by a driver from another grid.
8.14. A false start will be declared if a car leaves its starting place before the start signal. False 
start is determined by the Clerk of the Course or by a person entitled by him - judge of 
false start, or by electronic start system.
8.15. The culprit driver(s) will be warned and the starting procedure will repeated. If a driver 
makes a second false start in a heat he will be excluded from the heat and classified last, 
but before the drivers that did not start.
8.16. The decision about ignoring the flag signals is made by the Clerk of the Course in 
accordance with “About applying penalties, lodging protests and appeals in autocross and 
rallycross” rules.
8.17. The end-of-race signal is given by Finish line Judge. After the finish of leading car, all 
other cars must finish not depending on the number of laps completed.

9.Free practice.

9.1 For saving the better the track for all competitors, the free practice will be cancelled.

10.Order of heats.

10.1. If the number of participants in one division is 
          11 – 20  – two semifinals (7 laps each), B-final (7 laps) and A-final (9 laps),
           6 – 10   – two qualifying heats (7 laps each) and A-final (9 laps).

11. Semifinals.

11.1 After the official timed practice the organizer will provide a list of the starters from first to last place. Starting from the top, the drivers will be seeded into the semifinals: 
           
the first semifinal I:		 1  3  5  7    9  11  13  15  17  19
  
 the second semifinal II:		 2  4  6  8  10  12  14  16  18  20 

11.2 Starting grid for semifinal I:

……………………………………. Start line
             	1		 3		 5

7	9

				11		13		15

17	19     

Starting grid for semifinal II:

                            ……………………………………. Start line
			2		4		6

8	10

12		14		16

	18		20

11.3 Drivers classified from 1st to 4 th place in semifinals will qualify for A-final.
11.4.Drivers classified from 5th to 9 th place in semifinals will qualify for B-final.
11.5.Drivers classified in 10 th place in semifinals will not continue the competition.  
11.6.Drivers who have not started in a semifinal will not be allowed to start in B-final.
        He may be allowed to start in B- final by decision of steward if the number of competitors in the   
        division does not exceed 18. 

12.	B-final.

12.1 Starting grid:

……………………………………. Start line
             	5 – I		 5 – II		 6 -  I

                             		6 – II		 7 – I	
 	
 7 – II		8 – I		 8 – II	

	 9 – I		9 – II		

12.2. The best 2 (two) drivers from B – final  will qualify for the A- final.
12.3. B-final will be not held, if 2 or less drivers are ready for  start on the start line; these drivers  
        will qualify for the A-  final.

13. Qualifying heats.

13.1. Starting grid of 1st heat is arranged according to the classification of the official timed 
practice.
13.2. Starting grid of 2nd heat is arranged according to the classification of the first heat (1st place 
in first heat obtain pole position for 2nd heat).
13.3.Starting grid for the A-final is arranged according to the sum of points obtained in 
qualifying heats. In each qualifying heat drivers obtain points that are equal to their 
finishing position: 1st place - 1 point, 2nd place - 2 points, 3rd place - 3 points etc. The driver 
with the least sum of points obtains the pole position, etc. In case of a tie, the result of the 
2nd heat will be decisive – the driver who classified higher in the 2nd heat will receive a 
higher start position in the A-final.
13.4.Driver who has not started in a heat or who has been excluded from the heat will obtain 
points that are equal to the number of competitors in division + 1 (one) point.
13.5.Only drivers who have completed at least 7 laps in the heats will be admitted to the A-final.

14.	 A-final.

14.1. Starting grid for A – final in case of semifinals and B- final.

				……………………………………. Start line

1 – I		 1 – II		 2 -  I

                                		2 – II		 3 – I	
 	 
3 – II		4 – I		 4 – II
	
	 1 -  B		2 – B		 

14.2. Starting grid in case of qualifying heats.
Starting grid for the A-final is arranged according to the sum of points obtained in qualifying   
heats (p.13.3.). 

15. Parc ferme (closed area).

15.1. Immediately after the A-final all cars must be parked in the parc ferme.
15.2. If a car is not parked in parc ferme due to fault of driver – he will be excluded from the 
meeting and disqualified . The cars shall remain in the parc ferme until released by decision 
of the Clerk of the Course. 
15.3.Only Scrutineers and competitors invited by Chief Scrutineer are allowed to be in parc ferme.

16. Individual and team results of the Championship.

16.1. There will be a minimum of 6 starters in each division in the Event for its including in 
       Championship classification. 

16.2. Points in the Championship Event will be awarded: 
	1-st place -	20 points, 
2 –		17  
3 –		15  
4 –		13  
5 – 		12 
6– 		11 
7 -		10
8 –		  9 
 	9–		  8 
          10 –		  7 
          11–		  6 
12-	5
13-	4
14-	3
15-	2
16-	1 point.
16.3. Points for the team in the Event is the sum of 4 (four) best results in 
         4  (four) different divisions, one best result in one division. 
16.4. Points for the team in Championship total results – the points sum of  all Events (see 16.1.)  
         included in Championship classification minus one worth result .
16.5. Points for the individual Championship total results -  the points sum of all Events included   
         in  Championship classification (see 16.1.) minus one worth result.
16.6. In case of a tie, the number of total higher places in the Championship Events will be the 
        decisive. In case of the further tie, last event will be deciding. 
16.7. The Champion title in division is awarded, if at least  5 (five) Championship Events are 
        included in the Championship classification (see 16.1.).
16.8. In Drivers Championship following drivers will be awarded: 
- first six places, if 12 or more drivers have participated in the Championship,
- first three places, if less than 12 drivers have participated in the Championship.
16.9. First three teams will be awarded in the Teams Championship.

17. Prize-giving.

17.1. The prize-giving in the event will take place at organiser’s appointed place not later than 1 hour   
       after finish of the last final heat, if no protests that can change prized places are lodged during 
this time, or after the protests are considered and the decision is made.

17.2. Prizes for the Championship Event are:
1)	cups,
2)	prize money in each division:
1st place  - 300 EUR	
2nd place – 200 EUR	
3rd place – 150 EUR

17.3.	The prize money will be given only for drivers of division included in Championship classification the Event  (minimum of 6 starters). 
17.4.	 Prizes for the winners of NEZ Championship are: official NEZ medals and cups. They will be given in Gala  ceremony in the last event. 

18.	The main technical regulations.

18.1.	 FIA homologation – not needed.
18.2.	 Technical regulations – according to National technical regulations.
18.3.	 Safety – according to FIA and (or) National technical regulations.
         Validity term for helmets, dungarees, seat belts and seats – not longer than 5 years after    
         homologation.
18.4.	 Catalytic converter – not needed.
18.5.	 Weight of sport cars min – according to FIA:

 1300cm3    	 700 kg 
 1400cm3    	 730 kg 
 1500cm3    	 770 kg 
 1600cm3    	 805 kg 

 1700cm3     	 825 kg 
 1800cm3    	 845 kg 
 1900cm3     	 865 kg 
 2000cm3     	 880 kg 
 2500 cm3	 960 kg 
 3000 cm3	1040 kg 
 3500 cm3   	1120 kg
 4000 cm3   	1190 kg
 4500 cm3   	1260 kg
 5000 cm3   	1325 kg
 5500 cm3   	1390 kg 
 over 5500 cm3    1460 kg
 Buggy                   500 kg

18.6.	Engine – free, in original department.
Turbocharged engine has coefficient 1,7, for example turbocharged engine 2000 cm3 is equal 3400 cm3 (2000 x 1,7)
18.6. Transmission – free.
18.7. Suspension -  free.
18.8  Steering – free.
18.9. Tyres – free.
18.10. Numbers of sport cars – black, min height 400 mm.

19.	Penalties.

19.1. The stewards of the event have overall authority concerning the penalties.
19.2. Driver who has attacked (pushed, turned e.t.c.) another car intentionally, may be by sentence of the judges union excluded from the heat. If it has happened in A or B final, driver will be excluded from event without any points.  

20.	Protests – appeals.

20.1. All protests will be handed to clerk via teams commissar. All protests must be made in writing form and handed to the clerk of course together with the sum of 100 EUR during one hour after the heat unofficial results have been posted on the notice board.
20.2. Team commissar has the rights to appeal the decision of stewards. Information about appeal must be made in writing form and handed to the clerk of course together with sum of 200 EUR during one hour after the decision has posted on the notice board.

 Estonian Autosport Union                                                          …………………………………….

Estonian Rallycross Committee                                                 ………………………………………

MTÜ Reinsalu Sport                                                                   ………………………………………