Latvian Rally Championship 2005 for standard cars, event 4

 “Talsi 2005”
Latvia, Talsi, July 15-17, 2005
Supplementary Regulations

Web address of the rally “Talsi 2005” - 

INTRODUCTION

•The rally “Talsi 2005” will be run in compliance with the traffic regulations and National Sporting Code of LAF SCC and in compliance with the Supplementary Regulations (further – the Regulations) of the rally  “Talsi 2005”.
•Changes to these Regulations will be announced to all entrants by numbered and dated bulletins (issued by the Organizer or the Steward).

Index

	Program of the Rally	
1.	Description	
2.	Organisation	
3.	Entries	
4.	Insurances	
5.	Advertising	
6.	Reconnaissance	
7.	Administrative Check	
8.	Scrutineering, marking 	
9.	Start of the Rally	
10.	Running of the Rally	
11.	Service Park	
12.	Prize giving	
13.	Final Check	
14.	Publication of the Provisional Classification 	
15.	Protest	
Appendix 1	Time table	
Appendix 2	Entry form	
Appendix 3	Rally map 	

The Regulations are published on Latvian and English versions. In case of difference decisive is Latvian version of the Regulations. 

 Programme and deadlines (in chronological order) 

Opening date for entries:	 			20.06.2005.

Closing date for entries:	 			12.07.2005. at 18:00		

Entry fees and deadline:				65.- LVL to 12.07.2005. at 18:00

Publication of the list of entered crews:		14.07.2005. at 18:00		 

Reconnaissance documents available:		15.07.2005. from 18.30 till 21.00.
Reconnaissance: 					15.07.2005. from 18.30 till 23.00.
16.07.2005. from 8.00 till 14.00.

Administrative check and scrutineering:		15.07.2005. from 18.30 till 23.00.

Publication of the official start list:
Leg 1 		Place: Official Notice Board, in the Service zone
		Time: 16.07.2005. at 10:00
Leg 2 		Place: Official Notice Board, in the Service zone
		Time: 17.07.2005. at 9:00 

Start of the rally:					16.07.2005. at 16:00

Publication of the Provisional
Classification of the Leg 1:				16.07.2005. at 23:00

Finish of the rally:					17.07.2005. at 14:00

Publication of the Provisional
Classification of the rally:				17.07.2005 at 16:00

Publication of the Official
Final Classification:	 				17.07.2005 from 16:30

Prize giving:						17.07.2005 from 17:00

1.Description of the Rally

1.1.	The rally “Talsi 2005” will be run in Latvia, Talsi in July 16-17.
1.2.	The rally “Talsi 2005” results counts for:
- The Latvian Rally Championship 2005 for standard cars, event 4.
1.3.	LAF permission: 
The rally has registered in the FIA 2005 Sporting Calendar 
1.4. Rally centre: 
In the organizer office - “CVS” Ltd, 6th km of Talsi- Roja road, Grutnieki, Laidze parish, Latvia.
During the rally – Service Park “Talsi” at Stendes str. 8, “Talsu Autotransports” Ltd. 
      
1.5.Start of the rally - Kandava, 16.07.2005 at 16 o’clock. Place will be announced separately. 

1.6.Parc Ferme:
No Parc Ferme. 

1.7.  Service parks:
The all service parks  “Talsi” at Stendes str. 8, territory of “Talsu Autotransports Ltd. 
1.8.  Route:
Overall length – to 180 km
Number of SS  - 10
Overall length of SS – to 30 km.
The road surface – for  SS 1;2;3;4 – tarmac, SS 5;6;7;8;9;10 - gravel. In some gravel SS will be included tarmac surface.
Number of  “Single” SS  – 8
The rally consists of the two Legs; the first Leg one section, the second Leg two sections. 
The detailed route, the timetable, the Control Points have presented in the Road Book.

1.9. Prohibited regions:
For drivers, entrants and their representatives from 01.07.2005 to 15.07.2005, are strictly forbidden to move by the roads located in the particular territory of the route (Appendix 3).
Each established infringement of this rule would be penalized with cash penalty 350 LVL.
1.10.  Official Notice Board: during the rally – Rally center and service park..

2. Organisation

2.1. Organizer: SIA “CVS”, registration No. 900300130
Organizer office: In working days from 08:00 till 17:00, “CVS” Ltd, 6th km of Talsi- Roja road, Grutnieki, Laidze parish, Latvia (phone +371 32 91273, mob. phone +371 9 246817, fax +371 32 91339, e-mail  )
2.2. Stewards:
Steward	Mr. Reinis Poznaks			(Latvia)
2.4.	Observer of Rally Commission of the LAF		 Mr.  Juris Mūrnieks		(Latvia)
2.5.Senior officials:
Rally director and Clerk of the Course 		Mr. Eriks Vīksne		(Latvia)
Deputy Rally director				Ms. Danija Vīksne
Deputy Clerk of the Course on route	Mr. Ojars Krumins		(Latvia)
        Deputy Clerk of the Course in Rally centre	Mrs. Irēna Krastiņa			(Latvia)
Chief Medical Officer  		Mr. Janis Smits			(Latvia)
Chief Scrutineer 	Mr. Jānis Veilands			(Latvia)
Secretary of the rally 	Mrs. Ilona Gaigale  			(Latvia)
Administrator of the Results system 	Mr. Uldis Grīnbergs 			(Latvia)
Administrator of the start/finish systems 	Mr. Ojars Andersons 			(Latvia)
Chief timekeeper 	Mr. Juris Aperans 			(Latvia)

3. Entries

3.1.	Opening date of entries:  20.06.2005.
The duly filled and signed entry form (Appendix 2) accompanied by the payment of the entry fee must reach the Organizer till July 12, 2005 at 18:00. If competitor has sent the entry form to the Organizer, but will not take part in this rally, he must to inform the Organizer in writing form. Otherwise LAF will be informed about that for penalizing. 
If the entry form is sent by facsimile, the original entry form with a relevant payment document or a letter of guarantee must reach the Organizer not later than July 15 at 21:00.
Details concerning the co-driver could be specified at administrative check of crew.
3.2.	The rally is open for every physical or legal entity holding a valid competitor’s license issued by LAF or other ASN. 
The entry application will be accepted only if it will be accompanied by a total amount of the entry fee or with relevant letter of guarantees from ASN.
Signing of the entry means that the entrant allows to the Organizer to publish the declared information in the multi- media channels. 
3.3.Maximum number of the entries will be 110. In case if the Organizer will receive more the entries, crews will be selected by the Organiser opinion.
In the rally allow to participate by cars match the LAF national technical regulations of cars of respective national groups, who are divided in classification groups and classes in accordance with the Regulations of the Championship.

3.4. Entree fee 65 LVL must to be paid till 12.07.2005. at 18:00.
3.4.1. The entry fee (Art. 3.4) has described for crews who accepts the full set of Organizer’s additional advertising. 
3.4.2. If crew refuses to carry Organizer’s additional advertising, entrant must pay double the entry fee and mark refusal from advertising on the entry form.
Advertising on the rally plate and starting numbers are compulsory advertising and refusal from this advertising is impossible. 
3.5. All payments should be made to the Organizer’s bank: SIA “CVS”, HANSABANKA LV74HABA0001408059040 – or to be pay in the Organiser’s cash.
3.6.	Entry fees will be refunded:
- in case of rally not taking place due to fault of the Organizer – in full, 
- in case of rally not taking place due to force majeure - 75%, 
- to applicants whose the entry has not been accepted – in full,
4. Insurance

All competitive cars must hold valid Green Card or insurance of civil liability. Entrants must comply with Latvian Republic traffic laws throughout the event. 
5. Advertising

The starting numbers, the rally plate and the Organizer’s advertising should be affixed on a competitive car before scrutineering. 
A crew will be penalized with prohibition of starting in the rally if the regulation above mentioned would have violated. A crew will be inflicted penalty for change of form or size of the advertising without co-ordination with the Organizer.

6.Reconnaissance

6.1.	The reconnaissance documents will be available for competitors at:
Start Nr: 	1-30	18:30 – 19:00
		31-60	19:01 – 19:30
		61-90	19:31 – 20:00
		91-…	20:01 – 21:00

July 15, 2005 from 18:30 till 21:00,

Scrutineering station “Scantest”, Talsi, Blumbaha str. 9.
The Organizer will hand out labels for recce cars and recce cards when an entrant will receive the reconnaissance documents.
In receiving of the recce documents, entrants must inform the Organizer on details of the recce car and crew’s mobile phones. 
6.2.	Recce is allowed: 
July 15, from 18:30 till 23:00- SS5;8

July 15, from 18:30 till 22:00– SS10

July 16, from 08:00 till 9:30– SS6; 9 for entrants Nr 1 – 60
July 16, from 09:30 till 11:00– SS6; 9 for entrants Nr 61 - …

July 16, from 08:00 till 9:30– SS7 for entrants Nr 61 – …
July 16, from 09:30 till 11:00– SS6; 9 for entrants Nr 1 – 60

July 16, from 10:15 till 11:45– SS3 (4) for entrants Nr 1 – 60
July 16, from 11:45 till 13:15– SS3 (4) for entrants Nr 61 - …

July 16, from 11:30 till 13:00– SS1 (2) for entrants Nr 1 – 60
July 16, from 13:00 till 14:30– SS1 (2) for entrants Nr 61 - …

On all SS except SS8 reconnaissance is permitted for 2 times. 
Fact Judges will register runs. SS8 is included in SS5 and walking permits reconnaissance.
The Organizer has rights to change order of reconnaissance; in this case he must inform entrants at time of receiving the recce documents. 
6.3. Restrictions:
6.3.1. It is allowed to use reconnaissance car equipped with summer time tread pattern. M+S and gravel racing tyres are not permitted..
6.3.2.	The recce cards must be given to representatives of Organizer or to police if it is requested. The recce cards crew gives back entering pre start area at Kandava. 
6.3.3.	Crews are not allowed to drive in opposite direction of the rally on the SS.
6.3.4.	Maximum speed limits set by traffic laws  - 50 km/h in inhabited locations, 90 km/h outside inhabited locations, if maximum speed limit isn’t lower in accordance with the traffic signs or the Organizer ‘ instruction. Use of radar detectors is forbidden. 
Crews must drive in a manner that does not endanger other traffic or cause inconvenience for people living near the stage roads. 
Note: that is reconnaissance not training!
6.3.5. If entrants and crews who have sent or will have sent in the entry to participate in the rally “Talsi 2005” have necessary to move by the roads located in particular strictly forbidden territory of the route before July 15, they must to inform the Organizer and must to get a permission in written  from the Organizer.
6.4. Consideration of reconnaissance rules will be controlled by the Organizer and police. 
Unauthorized early reconnaissance before May 20, 2003 will be penalized by cash penalty 150 LVL.  Exceeding of permitted passage’s limit will be penalized complying with the Steward’s decision as far as start refusal. 
Penalties for infringements concerning to speed limit and other reconnaissance rules are complying with:
1st  infringement: 	 to 20km/h- 20.-LVL; 		above 20km/h-  60.- LVL
2nd  infringement: 	 to 20km/h- 40.-LVL; 		above 20km/h-  	in accordance with the Steward’s decision.
Organizer has rights to send relevant report to offender’s ASN. 

7. Administrative checks

7.1.All crews and competitive cars must arrive in administrative checks and in pre-rally scrutineering at Technical control station “SCANTEST”, Talsi, F. Blumbaha str.9 in compliance with following schedule: 
July 15, 2005
18:30 – 19:30	start no.	1 - 30
19:31 – 20:30	start no.	31 - 60
20:31 – 21:30	start no.	61 - 90
21:31 – 22:30	start no.	91 – ... 
Starting numbers, rally plates and the Organizer’s advertising must be placed in the specified positions on cars prior the pre-rally scrutineering. 
7.2	Following documents should be presented at the administrative check by each crewmember:
-Filled and signed entry form, 
-Entrant’s license and driver’s license, 
-Driver’s license issued by ASN,
-Driver license for road use,
-Green Card or insurance of civil liability, 
-Registration documents of car, for drivers licensed by LAF – a technical card issued by LAF,
 
A crew must give information about crew’s service car to Organizer. 
8. Scrutineering and marking

8.1.	All crews and competitive cars must arrive in administrative checks and in pre-rally scrutineering at Technical control station “SCANTEST”, Talsi, F. Blumbaha str.9 in July 15 according with the schedule published in Art. 7.
8.2. Starting numbers, rally plates and Organizer’s advertising must be affixed on competitive car before pre-rally scrutineering.

9. Start of the Rally

9.1. Publication of the start list:
Leg 1  – 16.07.2005. at 10:00, on Official Notice Board of the Rally at Service area 
Leg 2  – 17.07.2005. at 9:00, on Official Notice Board of the Rally at Service area. 
All pines from recce time must be paid till 15:00, July 16 to organizer in pre-start area.

9.2. Start of the rally – July 16, 2005 at 16:00, Kandava.
	Start of the Leg 2- July 17, 2005 at 10:00, Mundigciems TC6.
9.4. Pre-start area – July 16, 2005 from 15:30, Kandava.
Crews must come to the pre-start area 15 minutes before the particular start of the Leg 1. Penalty for coming not in time is 30 LVL. 
9.5.	Starting intervals for each crew are 2 minute in Leg 1, 1 minute in Leg 2.
10. Running of the rally

10.1.Crews take the time cards of the Section 1 in pre-start area before TC 0, Section 2 – on TC6, Section 3 – on TC 8A . 
There will be a regroup after Section 2 to set new starting times for crews if there are retirements, but not to change starting order. 
There will be a regroup after Leg 1 to set new starting times for crews on the basis of Leg 1 results.
10.2. 	Starting procedure of the SS, except SS5 : 
-Crew takes start position after invitation of the start marshal,
-When the start marshal is signed with gesture about right start position – 40 cm before electronically starting line, competitive car must stay till moment of the start. Crew must to follow by himself to signals of the electronically starting system. 
-Red lights show seconds with 5 second discrete signal of current minute,
-Marshals gives a time card to co-driver 30 second before the start,
-On 55-th second first red light is switched on, on 56-th second 2.red light goes on etc, and on 59-th second the last (fifth) red light is switched on. On full minute (00 seconds) all five lights go out for the start moment.
- False start will be registered by electronic beam. 
-The final decision to accept a marshal of the starting line and in that case will write in starting protocol.
10.3.In the case of an accident where immediate medical intervention is not required, the “OK” sign must be clearly shown by a crews member to the following three vehicles. (complying with FIA GP Code Art.19.19). 
10.4. If the crew defaults time card must be given to course-closing car (green car) equipped with green flashing light following the last competitive car. 
Penalty for not delivered time card or not showed retirement reason is 25 LVL.
10.5. Running of the Special stage SS5.
SS5 – CVS parallel slalom , is race in the route. Length of the distance is two circles on each track. In case when crews not realize a full distance of SS, they will receive a penalty 6min, and will continue a rally distance by himself from SS5 “STOP” marshal’s point.   
	Start of SS5  will be given as follows:
When crews will come to the  TC5 they need to be ready to take a start after first marshal     instruction.
Crews must occupy race tracks regarding a starting order:  first to the inside, second to the outside etc.
	From the time when start marshal has brought up green flag – in time of five seconds in starting signal lights system will be run a twinkle of the red lights- and that will be a starting moment. 
11.Service area

11.1.Servicing, refueling and changing of tires are allowed only within service areas alongside the route, specified in the Road Book. Infringements will result in exclusion 
11.2.		At the service park “TALSU Autotransports” entry is allowed only for competitive cars and service cars with label “Service” issued by Organizer (only two service cars are allowed for every competitive car). 

12.Prize giving

12.1. Prize giving will take place on July 17, 2005 from 17:00, Talsi, Stendes street 8, (Finish podium).

12.2. Best three crews in each class (group) regarding to art. 12.3 will be awarded in classification of rally “Talsi 2005” if six or more crews participate at appropriate class (group).
Best team will be awarded in classification of the Latvian Rally Championship. 
Organizer and sponsors has rights to give special awards. 
12.3. Groups of classification in the rally “Talsi 2005”:
-group till 1620cm3;
-group over 1620cm3;
-group 4WD
-group 4WD TURBO

13.Final check

Finishing crews accompanied by the Scrutineers must to go to final Technical control after TC11. The crews must to place in the final Parc Ferme after the Technical control.
14.Results

14.1.The provisional final classification of Leg 1 will be published on the official notice board  16.07.2005. at 23:00 in organiser’s HQ.
The provisional final classification will be published on the official notice board on 17.07.2005. at 16:00. 
14.2. Penalties must be to pay in the rally HQ. Cash penalties for infringements at rally time must be paid at the rally secretariat 15 minutes after publishing of provisional results. 

15.Protests and appeals

15.1.	Entrant has rights hand in a protest about decision of marshals or about running or results of the rally to competitor’s relation officer in terms defined in Championship Regulations Art.11. Protest must be accompanied with protest fee 25.
If the protest requires dismantling and reassembly of differently parts of the car, the claimant must pay an additional deposit of 150 Ls.
15.2. Appeal fee set by Rally Commission of LAF for appeal at Rally Commission of LAF as the first instance – 50 LVL. 
Appeal fee set by Board of LAF for appeal at National Court of Appeal – 300 LVL. 

GOOD LUCK!