The Britannia Cup 2015 – Regularity Category
The Britannia Cup
3 October 2015
Additional Supplementary Regulations
Regularity Category
Foreword
Tour Britannia 2015 will be a one day event on Saturday 3 October.
It will be called The Britannia Cup.
In 2014, as another Britannia ground breaking exercise, we centred Mini Britannia at The Royal Automobile Club’s
Woodcote Park Country Club, Epsom. It was the first ever motorsport event to be held there.
Expanding on that success, this year on Saturday 3 October, the Royal Automobile Club have decided to hold a
Motorsport Day at Woodcote Park. They have kindly invited us to provide the main sporting feature of their
programme.
Our event has two different Categories - Regularity and Competition. The Road Book or route instructions are the
same for both groups.
We will have Scrutineering and Documentation that morning while the first Regularity car will start a regularity test
on the Woodcote Stage at approximately 9.15 am.
After their second run, with the aid of a simple tulip diagram road book, crews will drive to Dunsfold Park the home
of the BBC Top Gear track, where there will be more regularity tests on these classic stages.
After 2 runs at Dunsfold, crews will have 2 runs over another classic stage nearby while our marshals turn round
Dunsfold for our return. We return to Woodcote Park mid afternoon to do the stages again as the main attraction
of the day, in front of an enthusiastic audience.
The Regularity Category will have an extra road regularity loop as well. In this category competition licences are
not required so it is an ideal platform for those with nice cars to come out for a play, without the whole thing
becoming too serious.
We will have our Prize Giving at about 5.00 pm in the 19th Suite at Woodcote Park. To make it a multi sport event,
and for those who want to stay, the critical England – Australia World Cup rugby match, which conveniently has a
late kick-off, will follow on the TV.
There are approximately 15 rooms available at Woodcote Park for Rally competitors on a first come first served
basis if you wish to stay there on the Friday and / or Saturday nights. Please advise us on a covering note with your
entry form if you want to avail yourself of this. Alternatively there are rooms at the nearby Chalk Lane Hotel and
the Epsom Holiday Inn.
A fair description of our Regularity is approximately 32 miles of light competition on smooth tarmac with about 90
miles of straight forward traffic free roads. Everyone is welcome.
Our Britannia days are always good fun for like minded car enthusiasts, with a competitive twist and this should be
no exception.
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This is not going to be a tough event, more something for you to do in your car before the weather turns, the days
get short and they put salt on the roads for winter.
In Britannia events as on Tour Ireland in May 2015, we can now accept cars manufactured up to 1991.
As our entry fees do not have to cover an expensive HQ hotel, only venue, administration and mandatory MSA
event costs including 3rd party insurance we have been able to keep our earlybird entry fee (for entries received
before 31 July 2015) down to £250 for Regularity and (£450 for Competition).
This will be the ‘must do’ event of 2015…!
Please read these Additional Supplementary Regulations and also the applicable sections of the General Regulations
of the Motor Sports Association (“The Blue Book”).
Space will be limited, so please don’t hesitate.
Looking forward to receiving your entry.
Alec Poole
Event Director
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The Woodcote Tour
3rd October 2015
Additional Supplementary Regulations
Regularity Category
1.
1.1.
Announcement
Tour Britannia on behalf of the Historic Sports
Car Club (HSCC) will organise a Clubman Permit
Regularity Tour on 3rd October 2015, to be called
The Woodcote Tour.
1.2.
Rally HQ will be The Royal Automobile Club,
Woodcote Park, Wilmerhatch Lane, Epsom,
Surrey, KT18 7EW. The Official Notice Board will
be sited at Rally HQ.
2.
2.1.
Jurisdiction
The Event will be held under the 2015 General
Regulations of The Motor Sports Association
(MSA) incorporating the provisions of the
International Sporting Code of the FIA, the FIVA
Events Code, these Supplementary Regulations,
and any written instructions the Organising Clubs
may issue for the event.
6.
6.1.
Eligibility
Historic Competition: Four-wheeled cars made
prior to 31 December 1990. Cars with an FIA
Historic Technical Passport (HTP) are eligible.
6.2.
Membership of the Historic Sports Car Club
(HSCC) is included in the entry fee.
6.3.
Any crew members who may drive the car during
the event must be of the minimum legal age to
drive, and have a full (non-learner) road driving
licence.
6.4.
Regularity events are run under a Clubman
permit and therefore competition licences are
not required.
7.
Classes
A
3.
4.
4.1.
5.
Authorisation
MSA Permit No.
TBA
D.o.E. Authorisation No. TBA
B
Format
The event comprises liaison sections on the
public road and Regularity tests on private roads
All sections will be slow speed on surfaced roads.
The total distance will be about 120 miles.
Timetable
Item
Entries Open
Entries close for
seeding
Entries close
C
Novice - Has never done a Regularity
event before.
Entries
The maximum entry for the Event is 60 and the
minimum entry is 30. The minimum entry for
each class is 3. Should the minimum figures not
be reached, the Organisers reserve the right to
cancel the Event, amalgamate class awards or
reduce the awards as is deemed appropriate.
8.2.
The Earlybird entry fee is £250.00, payable up
to 31 July 2015. Thereafter the entry fee is
£300.00.
8.2.
No entry will be accepted without the entry fee.
50% of the entry fee is considered to be the
application fee
8.3.
The application fee is non-refundable. In the
event of competitor cancellation, refunds of the
paid balance will be:
30th Sept 2015
Final Instructions
25th Sept 2015
emailed
Documentation, Noise
3 October 2015
Check, Scrutineering
Publication of Start List 09:00, 3rd Oct‘15
Compulsory Briefing
09:00, 3rd Oct ‘15
First car starts Day 1
09:15, 3rd Oct‘15
First car finishes Event 16:00, 3rd Oct ‘15
All times subject to confirmation
before.
8.
8.1.
Date and time
1 July 2015
18th Sept. 2015
Expert - Finished in the top 3, or has
been a Class winner in a previous
Regularity event.
Clubman - Has done a Regularity event
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Before
Before
8.4.
8.5.
31 July 2015
31 August 2015
50%
25%
In the unlikely event of cancellation of the event
by the organisers, entry fees paid will be
refunded in full (less the application fee).
10.2. Each car must carry the identification (provided
by the organisers) of the Historic Sports Car Club
on both sides of the car.
10.3. The Organiser’s advertising is obligatory and will
be detailed in the Final Instructions.
All entries must be made on the Official Entry
Form accompanied by the appropriate fees and
sent to the Entries Secretary:
Peter Hunt
Tour Britannia, Suite 300, 30 Horse Fair,
Banbury, Oxon, OX16 0BW
Email: peter.hunt@tourbritannia.com
10.4. All official identification must be visible at all
times; removing or obscuring competition
numbers during the event will be penalised.
8.6.
The Organisers reserve the right to refuse an
entry or refuse a member of crew without stating
a reason.
8.7.
Extra Crew Members (Regularity only) £50.00
each.
9.
Officials
Event Director
MSA Steward
Club Stewards
Clerk of the Course
Clerk of the Course
(Competition)
Secretary of the
Meeting
Chief Scrutineer
Environmental
Scrutineer
Chief Medical
Officer
Chief Timekeeper
Safety Officer
Chief Marshal
Results
11. Scrutineering
11.1. A static Noise Test will be conducted prior to the
start of Scrutineering. This will be conducted in
accordance with MSA Regulation R4.1, R4.1.7
and J5.18.1 to J5.18.11, all competitors vehicles
must pass this test which will allow for a
MAXIMUM OF 101 dba at 4500rpm using the 0.5
metre test.
Alec Poole
TBA
A.Warner / A.Glover
10.5. Competition numbers must be removed or
cancelled on retirement or on completion of the
event
Alec Poole
11.2. At Scrutineering, cars will be examined for
compliance with the current MSA Technical and
Safety Regulations. Each Entrant and Driver will
be assumed to have full knowledge of the car.
Cars must be presented in the same condition as
they intend to compete.
Peter Riches
TBA
11.3. All vehicles must be currently valid for use public
roads in UK and Ireland.
TBA
11.4. Seat belts complying with MSA Regulation
Q.19.14.2 et al must be worn with all elements
fastened by the crew whilst in the car on the race
tracks, competitive sections and public road.
Barry Guess
Vaughan Allcock
TBA
TBA
Ron Jackson
11.5. Crash helmets and fire-resistant racing suits are
recommended but are not mandatory.
10. Identification
10.1. The Organisers will supply each crew with two
panels 29.7cm high x 42cm wide, bearing
competition numbers which must be fitted to
each side of the car; two rally plates - one to be
fixed to the front of the car and the other to the
rear. If, due to the size or shape of a car, it is
necessary to cut these plates, all the elements
must be affixed to the car.
11.6. Competitors who wish to carry Video Cameras
must have written permission from the Clerk of
the Course and present this written
authorisation to the Chief Scrutineer at
Scrutineering for countersigning. Failure to
obtain written authorisation will lead to a
REFUSED START or the equipment having to be
removed. The commercial rights to all
video/sound material recorded on these events
are the copyright of the Organisers.
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11.7. All vehicles must carry a warning triangle, SOS /
OK board, First aid kit and Spill Kit. Competitors
will be supplied with an OK/SOS sign in the back
of their Road Book.
11.8. Safety belt cutter(s) must be carried on board at
all times. Both driver and co-driver must be able
to reach a belt cutter when seated with their
harness fastened as MSA Regulation R48.10.11
11.9. Any electronic computing device e.g. laptop,
tablet, hand-held computer, personal organiser
or smartphone, must be carried in the car’s
luggage compartment in a closed suitcase or bag
during the course of a regularity section.
12.
Tyres
All tyres used throughout the Event must be
legal for road use in the UK.
13.
Documentation
At Documentation, competitors will be required
to:
13.1. Confirm the details set out on their Entry Form
and report any amendments to these.
13.2. Sign a legally binding declaration confirming that
their vehicle, and all those who will drive it, are
properly covered for third party insurance.
13.3. Sign the indemnity statement shown on the
Entry form.
13.4. Collect final route details and other paperwork
and identification items.
14. Briefing
14.1. At least one member of each crew must attend
the pre-start Briefing. There will be a 5 minute
time penalty for failing to attend. Time cards will
be issued at the briefing.
15. Damage Declaration
15.1. At the end of the Event competitors will be
required to complete and sign a report declaring
that they have not been involved in any incidents
resulting in damage to private property and/or
injury to persons or animals, or alternatively
giving details of any such incident where damage
or injury has occurred. Any information given
will not incur a penalty, but failure to hand in a
duly completed form will be penalised by
EXCLUSION and will be reported to the MSA for
further disciplinary action.
15.2. Competitors who do not report to the finish of
the event are required to forward the report to
the Secretary of the Meeting within 72 hours of
the finish of the event. If competitors have been
involved in an incident they must supply full
details to the Organisers on the day of the rally.
Competitors who fail to comply will be penalised
in accordance with MSA Regulation R40.1.4, and
will be reported to the MSA for further
disciplinary action.
15.3. In the event of damage caused to third party
property by a Competitor, the Organisers and the
Promoters of the event reserve the right to pass
the cost of repairs up to a maximum of the
insurance excess under the MSA Master Policies
(currently £350.00) to the competitor(s) involved
16. Route and Road Book
16.1. A map of the route will be displayed on the
event website. A printed version will be available
at Documentation.
16.2. A Road Book containing route diagrams and
other information to define the route will be
displayed on the website about 10 days before
the Start. Printed versions will be issued at
Documentation. Should there be a discrepancy
between the map and the Road Book the Road
Book will be deemed to be correct. Competitors
are recommended to page check the Road Book
before the Start.
17. Insurance
17.1. Competitors must have Insurance in place which
provides Third Party Liability cover that complies
with the current Road Traffic Act. This can be an
extension to the existing motor policy for the car
or arranged separately.
17.2. If a competitor uses an extension to an existing
policy, they will be required to sign a declaration
that the cover complies with the requirements of
the Road Traffic Act. Responsibility for a
fraudulent or misleading declaration about
existing cover lies with the competitor.
18. Results
18.1. Interim results will be issued when possible at
locations during the day. Provisional Results will
be published on the Official Notice Board at Rally
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HQ as soon as possible after the last car finishes
the event.
require a competitor to stop astride a line and
have their time entered on their time card.
19. Controls
19.1. Main Time Control (MTC): Main Controls will be
situated at the Start and Finish of the Rally.
Competitors will start at minute intervals. Each
competitor will be given a due starting time from
the MTC (OUT) and the difference between this
time and the actual starting time will be counted
towards exclusion for overall lateness.
Competitors will restart from any MTC (OUT)
with zero lateness.
19.7. Regularity Finish Controls (RF): On the
regularities run on the stages timing will be
recorded as the car passes a Flying Finish and will
be timed to the second. Competitors must stop
at the “Stop” control after the flying finish to
have their time entered on their time card. On
regularities run of the public road, an “End of
Regularity” sign will be displayed.
19.2. Time Controls (TC): Time controls will be situated
at the end of a road section and other places as
shown in the Road Book. At a TC before a
Regularity start there will be a minimum of 3
minutes after the TC time before the start time
for the regularity. The competitor, when
instructed to do so, must then proceed
immediately to the start control.
19.3. Regularity Start Control (RS): A start time for the
Regularity will be in hours, minutes and, if
competitors are to start at 30 second intervals,
seconds.
19.4. On the regularities run on the stages, the starting
procedure will be by traffic lights, which will
operate as follows:
15 secs to go A verbal warning will be given
10 secs to go Red light comes on
5 secs to go Amber light (which consists
of 5 segments) comes on
Each second A segment of the amber light
will go out
0 secs to go green light comes on - GO
19.5. On the regularities run on the public road or in
the event of a traffic light failure on the stages, a
manual start system will be used: The marshal
will give an audible countdown, i.e. warnings at
15 and 10 seconds, 5-4-3-2-1-GO and will raise a
flag or similar signal.
19.6. Regularity Intermediate Time Controls (RI):
These will be situated at intermediate points on
a regularity and will be timed to the second. For
those run on the special stages there may be
secret checks, where competitors are not
required to stop; those on the public road will
19.8. Passage Controls (PC): At certain points indicated
in the Road Book, the Organisers may establish a
PC in order to collect Time Cards from
Competitors, or for other purposes.
20. Timing
20.1. In order to match the timing system of the
Competition Event, the Regularity Event will be
run to target timing as MSA Regulation R.31.2.
20.2. Timing on Regularities, Consistencies and Tests
will be to the second using digital clocks
operated by officials under control of an MSA
licensed Timekeeper
20.3. All clocks will be set to British Summer Time (BST)
using BBC or Telecom time signals.
20.4. Controls will open 15 minutes before the due
time of the first car and close 15 minutes after
the due time of the last competitor still running,
having taken into account any delays.
20.5. Lateness in excess of target time on road sections
is cumulative. Once cumulative lateness
calculated between two Main Time Controls
exceeds the maximum of 15 minutes, a
competitor will be deemed to have missed the
control and will be penalised as Article 21.6
20.6. It is the Competitor’s responsibility to ensure
that his/her times are correctly recorded and
timecards handed in when and where instructed.
Should any recorded time not be legible or not
appear authentic, the Organisers may use any
means at their disposal to establish a time.
20.7. Timing on road liaison sections will be to the
previous whole minute. Each liaison section will
be allotted a target time based on 30 mph or less
and a competitor can calculate his due time of
arrival at any Time Control by adding the target
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time to his actual time of departure from the
preceding stage regularity finish or time control.
20.8. At all TC’s on road sections competitors who are
early may wait for their due time outside the
control. The time recorded at these TC’s shall be
the time on the official clock when the crew
submits their time card to the official, provided
that the car and both crew members are within
the control area. Once a competitor’s car enters
the control area the crew must submit their time
card to the official within one minute: (i.e. a
competitor’s car may enter the control area up
to 59 seconds before their due time, without
incurring a penalty for early arrival. Should there
be a queue at a control the competitor must walk
to the control with his time card and request a
time from the timekeeper.
20.9. On Regularities run on the stages , the distance
between timing points may be less than 2 miles.
The intermediate and finish timing points will
both be timed from the start.
20.10. On Regularities run on the public road,
intermediate timing points will be timed from
the previous (i.e. from start or intermediate as
applicable). Supplementary road regularity
instructions will be issued shortly before the
start of each regularity.
21. Penalties
21.1. Penalties will be applied as printed in the MSA
Regulations R.32.2 except as modified below.
See also appendix A.
21.2. Classifications will be by reference to total
penalties. The winner will be the competitor with
the least penalties.
21.3. Ties will be resolved on a “furthest cleanest”
basis.
21.4. Missing a regularity intermediate or finish timing
point or exceeding a penalty of 90 seconds will
incur a penalty of 90 seconds.
21.5. Missing a special test will incur a penalty of 90
seconds.
21.6. The penalty for missing a TC or MTC is 5 minutes
with the following exceptions:
Missing final control of event – deemed retired.
21.7. In all cases a competitor reporting to a control
over maximum cumulative lateness will be
deemed to have missed the control.
21.8. Competitors will receive
Regularities as follows:
penalties
on
Difference from the ideal time – 1 sec per sec
Failing to stop aside the line – 10 secs
Exceeding the set average speed by more than
15% - up to exclusion at the discretion of the
Clerk of the Course
22. Diving Standards/Judges of Fact
22.1. Judges of Fact, appointed by the Organisers, will
be on duty throughout the Event to observe and
report on any competitor considered to be in
contravention of MSA Regulations R24.7.1 to
R24.8.3, R24.10 and R24.11. The names of these
officials will be posted on the Official Notice
Board. All other signed on marshals will be
deemed to be Judges of Fact.
22.2. Any notified offence by a competitor which
involves speeding, reckless driving or failing to
observe road signs will automatically be
considered as a possible contravention of MSA
Regulation C1.1.4. The competitor concerned is
liable to be penalised in accordance with chart
MSA Regulation R32.2 and may be called before
an MSA Disciplinary Tribunal. It will not be
necessary to prove that a traffic offence was
committed, as the involvement of the Police may
give rise to contravention of MSA Regulation
C1.1.4
23. Servicing
23.1. Servicing is not permitted by any third party
other than the Organiser’s recovery vehicle
should one be provided.
24. SOS & OK Boards
24.1. Competitors must carry an OK/SOS board (see
Article 11.7). Attention is drawn to MSA
Regulation R25.4 concerning their use.
25. Awards
25.1. 1st Overall 2 cups
The overall winner will not be eligible for class
awards which will pass to the next eligible
crew.
Missing start of day control – deemed retired.
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25.2. Class Awards:
1st in Class
2nd in Class (subject to 3 or more starters)
3rd in Class (subject to 7 or more starters)
Best One Make Award (subject to 3 or more
starters of the same make).
25.3. Other Awards (in combination with Competition
Category):
Organisers Concours Award
Driver of the Day
26. Seeding
26.1. The order of starting will be set by the
Organisers.
APPENDIX A
Summary of Penalties
Competitors should read Chart 32.2 of the MSA Regulations for a summary of the standard penalties on target
timed rallies. The following summarises the variations applicable to this event.
ASR ref
14.1
20.5
21.4
21.6
21.6
21.6
21.8
21.8
21.8
Description
Not attending pre-start Briefing
Over 15 mins cumulative lateness
Missing a regularity intermediate or finish
timing point
Missing start of day control
Missing final control of event
Missing other TC or MTC
Regularity time
Failing to stop astride the line
Exceeding a Regularity average speed by
more than 15%
Penalty
5 minutes
5 minutes
90 seconds
Deemed retired
Deemed retired
5 minutes
1 second per second difference to ideal time
10 seconds
Up to exclusion at the discretion of the Clerk of the
Course
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