SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS

Jurisdiction

The rally will be held under the Rally General Competition Rules of the Canadian Association of Rallysport (CARS), and the current CARS Rally Regulations.  These publications are available from the CARS BC Rally Director, Paul Westwick, 408-1169 Nelson St, Vancouver, BC V6E 2C9 (604) 682 3296, paul@rallybc.net, and will be available for scrutiny at the start.

Title of the Event

The name of the rally is “2000 Mountain Trials Rally”.
Sponsored by Nokian Tire and Specialty Subaru.

Organizing Committee

Organizing Club:					Co-ordinator:
WCRA						Martin Wilson
2065 Alpine Court					1204-1500 Howe St
Coquitlam, BC V3J 2K7				Vancouver, BC V6Z 2N1
martin@rallybc.net					(604) 683 6517
							martin@rallybc.net

Rally Master:						Senior Steward:
Dennis Wende						John Rapson
2065 Alpine Court					4842 Northwood Place
Coquitlam, BC V3J 2K7				West Vancouver, BC V7S 3C4
(604) 931 8681					(604) 925 9313
dennis@rallybc.net					jrapson@sprint.ca

Registrar (send entries to):				Chief Scrutineer:
Lucia Wilson						Tony Latham
1204-1500 Howe St					(604) 263 1971
Vancouver, BC V6Z 2N1				dlatham@direct.ca
martin@rallybc.net

Chief Marshall:					Scoring:
Gordon Passmore					Dennis Wende

Promotions:						Recovery:
Bill Westhead						TBA

Communications:					Volunteer Co-ordinator:
TBA 							Betty Third
							(604) 980 8784
							Bthird@telus.net

Status

Sanctioned by the Canadian Association of Rallysport (CARS).
This event is part of the BC Performance Rally Championship.

Venue

Headquarters	Wander Inn Restaurant, 1034 S Trans Canada Hwy, Cache Creek Registration	 Wander Inn Restaurant,  
Scrutineering	 Desert Motel, 1069 S Trans Canada Hwy, Cache Creek	
Rally Start	 Desert Motel	
Rally Finish	 Desert Motel			
Awards Dinner Wander Inn Restaurant	

Schedule

May 10			Early registration opens
June 10			Early registration closes
June 22			Rally display 				Specialty Subaru
June 22 18:00 – 20:00		Pre-scrutineering			Specialty Subaru
				and Seeded Draw			1235 Marine Drive
									N Vancouver, BC
June 24 09:00-11:30 		Registration and scrutineering
  11:30-12:30		Introduction of officials and drivers’ meeting
  13:00			Official start at Desert Motel
  18:00			End of rally at Desert Motel
  19:00			Awards Presentation and Dinner at Wander Inn Restaurant

Barbeque and Media

The WCRA invites all participants in the 2000 Mountain Trial Rally, officials,
competitors and marshals, to a welcome Barbeque on June 22 at the pre-scrutineering, 
hosted by Speciality Subaru (18:00 –2 0:00).  Local media will also be invited.

Documents

The following must be shown at registration and must be valid on the day of the event.

1.	Provincial, or equivalent, driver’s licence for any crew member listed as driver.
2.	Vehicle registration.
3.	Third party liability insurance covering the entered vehicle.
4.	Written permission from a parent or guardian for participation in the rally for persons under the age of 19.
5.	Valid first aid certificate for CARS licensed competitors.
6.	A minimum of a CARS regional rally licence for both crew members.
7.	Residents of the USA who do not hold a CARS licence may compete with an SCCA Divisional Pro Rally licence or better.
8.	Competitors resident outside Canada, who do not hold valid licences may enter or participate if they hold an FIA international rally licence.

Vehicle Eligibility

All CARS vehicles must comply with the 2000 CARS and Rally Regulations.

US Vehicles – Vehicles registered in any of the United States of America shall be acceptable provided that they meet the requirements of the current SCCA Rally Rules.  Entrants whose cars are entered under this provision must be able to produce, upon request by the officials of the event, a copy of the SCCA Pro Rally Rules.  Failure to produce these may result in the vehicle being judged according to CARS rules.

Crew Eligibility

At least one member of the first placed crews in each of the following classes: Overall, Production GT, Production Sport, Production 1750, Group 2 and Open, must be present for the scheduled awards presentation.  Failure to do so will result in forfeiture of all awards and trophies won by that crew.

Vehicle Identification

Door numbers will be provided, vehicles with SCCA permanent numbers may be allowed to use their numbers.

Fuel Stops

Fuel will not be available on route or at service areas and service crews should be instructed to carry sufficient for their vehicles. A designated service stop will be provided.  With the exception of refuelling at commercial fuel pumps, servicing will not be permitted except at the designated service stop.  All transits are to be considered quiet zones and any servicing in a quiet zone will be considered to be a serious violation of the quiet zone regulations.  

Type

The rally is a performance rally consisting of special stages and transits.  The total length of the event will be approximately 90 km including approximately 50 km of special stages.  Road surfaces will be dirt and rock.

Area

The area covered will be entirely within the province of British Columbia, bounded by 50N and 51N latitude, and 121W and 122W longitude.  The route is covered by topographic map 92 I/NW which is available from Maps-BC, Surveys and Resource Mapping Branch, Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks, Parliament Buildings, Victoria, BC.  Photocopies of maps for the areas required will be provided in the route book and service crew instructions.

Entries

The maximum number of entries will be limited to 30 cars in the order of receipt of entries.  The organisers reserve the right to refuse any entry.
Entries will be accepted until 11:00am  on Saturday June 24, 2000.

Entry Fees

The standard entry fee will be $125.00 (Canadian funds) or $85 (US Funds) .  The late entry fee, for entries received after June 10, 2000 will be $175 (CDN) and $120 (USD).

The entry fee must accompany the completed entry form or it will not be accepted.  All entries accepted after June 10, 2000 shall be assessed the late penalty.

A fine of $25, payable at registration, will be assessed any CARS licensed competitor not providing proof of a currently valid Emergency or Basic First Aid training, or better.

All cheques and money orders are payable to WCRA and shall be post-dated no later than June 10, 2000.

Refunds

As per CARS GCRs 4.9, any refund will be mailed to the competitor following the rally.

Awards

Trophies – 1st Overall and 1st Novice

(A Novice driver is defined as one who starts a rally season having completed five or fewer regional, divisional or national performance rallies as a first driver, and has not finished first or second in a previous regional novice championship.)

Other trophies, if available, will be posted at registration

The Nokian Tires Contingency Award Program

The Nokian Tire contingency award program covers all BC regional performance and TSD events for the year 2000.

Eligibility: to participate in this program, cars must carry one Nokian decal on either side of the car (available at registration) and completely cover or remove any decals of other tire sponsors.

•	The overall event winner will receive 2 Nokian tires (in a size of the winner’s choice)
•	First in class will receive 1 Nokian tire (in a size of the winner’s choice)
•	Second in class will receive a voucher for 50% off the purchase of a Nokian tire (this is not redeemable in cash)

•	For the purposes of this contingency program, if there are less than 3 entries in any class, classes may be combined at the discretion of the organizers

Merchandise awards, to include T shirts, hats, etc, will be posted at registration.

Miscellaneous

Timing System:	The timing system used for this event will be the new system as specified in the 2000 CARS rule book, i.e. the FIA system.

Odo Check: 		An odometer check will be provided at registration.

Judges of fact	During the running of the 2000 Mountain Trial Rally, the marshals will be declared to be “Judges of Fact” for compliance with the rules within control zones, stages and quiet zones.

Accommodation

The Desert Motel (Tel 1 800 663 0212 or 250 457 6226) is offering to rally competitors, a room rate of $40 (1 bed) and $50 (2 beds) per night for the nights of Friday June 23rd and Saturday June 24th.