NEZ                                                                                       
           
                                                    NEZ 2005
                               RALLYCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP  
                                                            
                                                                         AND      
                                       
                                       ESTONIAN RALLYCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP

   ELVA  24. – 25.  September 2005

             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. Penalties.
20. Protests, appeals.
21. Information.

1.  General prescriptions.

1.1	These regulations prescribe NEZ (North European Zone) Rallycross Championship 2005. organization, procedure and order of judge, requests for participants and  prescriptions for Championship classification according to FIA Sporting code..
1.2. The Championship is included in FIA calendar 2005.
1.3. Questions not covered by these regulations are authorized to be decided by:
- Steward, if decision is made in the time of event;
- NEZ Rallycross 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 Rallycross Commission in accordance with the FIA code and regulations of NEZ Championship. 
2.3. The Championship will be held in rallycross and autocross circuits accepted by NEZ Rallycross 
       commission representatives.

Organizing 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 ASN                                                                     
  Regati pst 1,				tel	+372 6398 666                  
  Estonia				fax.	+372 6398 533
  Mr. Priit Pallo                                 

- Clerk of the Course: 		                       Allan Arias
-  Assistant:	                                               Vello Peedimaa
- Secretary of the meeting:                             Margit Viks			 
- Chief Scrutineer: 			            Ahti  Sei
- Chief Timekeeper: 				Villu Viks
- The Jury                                                      
                                M. Kalnins                  (Latvia)
                                Kazimiras Gadziunas ( Lithuania)
                           Aivar Parts                 ( Estonia )

3.  Date and time of events, program.

3.1    Date 24.-25 09.		

3.2. Program of event .

       Saturday.  24.09.2005

       12:00-15:00   	registration of participants, administrative checking
       12:00 –15:00 	scrutineering (technical checking)
       15:00-16:30              free practice	 
       16:30-16:45              official brefing
       16:45-17.00              drivers briefing
       17.00-19.00             official timed practice
       19:00                       official briefing

  Sunday.      25.09.2005

        8:00 – 9:00	            free practice	
       10:00   	            official opening of the Championship
       11:00 		heat begins  1;2;3
       15:00                         finals
       17:00                        official briefing
       17:30                        

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.

I.	4.  Participants, team entries.

4.1. Any person holding NEZ National  license or FIA International license  valid for autocross   
and (or) rallycross in  year 2005 is eligible.
4.2. Individual and team entries must be sent to NEZ Rallycross Commission not later than September 14, 2005 
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.	Entry fee is increased by penalty 30 EUR (total – 100 EUR), if the entry is sent later than 10 
        days before the event.
4.5.  During administrative checking driver reports his official and team.
4.6. All information concerning event participants is on  official notice board. 
4.7 .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  NEZ Championship is open to vehicles of following divisions:

- Junior 1600  – cylinder capacity does not exceed 1600 cm3, 2WD (front or rear wheel drive);
- Super 2000    - 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.

5.2. Cars eligible to compete must be prepared in accordance with Technical Regulations 
approved by National Rallycross Commission and National  Technical Commission for year   
2005. Start is refused if car does not correspond to Technical Regulations .

5.3. Competition numbers for divisions:

       D – 1 ……………….101…
       Super 2000………….201…
       Open………………..301…
       Junior 1600…………401…

5.4. Competition numbers for NEZ Rallycross Championship 2005 are regulated by NEZ Rallycross  
       commission in accordance to the results of NEZ Supercross championship  2004. The  
       competition numbers for first 10 places are fixed, others – to be given by NEZ Rallycross  
       commission after receiving the   entry form (not later then 10 days before the event) 

5.5.  From Estonian Championship are taking part  following classes:
       - Junior             -  in qualifying heats together with NEZ Junior
       - Standard        - national class with limited technical extras not exceed 2500 cm3
       - ERK               - national class, not exceed 2500 cm3 in qualifying heats together with
                                    NEZ  Super 2000 and Open 
       - D – 1               -  in qualifying heats together with NEZ  D - 1

5.6  The drivers, who are taking part just from Estonian CS, may use local competition 
       number.
 
5.6.There will be only one driver per car in one class. The same driver in another class may 
compete with another car. 
5.7.During the Championship between events competitor may freely replace the car. If changing 
class, driver may not combine points obtained in different classes.
5.8 Additional fee 100 EUR has to be paid by a competitor who refuses to carry the organizer’s 
sponsor’s advertising.
5.9. 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 12:00 to 115:00. 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 Rallycross commission or FIA and driver’s safety clothing.

                                                       7. Free practice.

7.1.  Free practice gives opportunity for driver to acquaint with circuit. Free practice is not
        obligatory.        
7.2.	  Cars from different classes are not divided.
7.3.  Drivers start individually after distance regulated by start judge. There will not be more than 
        8 cars in each practice group. Each driver is allowed to complete 3 laps in one session. If 
        driver has a time and track is vacant, he may drive for the next  time.
7.4.  Driver must show drivers card before entering on free practice, where starts judge makes a   
 mark.

8.	Official time practice.

8.1. 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. 
8.2. Drivers starts individually after distance regulated by start judge. There will not be more 
than 4 cars in each start group.
8.4. Driver must give his drivers card to start judge.
8.5. Driver may drive 3 laps. The best of three lap times will determine the starting position 
for heat.
8.6. The best of three lap times will be taken into consideration. In the event of tie, the 2nd best 
lap time will be ruling, in case of a further tie, the 3rd lap time will be ruling. In case of a 
further tie, better start position will be arranged for the driver who was the first to complete 
official timed practice.
8.7. Driver who has started, but has not completed a single lap, is arranged for start behind driver 
who has a lap time.
8.8. Driver’s Liaison Officer must be informed if driver can not participate in further running of 
the event after official time practice.

9.	Regulations for heats, order of start, finish.

9.1.	In qualifying heats the cars are starting together wih national classes as shown in point 5.5 
9.2. The Steward may assign introducing lap before start. Introducing lap is not obligatory.
9.3. The starting grids for FINALS will consist of not more than 8 cars in three rows divided up    
       into   3-2-3.              
9.4. 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  and  3rd rows in the finals. The chosen start place may not be changed afterwards.
9.5. During heat drivers are allowed to stop in a special zone for repairing of technical problems. 
9.6. 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.
9.7. 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.
9.8. 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.
9.9. 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.
9.10. 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.
9.11. 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.
9.12. Only drivers who are about to start and one mechanic per driver are allowed to be on the 
starting grid. 
9.13. 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.
9.14. 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.
9.15. 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.
9.16. 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.
9.17. 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.
9.18. 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.	Order of heats.

10.1.  . All drivers from all divisions after official time practice results are in the ONE start list 
         together, from the best time to the worth.
10.2. The maximum number of starters in qualifying heats is 5 cars , starting from one grid.
10.3 The number of laps in qualifying heats is 5 laps.
10.4. The first round of qualifying heats – the start grid is made up according to the results or 
         official time in each class according to point 5.5. Open and Super 2000 will start in   
         qualifying heats as  one class. For NEZ finals their will get the points separately for Super 
         2000  and for Open .     
10.5. The fastest time holder gets 1 point, the second – 2 points e.t.c.
10.6.	 The competitor who has not completed the heat gets the amount of points equal to number of cars started in the first round.
10.7.	 The competitor who has not started gets extra 2 points.
10.8.	 Excluded drivers gets extra 5 points.
10.9  The second round of qualifying heats – the start grid is made up according to the results or 
         the first round. 
10.10. The third round of qualifying heats – the start grid is made up according to the results or 
         the second round. 
10.11. The sum of two best rounds points determines the result of qualification for the finals.
10.12. If two or more competitors have the same sum of points, the competitor with the fastest    
           time gets higher position in qualification.
10.13. In case of following tie the next best time in qualification is ruling.

11. FINALS.

11.1.   The first round in finals would be the finals in Estonian Championship.
11.2.   The second round would be the finals for NEZ drivers. 
 11.3. The maximum of starters in NEZ finals (A, B, C) is 8, the start grids 3-2-3.
 11.4.  The number of laps in finals is 8 laps.
11.5  The 6 best competitors from qualifying  with lowest points sum enter directly to A final.
11.6.	  The holders of qualifying places    7…14  - to B final.
11.7.	  The holders of qualifying places  15…22  - to C final. 
11.8.	  Two best from C final enter B final.
11.9.	Two best from B final enter A final.
11.10.	If there are only two drivers in B or C final, the finals will not be held and the   
          competitors enter to the next final.
11.12. Starting grid for A – final 
				……………………………………. Start line

1 .		2 .		 3 .

                                		4 .		5 .	
 	 
6 .		1B		 2B	

12. Parc ferme (closed area).

12.1. Immediately after the A-final all cars must be parked in the parc ferme.
12.2. 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. 
12.3.Only Scrutineers and competitors invited by Chief Scrutineer are allowed to be in parc ferme.

13. Individual and team results of the Championship.

13.1. There will be a minimum of 6 starters in each division in the Event for its including in 
       Championship classification. 
13.2. Points in the Championship Event will be awarded: 
	1-st. place -	20 points, 		  	  9 –		  8
2 –		17				10 –		  7   
3 –		15				11 –		  6   
4 –		13				12 -		  5  
5 – 		12 				13 - 		  4
6– 		11 				14 - 		  3
7 -		10				15 - 		  2
8 –		  9 				16 -		  1 point      
13.3. Points for the team in the Event is the sum of 3 (three) best results in 
         3  (three) different divisions, one best result in one division. 
13.4. 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 .
13.5. Points for the individual Championship total results -  the points sum of all Events included   
         in  Championship classification (see 16.1.) minus one worth result.
13.6. 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. 
13.7. The Champion title in division is awarded, if at least  4 (four) Championship Events are 
          included in the Championship classification (see 16.1.).
13.8. 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.
13.9. First three teams will be awarded in the Teams Championship.

14. Prize-giving.

14.1. 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.
14.2. Prizes for the Championship Event are:
- cups,
- prize money in each division:
1st place  - 300 EUR	
2nd place – 200 EUR	
3rd place – 150 EUR

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

15.	The main technical regulations.

15.1.FIA homologation – not needed.
15.2.	 Technical regulations – according to National technical regulations.
15.3.	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.
15.4.	 Catalytic converter – not needed.
15.5.	 Weight of sport cars min:

 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

15.6.	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)
15.7. Transmission – free.
15.8. Suspension -  free.
15.9.  Steering – free.
15.10.Tyres – free.
        
 15.11.Numbers of sport cars – black, min height 400 mm.

16.	Penalties.

 16.1. The stewards of the event have overall authority concerning the penalties.
16.2. Driver who has attacked (pushed, turned e.t.c.) another car and because of that contact 
        has won better position in qualifying heats  must be penalized by time penalty, min 5  
        seconds or can be excluded from the heat.
        If it has happened in A, B or C final,   driver can be penalized by time penalty, min 5  
        seconds or excluded from event with points for  the last place in final or without any points.  

17.	Protests – appeals.

17.1 All protests will be lodged in accordance with the FIA Code. 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.
17.2.	Competitor 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.

Powered and signed by:

President of NEZ Rallycross  commission – 			Mr. Juris BOGDANOVICS

Information.

President of NEZ Rallycross commission – 	Mr. Juris BOGDANOVICS

 e-mail:  
Phone:  +371 6558870
Fax:      +371 548634

Manager and secretary   of NEZ Rallycross  championship – Mrs. Inta ULME.

 e-mail:  
Phone: +371 9264457
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