CHAPTER 4 CHAMPIONSHIPS Appendix 3- Car and Truck Race Championships
1. Car and Truck Race Championships
1.1. All Racing Championship Permit or Series Registration applications must be submitted by a recognised lead Club. No related discussion between the ASN and an applicant will be entered into without the express agreement of the lead Club. Subject to the authority of the ASN( Chapter 1 Art. 1.4) only Clubs which have been Recognised by the ASN for more than two years are permitted to apply for a Championship Permit. The deadlines for Racing Championship applications are set out below.
1.2. 1st October: Date by which a Notice of Intent to run or continue to run a racing Championship in the following year must be registered with the ASN. For an existing Championship a list of the number of starters at each round held in the current year and the year previous to the year of application must also be submitted.
1.3. Except for a Winter Championship run to the same regulations as a current main Championship and which is required to submit its regulations a minimum of 6 weeks prior to the first round any Notice of Intent received after 1st October will only be considered by the Motor Racing Championship Control Panel in exceptional circumstances and will be subject to a late submission fee of 100 % of the Championship Permit Fee. Any Notice of Intent received on or after 1st January of the following year will be refused.
1.4. Any major changes in a Championship must be notified to the ASN with the Notice of Intent.
1.5. The Motor Racing Championship Control Panel will be invited to discuss and may recommend to the ASN any Championship submitted and may delegate to a Working Group any unresolved queries. For the avoidance of doubt the ultimate decision to grant any Permit rests with the ASN.
1.6. 1st February: Date by which formal application and final details for a Racing Championship must be submitted to the ASN. A surcharge of 50 % of the relevant fee will be incurred( a minimum of £ 100 or £ 50 for a Club Championship). No applications will be accepted after this date and outstanding incomplete applications will lapse.
1.7. Any new Championship or any fundamental change to an existing Championship( such as a new class or classes) conflicting with an existing registered Championship will need to demonstrate to the Motor Racing Championship Control Panel that inclusion of the Championship or any fundamental change to an existing Championship will not detrimentally affect the safe fair or orderly conduct of motor sport.
1.8. Any applicant dissatisfied with a decision of the Motor Racing Championship Control Panel shall be entitled to request a review of the decision to be undertaken by the Senior Chair of the National Court or in the event that person is not available then by an alternate Chair nominated by the Senior Chair and whose decision shall be final. Such a request must be made in accordance with Chapter 2 App. 7 and must be received by the ASN within 14 days of written notification of the Control Panel decision together with the appropriate fee per Chapter 1 App. 2.
1.9. In respect of all proposed new Race Championship applications a Notice of Intent must be submitted to the ASN in accordance with Arts. 1.2 or 1.3 above. Any new Championship must have guaranteed support for a minimum of three years(‘ the Term’). Any Notice of Intent application received after 1 August deadline will be refused.
1.10. If the Motor Racing Championship Control Panel agrees in principle with an application for a new Championship then the ASN will require a Commitment Guarantee Agreement to be executed and delivered in a form satisfactory to the ASN:
a. b. for any new A or B Grade Championships; and
for any new C or D grade Race Championship where the Championship has not previously been run as a Series during the previous year, to demonstrate Competitor support and justify Championship status.
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