CHAPTER 16 AUTOCROSS AND RALLYCROSS AND OFF-ROAD RACING PART A( AUTOCROSS AND CLUBCROSS) Appendix 1- Organisers Regulations
1. General
1.1. Permits for Autocross and Clubcross Events are issued at the sole discretion of the ASN and are subject to prior approval of the Track details.
1.2. A Club will only be allowed to organise an Autocross Event of up to Interclub status unless the ASN has specifically approved an application for higher status.
1.3. A Club will only be allowed to organise a Clubcross Event if in possession of a Clubman grade Permit.
2. Track Criteria
2.1. The requirement for a Track Licence will be waived, subject to approval of the Track Plan for the proposed Course.
2.2. The Track Plan must be submitted to the ASN for approval with the Permit application and must be on a sheet A4 scale or larger. It must include:
3. Course Layout
a. Name of the Organising Club, date of Event and name of Venue. b. Length of Course( per lap). c. Length of longest straight. d. Position of the Start / Finish Line and direction of travel. e. Minimum width of Course. f. Position of paddock and spectator Enclosures and their distances from the Course. g. Type of fencing surrounding Enclosures( a post and rope fence is the minimum Permitted). h. Position and type of protective barriers. i. Distance from the Course to all boundary lines. j. Types of boundaries( ie hedge, fence, wire; if wire: mesh, plain or barbed). k. Type of Course markers. l. Number of Judges required to ensure that all Course markers can be overseen by a Judge. m. Siting of Timekeeper, Flag Marshals, fire, emergency and first aid equipment and ambulance. n. Number of Vehicles proposed to start consecutively( see Art. 6 below).
3.1. The Course should not include any straight exceeding 200m long, and all straights must be followed by a corner of at least 90 °, off-setting the Course from its original line by at least twice the width of the Track.
3.2. The Start Line should be not less than 100m from the first corner.
3.3. The Finish Line should be situated so as not to allow competing Vehicles to be driven in a straight line from the Course to the paddock. Bales must protect the spectator and paddock areas where the entrance to the paddock is less than 30m from spectator Enclosures.
3.4. The paddock and any spectator Enclosures should not be less than 30m from the Course where there is no barrier designed to halt a competing Vehicle travelling between these Enclosures and the Course.
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Where there is a barrier, the distance should not be less than 25m all the way round corners, and 20m alongside straights.
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