12. Observed Sections
12.1. Unless the Official Documents state otherwise at some convenient break after approximately half the Observed Sections have been attempted the running order will be reversed within each Class. Competitors will remain in the correct running order unless instructed otherwise by an Official.
12.2. A Competitor will also be considered to have failed to negotiate an observed section non-stop if:
a. Any part of their Vehicle or its occupants touch a marker. b.
All four wheels are positioned outside the boundary of the Course at the same time. The boundary is represented by a straight line drawn from course marker to Course marker along the direction of the Course.
12.3. The point of failure will be considered to be that at which any marker is first struck or the point at which the boundary of the course is first crossed by all wheels of the competing Vehicle.
12.4. Should this point of failure coincide with the division between two sub-sections the marks lost will be those appropriate to failure in whichever of the two sub-sections provides the greater penalty.
12.5. All markers are deemed live and those markers that are not in the sequence being negotiated by the Competitor shall be considered as indicating the section ' s boundary unless deemed otherwise on a particular section by the Clerk of the Course. In such cases the penalty recorded shall be that of the part of the section between gates and not necessarily the value of the marker touched.
12.6. To be classified as a finisher a Competitor must have attempted at least 75 % of the sections and hand in their score card to the Secretary of the Event within 20 minutes of the preceding Competitor.
12.7. At the Organisers’ discretion a minority( up to 30 %) of the Observed Sections may be timed if provided for in the Official Documents. The following conditions shall apply:
12.8. Only those sections which the Organisers anticipate will be completed without penalty by the majority of Competitors may be timed.
a. Any such timed section must be less that 200m long. b. No Sub-Sections of an arduous or demanding nature can be used. c.
d.
The maximum time allowed for each timed section must be stated in the Official Instructions prior to the commencement of the Test.
The maximum time allowed for each timed section must not require any Competitor to exceed 15mph or 30 seconds per 200m.
13. Results
13.1. Each Competitor will be provided with a results card which must be produced on demand by Officials to mark at each section unless otherwise stated in the Official Documents.
13.2. * In calculating Class positions the actual number of marks lost by each Competitor is the deciding factor. However where an overall best performance( irrespective of Class) is required an Index of Performance will be established for each Class by taking the average performance of the best 50 % of finishers( or if there is an odd number of finishers the total plus one) in the respective Class.
13.3. To be classified as a finisher for index purposes only a Competitor must have attempted all sections. Competitors’ marks lost are then expressed as a percentage of this index.
13.4. In the Event that the best 50 % of finishers( as defined in Art. 13.2 above) represents less than five Competitors then scores equivalent to that of the Class winner must be added to the results of the Class a sufficient number of times so that the average for the Class can be based on five scores.
13.5. In the Event of one or more Competitors finishing with a total score of zero for the whole Event then a notional penalty of one mark will be added to the total score of ALL finishers before calculating the Index
Motorsport UK National Competition Rules 2026 Edition 1
Chapter 17 Appendix 2- Competitors Regulations 615