of Performance.
13.6. Ties will be resolved by comparing the number of penalties lost by each Competitor on each section the winner being the Competitor who has the greater number of low penalties. Should this method not resolve the tie the Organisers may resort to the‘ furthest cleanest’ principle starting from Hill One.
Sporting Trials and Historic Sporting Trials 14. Eligibility
14.1. Cars must comply with App. 5 or App. 6 or 750MC Trials Formula as appropriate.
15. The Crew
15.1. During all Observed Sections and tests the seat alongside the Driver must be occupied by a Passenger who must be properly seated i. e. both the Passenger and the seat back must be upright and facing forward. The Passenger’ s hips must be located within the cockpit and on or in front of the rear axle line( Penalty as per Art. 5.4. h).
15.2. Where the Driver is over 17 years old and holds a full RTA Licence the Passenger must be of at least 14 years of age.
15.3. Entries may be accepted from Drivers aged 16 or from Drivers of 17 or over who do not hold a full RTA Licence. These Drivers must be accompanied by a Passenger who holds a full RTA Licence and is experienced as a Driver in Sporting Trials and who must produce a valid Club Membership Card.
15.4. Members of the crew at the Start cannot be varied during an Event except with Official approval.
16. Observed Sections 16.1. 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.
16.2. 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.
16.3. 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.
16.4. 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.
16.5. 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 Event Secretary within 20 minutes of the preceding Competitor.
17. Results 17.1. * The Competitor incurring the least penalty will be the winner and so on.
17.2. Each Competitor will be provided with a results card which must be produced to the Officials to mark at each section.
17.3. Ties will be resolved by comparing the number of penalties lost by each Competitor on each section the winner being the Competitor who has the greater number of low penalties. Should this method not resolve the tie the Organisers may resort to the‘ furthest cleanest’ principle starting from Hill One.
Motorsport UK National Competition Rules 2026 Edition 1
Chapter 17 Appendix 2- Competitors Regulations 616