5. Timing – Events Using the Public Highway
5.1. A Competition must be timed by one of the following methods which must be stated in the Official Documents:
a. Target Timing( Art. 5 and App. 11 Chart 3) b. Schedule Timing( Art. 6 and App. 11 Chart 4)
* Target Timing Definitions Additional information must be provided in the Official Documents.
5.2. Target Time is the time specified to cover the distance between two consecutive controls.
5.3. A Competitor can calculate their Due Time of Arrival at any Time Control by adding the Target Time for the section to their actual time of departure from the preceding Time Control.
5.4. When Target Time is used each period of time must be treated individually and no penalties incurred will apply to any subsequent section.
5.5. Lateness taken over Target Time on Road Sections and Special Stages is cumulative and cannot be reduced.
5.6. Bogey Time is the time specified for a Competitor to complete a Special Stage without incurring Penalty and must comply with the requirement for Special Stages at App. 3 and the average speed requirements of Timed Events at App. 5 Art. 3.1.
5.7. Stage Maximum Time is the maximum time penalty that can be applied on a Special Stage and will be the Target Time for the Special Stage. It must be stated on the Time Card.
5.8. Cumulative Lateness is the sum of times in excess of Target Time taken over each section and once lost cannot be regained.
5.9. Maximum Permitted Lateness is the amount of cumulative lateness which if exceeded from the previous Main Control will result in the Competitor being deemed to have retired.
5.10. This amount will be 30 minutes( unless the Official Documents specify a different period).
5.11. Penalty-Free Cumulative Lateness: the Official Documents must specify the amount of cumulative lateness allowed free of Penalty before a Competitor is penalised.
5.12. Dead Time is that authorised between booking in at the end of one Target Timed section and the commencement of the next section where that time is spent entirely within a control zone.
5.13. Dead time has no effect on penalties or cumulative lateness incurred elsewhere.
5.14. Delay Allowance is a Penalty-free allowance granted by an authorised Official to specific Competitors following a delay and extends the Target Time for those Competitors on that section only.
5.15. Any delay allowance must be recorded in writing on a Competitor’ s Time Card by the Official.
5.16. A Main Control is situated at the Start and Finish of a Rally immediately before and after any Rest Halt and at any other specified point.
5.17. At a Main Control after a Rest Halt Competitors will( unless the Official Documents specify otherwise) restart at one-minute intervals.
5.18. They do so by one of the following methods which must be specified in an Official Instruction:
a. b. c.
In number order In the order of their arrival at the Main Control preceding the Rest Halt In the order of their arrival at some other preceding Control or d. In the order of General Classification at a specified point if interim results are available. 5.19. Each Competitor must be given a due starting time from any Main Control( Out) and any difference
Motorsport UK National Competition Rules 2026 Edition 1
Chapter 20 Appendix 7- Competitors Regulations- All Events using the Highway and Hill Rallies
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