CHAPTER 20 CROSS COUNTRY Appendix 8- Competitors Regulations – Trials and Un-timed Events
Note: * indicated matters to be included in the Official Documents.
1. Cross Country Vehicle Trial 1.1. These Events must be organised in accordance with App. 6 and App. 7 as appropriate.
1.2. * The Official Documents may allow the Vehicle Crew to be varied during the Event and may specify the minimum tyre pressure permitted for the Competition.
1.3. Only one Passenger aged 16 or over may be carried on a Vehicle during Observed Sections.
1.4. Exceptionally the Official Documents may reduce this minimum age to 14 providing the Vehicle is fitted with seat belts and either a manufacturer’ s hard top, a truck cab, or a rollbar, or where the Vehicle is a road legal, mass produced, production Vehicle retaining the original hardtop or truck cab and where the seat belts comply with Ch. 7 App. 7 Art. 6 the Official Documents may further reduce the minimum age of the Passenger to 12.
1.5. The Passenger must remain properly seated alongside the Driver throughout all Observed Sections.
1.6.‘ Bouncing’ will be permitted only within the confines of the seating compartment, and then only so long as no portion of either the Driver’ s or Passenger’ s body( other than arms and hands) is placed outside the sides of the Vehicle or behind the seat they are occupying.
2. Numbers 2.1. Numbers will be allotted by ballot. 2.2. Numbered Results Cards will be issued at the Start and must be presented by the Crew to Officials.
2.3. Competition Numbers must be displayed on both sides of all competing Vehicles, except for Trials when the Official Documents may relax this requirement.
2.4. Competitors will start in numerical order and the Organisers shall determine the order of running at each Observed Section.
2.5. Competition Numbers or Number Cards must be removed at the Finish or if a Competitor retires.
3. Observed Sections and Route 3.1. The onus of following the correct route rests with the Competitor.
3.2. Any signs displayed other than in an Observed Section are designed to assist Competitors and have no mandatory authority unless the Official Documents specify otherwise.
3.3. Competitors will drive from point to point with as little delay as possible and any Competitor suspected of loitering can be ordered to proceed by an Official.
3.4. Competitors arriving at an Observed Section more than 20 minutes after the preceding Competitor may be refused permission to attempt that section.
3.5. * Competitors should attempt to negotiate Observed Sections without stopping.
3.6. Organisers may, however, allow certain Vehicles by virtue of their size to take a specified number of changes of direction on any particular section.
3.7. The permission to change direction and the eligibility of Vehicles to do so must be specified in the Official Documents or Final Instructions( see App. 11 Chart 5).
3.8. Failure of a Vehicle to maintain unassisted forward motion in the direction of the Course will be regarded as failure to comply with the requirements to proceed non-stop unless the Judges are satisfied that a permitted change of direction is intended or the Organisers have ruled that more than one attempt may be made.
Motorsport UK National Competition Rules 2026 Edition 1
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