Owen Motoring Club

OWEN MOTORING CLUB LTD

CRIMSON DYNAMO AUTOTEST

SUNDAY 8 th August 2010

1. The Owen Motoring Club Ltd. will organise a National B permit Autotest on Sunday 8th August 2010 at Wheels Adventure Park, Birmingham, B8 1AD (OS Map Ref. 139/095872), which will be a qualifying round of the Link Up Ltd MSA British Autotest Championship, Demon Tweeks Direct BTRDA Autotest Championship, BTRDA Allrounders Championship, and the Association of West Midlands Motor Clubs Autotest Championship. As in previous years, and to stop all rumours, the three morning tests will be combined for the afternoon marathon. Please come adequately prepared!!!

2 The meeting will be governed by the General Regulations of the Motor Sports Association (incorporating the provisions of the International Sporting Code of FIA), these Supplementary Regulations, and any written instructions that the organising club may issue for the event.

3. MSA permit number...TBA

4. The event is open to the following: -Members of the Owen Motoring Club Ltd. -Registered contenders in the Link Up Ltd MSA British Autotest Championship. -Registered contenders in the Demon Tweeks Direct BTRDA Autotest Championship and BTRDA Allrounders Championship. -Registered contenders in the AWMMC Autotest Championship. 5. All competitors must produce a valid competition licence, club membership card and where applicable championship registration card.

6. The event is a round of the following championships. -Link Up Ltd MSA British Autotest Championship (MSA Waiver of Permit No. ) -Demon Tweeks Direct BTRDA Autotest Championship. - BTRDA Allrounders Championship - AWMMC Autotest Championship 7. The programme of the meeting will be as follows: Scrutineering starts at 8-30am. Any competitor not signed on at 10.00am may be excluded. First car starts at 10.15am.

8. The event will consist of 5 classes as follows: A - Saloon cars up to 11ft overall length. B - Saloon cars over 11ft. C – Sports Cars and Sports Kit Cars. D - Specials. E – Road Going Saloon Cars.

All vehicles must comply with the MSA Technical Regulations. Cabriolet cars will run in the appropriate saloon car class with the roof raised or lowered. All lengths refer to the overall length which will be determined by the Parkers Car Guide (January 2010 edition), or by manufacturers’ specification. Sports Kit Cars eligible for class C will be as listed by BTRDA, which list is available from Helen Perren, Conifers, Cross Butts, Eccleshall, Staffordshire. ST21 6AX.

9. Awards will be presented as follows:

Fastest time of the day an award Best OMC competitor The Crimson Dynamo Trophy and replica First in each class an award Second in each class an award, subject to six entries in the class Third in each class an award, subject to ten entries in the class Best Novice an award Best Lady an award

A Novice is defined as a competitor who has not won a class award on a National B or higher status Autotest. No competitor may win more than one award.

10. The entry list opens on publication of these SRs and closes finally on Tuesday 3rd August 2010. All entries must be made on the official entry form and be accompanied by the appropriate fee.

The entry fee is £30.00p. Please make cheques payable to Owen Motoring Club Ltd. 11. The Secretary of the Meeting, to whom all entries must be sent, preferably by email is:

Jude Preston, [email protected] Beck House, Green Lane, Hamstall Ridware, Nr. Rugeley, Staffs. WS15 3SF Tel No mobile 07723 331055

Please check your entry form, as Final Instructions, and Results will be sent out by e-mail, unless requested otherwise.

12. The maximum entry for the meeting is 50. The minimum is 26. The minimum for each class is 3. Should any of these minimum figures not be reached, the organisers have the right to either cancel the meeting or amalgamate classes as necessary.

Entries will be selected in order of receipt. Starting order will be determined by ballot. Entry fees may be refunded at the organisers' discretion.

13. Other officials are: Clerk of the Course Mike Sones Assistant Clerk of the Course Dave Wyton Chief Timekeeper Mike Sones Club Steward Peter Walker Scrutineer John Parsons

14. Provisional results will be published as soon as possible after the end of the event.

15. Any protest must be lodged in accordance with Blue Book Section C.

16. Details of tests may be sent with final instructions. Each driver will have at least two runs at each test to count for awards. Timing will be by hand held digital stopwatch to 0.1 second. The starting signal will be own time. Order of attempting tests will be at the organisers' discretion.

17. Practising will not be allowed.

18. Competitors will be identified by numbers, which will be provided by the organisers.

19. Penalties for the main event will be: Line/Pylon: +5 seconds; Incorrect Test: fastest correct class time:- +20 seconds on individual tests, +40 seconds on the combined test.

However, for Novices only, actual times will be displayed subject to a maximum penalty of fastest Class time + 40 seconds on individual tests, +60 seconds on the combined tests, and these times will be used to decide the Novice Award.

20. All other General Regulations of the MSA apply as written, except for the following, which are modified.

M4.2 Pylons may be less than 1 metre high.

M 17.1 Vehicles need not be licensed for road use as the event takes place entirely on private land.

M 13.4 A vehicle may be entered twice to be driven by different drivers, and the responsibility will be shared jointly by both entrants.

M23 Incorrect Tests - A test will be deemed to have been performed incorrectly if any line shown on the test diagrams is crossed with both leading wheels in the wrong direction or in the wrong order - which will include stop-astride and drive-through lines, and the manoeuvre is not corrected before crossing the finish line.