SCCA® National Solo® Rules 2020 EDITION Sports Car Club of America® Solo® Department 6620 SE Dwight St. Topeka, KS 66619 (800) 770-2055 (785) 232-7228 Fax www.scca.com Copyright 2020 by the Sports Car Club of America, Inc®. All rights re- served. Except as permitted under the United States Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Forty-seventh printing, January, 2020. Published by: Sports Car Club of America, Inc.® 6620 SE Dwight St. Topeka, KS 66619 www.scca.com 1-800-770-2055 (785) 357-7222 The SCCA® National Solo® Rules may be downloaded from the SCCA® website at www.scca.com. Published in the United States of America. 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They will not initiate or maintain litigation of any kind against SCCA® or anyone acting in behalf of SCCA® to reverse or modify such determinations, or to seek to recover damages or other relief allegedly incurred or required as a result of such determination; 4. If a participant initiates or maintains litigation in violation of this provision, that participant agrees to reimburse SCCA® for all costs of such litigation, including travel expenses and attorney fees. SCCA Critical Incident Hotline 785-862-7112 Table of Contents Table of Contents INTRODUCTORY SECTION ...................................15 I.1 SOLO® EVENTS ......................................................................15 I.1.1 Definition ........................................................................................ 15 I.1.2 Revision of the Solo® Rules .......................................................... 15 I.1.3 Replacement of the Solo® Rules ................................................... 15 I.1.4 Solo® Event ................................................................................... 15 I.2 SOLO® EVENTS BOARD (SEB) .............................................16 I.2.1 Appointment .................................................................................. 16 I.2.2 Duties ............................................................................................. 16 I.2.3 Core Values .................................................................................... 16 I.3 SOLO® DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR (SDC) ................17 I.3.1 Membership ....................................................................................17 I.3.2 Responsibilities...............................................................................17 I.4 SOLO® SAFETY STEWARD (SSS) PROGRAM .................... 18 I.4.1 Scope .............................................................................................. 18 I.4.2 Duties ............................................................................................. 18 I.4.3 Administration .............................................................................. 19 I.5 SOLO® SAFETY COMMITTEE (SSC) ....................................19 I.5.1 Membership ................................................................................... 19 I.5.2 Duties ............................................................................................. 19 I.6 DIVISIONAL SOLO® SAFETY STEWARD (DSSS) ..............20 I.6.1 Membership ...................................................................................20 I.6.2 Duties .............................................................................................20 I.7 CO-SANCTIONED/CO-SPONSORED EVENTS ....................20 I.8 SITE SAFETY PLAN ...............................................................20 I.9 ENFORCEMENT BY THE SCCA® .........................................21 I.10 INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS ...........................................21 I.10.1 Event Insurance Requirements ................................................... 21 I.10.2 Insurance Application Procedures ..............................................22 SOLO® RULES ...................................................... 23 1. SOLO® EVENTS ...................................................................... 23 1.1 Mandatory Provisions .............................................................................23 1.2 General Definitions .................................................................................23 1.2.1 Solo® Event ...................................................................................23 1.2.2 Autocross .......................................................................................23 1.2.3 Slalom ............................................................................................23 1.2.4 Entrant ...........................................................................................24 1.2.5 Competitor .....................................................................................24 2020 SCCA® National Solo® Rules — 5 Table of Contents 1.2.6 SD...................................................................................................24 1.2.7 National Solo® Event ...................................................................24 1.2.8 Inter-Regional Solo® Event .........................................................24 1.2.9 GCR ................................................................................................24 1.3 Event Operating Rules ............................................................................24 1.3.1 Insurance Requirements (Refer to Section 4.13) ..........................24 1.3.2 Other Operating Requirements ....................................................24 1.4 Sanction Procedures ...............................................................................27 1.4.1 Regional .........................................................................................27 1.4.2 National Solo® Event ...................................................................27 1.4.3 National Championship ................................................................27 1.5 Supplementary Regulations ...................................................................27 2. COURSE....................................................................................28 2.1 Common Sense and Solo® Courses ...................................................... 28 2.2 Course Safety and Layout Rules ............................................................29 2.3 Course