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BEGINNERS GUIDE Beginners Guide 2020 - 2023 3 BEGINNERS GUIDE Beginners Guide 2020 - 2023 3 PREAMBLE This handbook outlines the requirements and rules of TARGA and serves as a guide for those who participate in any one of TARGA’s competition categories. This handbook is especially useful for those who are new to rallying or specifically TARGA events. This handbook includes: • Licence and insurance requirements GUIDE • Apparel • Road books and event supplied collateral • Course information and rules • Safety requirements and equipment • Alcohol, drugs and other substances This handbook is intended to assist beginners by providing useful information. The information in this guide does not supersede the Supplementary Regulations governing the event and therefore is not to be used as the basis for a protest. It is the responsibility of the team to ensure that at all times they conform to the following eligibility requirements and their vehicle maintains legal roadworthiness. 4 Targa Australia Beginners Guide 2020 - 2023 5 LICENCE REQUIREMENTS Please note, any participant who does Competitors are responsible for paying However, trophy competitors must wear not hold a Civil Driver’s Licence shall all medical expenses resulting from neck-to-ankle clothing cover and closed Both driver and co-driver shall hold, as a not be eligible to drive the vehicle at any an accident in the event. In some shoes while competing. Clothing of minimum, a current Motorsport Australia stage during the event. circumstances some of these expenses synthetic materials are not permitted. National Rally Licence. Navigators shall may be reimbursed and competitors hold, as a minimum, a current Motorsport A provisional Licence or permit may be should forward details including receipts For full competition categories, apparel Australia Navigator Only Licence. The accepted on application to the organisers to the Motorsport Australia office.Please must comply with the requirements of the holder of a “Navigator only” Licence, will provided that person meets the minimum note: it is strongly advised competitors Motorsport Australia Manual - General not be permitted to drive the vehicle at any age requirements and can prove a suitable are covered by an Ambulance fund. Requirements, Schedule D for National point during the event. level of driving experience. Tarmac Rallying. Vehicle Third Party Insurance Team members who hold only a circuit MINIMUM AGE In a closed car, you can use an open face racing Licence must successfully complete Each vehicle must carry third party helmet or a full-face helmet. Full face a rally lecture and then obtain a rally To be eligible to compete in the full insurance, which is normally issued with helmets are mandatory in open top cars. competition, both driver and co-driver/ registration papers. Proof of cover is endorsement for their Licence from Helmets with built-in intercom units are Motorsport Australia before the event. navigator must be a minimum of 18 years required to be presented at documentation old. However, there are some navigator (registration papers or temporary permit). preferable. For TSD Trophy, Thoroughbred Trophy age exemptions for trophy competitions. Owners of vehicles registered in the ROAD BOOKS AND PACE and GT Sports Trophy, the minimum NOTES requirement is a Motorsport Australia Level Navigators in TSD Trophy must be a State of Queensland are required to 2 Speed Licence for both the driver and minimum of 15 years old. obtain a special extension of their third Road books provide comprehensive co-driver/navigator. party insurance for the period of the details of the course and will be issued Navigators in Thoroughbred Trophy and event from their third party insurer. Proof GT Sports Trophy must be a minimum of to competitors at documentation prior to Prior to applying for a Licence, you of this extension must be presented at event start. will need to become a member of a 16 years old. documentation. Motorsport Australia affiliated car club. INSURANCE The use of Pace Notes is permitted in all The Motorsport Australia Car club search When you prepare your car for full competition categories and are available feature sits in their Members Portal area Public Risk Insurance competition categories, you may not be from several suppliers. which can be accessed by the following able to register your car in some states. link: The event is covered by Public Risk Every state has different rules, so we Pace notes will take some time getting https://motorsport.org.au/clubs Insurance arranged and paid for by the suggest checking your individual states used to as it requires 100% accuracy from organisers as part of the Motorsport regulations. the navigator and 100% confidence in Before you log in, you will need to Australia Public Risk Insurance Policy, the navigator from the driver. This will not undertake the registration process or call which can be viewed on their website. LOGBOOKS happen in your first event, but overtime as Motorsport Australia Member Services on All competition cars (with the exception you develop accuracy and confidence in 1300 883 959. Teams are liable for all damage they each other. cause, however they may make a claim of those competing in TSD) are required to have a Motorsport Australia logbook. You can download your Motorsport under Motorsport Australia’s insurance. An RECONNAISSANCE Australia application form here https:// excess is payable where a claim is made This is a simple process and requires motorsport.org.au/membership/ unless the cost is less than the excess inspection by a Motorsport Australia Reconnaissance or “recce” is very useful. Licence/introduction official. Visit the Motorsport Australia If this is your first event, you may find it and RETURN TO: Personal Accident Insurance website for more information: very productive to conduct a recce while https://motorsport.org.au/ Personal acident insurance for the navigator runs through the pace notes MOTORSPORT AUSTRALIA competitors, registered service crew simulating being on a TARGA stage. P.O. Box 172 Cantebury, APPAREL and TARGA officials will be provided in Recce must be conducted only in VIC, 3145 or email to: accordance with Motorsport Australia’s Race suits and race boots are [email protected] normal road-registered vehicles (not personal accident insurance policy, which recommended for trophy competitions, competition vehicles), which do not carry can be viewed on their website. but are not a requirement of competition. any sign-writing relating to the event that could be deemed as giving the public 6 Targa Australia Beginners Guide 2020 - 2023 7 the impression that it could be a TARGA for maximum pace. The overtaking vehicle must only pass If not sent through prior to documentation, car. Recce must be conducted within the on the right hand side of the overtaken The last competition vehicle will be vehicle. you will need to ensure you bring your designated speed limits and respecting followed by the competition sweep (999) all other road traffic laws. Speed limits are vehicle, which indicates the competition Failure to permit overtaking will result in • Motorsport Australia Licence clearly signposted and must be resepcted. on the TARGA stages has ceased. The heavy penalties. • Civil drivers Licence START ORDER final vehicle for TSD Trophy will be the TSD Sweep and for Thoroughbred & GT Sports TOWING AND RECOVERY • Motorsport Australia log book All teams will run in an order that will be Trophy, the Trophy Sweep. • Registration papers determined by the organisers, taking into A recovery team including tow trucks, will For TSD and other trophy competitions, • Rally permit or temporary vehicle consideration past performances or in the follow the field. The purpose of this team is permit. case of new competitors, the potential if you miss your corresponding sweep to recover and secure any damaged or performance of the vehicle. vehicle, you will be prohibited from starting un-roadworthy vehicles and ensure the Vehicles must be presented ready to start the stage until after the passage of the last crew is not left stranded at the roadside. with all compulsory equipment on board, The start order will be established slowest full competition car, in front of the 999. including all required apparel at the venue, to fastest. The cost of transport back to the overnight on the date as listed in the Supplementay Competitors who stop on a TARGA stage Regulations. TARGA STAGES AND TIME and fall behind the 999 can apply for a is covered by a one-off levy included CONTROLS derived time for the stage provided they in your entry fee. Towing to any other location is the responsibility and cost Teams are required to report to pre-start started the stage within their accumulated scrutiny at their allocated time as commu- At TARGA stage starts: late time up to this control. of the competitor, as is towing by any Teams are to start a TARGA stage in the other contractor other than Coastal Auto nicated. order that they arrive at the time control We reccommend reading the sporting Transportation Services. DRIVERS BRIEFING and to queue on the side of the road (not regulations for more clarity around in the middle). sweep vehicles and late time. Ensure you have retrieved your valuable All competitors must attend a compulsory and personal items from the vehicle before briefing. Team members who do not attend A time control includes the start control of your car is towed. their required briefing shall be referred to any touring stage, a finish control of any OVERTAKIING the Stewards of the event. touring stage, the start line of any TARGA In the world of rallying, overtaking is rare, If you prefer not to use the recovery team, stage or the flying finish of any TARGA your service crew will be able to collect SECURITY PARKS & stage. except at TARGA where cars start slowest TARGAFEST to fastest at 30 second intervals.
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