23rd Ethiopian Highland Rally

ETHIOPIAN MOTOR SPORT ASSOCIATION
23rd Ethiopian Highland Rally
Ethiopian Rally Championship
SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATION
I. ORGANIZATION
Organizer: - Executive Committee of E.M.S.A.
National Authority: - Ethiopian Motor Sport Association (E.M.S.A.)
Name of the Rally: - 23rd Ethiopian Highland Rally
This rally will be run in compliance with E.M.S.A. General Prescription for rally and these supplementary regulations.
II.ELIGIBILITY
Title for which the rally counts:-
Ethiopian Rally Championship for Drivers.
Ethiopian Rally Championship for Co-drivers.
III.DESCRIPTION
Total distance of the course is approximately 1171 km.
The final distance will be as per the final itinerary.
There are 19 competitive stages.
The total distance of the competitive stage is approximately 677 km.
IV.CLASSES
-class I       up to 1300 cc
-class II      over 1300 cc and up to 1600 cc
-class III     over 1600 cc ad up to 2000 cc
-class IV      over 2000 cc
V.ENTRY FEE
Entry fee is Birr One thousand (1,000.00)
Entry fees will be refunded in full:
a) - To candidates whose entry has not been accepted.
b) - In the case of the rally not taking place.
IV.RALLY PLATES AND COMPETITION NUMBERS
The organizers will provide each crew with the following, which must be affixed to their car in the following manner:

1. One set of rally plates, with the event name to be affixed to on the front and rear hoods of the car.
2. One set of rectangular competition numbers for the two front doors.

VII. RUNNING OF THE RALLY
START
Official time
Throughout the rally, the official time will be Ethiopian local time set and synchronized by rally HQ
Any car arriving late in the starting area will be subject to pecuniary penalty (200 Birr).
Start intervals between cars at the start of all legs, all exits from regrouping halts and the start of all competitive sections will be a minimum of three minutes. These start intervals may be extended at the discretion of the steward, upon proposal by the clerk of the house.
At the end of each Competitive Section, there will be a time control.
A red stop sign will designate this time control. The time recorded in hours, minutes, and seconds, will be used in calculating the crews penalty for that C. S.

Cars checking in at a start control of a competitive section will be checked out in the same order in which they arrived.

There will be no time allowance for punctures in any time control.

Lateness allowances, as per the final itinerary, shall be from a lateness cut off point to the next. These shall constitute the maximum running time, excluding dead time, expressed in hour and minutes, between various cut off points. These lateness allowances will not be cumulative.

The lateness allowance form leaving any service park is 30 minutes. The penalties for this lateness shall be:

1. 10 seconds per minute or a fraction of a minute late up to and including 10 minutes late, plus;
2. 1 minute per minute or a fraction of a minute late for any lateness in excess of 10 minutes late up to and including a total of 30 minutes late.

The penalty for exceeding the lateness allowance is exclusion.
In calculating exclusion, the actual time late and not the penalty time (10 seconds per minute) shall apply.

The steward may, upon proposal by the clerk of the course, amend exclusion times, assign times to or to nullify any road or competitive section if conditions make this necessary.
The clerk of the course may authorize:

1. Alternative routes which may bypass the whole or part of a road or competitive section.
2. Emergency halts and / or service assistance if conditions make this necessary.
3. Any pre-planned alternative routes shall be published at least one week prior to the start of the rally.

All competitive stages will be timed to the second.

Each competing car must carry two red reflective triangles, which in the event of the car stopping in a road section or a competitive section must be placed in a conspicuous position at least 50 m behind and in front of the car.

Throughout the rally, crews must strictly observe the traffic laws of Ethiopia.
For competitive sections no competitor is allowed to cut through any fields. Any competitor found to do so would be reported to the stewards, who will impose appropriate sanctions.

Any crews retiring from the rally must report such retirement to the organizers as soon as possible. Save in case of force majeure, any crew failing to comply will be liable to a fine at the stewards’ discretion. Spinning, skidding and doughnuts are strictly prohibited in the park ferme at the finish of the rally. Penalties, which may go as far as exclusion, are left to the discretion of the stewards.

VIII. PROGRAM OF THE RALLY

-Opening date of entry
      December 15, 2005
-Date of issuing road books,
      December 28, 2005
-Closing date of registration,
      January 06, 2006
-Late entry with penalty,
      January 13, 2006
-Date of pilots briefing,
      January 17, 2006
-Date of scrutiny,
      January 26, 2006
-Start date of the rally,
      Friday January 27, 2006   11:30a.m. Addis Ababa
-Finishing date of the rally,
      Sunday January 29, 2006         5:30 p.m. Addis Ababa
-Provisional result,
      Sunday January 29, 2006         4:30 p.m.     

The Organizational committee
December 15, 2005

Pilot
Ernesto Molinary
Co-Pilot
Stefano Gereveni
Ford Escort/2000 Turbo - Car No. 8