These are the Supplementary Regulations for the Bluenose Car Rally to be held Sunday June 14, 2015.

*PLEASE PRE-REGISTER BY THURSDAY JUNE 11th 2015, THERE WILL A LIMITED AMOUNT OF EXTRA ROUTE BOOKS ON RALLY DAY!*

The rally will be held under the general competition regulations of the Canadian Association of Rally Sport (CARS) and The Rally regulations of Atlantic Region Motor Sports Inc. (ARMS). These publications are available from the CARS Regional Representative, Clarke Paynter, jogleft@aol.com, or the ARMS Navigational Rally Director, Cindy Spencer, cindy.a.spencer@gmail.com and the last updated version will be available at the start.

The organizing club is Bluenose Auto sport Club
P.O. Box 2724 DEPS, Dartmouth N.S. B2W 4R4 <www.bluenoseautosport.ca>

Route Organizer: James Partridge, 426 Town Rd. Falmouth, Hants Co. N.S. B0P1L0
Email to: jpartridge@ns.sympatico.ca Phone 902 798 4712

Chief Control Marshall: Bill Anwyll
Registrar: to whom you send entries; Charlotte Partridge, 426 Town Road Falmouth N.S. B0P 1L0 or by email charfp56@hotmail.com

Route Steward: Martin Gillis

Co-Organizer: Bill Anwyll 1160 South Park Street Halifax Nova Scotia B3H 2W8

Senior Steward: TBA

Start: Windsor Curling Club 174 Gray Street Windsor Nova Scotia Telephone 1 902 798 4662
Entries: Pre-registration is encouraged. Those who enter before noon June 11, 2015 will be entered in the seeded draw for start position.
Entries will be accepted until 12:00 June 14, 2015.

Schedule: Sunday June 14, 2015:
11:00 Registration and Scrutinizing Opens
12:00 Introduction of Officials and Drivers’ Briefing; Registration closes
12:30 Novice Rally School starts
13:00 Car “O” Starts Experienced
13:30 Car “O” Novice Starts
16:50 Car “O” Both Finish
18:15 Awards presentation

Description: This event is a Regional Navex Rally, run over paved and mostly good quality roads. Speeds are kept at a maximum of 10 % below posted speed limits. Where no posting can be found the posted limit is presumed to be 80 kph. The instructions are very straightforward for the Novice class and slightly more challenging for Experienced.

All of the route can be found on topographic maps 21 A/16; 21 H/1; 21 H/2
The route is a touring format, leaving Windsor we go through the scenic eastern Valley past Avonport; Gaspereau; Kentville; and Windsor.

Eligibility: Vehicles must be licensed and insured and posses valid Motor Vehicle Inspection as required in the province of registration.
Regional competitors must show valid current “ARMS” club membership.

Note: all competitors and marshals must sign CARS ASN CANADA FIA Rally waiver at registration before the start or risk disqualification from the results. Valid proof of Vehicle registration and Drivers’ license must be shown at registration. Minor (under 19 in N.S.) participants (drivers and navigators) require the written permission of both parents or guardians.

To qualify as a finisher you must check in to the final control within maximum time limits under your own power, and you must have checked in to 75 % of the remaining placed checkpoints.

Length: 182.42 km. 3:38:00 Experienced
151.06 km. 2:59:00 Novice
All CP’s are located at the top of the minute.

Scoring:

Each of the checkpoints will be timed to the minute. One Penalty Point will be assessed for each minute late to a maximum of 30 per checkpoint.

One penalty point will be assessed for each minute early to a maximum of 15 minutes per checkpoint.

Each checkpoint will have car “0” section, distance and time available upon request.

Car “O” time will include 2 minutes time out at each checkpoint.

Missed checkpoints are assessed 30 points Missed

Exceeding maximum accumulated lateness scores 30 points Max at each CP.

Car “O” times at section ends are assuming all checkpoints are placed.

Improper control procedure 5 points after first warning on route card. IE: Wrong direction, leaving door open, backing in a control zone, weaving across the road, blocking the road to the normal flow of traffic, or changing direction of travel while within sight of a control.

Entry fee $ 20.00 per car Experienced and Novice.
No special equipment is needed to complete the course.
Normal equipment that will come in handy are: pencils; paper; a watch; and a calculator.

Checks made payable to Bluenose Auto sport Club or cash will be accepted until close of registration. Please notify registrar before noon on Thursday, as only 5 extra copies of route instructions will be available at the start for each class.

Awards: Dash Plaques to the top three in each class.(Experienced, and Novice.)

Start positions: Experienced, a seeded draw will take place Thursday after the close of pre-registration.
After noon on June 11 entrants will be accepted on first come first served basis. Novice starting order will be on first come first served basis.

Any more details on the event? Going to be a fun rally weekend!

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2005 Forester XT (Daily/B2Tuned), 2000 Subaru Impreza 2.5RS P4WD Class Rally Car, 2006 WRX RallyCross Car (Sponsors: Rally-Tech, Great North Performance, ISI Automotive)
Check out: Rally East, The Ledwidge Lookoff Rally

Whats the quality of the roads like? I'm just debating on which vehicle to bring, whether it be the Truck or the new Fiesta ST. Last event I would have definitely been sour if i had driven anything nice.

The final route check will be this weekend. I am guessing at 75-80 % pavement.
One road that is ready to be paved has about 30 pylons marking the potholes. It looks like a slalom course.
Yesterday we passed a grader smoothing out the gravel road we were on.
I will have an update on the first of the week.

We did the final run through last weekend.
Most of the gravel roads were freshly graded and smoother than one or two of the paved sections.
This is an entry level rally for novice crews. The instructions are straight forward. No tricks. It is quite long at 151.6 km. We will give a short rally school explaining what you will see and what to look for.
You will not follow the exact same course as the experienced crews but the views of the valley will be the same.
Experienced crews will follow a more challenging set of instructions, but I do not expect any of them to get lost as they follow the 183.0 km route. One short road on the experienced route has seen a bit of washout. It is passable at the speed we have suggested.
Checkpointers will get a set of instructions with a map, a grid mark, and a picture of the location.
Checkpointers are welcome and invited to share in the lunch at the finish.
Charlotte has a small meal in mind for the finish included in the entry and free to checkpointers.
I will have the route checked this week and will print the instruction booklets after I know how many are coming.
Please let Charlotte know by Thursday if you are planning to enter Experienced or Novice or would like to checkpoint.
We will allow late entries but the instructions have to be made before the event and the food ordered.
I hope to see you all at the start and finish of the Rally

Here are a few pictures from the Bluenose (Navigational) Rally held on 14 June 2015:

http://www.bluenoseautosport.ca/hmmerk/ ... /index.htm

- Harold