NASA rule changes

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> RA allows "bastard" cars to run as exhibition
> only, no points scored. We can score them locally
> in our regional championship however.
>
>

Hmmn, I'll have to take it up with someone at CARS to see if they have a similar policy -- Honda had a stake in Rover through the 90s...

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/14/2008 10:13PM by Ted Andkilde.

With the Quaife differential thats needed to run the motorcycles gearbox you get reverse.

6 gears worth of reverse actually!!

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Michael LeCompte

The location for rules is here:

[URL="[url]http://www.nasarallysport.com/rules.php"[/url];]NASARallySport.com/rules.php[/URL]
There are several documents, only some of which are ready at this point. The other documents will be posted when they're ready, and I don't know when that will be yet.

[B]Documents Posted:[/B]
[LIST]
[*]General Regulations for Rallies, Sections 1 and 2 (Definitions and event operations)
[*]Appendix D (Motorcycle regulations)
[/LIST]

[B]Documents Not Yet Posted:[/B]
[LIST]
[*]GRR Section 3 (Car regulations)
[*]Appendix A (sample supps and OK signs, etcetera)
[*]Appendix B (roll cage stuff)
[*]Appendix C (rallycross stuff)
[/LIST]

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[B]What's changed in the GRR?[/B]

In order to make the rule book simpler and more accessible to competitors, we took a bunch of the recommended stuff for organizers (like, "have a treasurer" out and are moving that to a separate document. This cut about eight pages out of the rule book and makes the "rule book" stick more closely to "rules". Hopefully it makes it a little more straightforward to read through.

Changes were made throughout to make references to "cars" say instead "vehicles", since the rules apply to motorcycles as well.

A clarification on MPL was added, in both the method of calculation and the intent that it's designed to help events move along, but that if the lateness isn't hampering the event, there's no need for exclusion in accordance with NASA's spirit of inclusion.

Crews are explicitly allowed to help at refueling zones set up adjacent to but outside of a service area.

You do have to request your correct minute at a final time control to get by without a penalty. :cool:

Some small stuff was moved around to clean up the structure, but that's pretty much it as far as any actual rule or procedure changes. Some typos were fixed.
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What's Changed in the Motorcycle rules?

The classes have changed. There are 3 modified classes (0-400cc, 400-800cc, and over 800cc) and one stock class (400-800cc).

Front and rear blinkers are explicitly required, and allowance to replace them with non-stock units is now allowed in stock.

Studded tires are only banned at non-winter events.

Other than that, just some minor clarifications.
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I'm going to go ahead and quote myself in advance so I don't have to do it later:

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Anders
The other documents will be posted when they're ready, and I don't know when that will be yet.

As for any questions related to the other documents, I'll get to those after we've posted them.

Cheers,
Anders

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Grassroots rally. It's what I think about.

Thanks for the update Anders

The changes make that audi powered group B starion idea I've been daydreaming about look like a pretty good "Plan B" to the CRX...


Anders Green Wrote:
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> pikespeakgtx Wrote:
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> > My post from last week in the other Rule
> Changes thread.
>
> Where you said:
>
> >Sucks that we have to keep engine and bodies
> by the same
> >manufacturers here in the states, so you'd
> have to Put
> >that setup in a suzuki swift.
>
> Yeah, we decided an engine is an engine, and since
> putting in a different one doesn't mangle up the
> integrity of the passenger compartment, who cares
> where it comes from, for both 2wd and AWD. When
> you can already put a 3 liter 6 cylinder in a 95
> impreza (like I did) and then turbo charge it
> (which I didn't, but which would be allowed
> already) or put one of those 444 HP W12 engines
> into a 1800 pound VW Golf... really, what's the
> difference?
>
> Mazd-aru, here we come!
>
> >So would the new rules allow a car that was
> previously
> >FF to be MR, this isn't clear to me??
>
> Meh, our rules aren't going that route. Last year
> we added a rule saying an AWD car can become a FWD
> or RWD. The idea is those modifications can be
> done without substantially changing the passenger
> compartment engineering.
>
> Cheers,
> Anders
>
>
>
> Raleigh, NC
> Impreza H6 3.0

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