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13.4.
Towing Points:
All vehicles must have clearly visible and accessible towing points – front and rear.
These must be painted in yellow, orange or red, the chosen colour being in contrast to the colour of the body work
immediately adjacent the towing point. Red tape may be used to mark existing vehicle components from which the
car may be towed. The tow eye to be a minimum of 40mm (as per CAMS Manual)
13.5.
Tyres:
Tyres fitted must comply with the relevant CAMS Manual Historic group specification where
listed. The use of recapped or reconditioned tyres is not permitted. Tubeless tyres must be fitted to optimum rim
size only. Vehicles fitted with wire wheels may use tubes and tubed tyres.
13.6.
Fuel:
All vehicles must use 'Commercial Fuel' as defined in Schedule G of the current CAMS Manual.
13.7.
Rollover Protection Equipment:
Rollover protection equipment is not compulsory for vehicles entitled
to compete in Speed and Historic Regularity events, but is recommended. When roll-over protection is fitted, and
where applicable, it will comply with CAMS Manual – Schedule J and be adequate for the driver entered. Roll bars
must be higher than helmet height when the driver is seated in the vehicle, and wider than shoulder width.
Drivers of Historic category vehicles that choose not to fit rollover protection equipment are required to complete
the Disclaimer Exclusion of Liability, Release and Assumption of Risk Historic Vehicles – Driver Protection
Equipment form which must be submitted with the Entry Form or handed to the Chief Scrutineer prior to the
vehicle participating in practice or events.
13.8.
Scatter Shield:
All non road registered vehicles must be fitted with a scatter shield as outlined in the
CAMS Manual – Schedule M, unless specifically exempted by rulings in the NCR’s.
13.9.
Steering Column:
All non road registered vehicles must not be fitted with any steering column locking
device.
13.10.
Tail Shaft:
All non road registered vehicles not equipped with a suitable cross member must be fitted
with a strap that will prevent the tail shaft falling to the ground in the event of a component failure.
14.
RUNNING OF REGULARITY COMPETITION EVENTS
14.1.
Driver’s Briefing:
Compulsory drivers briefings will be held at each Event at a time and location
nominated in the Supplementary Regulations. Any driver failing to attend and sign-on at the briefing may be
excluded from participating in the Event, unless specifically approved to do so by the Clerk of Course.
All drivers that have competed in two or less Regularity Trials must attend a drivers’ instruction lecture prior to
the Event. The date, time and venue will be advised in Supplementary Regulations. The driver will be required to
be display a “P” plate on the rear of the vehicle at all times during the Event.
14.2.
Event Timing:
The timing shall commence at the Start of the event and the first and subsequent laps
shall be timed when the vehicle crosses the control line in front of the timekeepers’ station. To ensure all
competitors are included in results the last competitive vehicle in the event will be given the allocated number of
laps even if this means some competitors in the event get extra laps.
A minimum lap time may be nominated by the Clerk of Course and Stewards at their discretion. Any driver
exceeding the nominated minimum lap time either during practice or in the Event, may be black flagged and may
be excluded from the Event, and/or subject to other penalties imposed by the Stewards at the meeting.
Notwithstanding the overall minimum lap time set and the lap times nominated by the entrant/driver, if in the
opinion of the Clerk of Course or DSO, a driver is driving in a manner or at speeds that create a dangerous
situation, even though within the nominated times, that driver will be instructed to slow down and the entrant/
driver to nominate a slower lap time.
14.3.
Nominating Lap Times:
Drivers are required to nominate their proposed lap time on the official entry
form, unless they have not competed in their nominated vehicle at the Event before. Event organisers have the right
to refuse to accept a nominated time if it is deemed to be inappropriate for the particular Event course. In such
cases, the competitor will be required to nominate an alternative lap time acceptable to the organisers.
“Nominated” lap times for all "Round-The-Houses" events may be allocated by the Organising Committee prior to
the event.
If the Event organiser has not allocated a nominated time for a vehicle, then after practice, the entrant/driver may
nominate to the time keepers the lap time at which he/she intends to circulate during the regularity runs. Entrants/
drivers will not be considered as starters unless a lap time has been nominated.
14.4.
Point Scoring:
For each lap on which the competitor records a lap time less than his nominated time, a
penalty of 2 points per hundredth of a second of the error shall apply, and for each lap greater than his nominated
lap time a penalty of 1 point per hundredth of a second of the error shall apply.
The winner is the competitor who has completed the required number of laps and has accrued the least penalty
points.
14.5.
No Overtaking Areas:
There will be designated NO overtaking areas at the Round the Houses Historic
Events. These areas will be designated by a pair of permanently-fixed yellow flags or a prominent black-on-yellow
“Single File Zone” sign (or other markings as designated in the Supplementary Regulations). Any car observed to
be overtaking in a No Overtaking area may be shown a Black Flag and may be excluded from the remainder of the