​ SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS 2017 1. ANNOUNCEMENT The EASSC will organise an Open motocross event on: Date:​Sunday 17 September 2017 Venue: Wakes Colne​ Permit number :ACU​xxxx ​ 2. SECRETARY OF THE MEETING Jean Ingram 18 Austral Way, Althorne, Essex CM3 6UP Tel: 01621 740795/ 07748 666066 – email: [email protected] 3. COURSE The course is situated at Wakes Colne, Little Loveney Hall, Upper Green, Wakes Colne, Colchester, Essex CO6 2DF TEMPORARY COURSE LICENSE No: xxxxxx 4. JURISDICTION The meetings will be held under the National Sporting Code and Motocross Standing Regulations of the A.C.U. 2017 edition, these Supplementary Regulations and any further Instructions Issued or Official Announcements made. 5. OFFICIALS Clerk of the Course​​Martin Beadle​- ACU Licence 119803​ Assistant Clerk of the Course​​Peter Ingram – ACU Licence 172304 Assistant Clerk of the Course​​​​Gary Bardwell – ACU Licence 176197 Incident Officer​​​Peter Ingram – ACU Licence 172304​ Chief Technical Officer​​​Alan Peck - 119701​ Chief Timekeeper​​Karin Beadle/Jean Ingram Chief Marshal​​Donna Earley Stewards​Centre​​​​Licence no. ​Club​​​​Gareth Robertson – ACU Licence 127825 ​Craig Day – ACU Licence 107 6. ELIGIBILITY Riders holding a current ACU or SACU licence and members of the EASSC club. Day licences are available. b. Machines As per the 2017 ACU Handbook. 7. NUMBER OF RIDERS & DRIVERS ALLOWED Races: 3 blocks of 8 riding groups Solo:​40 to a line​ Sidecar: N/A Quads: N/A 8. ENTRIES Entries will be made through the Goracemx website and payment taken on the day. ​ 9. INSURANCE “The insurance cover for this event will be Basic (limit of liability £10M) and Medical Malpractice insurance (limit of liability £5m) is included. There is NO Personal Accident Insurance for Competitors. s 10. TECHNICAL CONTROL​Saturday – 6.00pm – 7.30pm - Sunday – 7.30am – 8.30am Competitors are required to produce their machines to Technical Control. When more than one motorcycle is entered they must be presented to Technical Control at the same time. No competitor will be permitted to practice or race unless the Technical Official had passed clothing and machine. With regard to Rule 20 – Tear Off’s – Organiser’s/Landowner’s – use of tear off’s. Milton Park MX does not restrict the use of these. 11. SOUND CONTROL As per 2017 ACU handbook Standard Regulations section 7, Technical Control number 7. 12. PRACTICE Time it commences and how many laps - start at 9.00am and two laps for practice for each group. 13. RACES The Number of races will be 3 per riding group and classes will be 8 per day 14. PROGRAMME Programme of races on the day – decided on the day, due to prevailing conditions. 15. METHOD OF START The start will be live engine, clutch type, drop down gate. Once a rider has taken his position at the start gate, he cannot change it. In the event of mechanical problem on the line, the start will be delayed for a maximum of 2 minutes, once only per race. The start will not be delayed after the 15 second board is shown. A rider is deemed to be under starters orders having been called to the start line, the starter will hold up a green flag from which moment the riders are under his control. When all the riders are on the start line, the starter will hold up a 15 second board for a full 15 seconds. At the end of the 15 seconds, he will hold up a 5 seconds board and the gate will drop at any time within this 5 second period. No one except RIDERS and OFFICIALS shall be permitted to the area of the starting gate. Riders are allowed to groom the area behind the start gate only, provided no tools are used or outside assistance provided. 16. FLAG SIGNALS Please take note of the following rule change regarding flag signals: Yellow Waved:​Great Danger, prepare to stop, no overtaking. A significant reduction in speed must be seen; therefore jumps should not be attempted. 17. TIMEKEEPING The club will use: electronic timekeeping / lap scoring​ Should the electronic timekeeping system fail the procedure will be: Manual lapscoring. POINTS 1st 45 11th 30 21st 20 31st 10 2nd 43 12th 29 22nd 19 32nd 9 3rd 41 13th 28 23rd 18 33rd 8 4th 39 14th 27 24th 17 34th 7 5th 37 15th 26 25th 16 35th 6 6th 35 16th 25 26th 15 36th 5 7th 34 17th 24 27th 14 37th 4 8th 33 18th 23 28th 13 38th 3 9th 32 19th 22 29th 12 39th 2 10th 31 20th 21 30th 11 40th 1 In the event of a tie the Mylaps System will automatically decide and this will be the final result. 18. FUEL All fuel used during an event must comply with 2017 ACU Fuel Regulations 19. PADDOCK Please note all machines must be kept on a rubber mat to avoid fuel and oil dropping onto the ground. This is an ACU rule and legal requirement. Silence in the paddock will commence at 11.00pm The riding in the paddock of any electric vehicles, pit bikes, quads or mini bikes is not allowed.