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05 Welcome
From MSA Chairman, Graham Stoker
16 Night of Champions
A tribute to the champions of 2007
28 MSA Championships
40 Errors & Omissions
44 Rule Changes
48 Judicial
News
06 MSA News
Topical news of the spring
Features
20 MSA British Rally Elite
Latest news from the programme
24 MSA British Race Elite
It’s a busy time for the drivers
32 MSA Drag Racing
Championship
We take a look at the history of the
sport and how it has developed
36 Volunteers in Motorsport
The latest news on marshalling
58 Turner’s Tips
Stuart Turner on tyres
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The promise of spring is all about
new growth. It offers hope and
optimism as well as a sense that
the dark winter days are being
left well behind.
For me, the new motor racing season
always feels like this; last season’s awards
have been made and I can’t wait for the
cold, gloomy winter to pass so that we can
all get back to doing what we love best –
driving cars on circuits, tracks, stages,
roads and assorted courses.
This year, however, there are a number
of additional reasons to believe that the
coming season will yield even more growth
and results for our sport than before.
Firstly, motor sport has never been so
fashionable. Lewis Hamilton’s exciting
exploits have attracted a whole new
audience to our sport, particularly in
the UK, and anecdotal reports from
around the country suggest that he has
been responsible for a significant
increase in interest.
The Motor Sports Association is aiming
to capitalise on this opportunity with the
launch of Go Motorsport; a high-profile
marketing campaign to attract new people
to participate, spectate or volunteer.
A major national and regional PR
campaign will direct people to a new
website that will contain all the
information they need to get involved in
whatever capacity they choose. The
message we are sending out is: ‘Motor
sport is fun; come and get involved.’
Go Motorsport is the sort of initiative
that has been talked about for years and I
believe that everyone should promote it as
actively as possible. The success of the
campaign will be determined by the level
of support the motor sport community
puts behind it and, in truth, while the MSA
is investing £250,000, the overall value of
the campaign is likely to be in the millions
once all the benefit in kind is factored in.
Running alongside Go Motorsport is
the Let’s Go Karting initiative, which is
designed to give thousands of youngsters
the chance to get a first taste of karting
for just five pounds.
With a nationwide network of clubs and
venues currently being selected for
participation in the scheme, Let’s Go
Karting should deliver the ideal platform
for capitalising on the interest of a new
audience and creating a whole new
generation of motor sport enthusiasts.
Another reason for optimism is the
creation of the new ‘Next Generation’ and
‘Women’s’ Forums in which I have taken a
close interest. I believe that young people
Welcome
have a huge amount to bring to the
governance of our sport and I am
delighted that the under-26s acquitted
themselves so well in their first meeting
and can inform our work in Council in
the years ahead.
It is essential that we consistently
welcome new blood into the system,
but few people involved in the sport
seem to realise that they can put
themselves forward to join one of the
Committees that report to the MSA
Council. We always welcome applications
from all areas of the sport.
The applications process comes up every
year to ensure a balanced refreshing of the
membership during the three-year terms,
and I would urge anyone that is interested
in representing the interests of the
thousands of people involved in motor
sport to throw their hat into the ring this
year, and get involved in running our sport.
As you can see, there is much to be
optimistic about going into the new British
season, and I wish you all a safe and
successful year ahead.
Graham Stoker
Chairman
MSA Council
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Motor Sport News Daisy
has
Award
winner a
happy man
Alan Gow, Chairman of the MSA,
presented Peter Cooper with the MSA’s
Lifetime Achievement award at the Royal
Automobile Club in March.
Peter Cooper was Chief Executive of
the MSA from 1982 to 1987 and a longterm
member of the Motor Sports
Council including a spell as chairman
from 1982 to 1985.
Further achievements include 2nd place
in the RAC Rally in 1954, Chairman of the
Kart Committee, an MSA steward of vast
worldwide experience, an FIA World
Council member for many years and an FIA
Vice President d’honneur.
Speaking after receiving the award,
he said: “It is an unexpected honour
to receive this award and after 57
fruitful years, it is lovely to be
honoured in front of all my friends
and former colleagues.
“When I look back, I can say with
confidence that if I’d spent half as much
time on my business as I did on motor
sport, I would have been a lot richer...
but a lot less happy.”
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ABOVE: Peter Cooper (left) receives the MSA Lifetime Achievement Award from Alan Gow,
MSA Chairman.
Go Motorsport initiative is coming
The MSA is to launch a nationwide marketing campaign to
attract thousands of new people to motor sport. Go Motorsport
is the first ever centrally co-ordinated campaign to raise the
profile of motor sport among the general population and will
encourage people to get involved with the sport, whether as
a spectator, participant or volunteer.
An extensive consumer PR, advertising and promotional
campaign will engage the public, with a consistent call to action
driving people to a central website. The website will be designed
to capture people’s interest, explain the many varied disciplines
of the sport and provide clear instructions about how to get
involved. A searchable database will allow visitors to discover
which events and clubs are located near to their postcode.
Go Motorsport is the latest initiative in the MSA’s
commitment to the promotion and development of UK motor
sport, following the recent announcements of Let’s Go Karting
[see story page 8], free first-time competition licences for the
under-16s (see Motorsports Now! winter 2007), continued
investment in the successful Volunteers in Motorsport
programme [see story pages 36-38] and the on-going
commitment to the development of the UK’s elite talent
through the MSA British Race and Rally Elite schemes [see
stories pages 20-27]. In total, over £600,000 will be invested in
these schemes in 2008, in addition to the donations made by
the Club and Rescue development funds.
“This pro-active initiative by the MSA is one of which I am
very proud,” said Alan Gow, MSA Chairman. “The message of
the overall campaign is a simple one: motor sport is fun and
exciting; get out there and have a look because there’s
something for everyone.”
Go Motorsport will be launched officially with a high-profile
media event later this year.
PHOTO: KEN BROOME
Moss
The Daisy Appeal, a
registered charity which
raises funds for Medical
Research and Teaching in
East Yorkshire, has
commissioned limited
edition prints of Sir Stirling
Moss driving an Elva, which
are being offered for sale
to benefit the work of the
charity, signed by both
Sir Stirling and the artist,
Tom Harland. For further
information, visit
www.daisyappeal.org or
e-mail: pspeedie@aol.com
Space craft
ABOVE: Tom Harland’s limited-edition print of Sir Stirling Moss in an Elva.
The MSA and the FIA Institute have concluded a test and
development programme to further improve safety in grass
roots motor sport. The jointly funded project has run a number
of tests over the last two years to determine the safety-level of
cars used in national championships. The work has focused on
the crashworthiness of space-frame chassis construction race
cars, which are used in national single-seater championships
such as Formula Ford.
With assistance from Ford Motor Company and Van Diemen
International, a standard Van Diemen Formula Ford chassis was
fitted with prototype energy absorbing crash structures and
subjected to frontal and side impact tests. The chassis and rollhoop
were also subjected to physical loading tests.
The Van Diemen chassis comfortably met the test criteria,
demonstrating the high level of driver protection that can be
provided by a traditional space-frame chassis. This chassis will be
The MSA paid tribute to David Leslie and Richard Lloyd
following the air crash on 30 March in which they were
among five people killed.
Colin Hilton, MSA Chief Executive, said: “David Leslie was a
hugely popular figure in almost every formula of motor racing in
Britain and had been a member of the MSA’s Safety Advisory
Panel for the last four years. His long and successful driving career
had not yet ended, but he was always keen to use his experience
to help younger drivers coming through the sport. Just this week,
he had been involved in selecting the most promising young talent
in the UK to join the MSA’s British Race Elite scheme.
used as the foundation to develop low cost, but high performing
safety features, including an energy absorbing nosebox, rear
impact structures and anti-penetration side panels.
As a result of the work undertaken by the MSA, crash test
criteria are in the process of being formulated for
implementation in future cars of this construction and a full
report will be completed for the FIA Institute.
John Symes, MSA Technical and Risk Control Manager, said:
“A similar process was undertaken in respect of composite
chassis construction a few years ago and this had led to a
perception that space-frame chassis could not offer adequate
levels of protection. It is essential that the risk inherent in
motor sport continues to be managed to the highest possible
level and the future introduction of these test criteria will
contribute to the continuance of this form of chassis
construction which is common in many formulae.”
David Leslie and Richard Lloyd
“Richard Lloyd was equally well regarded throughout the
sport. Having been a successful driver, it was as a team
manager and owner that Richard really made his name,
working with some of the best drivers in the world and
winning numerous titles. But the pinnacle of his achievements
surely came with the Le Mans-winning Bentley team in 2003,
which was a great success for British motor sport.
“They were both lovely, gentle people and the entire
motor sport community will be shocked and saddened by
this tragic news. Our thoughts and prayers are with the five
families at this time.”
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Devotion
earns Merit
Colin Rossborough, who has dedicated over 30 years
to motor sport in Northern Ireland and has led the way
in the improvements to the rescue service offered at
events, was presented with the MSA’s Prince Michael
Award of Merit in March from Graham Stoker, Chairman
of the MSA Motor Sports Council.
In the late 1980s, Colin held a MSA Rally Licence and
competed in Navigation Rallies, however, he started in
motor sport as an organiser and his interest remained
there progressing more and more into training and then
to rescue. He qualified as an MSA Training Instructor in
1992 and became heavily involved in rescue in 1997,
becoming a Unit Chief in 1998. In 1993, he joined the
MSA Rescue Panel, lending his expertise for the benefit
of the whole sport, and in this role he conducted
rescue assessments for the MSA throughout the UK.
On receiving the award, Colin Rossborough said: “To
be honoured in the company of all these important
people is extraordinary for me and I am truly humbled. I
never got into the sport to gain recognition; I’ve had
many years of fantastic enjoyment and fun and to
receive such a prestigious award is a huge surprise. It
will be strange to leave behind all the great friends I’ve
made in the last 30 years and I would like to thank
everyone for all their support and encouragement
throughout my motor sport career.”
Fiver drivers
The MSA has announced an initiative to give thousands of young
people a taste of the excitement of kart racing for just £5.
Supported by funding of £125,000 from the MSA, Let’s Go Karting
will provide karts, equipment and instructors at locations
throughout the UK in order to enable young people to experience
the thrills of karting without having to make the significant
financial commitment of purchasing their own equipment.
Let’s Go Karting will build upon the excellent work already being
undertaken by many clubs and venues, and some of the existing
operations will be incorporated under the banner of the national
scheme. The MSA intends to select a number of clubs and venues
around the country to participate in the scheme and it is anticipated
that promotional campaigns will reach local school children around
Judgment day
A recent judgment in the Royal Courts
of Justice following an incident at
Warden Law kart circuit clearly upheld
the rights of landowners reasonably to
ban persons from their premises for
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ABOVE: Graham Stoker (left), Chairman of the Motor Sports Council,
presents the HRH Prince Michael Award of Merit to Colin Rossborough.
reasons of unacceptable behaviour.
This applies equally to both
competitors and non-competitors,
irrespective of the status of the activity
taking place at the time.
each centre, taking the sport directly to an important new audience.
The MSA has appointed Rod Taylor, a well-respected and
experienced member of the kart community as Let’s Go Karting
co-ordinator. After more than 20 years in the sport, Rod is now
chairman of the Kart Sporting Committee, represents karting on
the Motor Sports Council and is an MSA Clerk of the Course for
the British Championships.
Rod Taylor said: “Let’s Go Karting will take elements of the
existing programmes and create a blueprint that can be rolled out
to other clubs and venues, building up a centrally-co-ordinated,
but locally-delivered, national scheme.
“It is absolutely the right time to launch this kind of
programme and I am delighted to have been appointed by
the MSA to bring it all together.”
Clubs and venues requiring further information should email:
rod@rtaylor0.orangehome.co.uk
The MSA wholly supports this
judgement and wishes to make it clear to
the entire motor sport community that
personal misbehaviour both on and off
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Cover up
The helmet regulations for junior karting have been
amended to reflect the new standard recently
introduced at International level by the FIA and CIK.
With immediate effect, helmets conforming to the
Snell-FIA CMR2007 standard will be acceptable in
national karting events, alongside the existing
acceptable standards contained within MSA Regulations.
Colin Hilton, MSA Chief Executive, said:
“This new standard has been developed specifically
for young competitors; the helmets complying with this
standard are physically smaller and lighter in weight,
but retain appropriate impact performance. It is entirely
appropriate that we follow the FIA-CIK lead on this issue
and allow these helmets to be used in national karting
in this country. Helmets conforming to the existing
regulations will continue to be acceptable, however, and
we have no plans to change this.”
Advice concerning helmet fit, security and care is
contained within MSA Regulations.
Using
your head
In association with newly appointed insurance
broker, JLT Sport, the MSA has extended the existing
third party cover to provide £5m of Public Liability
insurance for member clubs’ social activities with
effect from 1 January 2008.
Colin Hilton, MSA Chief Executive:
“We are delighted to have been able to work with
JLT Sport to secure these improved terms with
effectively no additional cost to member clubs. As
clubs had been negotiating on an individual basis, we
believe that some had been paying premiums of as
much as £700 per annum. We estimate that by coordinating
this cover centrally, we are probably saving
more than £100,000 of club expenditure. Thanks to
the developing relationship with JLT Sport and the
efforts that they are making on our business, the MSA
is able to provide a significantly enhanced insurance
programme for its member clubs and officials.”
JLT Sport has launched a new website at
www.jltsport.com/msa to provide all the insurance
information required by clubs and organisations,
including details of cover, advice on risk management
and all the relevant claims and application forms.
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ABOVE: MSA Young Journalist of the Year Steven English (left) accepts his
award from Renault UK’s Pat Symonds at the Night of Champions. For a full
pictorial coverage of the event, see pages 16-19.
New panels to be formed
A report from the brainstorming meetings of the Next Generation Forum
and the Women in Motorsport Group during Autumn 2007 was presented
to the Motor Sports Council at its meeting in March.
Council members believed the points raised merited further study and
recommended that a small representative panel should be formed in
each case and should meet periodically. They also thought there was
potential synergy with the Volunteer Officials Advisory Panel and
encouraged appropriate links to be established. The enthusiasm of all
those who had attended the brainstorming meetings and contributed
was gratefully acknowledged. They will be advised of the make-up of the
smaller representative panels (probably during April 2008).
Relief for clubs
Registration as Community Amateur Sports Clubs (CASC) can entitle
sports clubs to benefit from 80 per cent mandatory rate relief and to
reclaim Gift Aid on any donations. There are also exemptions available
from some levels of Corporation Tax under certain circumstances. For
further details, see www.cascinfo.co.uk
Priaulx posted
Following the success of Andy Priaulx from Guernsey in winning the FIA
World Touring Car Championship for the third consecutive year, the
Guernsey Post Office has issued a special miniature sheet containing three
commemorative stamps, each of £1 value. Further details are available on:
www.guernseystamps.com/shop/productdetails.aspx?productid=1072
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MSA News
ABOVE: MSA Young Photographer of the Year Drew Gibson (left) is
presented with his award by Renault UK’s Pat Symonds at the Night of
Champions. For a full pictorial coverage of the event, see pages 16-19.
Take car on the road,
says autotester
Fire officer, Steve Johnson, a member of Accrington Motor Sport Club
and well-known autotester, has teamed up with Blackburn with
Darwen Council and consultants Capita Symonds’ casualty reduction
team on a six-month secondment and will concentrate his efforts on
educating young people and new drivers.
He said: “You are 15 times more likely to die in a car accident
than you are in a house fire and sadly more and more calls answered
by the fire brigade involving turning out to free a young driver trapped
in the wreckage of car crash.”
Ladies hold on
Following the receipt of an
enquiry from a rally driver about
the lack of toilets for his female
co-driver at events, Allan Dean-
Lewis, Head of External Affairs at
the MSA, advised that legislation
UK-wide on the provision of toilets
at temporary sporting venues
tends to be driven by Local
Authority Units rather than by
central regulation, and it would
seem wrong, therefore, for the
MSA to regulate in such a field.
The World Toilet Organisation
(www.worldtoilet.org) has
declared 2008 as the International
Year of Sanitation, and one of
their surveys has identified that
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women take three times longer in
the toilets than men. It would
therefore seem a good opportunity
for us to remind event organisers
that adequate toilet provision
should be made for the number of
people expected to attend events,
to include competitors, officials,
marshals and spectators, and that
the provision of separate male and
female toilets is recommended
wherever possible.
Past MSA surveys among
women in motor sport have
consistently identified the
provision of proper toilet facilities
as a high priority to encourage
continued participation.
Seminar support
Almost 500 Club and Event Officials, including a
number of Licensed Officials, attended the series of
annual MSA seminars, which this year featured 12
locations (the addition of Inverness as a venue
proved very popular). The opportunity of meeting
and getting feedback from such a wide range of
volunteer officials is always much valued by the MSA
and the training team. This year was particularly
rewarding, with upwards of 40 per cent and
sometimes as much as 70 per cent of the audience
representing first time attendees – surely a good
indicator for the future health of the sport.
For those who attended, electronic version of the
handouts can be accessed at www.msauk.org >
MSA Forms > Clubs. Please bear in mind that the
file size for downloading is 2.5Mb.
Flagged up
The Association of Racing Kart Schools (ARKS), which
administers the MSA Novice Kart Driving Test, changed
to a new format of test paper from 1 March. ARKS
Chairman, Ian Ward, said: “For ten years we have used
a simple one-page written test including questions
about flags, safety and general racing with a separate
sheet for the driving test. We now have a six-page full
colour composite test paper, with three variations,
similar to that used by the Association of Race Driving
Schools. The new test paper requires novice drivers to
correctly identify all the flags and achieve 80 per cent of
correct answers in the safety and general section.”
Ton up book
The Middlesex County Automobile Club celebrated
its Centenary in 2005 and has now published a
450-page hardback book on its history entitled One
Hundred Motoring Milestones by Adrian L’Estrange
(Club President). The book costs £20 (plus postage
and packaging). For more information, email:
mcacmilestones@btinternet.com
Tree fees
The MSA has reached agreement with the Forestry
Commission for a new three-year Master Agreement
to provide access to the Forestry Estate for MSApermitted
rally events.
Under the terms of the new agreement, prices have
risen by just 4.2 per cent in line with the Retail Price
Index (RPI) covering the use of Forestry Commission
roads from 1 January to 31 December 2008. The new
three-year agreement will also see fees rise in line with
RPI in 2009 and 2010.
For more information and details of the fees, see the
news item of 2 January on www.msauk.org

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New faces
Below are some biographical notes about
people who have joined MSA Committees
or Advisory Panels.
Autotest Committee
Steve Johnson, from Lancashire
Has served on the Autotest Committee
before from 1998 to 2001. Has competed
in both the MSA and BTRDA
championships from 1987 to 2003.
British Autotest Championship runnerup
six times and also a class winner.
Promoting Autotesting and AutoSOLOS
by talking to press and radio for young
drivers as a way to start motor sport in
Lancashire. Still competes in Autotests
and AutoSOLOS.
Involved in all aspects of stage rally
management/marshalling from 1979 to
date. Has also competed on many road
rallies from 1981 to date.
Cross-Country Committee
Andrew Flanders, from Hertfordshire
Had an upbringing involving watching
Land Rover trials and comp safaris from
the age of five. Long-term committee
member (over 25 years) of the Anglian
Rover Owners Club, until recently, and has
served on the All Wheel Drive Club
Committee as Competitive Safari rep for
several years in the early 90s.
A Log Book Scrutineer for the ALRC and
a member of the ALRC Scrutineering and
Off Road Committee. Also helps
organise/officiate in most posts for all
types of events. Holder of an MSA Car
grade Scrutineer and has been a
competitor in most Cross Country
disciplines (holds a National ‘A’ Rally
Licence). Believes that being informed and
retaining good contacts between clubs and
working together is very important to the
future continuation of motor sport.
Historic Committee
Grahame White
No information available at time of
going to press.
Rallies Committee
Mike Taylor, from Warwickshire
MSA Rally Licence holder for 20
years competing at National ‘A’, ‘B’
and Clubman levels.
Chrys Worboys, from Leeds
Started in radios since 1980 and
became an MSA Radio Co-ordinator from
1984 to the present, is also a MSA
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ABOVE: Steve Johnson will promote driver
safety as part of his position on the
Autotest Committee.
Licensed Radio Controller and also holds
a competition licence. Thirteen-year
member of the Wales Rally GB
Communications Committee. Previously a
Rallies Committee member from 1998 to
2006. Heavily involved with training and
annually supports the BRMC with the
training programme. Member of the
training project support group within the
Volunteers in Motorsport initiative.
Trials Committee
Simon Kingsley, from North Yorkshire
Involved in motor sport for the past 24
years, began Production Car Trialling in
1983 and joined the BTRDA in 1986. Won
the Dorset Fuels young driver of the year
in 1986/1987. During the 90s won the
ANCC, ANWCC and WAMC’s Production
Car Trials Championships.
Was also a member of the ANCC team
which won the inter-association team
trial; also actively involved in organising
Production Car Trials as Clerk of the
Course and Secretary of various events.
Since 1996, has been involved in
Sporting Trials and is a member of
Northern Phoenix Trials Car Club. Whilst
in this club has competed in the BTRDA
Gold Star championship for the last five
years, winning various events and
gaining entry to the red star class. Has
won the best Northern Driver twice in the
past three years. Currently a member of
BTRDA Trials Committee and also a
member of the Northern Phoenix Trials
CC Committee for the past seven years.
Dragster Sub Committee
Paul Satchell, from Worcestershire
Involved in Drag Racing since 1972.
Over the years has been involved
technically with the bike rollers and
timing equipment and has marshalled in
many areas of the sport covering fire and
safety, pits and pairing lanes and
startline. Became Clerk of the Course
National B in 1995 and has held this
licence since then. In 2002 became a
licensed car scrutineer.
Glenn Stockton, from Nottingham
Involved in motor sport since 1979
marshalling on stage and road rallies
and later working as a radio operator on
multi-stage events. Held a Scrutineers
Licence (group 3) in 1988.
Worked throughout 1988 and 1989 on
about 20 rallies, race meetings and sprints
learning from senior scrutineers. In 1989,
upgraded to Scrutineer group 2 and
assisted and also acting as Chief
Scrutineer for many local motor clubs for
Rallies, Sprints and the odd Race Meeting.
In 1991, appointed as an environmental
scrutineer. In 1992, asked to chief at Drag
Race meeting at York Raceway. Still
continues to scrutineer at around 22
meetings a year consisting of 3/4 rallies,
Sprint and Drag Meetings, including FIA
Internationals at Santa Pod.
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Book Reviews
The Porsche Rally Story
Nigel Drayton, MSA Steward and Porsche owner, writes:
This impressive book is a delight to anyone with more than a
passing interest in the marque, and its evolution in world rallying
from the 1950s up to today.
With a wealth of fascinating photographs, the majority in black
and white, but also some excellent colour ones, the author
illustrates not only the development of Porsche from its very early
roots in Volkswagen, Auto-Union and Daimler-Benz, but how its
involvement in motor sport, and rallying in particular, through the
356, benefited the engineering advances which eventually led to
the 911 and subsequent models.
For someone who was not familiar with the origins of the
company, I found the early chapters on the pre-war era very
interesting. Porsche’s involvement in European rallies that have
now passed into rallying folklore was considerable, and this book
Analysing Formula 1
Innovative insights into winners and
winning in Grand Prix racing since 1950
Publisher’s note:
So who is the greatest driver of them all? Formula 1’s rich
heritage is steeped in the myth and legend of the sport’s true
greats. Analysing Formula 1 separates Grand Prix fact from Grand
Prix fantasy by introducing new perspectives and analysis about
winners and winning since 1950.
The book’s main theme is the quest to differentiate and
compare the achievements of drivers across different eras. This
search introduces some fresh vocabulary to F1 and draws up a
new hierarchy for Grand Prix winners.
After examining the flair, style and victory profiles of the top
drivers, the study confirms that beyond race winners and
champions, there are three drivers who transcend the rest.
Compiled by an expert analyst with a passion for motor racing,
Audi quattro
A celebration of the world’s
first turbocharged 4x4 coupé
Publisher’s note:
Searching for Vorsprung durch Technik (Progress
through Technology) a small squad of research
and development engineers at Audi’s HQ in
Bavaria broke the rules in the late 1970s.
Under the leadership of ex-Porsche
engineering legend Dr Ferdinand Piech, without
official blessing, they raided the factory’s parts
bins to create the first prototypes of what would
become the revolutionary Audi quattro.
From its public debut at Geneva in March
1980, the quattro was an instant sensation. The
original two-door coupé was a low-volume
image-building exercise that resulted in a
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brings out this nostalgia for those
early years.
The heyday of the 911 in the 1960s
and ‘70s is not forgotten with many
interesting photographs and
informative text. Remember the
Martini 911s? These are covered
here, as is also the Porsche excursion into Rally
Raids, with the memorable Rothmans 959s.
Not a cheap book at £45, but if you are a fan of the marque and
have an interest in the classic European rallies, this is for you.
The Porsche Rally Story by Laurence Meredith
ISBN 978-1-84584-109-6
Published by: Veloce Publishing
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RRP: £45
this book also offers a comprehensive look
at the 58-year history of the FIA Formula 1
World Championship.
Season by season, the alterations to the
Grand Prix landscape – the races, circuits,
drivers, cars and teams are described and
analysed in depth and detail. With
approximately 80,000 words,
150 graphics and tables and
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Analysing Formula 1
by Roger Smith
ISBN: 978-1-84425-447-7
Published by Haynes
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RRP: £30.00
production run of over 11,500, rather than
Audi’s original estimate of 400.
The quattro seized four World Championship
titles from 1982-1984, guided by driving talent
such as Michele Mouton, Hannu Mikkola,
Walter Röhrl, Stig Blomqvist and Per Eklund.
This is the full story of Audi’s pioneering 4x4
turbo-charged coupé. Illustrated with specially
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text chronicles the quattro’s unconventional
birth and evolution.
Audi quattro
by Jeremy Walton
ISBN: 978-1-84425-330-2
Published by Haynes Publishing
www.haynes.co.uk
RRP: £19.99
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Night of Champions Night of Champions
Night of nights
The annual presentation of MSA awards for British Championships is the highlight
of the motor sports social scene. Once again, it took place at the prestigious
Royal Automobile Club in Pall Mall, and was compered by Tony Jardine. The
Night of Champions was supported by Brit Insurance and JLT Sport and hosted
by Alan Gow, Chairman of the MSA. The MSA British Championship awards were
presented by Andy Priaulx, three times FIA World Touring Car Champion.
ABOVE: Championship winners for 2007 show off their spoils at the end of the night. Absent from the evening were Phil Pugh (British Rally
Championship co-driver), Trevor Roberts (British Long Kart Champion), Darren Gass and Neil Shanks (British Junior Rally Champion and
co-driver), Marko Asmer (British Formula 3 Champion) and Vauxhall (British Touring Car Championship Manufacturer Title winner).
BELOW: Andy Priaulx (right) presents Garry Preston, British
Production Car Trial Champion, with his trophy.
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ABOVE: British Cadet Kart Champion Brett Wykes.
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ABOVE: Richard Kershaw, British Off-Road Champion (left)
and co-driver Graham Broadbent have some fun on stage.
ABOVE: British Junior Kart Champion Oliver Rowland.
ABOVE: Chris Rodgers, British
Short Circuit Kart
Championship winner.
ABOVE: Compere Tony Jardine (left) listens to the acceptance speech of British Historic
Rally Champion David Stokes (left), as co-driver Guy Weaver and Andy Priaulx look on.
BELOW: JLT Sport’s Tony Venning (right)
presents Peter Wilson with the MSA
Marshal of the Year Award.
BELOW: MSA Chief Executive, Colin Hilton, presents Rachel Green
with the Lord Wakefield Trophy.
BELOW: British Sprint Champion Matt Oliver.
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Night of Champions
ABOVE: Aberdeen and District Motor Club were awarded the prestigious JLT Sport
MSA Club of the Year. JLT Sport’s Tony Venning (centre) presented the award to
President Graham Bruce and Secretary Janet Dickson.
ABOVE: Andy Robinson accepts the award for British Drag
Racing Champion.
ABOVE: Regular compere Tony Jardine and special guest, triple
World Touring Car Champion Andy Priaulx, who presented a
number of the awards.
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BELOW: Fabrizio Giovanardi makes his acceptance
speech for winning the British Touring Car
Championship.
BELOW: Bradley Ellis (with microphone) and Alex Mortimer were the joint
winners of the British GT Championship title.
BELOW: British Rallycross Champion Ollie O’Donovan.
ABOVE: British Sporting Trial Champion, John Fack,
receives his award.
BELOW: Paul Swift, British Autotest Champion.
ABOVE: Lewis Hamilton accepts the Hawthorn Trophy from MSA Chairman Alan Gow.
BELOW: Martin Groves, British Hill Climb Champion.
Night of Champions
ABOVE: Paul Brigden of Mitsubishi Motors UK accepts the award for
British Rally Championship Teams winner.
BELOW: British Rally Champion driver Guy Wilkes
accepts his award. Co-driver Phil Pugh was unable
to attend the evening.
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MSA British Rally Elite
News from the MSA British Rally Elite programme
Driving Rally
Talent Forward
The depth of talent in the MSA British
Rally Elite and Academy schemes
was apparent on the Malcolm
Wilson Rally in Cumbria. With seven
members making the start ramp and
featuring prominently in the battle for
points in their classes, it signalled the start
of a fiercely competitive season.
Elite member Alastair Fisher was first to
put a marker down and led the VK Ford
Fiesta SportingTrophy 2008 competitors
after SS1. He was being closely followed
by fellow Elite member Chris Ridge, codriving
for Academy member Kris Hall,
who was just one second behind.
By the end of SS3, Fisher had stretched
his lead to 10 seconds. However, disaster
struck for the Ulsterman as he suffered a
broken rear stub axle, forcing him to retire
in SS4. This allowed Hall and Ridge to
seize the lead. Their luck did not hold
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either though, and the pair had an
overshoot in the stage, which would lead
to gearbox failure and ultimately force
them to retire from the rally.
Another member of the MSA British
Academy scheme was to profit from the
demise of the previous rally leaders.
Stevie Brown was handily placed in
second by the end of SS4, and moved into
joint first position heading into the final
service of the day. Brown went on to set a
time eight seconds quicker than his
nearest rival, handing him his first VK Ford
Fiesta SportingTrophy 2008 win.
Speaking after the event, Stevie said, “It
was a strange weekend for us, we came
into the event unsure where our pace
would be. We were placed midway in the
field come the first service, and our aim
was to try to creep our way up a few
places before the end. With the loss of the
rally leaders along with finding more
confidence on the stages, we set some
good times and ended up going into the
final stage tied but eventually came out on
top. It is the perfect start to the season,
but now the hard work starts in trying to
stay on top for the next round.”
Other members of the Academy scheme
taking part in the Malcolm Wilson Rally
included driver Nick Rowland, and codrivers
Craig Dew and Gareth Roberts.
No gears for Greer on Sunseeker
MSA British Rally Elite member Jonny
Greer’s Evo Challenge debut at Rallye
Sunseeker came to a premature end
due to technical difficulties. After a
promising start, the Northern Irish driver
suffered transmission troubles and when
his gearbox was changed in the service
area the job overran the allotted time,
ABOVE: The Elite and Academy groups with
MSA Chief Executive, Colin Hilton (centre).
forcing him to retire on SS7.
Academy co-drivers Andrew Roughead
and Craig Dew also contested the
Bournemouth-based event. Roughead
finished 13th in class, alongside driver
Melis Charalambous, while Dew and driver
LEFT: Kris Hall and Chris Ridge on the
Malcolm Wilson Rally.
Simon Harraway retired on SS10 after
sliding off the road on a hairpin and
getting stuck.
David Bogie and co-driver Kevin Rae
scored their maiden victory in the series
after the Scottish pair took the lead on
stage two and held off the battling field
behind them to win by nine seconds.
Marshall wins Riponian
MSA British Rally Academy co-driver Seb
Marshall partnered Tim Pearcey to victory
at the Riponian Rally in February. By
halfway, the duo were leading the rally
overall. They increased their lead to 47
seconds by the time they returned to the
finish at the Lightwater Valley theme park,
having won nine of the 14 stages.
MSA British Rally Elite
It was Seb’s first rally in a four-wheeldrive
machine, and the victory came the
same week Seb was re-selected for the
MSA British Rally Academy.
WRC points in Mexico
MSA British Rally Elite graduates and
current world rally championship
hotshots Matthew Wilson and Scott
Martin have scored their first points of
the year on the third round of the FIA
ABOVE: Adam Gould sweats it out during
some core strengthening exercises.
World Rally Championship Corona Rally
Mexico. The pair finished sixth overall,
capturing three valuable manufacturer
points for the Stobart VK M-Sport Ford
rally team. Sixth place also gave Matt his
first driver’s point for 2008, putting him
10th in the Drivers’ Championship. It was
the first event this year in which he and
co-driver Scott had been nominated to
score manufacturer points for the Stobart
squad and it is Scott’s best result in the
WRC; eclipsing his previous best of
eighth in Rally Mexico last year.
Speaking after the event, Wilson said:
“Finishing inside the top six is a great
feeling and I am happy with how our pace
has improved from last year. When we got
into the position on Saturday we were in a
bit of a no-man’s land with big gaps to fifth
and seventh, but with Gigi out on Friday it
was important to finish and keep the
Stobart team in a strong position.”
MSA British Rally Elite
scheme praised
The MSA British Rally Elite scheme
received praise from pivotal figures in the
motor sport world after its first group
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MSA British Rally Elite MSA British Rally Elite
training session of 2008 in Edinburgh.
While the young drivers and co-drivers
on the MSA-backed scheme were put
through their paces at Edinburgh
University from Friday to Sunday – in a
schedule drawn up to mirror that of a WRC
event – the open day for non-members on
Saturday proved to be a real eye-opener
for some senior motor sport figures.
BP-Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team
principal Malcolm Wilson, who gave a
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motivational talk to scheme members, was
fulsome in his praise of the way in which
the MSA British Rally Elite was educating
the stars of tomorrow.
Members of the MSA British Rally Elite
and Academy classes were given training
sessions on the three main sport science
elements; sport psychology, physiology
and strength and conditioning.
The Elite group benefited from one-toone
discussions on how to improve
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personal skills and performance in rallying,
while the Academy competitors received
training in a workshop environment.
The weekend also delivered information
on diet and nutrition, sponsorship and
business skills and media and interview
training – all from experts in the field. MSA
Chief Executive Colin Hilton attended on
day one for first-hand experience of the
training and to keep an eye on how the
young hopefuls were developing.
As well as being the first group session
in 2008, the event was open to nonmembers
for the first time. The organisers
decided to run an introductory workshop
and networking opportunity after being
impressed by the response they got from
LEFT: Chris Ridge is put to the test while
below, from left, Alastair Fisher and Jonny
Greer warm up for training.
YOUNG TALENT TIME
MSA Chief Executive, Colin Hilton, writes: “The MSA Elite
schemes have made a huge impact on driver development in
recent years and there is now widespread acceptance that it
takes more than just money and raw talent to make it in this
sport. We have extremely high hopes for these new recruits
and I am sure that they will benefit from the proven skills and
expertise of the programme and the tangible endorsement of
the sport’s governing body. It’s a great time to be a young
driver in Britain right now and we have some very exciting
plans for the future development of our schemes.”
those who applied for the scheme
but were unsuccessful.
As well as a host of aspiring young
drivers and co-drivers, a number of
championship organisers and motor sport
officials also took up the invitation to see
what the scheme had to offer first hand.
MSA British Rally Championship chief
Mark Taylor said he was extremely
impressed by what was on offer. “Those
who did not attend this event really have
missed out because the quality of training
on offer through the MSA British Rally Elite
scheme is fantastic. I really believe we will
see some of the people on the scheme
today go on to be very successful in the
British Rally Championship and World
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Rally Championship in the future.”
Performance Director Robert Reid was
greatly encouraged by this season’s
group who, he believes, have gelled
together well and really grasped this
fantastic opportunity.
“The three-day session has gone
remarkably well and it’s been great to
meet and work with both the returning
members and the new competitors. What
they have learnt from the various experts
and instructors over the weekend will
absolutely make a different to their
competitive performance going forward.
Having now worked with this strong group
I’m really excited to see what they will
achieve this year.”
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MSA British Race Elite MSA British Race Elite
Driving Race
Talent Forward
News from the MSA British Race Elite programme
David Brabham, Performance
Director, looks back on the initial
year of the Race Elite programme,
and the progress made by the six
talented drivers involved.
“As we come to the close of the first
year of this MSA Race Elite programme, we
can look back and be proud of the
progress the six young talented British
drivers have made.
“We at Brabham Performance Clinic
have enjoyed working with these drivers
in developing their skills, and we look
forward to continuing with three of our
drivers into the new season and
welcoming Stuart Hall, Andy Meyrick
and Alexander Sims.
“We’d like to thank Colin Turkington,
Adrian Quaife-Hobbs and Michael
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Meadows for the dedication, enthusiasm
and professionalism they showed
towards the programme, and wish
them every success in their future
motor sport careers.
“This season will be a little different to
last year as we introduce the Race
Academy in addition to the Elite and its
first four drivers, Jack Clarke, James Cole,
Ollie Millroy and Rupert Svendsen-Cook.
“This is designed to bring more drivers
into the programme, and it gives us a
chance to have a look at younger driver
with perhaps a little less experience.
“ We will continue to work closely,
on a one-to-one basis, with the Elite
drivers and to continue improving the
scheme for its second year.
“To complete the 12-month programme
we set out each year, and help our drivers
prepare for the 2008 season, we have
recently carried out visits to two of our
key technical partners.
“The day at Hewland Engineering was
very well received and we would like to
thank William Hewland for his time and
great presentation on the workings of a
gearbox and differentials.
“Fiona Miller and John Hindhaugh
shared their knowledge and experience
in media skills and the drivers were
interviewed on camera. They were asked
some interesting and difficult questions
to put them under pressure, and I was
Alexander Sims (above) and Andy Meyrick
(right) are exciting additions to this year’s
Race Elite Programme.
RIGHT: The visit to Zytek Engineering gave
an insight into its engines and electronics.
fascinated to see how different they
were in front of the camera.”
New faces for 2008
When applications closed on 29 February
for places in both the 2008 Elite and
Academy schemes, more than 65 requests
had been received.
David Brabham and Don Macpherson
selected 20 candidates to be put forward
for the interview process.
Leading the panel of judges – the
same five as last year – was Peter Briggs,
a highly experienced single-seater team
owner/manager.
He was joined by Oliver Gavin, former
British F3 Champion and current factory
GM sportscar champion; Chris Gorne,
race engineer in Renault World Series
and engineer to the successful A1
Team New Zealand; Matt James, Racing
Editor of Motorsport News,with
particular responsibilities for BTCC
and national racing, and David Leslie
[who tragically since died in a plane
crash on March 30], one of Britain’s
most versatile racing drivers having
raced in single-seaters, touring cars
and sportscars, and being a commentator
with Eurosport Television.
Judging took place on Wednesday, 26
March to find the three drivers who would
become MSA British Race Elite members.
Including Henry Arundel, Sam Bird and
Andrew Jordan, who are about to start
their second year on the scheme, the
drivers and the championships in which
they will be competing are:
• Henry Arundel British Formula 3
Championship
• Sam Bird Formula 3 Euroseries
• Stuart Hall Le Mans Series
• Andrew Jordan British Touring Car
Championship
• Andy Meyrick British Formula 3
Championship
(National Class)
• Alexander Sims Formula Renault UK
Championship
The new MSA British Race Academy is a
‘feeder’ programme, which will offer many
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MSA British Race Elite
of the same development opportunities,
but without the individualised one-to-one
coaching that the Elite members receive.
The 2008 Academy drivers are:
• Jack Clarke Formula Palmer
Audi Series
• James Cole British Formula Ford
Championship
• Ollie Millroy Formula BMW Europe
Championship
• Rupert Formula BMW
Svendsen-Cook Europe Championship
Visit to Zytek
On 27 February, four drivers visited
Zytek Engineering’s impressive facilities
at Repton, near Derby. Their hosts for
the day were Operations Director, John
Manchester, and Race Systems
Applications Engineer, Pete May.
After a comprehensive presentation on
the company, its engines and electronics,
which included insights into future
technologies such as the Kinetic Energy
Recovery System (KERS) which will soon
be in use by an F1 team, they were treated
to a tour of the factory.
Three thousand five hundred parts
go into a modern racing engine such as
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those prepared by Zytek for A1GP and
sportscars, and more than 70 per cent of
the parts are manufactured in-house. The
scale of the machining department was
particularly impressive.
Michael Meadows, who is competing in
the 2008 International Formula Masters
Series as well as the British GT
Championship, said afterwards: “I learnt a
BELOW: Programme members were
surprised with an impromptu TV interview
as part of their media training at Hewland.
lot about basic stuff that drivers should
know, and don’t, on areas such as
electronic management systems, gear
cuts and traction control systems.
“John Manchester gave a good talk
about engines and gear related technology
and the factory was very impressive. It was
also interesting to see how things are
becoming more eco-friendly, with the
introduction of bio-fuels for example.”
Visit to Hewland
Hewland Engineering, which makes
gearboxes for every level of the sport,
played host for the day and the morning
was given over to the company’s
Managing Director, William Hewland,
and Design Director, Andy Scott for
their presentation and tour.
Hewland, a former driver himself, was
able to explain to the group very clearly
how the care and use of a gearbox can
make the difference in a lap time.
We saw how the gearboxes and gears
are designed, constructed and assembled,
and how they form an integral part of the
car in terms of weight distribution,
aerodynamics and suspension pick up
points. Andy Scott also gave a detailed
technical talk on differentials.
British Formula 3 rookie, Henry Arundel,
commented: “It was, as usual, a very good
MSA British Race Elite day. It’s good to see
everything broken down and exactly how it
all works so I can go back and relate it to
racing. Differentials are something quite
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MSA British Race Elite
LEFT: Andy Meyrick in action at the British
Formula 3 Championship at Brands Hatch.
complex technically to understand, but now
we all know a bit more about them.”
Media training
The group stayed at Hewland’s premises for
the afternoon’s media training, which was
run by Fiona Miller and TV/radio presenter
and commentator, John Hindhaugh.
This encompassed a surprise TV
interview, which would later be
analysed, and a workshop covering
the basic rules of public relations,
communication and media relations.
The drivers heard of the importance
of having up-to-date website, the ‘dos’ and
‘don’ts’ of talking to the media, as well as
some crucial tips and training in interview
technique for both television and radio.
Andrew Jordan, who is approaching his
first season in the HiQ MSA British Touring
Car Championship, said of the session,
“This was one of the most useful things we
have done so far. I feel we can put it into
practice each time we talk to someone. I
really enjoyed it.”
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MSA Championships MSA Championships
BRITISH
CHAMPIONSHIPS
HiQ MSA British Touring Car
British Formula 3
Avon Tyres British GT
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2007 Champion: Fabrizio Giovanardi
2008 Championship positions after two rounds
1 Fabrizio Giovanardi 63 points
2 Mat Jackson 56
3 Gordon Shedden 50
www.btcc.net
2007 Champion: Marko Asmer
For details of 2008 qualifying rounds,
see www.fota.co.uk
2007 Champions: Bradley Ellis & Alex
Mortimer
2008 Championship positions after four rounds
=1 Michael Cullen 23 points
=1 Paddy Shovlin 23
=3 Allan Simonsen 18
=3 Hector Lester 18
www.britishf3gt.com
Dunlop/Gambia MSA British Historic Rally
2007 Champions: David Stokes (driver)
& Guy Weaver (co-driver)
For details of 2008 qualifying rounds,
see www.hrcr.co.uk/bhrc
Tesco 99 Octane MSA British Rally
2007 Champions: Guy Wilks (driver) & Phil
Pugh (co-driver)
For details of 2008 qualifying rounds,
see www.rallybrc.co.uk
Nicholson McLaren MSA British Hill Climb
2007 Champion: Martin Groves
For details of 2008 qualifying rounds,
see www.top12runoff.co.uk
SBD Motorsport MSA British Sprint
MSA British Drag Racing
2007 Champion: Matt Oliver
2008 Championship positions after three rounds
1 Roy Dawson 25 points
2 Steve Robb Jnr 24
3 Steve Miles 23
www.britishsprint.org
2007 Champion: Andy Robinson
For details of 2008 qualifying rounds,
see www.santapod.co.uk
MSA British Short Circuit Kart
2007 Champion: Chris Rogers
2008 Championship positions after two rounds
1 Richard Bradley 100 points
2 Lee Bell 92
3 Mark Litchfield 91
www.s1series.co.uk
MSA British Long Circuit (Superkart)
MSA British Junior Kart
MSA British Cadet Kart
2007 Champion: Trevor Roberts
2008 Championship positions after two rounds
1 Jason Dredge 80 points
2 Matthew Bett 70
3 Dean Hawley 60
www.superkart.org
2007 Champion: Oliver Rowland
2008 Championship positions after two rounds
1 Carl Stirling 98 points
2 Mackenzie Taylor 96
3 Alexander Albon 91
www.s1series.co.uk
2007 Champion: Brett Wykes
For details of 2008 qualifying rounds,
see www.brdcstars.com
MSA British Sporting Trial
MSA British Car Trial
BRITISH CAR TRIAL
CHAMPIONSHIP
2007 Champion: John Fack
Provisional 2008 Championship positions
after five rounds
1 Duncan Stephens 73 points
2 John Fack 56
3 Roland Uglow 53
2007 Champion: Garry Preston
For details of 2008 qualifying rounds,
see www.msa-cartrial.org.uk
Link Up Ltd MSA British Autotest
2007 Champion: Paul Swift
2008 Championship positions after one round
1 Alastair Moffatt 11
=2 Malcolm Livingston 10
=2 Gavin Dickson 10
=2 Howard Everingham 10
www.msa-autotest.org.uk
Britpart MSA British Cross-Country
BRITISH CROSS-COUNTRY
CHAMPIONSHIP
MSA British Rallycross
2007 Champion: Richard Kershaw
2008 Championship positions after one round
1 Neil Davey
2 Richard Kershaw
3 Tim Dilworth
www.Marches4x4.com
2007 Champion: Ollie O’Donovan
For details of 2008 qualifying rounds,
see www.rallycrossuk.com
OTHER MSA CHAMPIONSHIPS
Pirelli MSA Gravel Rally
MSA English Rally
2007 Champions: Marcus Dodd (driver)
& Andrew Bargery (co-driver)
For details of 2008 qualifying rounds,
see www.gravelrally.co.uk
Richard Egger Insurance MSA Asphalt Rally
2007 Champion: Steve Simpson
For details of 2008 qualifying rounds,
see www.asphaltrallying.co.uk
2007 Champions: Tristan Pye (driver) &
Andy Morgan (co-driver)
For details of 2008 qualifying rounds,
see www.englishrally.co.uk
OTHER MSA CHAMPIONSHIPS CONTINUED
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MSA Championships
Pacenotes MSA Northern Ireland Rally
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2007 Champions: Glenn Allen (driver) &
Damien Connolly (co-driver)
For details of 2008 qualifying rounds,
see www.nirally.co.uk
County Saab MSA Scottish Rally
2007 Champions: Gary Adam (driver) &
Gordon Adam (co-driver)
For details of 2008 qualifying rounds,
see www.scottishrallychampionship.co.uk
Pine Lodge Maps MSA Welsh Rally
2007 Champions: Damian Cole (driver)
& Andy Morgan (co-driver)
For details of 2008 qualifying rounds,
see www.wamcweb.com
For the latest positions, qualifying events and links to
Championship websites, visit: www.msauk.org
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MSA British Drag Racing Championships (Pro Modified) MSA British Drag Racing Championships (Pro Modified)
Showstoppers
Robin Jackson traces the history of Pro Modifieds and takes a
look at the 2008 MSA British Drag Racing Championship.
Allow us to present the most
extrovert racing machines
ever to contest an MSA British
Championship.
Visitors to January’s Autosport-
International will have left the Live Action
Arena with ringing ears after Andy
Robinson’s demonstration burnout closed
the show. Robinson’s 1953 Studebaker
Commander is a Pro Modified, the class
designated last year to compete for the
MSA British Drag Racing Championship,
and Robinson is the inaugural MSA
British Champion.
Pro Mods are the quickest and fastest
‘doorslammers’ in drag racing, the most
colourful and diverse of the sport’s senior
classes. Originating in the United States in
the 1980s, they hark back to drag racing’s
early, unregulated, match-racing days,
when you would simply ‘run what ya
brung’ and hope you had ‘brung’ enough.
Drag racing had emerged as a byproduct
of the hot-rod craze that
engulfed American youth in the boom
years following World War II. Once they
had customised, modified or even built
their vehicles from scratch, hot rodders
would prove them against one another by
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racing them illegally on the street, or
‘drag’, often between traffic lights. It was
considered a test of the machine, not the
man – a budding racing driver could
always hone his handling skills at the
nearest speedway.
However, the human urge to compete
took hold. The fledgling National Hot Rod
Association (NHRA), formed in 1951 to
bring some coherence and respectability
to the hot-rod scene, soon found itself
concentrating on the competitive aspects
alone, seeking to bring these young
tearaways off the public roads and into
safer surroundings.
Frequently, local airfields would be
used, a concrete runway or taxiway roped
off for the occasion to offer a suitable
racing environment. By 1955, when NHRA
conducted its first national championship,
drag racing had become a distinct,
organised motor sport.
It seems fortuitous that those early
practitioners settled on the quarter-mile
as the standard race distance. Some
considered it too short. No-one ever
imagined that dragsters would one day
routinely top 300mph across the finish line.
Periodically during the next half-century,
ABOVE: Andy Robinson on his way to
winning last year’s Championship. He has
started the 2008 season in good form.
racers of an independent bent would tire
of following the rules and try some new
kick, occasionally to lasting effect. Thus, in
the early 1980s a vogue grew, among
racers with a sense of nostalgia, for
shoehorning giant, ‘mountain motor’ V8s
into classic sedans.
Mid-1950s Chevrolets were a favourite,
their aerodynamic shortcomings earning
them the nickname ‘shoebox racers’.
Founded in the Deep South – NASCAR’s
heartland where racecars traditionally
have doors – their numbers grew as their
popularity spread.
With that growth came assimilation into
drag racing’s mainstream, producing a
formal class structure and a new, official
name: Pro Modified. Yet that assimilation
has never been total.
While Pro Mods have become a staple of
several smaller US sanctioning bodies,
NHRA has never fully embraced them,
running them only as an independent
‘exhibition’ class at a selection of its races.
So they have never quite shaken off their
renegade image – which only serves to
enhance their popular appeal.
No such qualms inhibit Europe’s
motorsport authorities. Designated as the
MSA Championship class and accepted into
the FIA Championship fold, these former
outlaws are now welcomed at the top table.
The Pro Mod vogue crossed the Atlantic
in the later 1980s and now some 40 teams
exist in Europe. Twice a year, two dozen or
more of the best congregate at Santa Pod
Raceway for the Main Event and the FIA
BELOW: Philip Englefield in his 1938 Ford
Coupe warms things up.
European Finals, when MSA Rounds 2 and
4 are combined with the first and last FIA
Championship rounds.
Importantly, homegrown talent is rising.
One veteran, Gordon Appleton, has retired
but three new British drivers enter
competition this year. Graham Ellis, Roger
Moore and Wayne Nicholson are all
accomplished Sportsman racers who will
join Ian Bishop, Danny Cockerill, Philip
LEFT: You need more than just brakes to
stop these powerhouses.
Englefield, Kevin Slyfield, Robinson and
Ray White as Britain’s elite.
Last season’s bad weather was the only
hindrance as 26 entries scored MSA
Championship points. When conditions
allowed, the racing was superb. During
qualifying at May’s Main Event, Danny
Cockerill and Dutchman Robert Joosten
became the first Europeans to crack the
230mph barrier, though rain stopped play
before records could be established. (To
be ratified as a record, an elapsed time or
terminal speed must be supported to
within one per cent by another achieved
during the same event.)
Fine weather at September’s FIA
European Finals produced a thrilling race
packed with outstanding performances.
Sweden’s Michael Gullqvist (6.156
seconds) and Mikael Lindahl (6.110sec.)
both lowered the European elapsed-time
record and Robinson secured a formidable
lead in the MSA points, cemented two
weeks later at the UK National Finals.
The smaller fields seen at MSA Rounds
No-one ever imagined that dragsters would one
day routinely top 300mph across the finish line
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MSA British Drag Racing Championships (Pro Modified)
1, 3 and 5 will be bolstered this year by the
new British entries, plus several European
teams expected to make the trip.
Stringent regulations now govern the
construction and engineering of Pro
Mods, but have not stifled the racers’
ingenuity and imagination. The cars
involved are entertainingly diverse in their
styles and origins.
Current UK entries range from Philip
Englefield’s 1938 Ford Coupe to Ian
Bishop’s 1996 Dodge Avenger. Most
bodyshells are composite-material
replicas, in part if not in whole. Robinson’s
Studebaker will open its MSA
Championship defence carrying a fresh
carbon-fibre body.
Conversely, Kevin Slyfield’s 1941 Willys,
new last year, is original steel. When Roger
Moore’s 2000 Dodge Viper debuts at the
CHAMPIONSHIP INFORMATION
motorsports now! spring 2008
Main Event, UK racecars will encompass
seven of the last eight decades. Only the
1970s will await a representative.
And if a 200mph Morris Marina sounds
an implausible concept, consider Ray
White’s 1955 Ford Zephyr – in Pro Mod
terms, only a mildly eccentric choice of
racecar. The Zephyr’s original steel body
left Dagenham attached to an ordinary
family car and, after many transformations,
found itself 50 years later wrapped
around a full-race Pro Mod chassis and
blown methanol motor.
Sad to say, in the cause of higher
performance the heavy steel shell has now
been discarded. Instead, an exact, carbonfibre
replica will adorn the car in 2008.
Nowadays Pro Mods come in two forms:
supercharged and naturally-aspirated. The
first Pro Mods used unblown V8s, relying on
2008 marks Santa Pod Raceway’s 43rd year of operation and the MSA British
Drag Racing Championship will take place during these events throughout the year:
21-24 March: Auto Trader Easter Thunderball
23-26 May: FIA Main Event (combined MSA British/FIA European round)
14-15 June: Summer Nationals
4-7 September: FIA European Finals (combined MSA British/FIA European round)
27-28 September: National Finals
Santa Pod: 01234 782 828 http://www.santapod.co.uk/dr_msa.php
Trakbak Racing Ltd. promotes the MSA British Drag Racing Championship and all rights to the series
are owned by Trakbak’s CEO, Keith Bartlett. The Championship Co-ordinator is Kjell Pettersson.
ABOVE: Drivers from throughout Europe
compete in the MSA Championship,
including Finland’s Seppo Saapola and his
Chrysler 300.
petrol, large displacements and nitrousoxide
injection for their motive power. Then
smaller engines burning supercharged
methanol began to set new performance
standards, and still hold the edge today.
The blown methanol motors top out at a
‘mere’ 526 cubic inches (8.6 litres). The
unblown nitrous monsters stretch to 740
c.i. (12.1 litres), described as ‘miracles of
rotating assembly’. Traditionalists will
insist there is no sound to beat their basso
profundo rumble and bark.
However, cutting-edge performance
demands much more than bunging in a big
motor. All the horsepower and torque in
the world are useless if they cannot be
hooked to the track, while perfect
transmission is negated if power falls
short. And poor driving can ruin the lot.
For when it comes to head-to-head
eliminations, times and speeds are
incidental. Driving the quickest car is no
guarantee of success – it’s first-past-thepost
that counts. A fractionally late start, a
steering wiggle on the way – any small
hitch can hand victory to one’s opponent.
Drag racing is intense and decisive. The
proverbial split-second often does separate
winner from loser and there is no next lap,
no re-run, on which to rectify mistakes.

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Volunteers in Motorsport
MSA support
continues
With the three-year government funding from MDUK at an end, the MSA’s
Volunteers in Motorsport (ViM) project – established to encourage more
marshals and volunteer officials into the sport – is moving into a new phase
as an MSA-funded initiative.
Marshals Working Group and
Volunteer Officials Group
These two groups met for the first time
during March and will be meeting again
in June and September. Working parties
linked to these groups will also meet
during the year.
Marshals Working Group –
Chairman, Chris Hobson
The membership of this group reflects all
the areas which use marshals, including
permanent and non-permanent venues,
motorsports now! spring 2008
rallies and off-road events. Representatives
include those from BMMC, BARC, BRSCC,
Castle Combe, 750MC, BRDC, D&DMC,
SMRC, karts, speed events (sprints and hill
climbs), rallies and off-road. Other
representatives from non-fixed venue
disciplines may be co-opted later.
The remit of this group is:
• Recruitment – co-ordination and
enablement of recruiting drives across
the whole sport;
• Co-operation, co-ordination and
enablement of marshalling across all
clubs and circuits;
• Retention – what is needed to retain the
volunteers we have, including incentive
schemes, working conditions etc.;
• Training – co-ordination of all marshals’
training, including encouraging common
working practices and standards, annual
planning of priority topics, co-ordination
and authorisation of subjects in which
training is to be given, preparation of
training products etc.;
• Grading – overview of the MSA grading
scheme and its development.
PHOTO: MICHAEL WARD

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Volunteers in Motorsport
Volunteer Officials Group –
Chairman, Sue Sanders
The purpose of this group is to consider
the needs of all volunteer officials –
stewards, clerks, timekeepers, radio
operators, scrutineers, rescue and
recovery people as well as MSA Trainers
and Buddies. The group will liaise with
MSA specialist committees and working
groups as appropriate, in typically the
following areas:
• Recruitment of new officials and the
progression of registered marshals
towards licensed official status;
• Retention of existing volunteer officials,
what support is currently provided and
examine future possibilities;
• Training – current provision and what
future needs can be identified/addressed;
• Grading – Upgrade, retention etc,
including recognition of experience
within a grade.
All marshals and officials are encouraged
to contribute their ideas and comments to
the appropriate group.
Send any items for discussion by email to
Richard Nunn (MSA Secretariat for both
groups) at richard.nunn@msauk.org; Chris
Hobson, Chairman, Marshals Working Group
at chris.hobsonfbcs@btopenworld.com; Sue
Sanders, Chairman, Volunteer Officials
Group at sue@summerfieldsanders.com
motorsports now! spring 2008
New volunteer awards
The MSA is pleased to announce
additional awards to support the existing
JLT MSA Marshal of the Year award – a
prestigious award presented each year at
the MSA Night of Champions.
During 2008, the MSA will provide
an opportunity for clubs to nominate
members of their club or association
for a number of awards.
Each award will consist of a trophy (to
be held by the recipient for 12 months),
with a replica or other supplementary
award to recognise their achievements.
The Volunteer Awards Scheme will
recognise volunteer marshals and officials
who have shown their commitment in
many ways such as:
• Exceptional level of attendance at events;
• Encouraging recruitment;
• Supporting club or volunteer activities;
• Other outstanding efforts to benefit
the sport.
Individuals will need to be nominated
by an MSA Registered Club, Association
or Recognised Group, and nominations
must be accompanied by a completed
application form, which will ask for
supporting information about the reasons
for nomination.
The MSA Awards panel should receive
nominations by the end of May, so that the
winners can be announced at the end of
June. The MSA Awards panel may select
nominees for special awards to recognise
excellence and effort.
Application forms and further information
can be downloaded from the MSA website
(www.msauk.org >MSA Forms>Marshals
or Officials) or obtained from Richard Nunn
at the MSA (Tel: 01753 765 071).
Information about the Volunteer
Awards Scheme is also on the Volunteers
in Motorsport website, which is linked
from the MSA website.
Disabled marshals
Many people with disabilities compete in
motor sport while others are marshals,
timekeepers and officials. The Motorsport
Endeavour Club involves people with a
wide range of disabilities in a programme
of motor sport events and experiences. On
the ViM website, there is a short video clip
showing how Steve Tarrant overcame his
difficulties to continue marshalling.
There is more information about the
Motorsport Endeavour Club at
www.motorsportendeavour.com
First on scene leaflet
ViM has produced a new credit card size
leaflet which provides basic information
for the first person on scene at an
incident, and is therefore ideal for
marshals and officials. Further details
of availability from Richard Nunn at the
MSA, email richard.nunn@msauk.org
(MSA stocks awaited at time of
going to press).
Banner scheme
ViM now has promotional banners
available on free loan to clubs. They are 1m
high by 3m long and come with an easy-toassemble
frame. They are ideal for use at
rallies, autotests, PCTs and other events.
For further details call Richard Nunn
at the MSA or email him at
richard.nunn@msauk.org
CREDIT: MICHAEL WARD

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Amendments Amendments
2008 Competitors and Officials Yearbook
Errors & Omissions
There are a number of typographical errors in
and omissions from the 2008 Competitors’ and
Officials’ Yearbook (the ‘Blue Book’).
These are shown below. They do not constitute
changes to the regulations but we’ve used a similar
system as for rule changes – words to be deleted
are shown struckthrough and words to be added
are underlined.
C(a) Competitors: Licences
14. Competition Licence – Types
The types of licence available are Race, Kart,
Speed, Drag, Stage Rally, Off Road Cross Country,
Non- Race & Entrant.
C(c) Competitors: Safety
50. All seats should be correctly located and
securely anchored allowing no movement in squab
or backrest. The following checks should be carried
out before purchase…
C(d) Breech of Regulations
9. When a penalty that incurs penalty points is
imposed by the Clerk of the Course, the Stewards
of the Meeting or an MSC Tribunal, details must be
recorded on the Competitor’s Licence Record along
with the number of penalty points imposed.
Penalty points will only be imposed for the
following offences:
• Driving – Breach of 1(e)
• Safety – Failure to comply with flag or light signals
• General Conduct – Abuse, assault or
threats of either. Refusal to obey the instructions of
an Official.
D Autotests
Production Car Autotests
35. One Passenger must be carried in each
competing car to assist in giving directions to the
Driver. The Passenger must occupy the seat
alongside the Driver and wear a properly fastened
and approved seat belt at all times during the
test. No other Passenger is allowed. If the Driver
holds a valid, non-provisional RTA Licence, the
Passenger must be 14 12 years or over.
F Cross Country
218. Vehicles not complying with 311 and 312 must
be fitted with a standard manufacturer’s hardtop,
truck cab or a roll bar to Section C(c), Appendix 2,
drawing 1, and the SRs may permit entries to be
accepted in respect of drivers who are 15 or over
without a full RTA licence provided that the
passenger holds a full RTA licence valid for the
vehicle concerned and is a person who has
motorsports now! spring 2008
experience of Cross Country Trials. The vehicle may
only be driven between observed sections by a
crew member who holds a valid full RTA licence.
G Racing
130. Vehicles of Periods A to F should be
equipped with a fire extinguisher in accordance
with C(c)-56(b) C(c)-56(c), and other vehicles in
accordance with C(c)-56(c) C(c)-56(b).
H Rallying
50. Standard Sections should not include any
road with a 30 or 40mph limit without the express
permission of the RLO, nor require Competitors to
average more than 30mph. If timed to an accuracy
of less than one minute, Standard Sections
should not use any private property, other than
footpaths and bridleways and Restricted Byways,
for which approval has not been granted.
148. Competitors must carry an A4-size white board
with a red SOS on one side and black OK on the
other (letters to be a minimum of 12cm high with a
minimum stroke width of 1.5cm), with means to
secure them on display for oncoming Competitors.
In the case of an accident where urgent medical
attention is required, the red SOS sign should be
displayed as quickly as possible to alert following
cars and aid any helicopter attempting to assist
require. Any crew that sees a red SOS sign displayed
on a car, or sees a major accident where both crew
members are inside the car but not displaying the
SOS sign, must immediately and without exception
stop to give assistance. All following cars must also
stop and the second car arriving at the scene must
inform the next radio point. Subsequent cars must
leave a clear route for emergency vehicles. The
Clerk of the Course may award a discretionary time
to any Competitor delayed in such circumstances.
Any crew which is able to but fails to comply with
the rule will be reported to the Clerk of the Course
who may impose penalties. In the case of an
accident where medical intervention is not required,
the OK sign must be clearly shown to following
vehicles, and to any helicopter attempting to assist.
If the crew leave the vehicle, the OK sign must be
left clearly visible to other Competitors. Any crew
failing to comply will be subject to a penalty at the
Clerk of the Course’s discretion. Competitors who
misuse the SOS or OK signs will be penalised and
may be reported to the MSA for further action.
181. The location of all MSA-listed danger spots,
which are on the route, must be clearly indicated to
Competitors in the Road Book or Stage Tulip
diagrams. Special warning signs must be erected, a
minimum of 76cm x 51cm and affixed to a stake in a
clearly visible position. At the location, the sign
must show two exclamation marks, preceded at 50m
and 100m by similar exclamation marks. Both signs
must be Marshalled throughout the event. Other
hazards should be indicated by a single exclamation
sign between 50m and 100m before the hazard. An
MSA list is available to Organisers on request.
276. Vehicles should not have any lights,
additional to the headlight system and sidelights,
that might be considered as auxiliary lights. They
should not use any auxiliary lights in road sections
except in poor visibility conditions as Permitted by
law. All lights should be fitted in accordance with
motor vehicle lighting regulations.
278. Currently FIA Homologated seat belts
complying with C(c)-45.4 point, fire extinguishers
complying with C(c)-103-104 C(c)-Table 56(d) and
head restraints complying with C(c)-Table 56(d)
C(c)-103-104.
Section H, Appendix 2
Fuel Systems
2009/279. Cars must be fitted with a self seal
connector of a type complying with E12.13.6. C(b)19
Note: the new regulation specifying the
requirements for dry break couplings was not
ratified at the time the Yearbook went to print.
However C(b)19 is where the new regulation will be
included for 2009.
J Trials
Production Car Trials Formula
85. Classes are free but must be stated in the
SRs. The following are suggested.
Part 3, Appendix 6
What is Protected?
5. Events arranged by Clubs held under an MSA
Permit or Certificate of Exemption. Marshals’
training days are covered subject to prior
notification and approval. Approval may be given
for the demonstration of vehicles subject to a
specific application being made to and specific
written approval being given by the MSA.
Who is Covered?
15. All signed-on officials at events held under
Permit or Certificate of Exemption, including setup
and dismantling. The signing-on of officials at
events is extremely important in that one of the
purposes of this is to identify a person as an
official of the event and consequently establish
the right to benefit under this personal accident
policy. Cover for officials include traveling
travelling directly from home to an event and
directly back home again from the event.
Amendments to Officials Lists
The following corrections are shown in red
Part 3, Appendix 8(f)
Timekeeper Race
Shortall, C 52 Crown Lea Avenue, Barnards
Green, MALVERN, Worcestershire, WR14 2DP
(h): 01684 569486 (w): 07721 667585
E-mail: kate.shortall@somerfield.co.uk
Timekeeper Speed National
Shortall, C 52 Crown Lea Avenue, Barnards
Green, MALVERN, Worcestershire, WR14 2DP
(h): 01684 569486 (w): 07721 667585
E-mail: kate.shortall@somerfield.co.uk
Timekeeper Race
Shortall, F 52 Crown Lea Avenue, Barnards Green,
MALVERN, Worcestershire, WR14 2DP
(h): 01684 569486 (w): 07885 361052
E-mail: mmtimingservices@fsmail.net
Timekeeper Speed International
Shortall, F 52 Crown Lea Avenue, Barnards Green,
MALVERN, Worcestershire, WR14 2DP
(h): 01684 569486 (w): 07885 361052
E-mail: mmtimingservices@fsmail.net
The following Amendment Lists
Eligibility Scrutineers for Cars
and Karts separately.
Part 3, Appendix 8(e) Technical Officials
Scrutineer Eligibility (Car)
Aliperti, R 82 Little Green Lane, Chertsey, SURREY,
KT16 9PY
(h): 01932 563216 (w): 07816 135238
E-mail: robbo@alipertitdi.freeserve.co.uk
Andrews, K Mill House, Home Farm Holiday
Centre, St Audries Bay, WILLITON, Somerset, TA4
4DP (h): 01984 639961 (w): 01984 639961
E-mail: keithandliddell@btinternet.com
Arnold, C P 9 Fitzmaurice Close,
BRADFORD-ON-AVON, WILTSHIRE, BA15 1UE
(h): 01225 866565 (w): 01225 388388 x 5925
E-mail: ChrisA@bmw318i.freeserve.co.uk
Atkinson, J 23 Dale Road, DUNSTABLE,
Bedfordshire, LU5 4PY
(h): 01582 603973 (w): 01582 603973
Baker, C J 19 Beech Close, WYMONDHAM, Norfolk,
NR18 0HN
(h): 01953 605006 (w): 0776 7762000
E-mail: bakermotorsport@hotmail.com
Baker, R S 10 Otway Street, CHATHAM, Kent,
ME4 5PG (h): 01634 329675 (w): 07940 409219
E-mail: rsb907@hotmail.com
Betts, M J 52 New Road, LONDON, E4 8ET
(h): 0208 5298294 (w): 020 8200 9797
E-mail: mikbetts@btinternet.com
Billett, G A 25 Westerleigh Road, BATH, BA2 5JE
(h): 01225 837586 (w): 07774 178381
Bishop, A Lodge Hill Farm, Chapmanslade,
WESTBURY, Wiltshire, BA13 4AR
(h): 01373 832259
E-mail: tonyb@ihfs4vw.freeserve.co.uk
Blackmore, R J C 26 Crawford Chase, WICKFORD,
Essex, SS12 9QW
(h): 01268 562244 (w): 07900 226181
Boswell, G F 3 Wigeon Close, Cowbit, SPALDING,
Lincolnshire, PE12 6XN
(h): 01406 380713 (w): 07771 701348
E-mail: boz184@aol.com
Boyles, D J Copper Beech Cottage, 2 Thistledown,
EVESHAM, Worcestershire, WR11 2LD (h):
07778952852 (w): 01386 48033
E-mail: davidboyles@supanet.com
Briscoe, B 49 Smith Street, Chapeltown,
SHEFFIELD, S35 1WX
(h): 01142 571596 (w): 07833 695023
E-mail: bbrisc@aol.com
Byatt, R Highbury, 33 Blofield Corner Road,
BLOFIELD HEATH, Norwich, NR13 4SA
(h): 01603 714379(w): 07884 012310
E-mail: r.byatt@virgin.net
Clancy, A 55 South View, Kenfig Hill, Bridgend, MID
GLAMORGAN, CF33 6DG
(h): 01656 740762 (w): 01656 868349
Clarke, G G Southview, Castletown Road, Port Erin,
ISLE OF MAN, IM9 6BQ
(h): 01624 835728 (w): 01624 835728
E-mail: graham.clarke@manx.net
Cobbold, S 6 Statham Close, Barton Hills, LUTON,
LU3 4EJ
(h): 01582 574567 (w): 07917 076628
E-mail: steven.cobbold@ntlworld.com
Cochrane, J 136 Osward, Court Wood Lane,
CROYDON, CR0 9HE
(h): 0208 657 0418 (w): 07791 591978
E-mail: john@jcochrane.me.uk
Cooke, T N 33 Milton Hall Road, GRAVESEND, Kent,
DA12 1QN
(h): 01474 326730 (w): 07791 179369
E-mail: timcooke@blueyonder.co.uk
Cooper, J Trenain Farm, Trebetherick,
WADEBRIDGE, Cornwall, PL27 6SG
(h): 01208 863406 (w): 07702 240970
E-mail: trenain2@tiscali.co.uk
Cox, T F Roughwood, Thibet Road, SANDHURST,
Berkshire, GU47 9AR
(h): 01344 762774 (w): 07941 912133
E-mail: terry.cox2@tesco.net
Crighton, P E 4 Friars Gate Close,
WOODFORD GREEN, Essex, IG8 0SG
(h): 0208 5060270 (w): 07974 924390
E-mail: paul@crighton.org
Crook, J E 9 Hughes Close, Harvington, EVESHAM,
Worcestershire, WR11 8NZ
(h): 01386 870081 (w): 01386 870081
E-mail: crook_jonathan@hotmail.com
Edwards, D M 51 Lymore Avenue, Oldfield Park,
BATH, BA2 1BB
(h): 01225 335374 (w): 01225 317101
E-mail: demeedwards@btinternet.com
Elliot, W F Gilknockie, 14 Woodside Park, Kelso,
ROXBURGHSHIRE, TD5 7RE
(h): 07967 948303 (w): 01573 223997
E-mail: william.elliot1@virgin.net
Elliott, P S 147 Toft Hill, Bishop Auckland,
CO. DURHAM, DL14 0JB
(h): 07711 630707 (w): 01388 833778
E-mail: peterselliott@yahoo.co.uk
Farrington, A Churchfield House, Llanwyddelan,
NEWTOWN, Powys, SY16 3BT
(h): 07970 493344 (w): 01686 626465
E-mail: andrew.farrington.rs@virgin.net
Farrington, P Church House, Kerry, NEWTOWN,
Powys, SY16 4NU
(h): 01686 670794 (w): 07773 040698
Fell, M R 50 Newton Road, Dalton-in-Furness,
CUMBRIA, LA15 8NF
(h): 01229 463748 (w): 07802 667579
E-mail: malcolm@markfell.co.uk
Fisher, H 19 The Larches, Ware,
HERTFORDSHIRE, SG12 0XJ
(h): 01920 466927 (w): 01371 877044 x286
E-mail: hfmotorsport@tesco.net
Fowler, L 21 Hernbrook Drive, HORSHAM,
West Sussex, RH13 6EW
(h): 07970 781390 (w): 07970 781390
E-mail: lee@hitzero.com
Freeman, A C 2 Court Road, Broadwey,
WEYMOUTH, Dorset, DT3 5DQ
(h): 01305 813407
E-mail: tony.freeman@homecall.co.uk
Gadd, C J 123 Concord Avenue, CHATHAM, ME5 9UA
(h): 01634 352074 (w): 01303 851111
E-mail: chrisjgadd@blueyonder.co.uk
Goddard, J Jays Nest, Bolventor, LAUNCESTON,
Cornwall, PL15 7TS
(h): 01566 86388 (w): 07880 651592
E-mail: john.goddard3@tesco.net
Gregory, S J 11 Carisbrooke Road, Bushbury,
WOLVERHAMPTON, WV10 8AB
(h): 01902 562668 (w): 07785 545624
E-mail: s.j.gregory@blueyonder.co.uk
Harland, J W 10 York Fields, Barnoldswick,
LANCASHIRE, BB18 5DA
(h): 01282 814808 (w): 07713 166849
E-mail: johnharland@tiscali.co.uk
Hewer, N P 1 Farnsworth Street, Hasland,
CHESTERFIELD, Derbyshire, S41 0PD
(h): 01246 557298 (w): 07960 898234
E-mail: scrutineer@btinternet.com
Hibbins, M E 4 Stacklands Close, West Kingsdown,
SEVENOAKS, Kent, TN15 6DL
(h): 01474 854121 (w): 07785 247355
E-mail: mike@hibbins.org.uk
Hodge, D D W 11 Glebelands, Bampton,
OXFORDSHIRE, OX18 2LH (h): 01993 850242
Hopper, B A H 5 Riverside, Edenbridge, KENT,
TN8 5BH (h): 01732 862937 (w): 01732 865763
E-mail: brian.hopper@btconnect.com
Humphreys, R 8 Kendal Drive, Great Sutton,
ELLESMERE PORT, CH66 4SX
(h): 0151 3398433 (w): 0151 6089933
E-mail: ronhumphreys.motorsport@btinternet.com
Jeffrey, J A 28 Ashkirk, DUDLEY, CRAMLINGTON,
Northumberland, NE23 7DF
(h): 0191 2500023 (w): 0191 4146511
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Amendments
Jones, N E 49 The Chase, Eastcote, PINNER,
Middlesex, HA5 1SH
(h): 0208 8666942 (w): 07802 276590
E-mail: njones6942@aol.com
Kennedy, W B 833 Blackpool Road, Lea, PRESTON,
PR2 1QR
(h): 01772 727793 (w): 07712 940921
E-mail: wbarry.k@tiscali.co.uk
Kilmartin, J A 5 Chapel Lane, Riccall, YORK,
YO19 6QH (h): 01757 248396
(w): 07932 801186
E-mail: kilmartin@hotmail.com
Knights, K Pathside, 56 London Road, Pakefield,
LOWESTOFT, Suffolk, NR33 7AQ
(h): 01502 565104
E-mail: kev.knights@googlemail.com
Lambkin-Smith, M J 268 Lea Road,
GAINSBOROUGH, Lincolnshire, DN21 1AP
(h): 01427 611734
Lewis, K M 31 Poplar Close, BATH, BA2 2HY
(h): 01225 442347 (w): 01179 363660
E-mail: kev@forddriver.freeserve.co.uk
Longstaff, A H Hollyhurst Cottage, Hollyhurst,
Leebotwood, CHURCH STRETTON, Shropshire,
SY6 7JR (h): 01694 751779 (w): 01588 672711
E-mail: adrian@britpart.co.uk
Loveridge, P H 157 High Street, Cinderford,
GLOUCESTERSHIRE, GL14 2TF
(h): 01594 827879 (w): 07831 656472
E-mail: paul.pj@btconnect.com
Mansley, C P Anat, 9 Cox Green Road, EGERTON,
Bolton, BL7 9HF
(h): 01204 305974 (w): 07979 696912
E-mail: chris.mansley@virgin.net
Marchment, K 54 Above Town, Upper Clatford,
ANDOVER, Hampshire, SP11 7QA
(h): 01264 356400 (w): 01264 356400
Mason, P I 16 Beaufort Drive, BOURNE,
Lincolnshire, PE10 9PN
(h): 01778 424877 (w): 01733 292247
E-mail: phil-tracey@tinyworld.co.uk
May, J D 21 Rogers Close, Elsworth, CAMBRIDGE,
CB23 4JJ
(h): 01954 267354 (w): 07786 493828
E-mail: jmay322680@aol.com
McEntee, K M N 25 Trench Park, BELFAST, BT11 9FF
(h): 028 90431711
McKinna, R J Manor Garage, Dolphinton Road,
WEST LINTON, Peeblesshire, EH46 7DR
(h): 01968 661007 (w): 01968 660241
E-mail: manorgarage@dsl.pipex.com
Meekins, A H P 12 Myrtle Road, Kettering,
NORTHANTS, NN16 9TW
(h): 01536 392187 (w): 07966 196845
E-mail: a.meekins@ntlworld.com
Millar, I D 11 The Square, PENICUIK, Midlothian,
EH26 8LH (h): 07730 735315 (w): 01315 508 093
E-mail: ian.millar@royalmail.com
Mollison, G B Lightbounds, Cinder Lane, Smithills,
BOLTON, BL1 7LZ
(h): 01204 497498 (w): 07770 364460
E-mail: blairmollison@hotmail.com
Monk, J J H Windover, 14 Athelstan Way,
HORSHAM, West Sussex, RH13 6HA
(h): 01403 250509 (w): 0770 2420843
E-mail: johnjmonk@tiscali.co.uk
Neal, J P 17 Rimington Avenue, Colne,
LANCASHIRE, BB8 9SQ (h): 01282 869495
E-mail: jackneal5@lycos.co.uk
Nelson, L 20 Glenside Gardens, Armadale,
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BATHGATE, West Lothian, EH48 3RA
(h): 01501 731870
Parker, R H C 10 Earles Lane, Kelsall, TARPORLEY,
Cheshire, CW6 0QR
(h): 01829 751392 (w): 01829 751392
E-mail: robinparker10@aol.com
Phillipson, J E Heritage, Ampfield Hill, Ampfield,
ROMSEY, Hampshire, SO51 9BD
(h): 01794 368522 (w): 01794 367017
E-mail: office@prodrill.fsbusiness.co.uk
Ringham, C D 26 Clive Close, POTTERS BAR,
Hertfordshire, EN6 2AE
(h): 01707 652013 (w): 01707 652013
E-mail: cdringham@tiscali.co.uk
Ross, D H 33 Ardconnel Street, INVERNESS, IV2 3HA
(h): 01463 240932 (w): 01463 240932
Salkeld, C R 64 Penhill Close, Ouston,
Chester Le Street, CO. DURHAM, DH2 1SG
(h): 0191 4921771 (w): 07860 960489
E-mail: colinsalkeld@btinternet.co.uk .com
Salmon, E R 1 Kembles, RAYLEIGH, Essex, SS6 8DE
(h): 07866 769377 (w): 07866 769377
Smith, D F D 268 Lea Road, GAINSBOROUGH,
Lincolnshire, DN21 1AP
(h): 01427 611734 (w): 01427 611734
Smith, D M Kynence, Blackpost Lane, TOTNES,
Devon, TQ9 5RF
(h): 01803 863255 (w): 01803 208261
E-mail: dereksmithscrutineer@talk21.com
Taylor, D Mission House, Broadhead Road,
Edgeworth, BOLTON, BL7 0JQ
(h): 01209 852107 (w): 07870 584427
E-mail: davetmotorsport@aol.com
Walker, S F 36 Terence Road, LIVERPOOL, L16 8NW
(h): 01517 371177 (w): 07778 179361
E-mail: stephenwalker123@aol.com
Walton, G J Wayside Farm, Stanways Lane,
Biddulph Moor, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST8 7LD
(h): 01782 522708 (w): 01782 522708
Wardle, J 15 Newboundmill Lane, Pleasley,
MANSFIELD, Nottinghamshire, NG19 7PL
(h): 01623 811701 (w): 07970 917619
E-mail: johnwardle1@tiscali.co.uk
Wasilewski, J The Farmhouse, Myrr Hill,
Shield Hall Lane, Sowerby, SOWERBY BRIDGE,
West Yorkshire, HX6 1NJ
(h): 01422 839570 (w): 07961 007025
E-mail: johnmyrrhill@tiscali.co.uk
Williams, T C White Heather, Village Road, Dorney,
WINDSOR, Berkshire, SL4 6QJ
(h): 01628 603188 (w): 01628 603188
E-mail: whgcoltd@btconnect.com
Winder, J W 4 Henderson Close, HASTINGS,
East Sussex, TN34 2DU
(h): 01424 440364 (w): 01424 440364
E-mail: winderj@fsmail.net
Wright, M J 7 Torfrida Drive, BOURNE, Lincolnshire,
PE10 9QF
(h): 01778 422252 (w): 07932 006664
E-mail: michael.gatley4@tiscali.co.uk
Scrutineer Eligibility (Kart)
Baker, R S 10 Otway Street, CHATHAM, Kent,
ME4 5PG (h): 01634 329675 (w): 07940 409219
E-mail: rsb907@hotmail.com
Boswell, G F 3 Wigeon Close, Cowbit, SPALDING,
Lincolnshire, PE12 6XN
(h): 01406 380713 (w): 07771 701348
E-mail: boz184@aol.com
Briscoe, B 49 Smith Street, Chapeltown,
SHEFFIELD,S35 1WX
(h): 01142 571596 (w): 07833 695023
E-mail: bbrisc@aol.com
Clarke, G G Southview, Castletown Road, Port Erin,
ISLE OF MAN, IM9 6BQ
(h): 01624 835728 (w): 01624 835728
E-mail: graham.clarke@manx.net
Cooke, T N 33 Milton Hall Road, GRAVESEND, Kent,
DA12 1QN
(h): 01474 326730 (w): 07791 179369
E-mail: timcooke@blueyonder.co.uk
Elliot, W F Gilknockie, 14 Woodside Park, Kelso,
ROXBURGHSHIRE, TD5 7RE
(h): 07967 948303 (w): 01573 223997
E-mail: william.elliot1@virgin.net
Fell, M R 50 Newton Road, Dalton-in-Furness,
CUMBRIA, LA15 8NF
(h): 01229 463748 (w): 07802 667579
E-mail: malcolm@markfell.co.uk
Goddard, J Jays Nest, Bolventor, LAUNCESTON,
Cornwall, PL15 7TS
(h): 01566 86388 (w): 07880 651592
E-mail: john.goddard3@tesco.net
Jeffrey, J A 28 Ashkirk, DUDLEY, CRAMLINGTON,
Northumberland, NE23 7DF
(h): 0191 2500023 (w): 0191 4146511
Kennedy, W B 833 Blackpool Road, Lea, PRESTON,
PR2 1QR (h): 01772 727793 (w): 07712 940921
E-mail: wbarry.k@tiscali.co.uk
McEntee, K M N 25 Trench Park, BELFAST, BT11 9FF
(h): 028 90431711
Mollison, G B Lightbounds, Cinder Lane, Smithills,
BOLTON, BL1 7LZ
(h): 01204 497498 (w): 07770 364460
E-mail: blairmollison@hotmail.com
Nelson, L 20 Glenside Gardens, Armadale,
BATHGATE, West Lothian, EH48 3RA
(h): 01501 731870
Ross, D H 33 Ardconnel Street, INVERNESS, IV2 3HA
(h): 01463 240932 (w): 01463 240932
Salmon, E R 1 Kembles, RAYLEIGH, Essex, SS6 8DE
(h): 07866 769377 (w): 07866 769377
Scrutineer Technical Commissioner (Car)
Nicholls, K R 65 Abergeldie Road, LONDON,
SE12 8BH (h): 0208 3186039 (w): 07973 176806
E-mail: kelvinnicholls@btinternet.com
Scrutineer Technical Commissioner (Kart)
Nicholls, K R 65 Abergeldie Road, LONDON,
SE12 8BH (h): 0208 3186039 (w): 07973 176806
E-mail: kelvinnicholls@btinternet.com
Ringham, C D 26 Clive Close, POTTERS BAR,
Hertfordshire, EN6 2AE
(h): 01707 652013 (w): 01707 652013
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Motor Sports Council Motor Sports Council
Rule changes
Decisions taken at the Motor Sports Council meeting on 4 March 2008 which affect
regulations in the 2008 Competitors’ and Officials’ Yearbook (the ‘Blue Book’).
Consultation and ratification
All new regulations proposed by Specialist
Committees must be considered by the
Motor Sports Council. They are then
published in Motorsports Now! so that
comments may be received before the
regulations are re-presented to the Motor
Sports Council and ratified (i.e. they
become final), with any modifications
resulting from the consultation process
(which may have included them being
reviewed by a Specialist Committee or
Advisory Panel).
Ratified rule changes are published
in Motorsports Now! before being
incorporated into the next annual edition
of the relevant MSA Yearbook(s).
2008 Competitors’ and Officials’
Yearbook
This is significantly changed compared to
previous editions of the MSA Competitors’
Yearbook. Most important, in the context
of these rule changes, the regulation
numbering system is revised. Rule changes
detailed below reflect the revisions.
Common Regulations for Officials
(B) Date of Implementation:
1 January 2009
14. Stewards
• Sign the reverse of the Clerk of the
Course Licence as may be required to
certify requalification or for upgrading
their Officials Licence. The conditions to
be met are as detailed in Officials
Licences (B)a: 16.
Common Regulations for Officials:
Licences (B) Date of
Implementation: 1 January 2009
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Date of
Implementation:
1 January
2009
Date of
Implementation:
1 January
2009
a: Clerks of the Course
16. The maximum number of Clerks of the
Course at any race meeting shall be two.
One must be nominated as Senior Clerk of
the Course responsible for the overall
control of the Meeting. Where a
Championship/Series permanent Clerk of
the Course is appointed, they shall not be
included in the above numbers. The
maximum number of Deputy/Assistant
Clerks of the Course for any race meeting
Safety issues
Regulation changes involving issues of
safety may be ratified by the Motor Sports
Council without consultation.
Explanation of colours
The colour key below is being used for
rule changes published in Motorsports
Now! during 2008. Changes are shown as
underlined additions or as struck through
deletions. Where it aids clarity, existing
regulations are shown in full, otherwise
just the proposed or ratified changes are
shown. Where applicable, reasons for the
proposed or ratified rule change are given.
The proposed or actual date of
implementation is highlighted.
shall be two (except at International meetings).
The following conditions will need to be
met before the Clerk of the Course
Licence may be endorsed and signed by
the MSA Steward in respect of upgrading
or retention.
• The Clerk of the Course must present their
Officials Licence at the start of the day.
• The licence must not have been precompleted
by the Clerk.
• The Clerk of the Course must be on duty
throughout the day, if they are a
permanent Clerk of a Championship they
may only be granted a signature as a
Deputy CoC. The Senior Clerk must
provide a review to the Steward of the
individual’s performance, throughout the
day which should include:
• What duties were performed and
the quality of their performance.
• That the Clerk has presented
satisfactory communication skills
which did not exacerbate situations.
• That he has satisfactorily dealt
with judicial matters which may
include judicial hearings.
• The status of the race(s) clerked
should be recorded i.e., not
necessarily highest status of meeting.
• If the Clerk of the Course is the
Senior Clerk for the event then they
must have remained on duty
throughout the day and satisfactorily
managed the running of the meeting,
including liaising with Competitors
and fellow Officials.
Key
Proposed changes for consultation via
Motorsports Now!
Changed after consultation and ratified
(final)
Unchanged after consultation and ratified
(final)
Ratified (final) without consultation
(safety issues only)
Reason: To establish a common criteria
to be met before the Stewards provide
Clerks of the Course a signature on their
Officials’ Licence
Specific Regulations for Car
Racing (G) Date of
Implementation: Immediate
Date of
Implementation:
IMMEDIATE
35. Cars will be Permitted to carry radio
transmitters or receivers, for which Ofcom
licences will be checked at scrutineering,
in the following races only:
• International non-Historic status races
• Those taking place on a high
speed oval circuit where regulations
Permit the use of spotters.
• Races which involve a Driver change.
• Where the Competitor has a nontransmitting
radio receiver tuned to
the frequency of a single transmitting
device, which is under the direct and
sole control of the Clerk of the
Course. The system is to be used
solely for providing competitors with
instructions or warnings issued by the
Clerk of the Course.
Reason: By having a competitor ‘receive
only’ system the Clerk of the Course will
be able to supplement, or give warning,
of the deployment of safety car, race
stop, issuing of black/mechanical/
warning flag or similar.
Background to the
Regulations Date of
Implementation: Immediate
The General Regulations
Stability of Regulations
18. All MSA Specialist Committees must
note that any new Sporting rule must
should normally be approved by the
Council at least 6 months before it
comes into force and any new Technical
rule at least 12 months before it comes
into force. New or amended regulations
can only come into force on the 1st
January in any year. The only exception
is in respect of urgent safety, correction
of error, or as exceptionally agreed by
the Motor Sports Council. Even in
safety matters a practical period of
delay is desirable.
With regard to matters concerning
eligibility (for example of tyres and kart
engines) applying from the 1st January in
any year, the period of notice may only be
varied with the agreement of the Motor
Sports Council.
Common Regulations for
Organisers (A) Date of
Implementation: Immediate
63. These Results become Final when the
Protest time has expired or and all official
enquiries by the Clerk of the Course
and/or Race Director, all technical
matters and all outstanding Protests and
Appeals have been settled.
Common Regulations for
Competitors: Licences [C(a)]
Date of Implementation:
Immediate
Date of
Implementation:
IMMEDIATE
Date of
Implementation:
IMMEDIATE
Date of
Implementation:
IMMEDIATE
64. The results of a competition will be
‘Provisional’ until all vehicles subject to
Post-Event Scrutiny have been examined
and a report submitted to the Clerk of
the Course, all official enquiries by the
Clerk of the Course and/or Race Director
completed and every competitor has
had an opportunity to protest and/or
appeal in accordance with the
Regulations, and such protest or
appeal has been duly heard.
Reason: As raised in a recent Tribunal
case, problem typically arises when
Officials need to take time to view video
evidence. The word ‘official’ has been
added to qualify the nature of enquiries.
This was returned for a second time to
the Judicial Advisory Panel and by the
Clerk of the Course and/or Race
Director was added.
Common Regulations for
Competitors: Breach of
Regulations [C(d)] Date of
Implementation: Immediate
9. When a penalty that incurs penalty
points is imposed by the Clerk of the
Course, the Stewards of the Meeting, or an
MSC Tribunal, details must be recorded on
the competitor’s Licence Record along with
the number of penalty points imposed.
Penalty points will be imposed for the
following offences:
• Driving – breach of C (d) 1 (e).,
G76, G77, G78 and/or failure to
comply with flag or light signals.
• Safety – Failure to comply with flag
or light signals.
• General Conduct – Abuse, assault
or threats of either (C (d) 1 (g).).
Refusal to obey the instructions of
an Official.
10. The number of points will be
determined not by reference to the type
of offence but by reference to the type of
penalty imposed.
• Verbal warning – 0 points
(not recorded on licence).
• Formal written reprimand – 2 points.
• Fine, time or place penalty – 3 points.
• Exclusion from practice, heat or
race – 4 points.
• Exclusion from the meeting –
6 points.
Reason: Clarification by Motor Sports
Council.
The wording below is taken
from an Officials Signing-on
Form. The changes also affect
Date of
Implementation:
IMMEDIATE
Date of
Implementation:
IMMEDIATE
Competitors’, Media and Officials under
18 Signing-on Forms and Regulations
Officials (B) 91 and 93. Date of
Implementation: Immediate
ALL PERSONS APPOINTED TO ACT IN AN
OFFICIAL CAPACITY AT THE MEETING MUST
SIGN BELOW, AND OFFICIAL ARMBANDS
OR LAPEL BADGES (WHICH ARE NOT
TRANSFERABLE) MUST ONLY BE ISSUED TO
SUCH PERSONS. Written agreement of a
parent or guardian must also be obtained
in respect of Officials under 18 years of age.
I agree to act in official capacity at this
meeting and in consideration of the
organising club(s) having effected for my
benefit a Personal Accident Insurance
Policy for death or benefits as prescribed
more specifically by the MSA. I have been
given an opportunity to read the General
Regulations of the Motor Sports
Association and, if any, the Supplementary
Regulations for this event and agree to be
bound by them. I declare that I am
physically and mentally fit to carry out my
duties and that I will inform the organisers
immediately should any change in my
condition occur which I have reason or
ought to have reason to believe would
affect my ability to carry out my duties. I
acknowledge that I understand the nature
and type of competition and that as an
official, I may be exposed to the potential
risk inherent in motor sport and I will
undertake my duties with their associated
risks with due and proper regard for my
safety and that of others. Further I
understand that all persons having any
connection with the promotion and/or
organisation and/or conduct of the event
are insured against loss or injury caused
through negligence. I declare that I am not
suffering from any infirmity or physical
disability likely to affect the performance of
my duties as an official of the event.
I hereby agree to abide by the MSA Child
Protection Policy and Guidelines
MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS. All doctors
attending motor sport meetings as
medical officers must be fully registered
with the General Medical Council must be
members of a recognised medical defence
organisation and be covered for work
outside a hospital. Doctors must be
competent in the field in which they are
working and must be aware that they are
expected to provide themselves with such
equipment as they deem necessary for the
proper performance of their duties (B95).
Reason: the above wording is taken from
an Officials Signing-on Form, this will
also affect Competitors’, Media and
Officials under 18 Signing on Forms and
Regulations Officials B91 and B93.
Common Regulations for
competitors: Safety [C(c)]
Date of implementation: 1
January 2010
Date of
Implementation:
1 January 2010
90. Helmets bearing one of the
undermentioned ‘standards’ may be
approved by the MSA subject to the
following criteria being met.
91. INTERNATIONAL EVENTS & ALL MSA
EVENTS
• FIA 8860-2004
• SNELL SA2005
• SNELL SA2000*
• SFI Foundation 31.1A, 31.2A
• BS6658 Type A/FR
*May be withdrawn with effect from
01/01/2010.
In addition the following are acceptable for:
92. ALL MSA EVENTS
• BS 6658 – 85 Type A
(Type ‘B’ is not acceptable)
93. INTERNATIONAL and MSA National
KART RACE EVENTS
• SNELL K98 and K2005
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Motor Sports Council
Reason: To align with FIA requirements and
on the grounds of safety to remove from use
helmets that are more than 10 years old.
Common Regulations for
Organisers (A) Date of
implementation: immediate
Procedure for the Testing of Fuel
83. Analysis Testing
(a) Three samples of, whenever possible,
one litre each will be placed in approved
containers and must be sealed and labelled.
Where, however, there are less than three
litres available, only two samples of equal
quantity will be taken such that only two 1
litre samples are available the competitor
forfeits the right to select a sample. If only a
single 1 litre sample is available then that
sample alone will be used to determine the
test result. Details of sealing must be
notified to the Clerk of Course.
(b) Subject to there being three 1 litre
samples available, the competitor is entitled
to select one of the samples for analysis at
his retention and to nominate a laboratory of
his own choice. However this laboratory
must be from those on the list of the
National Measurement Accreditation Service
(NAMAS) United Kingdom Accreditation
Service (UKAS). The laboratory is authorised
to break the seal on the sample, and the
integrity of the original seal must be
confirmed in their report.
(c) The remaining Two samples must be
delivered by the organisers to the MSA,
who will themselves arrange testing of
one sample by a laboratory on the
NAMAS UKAS list. If this sample is
satisfactory the meeting organisers will
be advised accordingly. If the result is not
satisfactory the second sample held by
the MSA may be tested by an alternative
laboratory on the UKAS list. If this result
is not satisfactory the sample held by the
competitor may be tested by the
laboratory nominated by the competitor.
Should the competitor require this to be
done, the competitor is responsible for
the costs incurred in carrying out this
third test. The MSA will witness the
opening of the sealed samples and
testing of the second and third samples.
The competitor will be given the
opportunity of witnessing testing of the
second and third samples. Where all three
samples are tested the three results will
be consolidated and this result used to
determine whether the sample fuel is
within specification. Should there be any
evidence of sample seals having been
tampered with then the sample will be
deemed to be void.
86. Comparison Testing
(a) Three samples, each of 100 ml minimum
size, will be taken at the event/competition
venue and must be labelled and sealed.
One sample will immediately be tested by
an MSA approved official using approved
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Date of
Implementation:
IMMEDIATE
test equipment in accordance with MSA
approved procedures.
88. Notification
The result of either Analysis or Comparison
Fuel Testing will be reported to the MSA or
its authorised official and will be
communicated to the Clerk of the Course
prior to publication [C(d)-34, C(d)-35].
Common Regulations for
Competitors: Safety [C(c)]
Date of implementation: 1
January 2009
Date of
Implementation:
1 January 2009
45. Configurations must be as follows:
Three point One diagonal shoulder strap
and one lap strap, with three
anchorage points on the
chassis/body shell or roll
over bar of the vehicle on
either side and to the rear of
the driver’s seat.
Four point Two shoulder straps and one
lap strap, with four anchorage
points on the chassis/
bodyshell or roll over bar of
the vehicle. One either side of
the driver and two to the rear
of the Driver’s seat (or one
symmetrical for the two
shoulder straps).
Six point Two shoulder straps, one lap
strap and two straps between
the legs, with six anchorage
points on the chassis/bodyshell
or roll over bar of the vehicle.
One either side of the driver
and two to the rear of the
Driver’s seat (or one
symmetrical for the two
shoulder straps) and two
between the legs.
Reason: In 2007 the FIA withdrew
homologations for all harnesses
incorporating “merged shoulder straps”,
these being where the two shoulder straps
are overlaid and stitched together to
terminate in a single mounting plate. This
was done on grounds of safety following
harness failures in incidents. The FIA are in
the process of amending the regulation
which allows two strap terminations to be
attached to a single mounting and are
doing so on grounds of safety as a single
7/16” UNF eyebolt is not capable of
withstanding 2 x 15000 N, it being specified
that each strap mounting point must be
capable of withstanding a force of 15000 N.
It is considered prudent and appropriate to
adopt the same regulation as the FIA.
Specific Regulations for Sprints, Hill
Climbs and Drag Racing
Date of implementation: Proposal
recommended for 2009 and mandatory
for 2010. In the interim the Safety
Advisory Panel is to re-visit (I)16 and
(I)17 accordingly.
16. The minimum medical and rescue
requirements for all Speed events and
Drag Races (including practice) are:
Hill Climb and Sprint events: One Doctor
(or one MSA-Registered Paramedic [A(b)-
36-37], and one ambulance and one
Rescue Unit [A(b)-7].
Drag Races: One Doctor (or one MSA-
Registered Paramedic [A(b)-36-37]) and
one ambulance
17. At all National A Hillclimbs and
Sprints, except in cases of force majeure,
at least one licensed Rescue Unit and
crew must be present. The Rescue Unit
and the Ambulance must be positioned to
ensure unobstructed access to the
course. At all other Speed Events,
licensed Rescue Vehicle is recommended
but as a minimum there must be at least
one emergency vehicle equipped with:
Bolt cutters
Pipe cutters capable of severing chassis
tubes.
Tin snips
Hacksaws with spare blade
Pad saw with spare blades
Spanners
Fire resistant blanket
Industrial gloves
Reason: Rescue units were brought into
National A events in recognition of the
fact that extreme performance racing
cars were competing in such events.
There are less and less National A events
now run and these same cars are now
being used in National B events.
Common Regulations for
Competitors: Vehicles Date of
implementation 1 January
Date of
Implementation:
1 January
2009
2009. Final wording to be ratified at the
June Council Meeting.
19.
• With the exception of cars of Periods A-E
and those competing in roadgoing
production classes, cars competing in
Rallycross, Car Racing, Special Stage
Rallying, Sprints & Hillclimbs must be
equipped with a dry break fuel sampling
coupling, approved by the FIA, fitted within
300mm of the fuel injection unit or
carburettor(s). Competitors to carry and
make available the mating part of the
coupling to which a 300mm minimum
length of hose is to be attached.
• Have sufficient fuel for a fuel test
(A82 – 90) present at any time
during an event.
Reason: Grounds of safety, in order to
further reduce risk of incident whilst fuel
test samples are taken from vehicles.
Noted that this is already a requirement
in certain championships.

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Motor Sports Council
National Court Report
These reports of the proceedings are not word for word and cannot be
relied upon as a guide for subsequent cases. The proceedings took place
at Motor Sports House
Rockingham Motor Speedway
British Racing and Sports Car Club
MSA Registered Club 120830
On 27 November 2007, an Investigatory
Tribunal (A3.3 Inquiry) of the National
Court was convened to enquire into
events which occurred at a race meeting
held at Rockingham Motor Speedway on
Sunday 19 August 2007 when a number of
people, including drivers, went on to the
track and remonstrated with race
officials. This action, which was said to
have resulted in the cancellation of the
last race of the day and the abandonment
of the meeting, was considered to have
brought motor sport into disrepute.
The court received evidence from David
Pierre (Race Director), Drew Furlong (BRSCC
Competition Director), Ian Chalmers (the
starter), Kevin Shortis (Co-ordinator of the
Ford Fiesta Championship), Barry Edwards,
(series sponsor and Ford Fiesta competitor),
Nick Sanderson (Ford Fiesta competitor),
Cheryl Lynch (MSA Race, Speed and Kart
Executive), Mike Dixon (MSA Steward) and
David Munro (team member of a competitor
in a championship other than Ford Fiesta).
Bernard Cotterill, Chairman of the BRSCC
(the organising club on the day) was also
present. Video evidence of the incident had
also been viewed.
The facts would appear to be that the
changeable weather conditions caused
the organisers considerable difficulty
during the two-day event and resulted in
various changes being made to the
timetable. The event was to run on both
the oval and infield tracks. Some of the
cars which were to run on the oval could
run only in totally dry conditions. Some
alterations were made to the Sunday
afternoon programme because of this.
That left the organisers to run a Ford
Saloon race followed by a Ford Fiesta race
on the infield circuit and then, on the oval
track, a Pick-Up race (these vehicles being
motorsports now! spring 2008
able to run on the oval even in wet
conditions.) There was considerable delay
in clearing the circuit at the conclusion of
the Ford Saloon race and further delay in
the Ford Fiestas reaching the infield
assembly area. In the event, the Fiestas left
the assembly area and formed up on the
grid behind the Safety Car. The lights on the
Safety Car were turned on and when the
green flag dropped, the Safety Car left the
grid followed by all Ford Fiesta competitors.
The Race Log showed “4.51 cars on
track, 4.53 race start, 4.53 race aborted.”
Evidence heard from the two
competitors present indicated that they
believed they were commencing the race
behind the Safety Car but that there was
total confusion amongst the other
competitors as to whether there was to be
a standing start, a rolling start or a start
behind the Safety Car.
In fact, the Safety Car, having
negotiated part of the circuit, proceeded
to enter the paddock followed by all
competitors. It would seem that the
competitors were perplexed and that
there was considerable anger at what had
happened. The Series Co-ordinator was
unable to give them an explanation and
the drivers crossed the pit lane, entered
upon the track and congregated under the
starting gantry. Conversations, which
seemingly became somewhat heated,
ensued between the competitors and race
officials who came on to the gantry to
speak with them. The competitors
demanded an explanation as to what had
occurred. The competitors were asked to
leave the track but declined to do so and
remained on the track for some 10 to 15
minutes. The race organisers determined
that it would not be possible to run the
Pick-Up race in the time remaining and
accordingly announced that the race
would be cancelled and that the meeting
was at an end.
There was conflicting evidence at the
inquiry as to when the decision was made
to terminate the Fiesta race and the
reason for that decision.
The Race Director advised the inquiry
that a decision was made to start the race
behind the Safety Car and then see whether
the track conditions were such that it was
safe to continue. The Fiesta Co-ordinator,
Shortis, who was in the assembly area in
the paddock, maintains that neither he nor
the marshals in the collecting area could
establish radio contact with Race Control.
The drivers, as stated above, were therefore
unclear as to the procedure to be adopted
at the race start.
The meeting was due to end no later
than 5.00pm because of the prevailing
curfew. The organisers, however,
negotiated an extension in terms that
provided the last race started before
5.00pm the curfew would not come into
effect until the conclusion of that race.
This extension was obtained at or about
the time that the Fiestas were assembling
in the outer paddock.
The Race Director advised the inquiry
that the decision to cancel the Fiesta race
was taken as the cars were coming on to
the grid and, presumably, it must follow
that the decision was taken without
waiting to hear from the Safety Car driver
as to track conditions.
The inquiry heard that weather
conditions did not change significantly
either in the period leading up to or
immediately after the start of the Fiesta
race. The two competitors present
confirmed that the conditions when they
left the grid were no worse than those in
which they had raced on Saturday. These
competitors also state that they could see
arrangements already in hand to
commence the Pick-Up race.
The race starter advised the inquiry
that he received instructions to delay the
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and some of the Fiestas were already
moving off the grid.
Mike Dixon, the MSA Steward, advised
that in a post-race debrief, the reason
given for cancelling the Fiesta race was
that “the weather conditions were too bad
to continue”. He confirmed also that the
race was cancelled without any reference
being made to the Stewards of the
meeting. In the written statement before
the inquiry made by Barry Ashman, the
Clerk of the Course for the Fiesta Race, it
was said that the Chief Clerk took the
decision to abort the race “due to the
small amount of time remaining”.
There was therefore conflicting evidence
as to whether the Fiesta race was
cancelled because of adverse track and
weather conditions or due to insufficient
time to run both the Fiesta race and the
Pick-Up race.
The impression remained that the Fiesta
race was aborted not because of track
conditions but because of the wish to
commence the Pick-Up race before 5.00pm
in order to take advantage of the extended
curfew. The officials present categorically
denied this.
Whatever the truth of the matter, there
would seem to be no doubt that there was
a breakdown in communication between
Race Control and the officials controlling
the paddock assembly area, leading to
confusion on the part of the drivers as to
what was expected of them and,
ultimately, to considerable anger on their
part at the timing and manner in which
their race was cancelled. This in no way,
however, justified their subsequent
actions in entering upon the track,
congregating on the starting grid and
disrupting the meeting.
The Fiesta Co-ordinator was seemingly
unable to obtain information with which to
assist his competitors and whilst not
condoning their subsequent actions he
stated that he sympathised with his
competitors. He declined to identify to this
inquiry the identity of the drivers and/or
team members who were on the track. No
other person present was able to
accurately identify any person present on
the track. It should be noted that the two
competitors present maintained that they
took no part in those actions.
In conclusion
The action of the drivers involved in this
incident was wholly unacceptable and
undoubtedly brought motor sport into
disrepute on that day. There was obviously
doubt as to the precise identity of each
individual present on the track and it was
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accepted that not all drivers were involved
in the incident. It was not appropriate,
therefore, to take any immediate
disciplinary action against all the drivers
in the Championship.
The action of the Fiesta Co-ordinator
had been the subject of criticism in that he
totally failed to control his competitors
and to restrain them from taking the action
which was the subject of the Inquiry. The
role of the co-ordinator, however, is that of
liaison between competitor and organiser
and however much one might wish that he
could have dissuaded his drivers from the
action which they took it may not be
within the sphere of his responsibility and
in the time frame available to him it was
probably not even possible.
The action of the officials of the meeting
was to a degree unclear. There was no
doubt that all the officials concerned were
of considerable repute and experience and
that they were endeavouring in difficult
weather conditions to run a race meeting
on two different tracks requiring constant
review of the timetable. They were
fortunate in being able to obtain an
extension of the curfew and whether or not
the desire to start the final Pick-Up race
before 5.00pm was the real reason for
cancelling the Fiesta race at 4.53pm
remained unclear. This was, however,
categorically denied by the officials
concerned, the reason for cancellation
being, variously, weather conditions and
lack of time. The suspicion that it had done
so, however, undoubtedly contributed to
the drivers’ ire.
One major reason for the incident
would appear to have been the difficulty
in running a meeting at this particular
venue involving both inner and outer
paddocks where the outer paddock was
some distance from the assembly area in
the inner paddock. This difficulty was
compounded when weather conditions
changed, requiring competitors to either
change tyres in the outer paddock or to
incur the difficulty of transporting their
equipment into the inner paddock. The
resultant time delays did not assist race
officials in running their meeting to a
predetermined timetable as happened on
this occasion.
These difficulties were obviously
exacerbated to a considerable degree
when there was a failure of radio
communication between Race Control and
the outer paddock and also when
competitors in the infield required
information from race officials in Race
Control situated some considerable
distance from the infield on the far side of
the track, the drivers in this instance
regarded (incorrectly as it happens) the
start-line gantry as the nearest point of
contact with officials in Race Control.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
As a result of this inquiry two
recommendations were made:
1. Any organiser intending to run a
meeting at this venue must ensure that
there is proper communication at all times
between Race Control and both inner and
outer paddocks and that if there is a
failure of radio communication there is
adequate personnel available to provide
an alternative means of communication.
2. In view of the wholly unacceptable
conduct of certain of the drivers in the
Ford Fiesta Championship, regard be
given by the MSA to their conduct during
the whole of the 2008 championship
such that if there is any recurrence of
unacceptable conduct by persons
participating in this championship,
consideration be given to withdrawing
such Championship Permit as might
otherwise be issued for 2009.
[J2007-19]
Leonard Messenger of Bathgate
West Lothian
Kart National B licence 199437
On 27 November 2007, an appeal hearing
of the National Court convened to
consider the appeal of Leonard
Messenger against the decision of the
Clerk of the Course to exclude him from
the results of the meeting at Larkhall on
22 and 23 September 2007.
The court heard that a number of
engines were sealed at the event for
subsequent stripping and examination.
One of the engines belonged to the
appellant and upon examination, the
carburettor was found not to comply with
the relevant technical regulations, the inlet
set being of a type other than RK117HL.
The appellant had produced a letter
from a supplier confirming that he had
“been selling in good faith HL116 carb
kits” but that it had now been brought to
his attention that “Formula Blue only
allowed the 117 kit”. The supplier further
confirmed that he sold one of these kits to
the appellant and apologised for such
problems as had arisen.
DECISION:
In view of this disclosure, the appellant
had obviously made no further
representations and it followed therefore
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was forfeit and the appellant was ordered
to pay the sum of £250 as a contribution
toward the costs of the hearing.
[J2007-21]
Bolton-Le-Moors Car Club
MSA Registered Club 120485
On 8 January 2008, an Investigatory
Tribunal (A 3.3 Inquiry) of the National
Court was convened to enquire into the
organisation of the Bolton Midnight Rally,
held on 6/7 October 2007, and organised
by Bolton-Le-Moors Car Club Ltd.
The court heard that it was alleged that
the event contravened a number of MSA
Regulations and Motor Vehicle
Competitions and Trials Regulations as
detailed in a table presented to the court.
The court heard evidence from Simon
Fowler, MSA Competitions and Clubs
Manager, and from Neil Bye, Stephen
Mather and Matthew Hearsey on behalf of
Bolton-Le-Moors Car Club.
The Court found that the following MSA
Regulations (2007) had been contravened:
K3.4.1, K22.1.1, C15.1.1, C14.1, B8.4, B8.1.4,
K15.4 and B13.2.4. In addition, the court
found the following Motor Vehicle
Competition and Trials regulations had
been contravened: unauthorised route and
unauthorised location of time controls
(nine contraventions).
DECISION:
The court accordingly suspended Bolton-
Le-Moors Car Club Ltd from organising
road rallies for a period of two years
under regulation O2.1.5, subject to any
further road rally being observed by two
MSA appointed observers and satisfactory
reports being submitted to the MSA. In
addition, Bolton-Le-Moors Car Club was
ordered to pay a fine of £500 plus £250
as a contribution towards costs.
[J2007-26]
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Lee Scott of Basildon, Essex
Race National B licence 101383
On 5 February 2008, an appeal tribunal of
the National Court was convened to hear
the appeal of Lee Scott against his
exclusion from the results of a Stock
Hatch Championship round held at
Snetterton on 30 September 2007.
The court having read the submissions
made by the appellant together with the
detailed responses made by the Eligibility
Scrutineer, the facts would seem to be
that Scott’s XR2i was excluded for having a
camshaft, the part number of which was
not one of the four numbers mandated for
use by competitors in the Championship’s
Technical Regulations.
However, the tribunal found that the
camshaft used by Scott had a part number
which when cross-referenced to the
mandated manufacturer’s part numbers
showed it to be indeed one of those four
mandated camshafts.
DECISION:
The appeal was therefore allowed and
the appeal fee was to be returned to
the appellant.
[J2007-27]
Matthew S Truelove of Lincoln
Kart International A licence 170644
On 5 February 2008, a disciplinary tribunal
of the National Court was convened to
consider matters relating to Paul Truelove,
father of the above Matthew Truelove,
arising from a Trent Valley Kart Club
meeting on 4 November 2007.
The court heard that at the above
meeting an incident had taken place
involving the drivers, Matthew Truelove,
aged 18, and Richard Bradley aged 16. The
matter had been referred to the Stewards
and the licences of each competitor had
been suspended for 30 days.
ADVERT
Truelove senior was present at the
meeting as a team member of his son,
Matthew, who was both entrant and
driver. A little while later, Truelove senior
became involved in an altercation with
Bradley. That incident was referred to the
Stewards who in turn referred the matter
to the National Court for consideration as
to whether a further penalty was
appropriate (Matthew Truelove’s licence
having been suspended).
Truelove senior admitted the altercation
and expressed considerable regret for
his actions. He considered that he has
shown a lack of respect for the
competitors concerned, for the Trent Valley
Kart Club, for the MSA and for karting in
general. The court agreed.
DECISION:
Assaults of this nature were wholly
unacceptable and would normally be
penalised accordingly. In this particular
instance, however, regard being given to
Truelove senior’s apology (not only to the
National Court but also to Bradley) and
especially to representations made to
the National Court by Bradley advising
that Truelove’s apology was considered
genuine and was accepted by him and,
indeed, asking that no further action be
taken by this court, it was considered
that on this occasion, and very
exceptionally, a financial penalty only
was appropriate.
Truelove senior was ordered to pay a
fine of £250 and a contribution of £250
toward the costs of the hearing. Because
of the fine the licence of Matthew
Truelove was to automatically be
endorsed with three penalty points.
[J2007-28]

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Top Ten Tips:
For your tyres
By Stuart Turner
1Tyres can make a vital contribution
to success in motor sport, so make
a serious effort to learn about them.
Talk to suppliers, fellow competitors and,
above all, tyre engineers.
2What tyres are winning in your
category? Look in particular at the
best performances by those who
actually buy their tyres. The performance
of star drivers who get free ones may lure
people away from better products.
3Know the tyres regulations for
your category. Are tyres warmers
allowed? Do you have to lock tyres
up in parc fermes when not in use – a
practice which is spreading from karting
into single seaters?
4If you do marathon endurance
rallies, consider the latest
generation of van tyres as used
by the White Van Men who bring so much
quiet joy into our lives. They are thick (the
tyres I mean) and have strong carcases
and have overcome the old problem of
van tyres being poor in the wet.
5
Tyres are like tax inspectors, they
are best kept in the dark. During
the off-season, don’t leave them
on the car as this may cause flat spots.
Keep them covered and away from
extremes of temperature.
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PHOTO: MICHAEL WARD
6Keep in mind the recent advice from
the FHBVC about the dangers of
using tyres you’ve had for years.
A ‘reasonable time’ is around 10 years.
And, incidentally, check the date of
manufacture of tyres – if they go out of
date you may find insurance companies
refusing to pay out in an accident.
7When resuming competition after a
break, check tyres carefully. Better
to spot a potential puncture – stones
or debris caught in the treads for instance
– at this stage than go off due to a flat.
Check sidewalls as well, particularly if you
can’t curb your habit of riding kerbs. And if
asymmetric tyres are fitted, make sure the
direction arrows are pointing the right way.
8
Pressures are important, and a
good-quality gauge is a wise
investment. Without becoming
neurotic about the subject, learn what
pressures work best for you under
various circumstances – one way to give
yourself an edge if control tyres are
specified. And then keep records. With
the growing popularity of economy runs
(which help give us ‘green’ media
stories) remember that high pressures
will improve mpg. But check the
availability of a dentist first in case your
fillings fall out.
9If you are marshalling and tyres
catch fire, they may produce lots of
acrid, unpleasant smoke and a dry
powder extinguisher will have little effect
on them. You could use foam but you are
likely to run out of foam extinguishers, so
if water is available, it’s probably better to
use lots and lots of that...
10
If you are displaying a car
in the paddock or at a
sponsorship presentation
for instance, jack it up then turn the
wheels until the tyre manufacturer’s
name is at the top and can be read.
A small point? Yes, and it may be
deflating if nobody notices. But still
worth the effort. Sponsorship deals
have been clinched by such attention
to detail.