j_gardhouse wrote on 02/14/11 at 10:52:42:My only question is how would this work out under CARS GCR's?
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I once offered to switch with my co-driver, who refused, based on it excluding us (from like what, second to last?)
Those silly co-drivers.
That was my impression as well (under CARS rules, anyhow), but I decided to check out the exact wording and was surprised:
NRR I.A.4:
Quote:4. (a) During a national performance rally, no change of crew and/or vehicle as listed on the official entry form for the event is permitted and, further, the crew member listed on the entry form as driver shall operate the vehicle at all times while on special stages. Switching of duties during stages shall result in exclusion from the event, and the entry shall be recorded on the results as a DNF. Switching of duties during transit sections is permitted. See NRR IV N.
NRR IV ("Types of Route Presentation") has no section N, but NRR V does:
Quote:N DNF
Competitors who are beyond their maximum lateness, have surrenered their timing card to a rally official, have missed a control or are unable to continue as the registered crew shall not compete further in the rally. Competitors who have not been informed by the Steward(s) that they are beyond maximum lateness may continue in the rally. (See NRR IV E 6) Competitors failing to comply with this regulation shall be subject to sanction at the discretion of the Steward(s).
Based on all that, from where I sit:
- the rules explicitly prohibit switching of a driver and co-driver in a
national performance rally.
- the rules (further down in NRR I.A.4 from what I posted) state that it's up to the regions (as well as the organizers and/or stewards) whether to allow switching in their rallycrosses and rallysprints.
- nothing that I can find explicitly spells out whether it's legal to switch roles at
regional performance rallies.
Hmm.