Division A — Administration · 2005 · Update 2

© AVESCO – 2005 Division “A” Updated 12 July 2005 Page A 2 A 2. INTERPRETATION & DEFINITIONS A 2.1 Interpretation In all the provisions of this AVESCO Operations Manual (“these Rules”), unless the context otherwise requires: 2.1.1 Reference to “these Rules” will include any amendment or variation of them. 2.1.2 The singular includes the plural and vice versa. 2.1.3 Words importing a gender include any gender. 2.1.4 A reference to any thing, including but not limited to any amount, is a reference to the

whole of it. 2.1.5 Headings are for convenience only and do not affect the interpretation of these Rules. 2.1.6 Unless stated to be otherwise, a reference to any amount of money is exclusive of the Goods and Services Tax defined in A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 which may apply to any such amounts. 2.1.7 Other than during the course of a Meeting, where a time limit expires on a Saturday, Sunday or such other day gazetted as a public holiday in the country, State or Territory

concerned, as a result of which a person required by these Rules to comply with a time limit is unable to so comply, the time limit will be deemed to be extended to the next working day after the day on which the time limit was to expire. A 2.2 Definitions ASN means a national automobile club or other national body recognised by the FIA as the sole holder of motor sporting authority in a country. Authorised Representative means the person as defined in Rule A 8.2 AVESCO means the Australian Vee Eight Supercar Company Pty. Ltd.; and unless otherwise

indicated in the text of a Rule, all references in these Rules to AVESCO will be construed as references to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of AVESCO. AOM means the AVESCO Assistant Operations Manager. CAMS means the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport Ltd., the ASN for Australia. Car means a V8 Supercar, which are those motor racing automobiles conforming to the eligibility requirements in these Rules. Category means that class of racing automobile described as “V8 Supercars” consisting of

automobiles which conform to the eligibility requirements in these Rules. Circuit Race means a Competition held on a closed circuit between two or more cars running at the same time on the same course in which speed or the distance covered in a given time is the determining factor. Competing means participating in any competition or any element of a competition Competition means an event in which a Car takes part and which has a competitive nature or is given a competitive nature by the publication of results.

Competitor means any person or body accepted for any Meeting and necessarily holding a competitor’s Pass Book/Licence issued or authorised by their parent ASN. Control line means a line at the crossing of which a Car’s lap time is established. Driver means a person driving a Car in any Meeting and necessarily holding an FIA driver’s licence issued by the driver’s parent ASN. DVS means the Holden Performance Driving Centre (HPDC) V8 Supercar Series, distinct from the VCS, comprising a number of Meetings over a calendar year authorised by

AVESCO and included in the CAMS national calendar. DOM means the HPDC V8 Supercar Series Operations Manager. Entry means a contract between a Competitor and the organising committee of a Meeting which compels the Competitor to take part in a Meeting in which the Competitor has accepted to compete, except in the case of duly established force majeure. FIA means the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile. © AVESCO – 2005 Division “A” Updated 12 July 2005

Page A 3 Finish line means the final control line. ISC means the International Sporting Code of the FIA. Judges of Fact means those officials who perform one or more of the following duties: (1) Finish Judges - to declare the order in which cars cross the finish line; (2) Noise Judges - to determine whether cars exceed the noise level for the Meeting; (3) Pit Lane Speed Judges - to determine whether cars exceed the pit lane speed limit; and (4) Start Judges - to immediately indicate to the clerk of course or Race Director any

breach of the start procedures which may have occurred. (5) Other Judges of Fact may be appointed in which case the facts to be judged will be included in the relevant Supplementary Regulations. (6) The decisions of Judges of Fact are final but such decisions will not in themselves constitute the official classification for a Competition because they have taken no account of the conditions under which the competing Car/s have finished the course. (7) If any Judge of Fact considers that they have made a mistake they may correct it,

subject to the correction being accepted by the Stewards. (8) Protests against decisions made by the judges of fact in the exercise of their duties will not be admitted. Meeting (1) means an assembly of Competitors and officials and including one or more Competitions, and which includes the location of, days occupied by and all activities encompassing: administrative checking, briefings, scrutineering, practice sessions, qualifying sessions (however described) and Competitions;

and (2) is deemed to have commenced from the time scheduled for the first activity of the Meeting; and (3) is deemed to have ended upon expiry of the later time of either; (a) the time limit for protests or appeals or the end of any inquiries; or (b) the end of sporting checking and post-Competition scrutineering. MM means the AVESCO Media Manager. OM means the AVESCO Operations Manager. Parc Ferme means the place to which Competitors are obliged to bring their cars as provided in the Supplementary Regulations or as otherwise advised to Competitors.

Participant means any person, body or corporation who is directly associated with a validly entered Car and, without limitation, will include all Competitors – including Drivers, Car Owners, crew, Team members and associates including the holders of TEGA Teams Licences. Pass Book/Licence means the document issued by CAMS to each Competitor and/or driver to record licence details, penalties and any other information as may be required. Prescribed line unless otherwise specified in Supplementary Regulations, means a line,

whether or not marked on the surface of the pit lane, which extends across the entry of each pit garage. Pit Bay means that area in the pit lane which is reserved for the temporary stopping of, and working on, a Car during a Meeting. Pit garage means that area immediately adjacent, and usually at right angles, to the pit lane and which is reserved for the use of a Competitor for the parking and general maintenance of a Car when not on the race track or temporarily stationary in the pit bay.

Pit Lane means all of that road which provides access to and egress from the race track and in which the 40 km/h speed limit applies as indicated by the speed restriction sign at its beginning and the speed de-restriction sign at its end. Race track means the sealed surface of a motor racing circuit, including all of the pit lane and pit bays. © AVESCO – 2005 Division “A” Updated 12 July 2005 Page A 4 Rules or these Rules means all the provisions of the AVESCO Operations Manual together

with all Schedules and Appendices. Season means all of the Meetings within a calendar year. Starting (or Start) line means the line in relation to which the position of each Car is fixed prior to the start. Supplementary Regulations means the compulsory official documents issued by the promoters of Meetings with the object of setting out the details of a Meeting. Team means the entity which has executed a Team’s Licence Agreement with TEGA and also includes an entity that has entered into a sub-licence of a Teams Licence Agreement

Teams’ Licence Agreement (TLA) means the contract between TEGA and each Team that provides such Team with their racing entitlements and obligations. TEGA means Touring Car Entrants’ Group Australia Pty. Ltd. and unless otherwise indicated in the text of a Rule, all references in these Rules to TEGA will be construed as references to the General Manager of TEGA. Team Manager means the Authorised Representative as defined in Rule A 8.2 TEGA Parity Committee means the three person committee annually appointed by the

TEGA Board who will undertake parity reviews. VCS means the V8 Supercar Championship Series, distinct from the DVS, comprising a number of Meetings over a calendar year authorised by AVESCO and included in the FIA international or CAMS national calendar. In addition to these definitions as specifically prescribed. The definitions included in the Teams Licence Agreement shall be deemed to be incorporated in and form part of these Rules. © AVESCO – 2005 Division “A” Updated 12 July 2005

Page A 8 A 5.7 HPDC V8 Supercar Series Eligibility 5.7.1 The DVS is open to all Drivers except those who finished 15th or better in the preceding year’s VCS. 5.7.2 TLAs owned or grouped with Level 1 or Level 2 Teams will only be permitted to compete in the DVS, with special permission from the TEGA Board and then only if they are intending to uphold the objectives of the DVS. 5.7.3 Any Driver who is competing in the DVS will be permitted to compete in a maximum of three (3) VCS Sprint rounds during the same season and still be eligible to compete in

the DVS. 5.7.4 Any Driver who is competing in a VCS Endurance round will not be eligible to compete at the same meeting in the DVS unless that Driver has competed in a minimum of 60% of the previous DVS rounds, or in exceptional circumstances at the discretion of TEGA. A 5.8 HPDC V8 Supercar Series entries at VCS Rounds 5.8.1 Drivers in the DVS may be invited to enter, subject to conditions, VCS rounds such as the Bathurst 1000 or other events as may be decided by the TEGA Board.

© AVESCO – 2005 Division “A” Updated 12 July 2005 Page A 21 SCHEDULE A 3 FORMAT OF DVS MEETINGS (Rule A 9.2.2) ROUND DATE EVENT FORMAT Race Time Fri 1 x 30 minute race 30 min 1 Mar 17-20 Clipsal 500 Support Sat 1 x 30 minute race 30 min Sat 2 May 13-15 Wakefield Park Sun 2 x 20 min races 1 x 35 min race, rev grid R2 1 hr 15 min Sat 3 July 8-10 Eastern Creek Sun 2 x 20 min races 1 x 35 min race, rev grid R2 1hr 15 min Sat 2 x 20 min races, rev grid R2 40 min

4 Jul 22-24 Queensland Raceway Support Sun 1 x 35 min race 35 min Sat 5 Aug 19-21 Mallala Sun 2 x 20 min races 1 x 35 min race, rev grid R2 1hr 15 min Fri 1 X 30 min Race 30 min 6 Oct 6-9 Mt Panorama Support Sat 1 X 30 min Race 30 min Sat 2 x 20 min races, rev grid R2 1 x 30 min Race 30 min 7 Nov 25-27 Grand Finale Support Sun 1 x 35 min race 1 x 30 min Race 30 min © AVESCO – 2005 Division “A” Updated 12 July 2005 Page A 22 SCHEDULE A 4 VCS ENTRY CRITERIA

Event Automatic Entry VCS (1) Wildcards (in addition to the number of automatic entries accepted) to be selected by AVESCO (2) Round Date Event Qualifying Cutoff – both drivers must qualify where applicable Maximum Number of competitors as determined by AVESCO Ref Columns (1) - (2) # Determined by 1 Mar 17-20 Clipsal 500 105% 34 34 TEGA Level 1 & 2 TLA holders 2 Apr 15-17 V8 International 105% 32 30 Top 30 TLA holders from 2004 Championship Point Score (by Car) 2 3 May6-8 Barbagallo

105% 32 30 Top 30 TLA holders from 2004 Championship Point Score (by Car) 2 4 May 27-29 Eastern Creek 105% 34 34 TEGA Level 1 &2 TLA holders 5 Jun 10-12 Shanghai 105% 32 30 Top 30 TLA holders from 2004 Championship Point Score (by Car) 2 6 July 1-3 Hidden Valley 105% 34 34 TEGA Level 1 & 2 TLA holders 7 July 22-24 Queensland Raceway 105% 34 34 As above 8 Aug 12-14 Oran Park 105% 34 34 As above 9 Sept 9-11 Betta Electrical 500 107% 34 34 As above 10 Oct 6-9 Bathurst 1000 107%

35 34 As above 1 11 Oct 20-23 V8 Supercar Challenge 105% 32 32 Cumulative Championship point score at end round 9 (by Car) 12 Nov 11-13 Symmons Plains 105% 32 32 Cumulative Championship point score from all rounds of the VCS less the lowest point scoring round for each Team at end round 10 (by Car). Any Team that has been unable to Compete in a round of the VCS, where the maximum number of competitors as determined by AVESCO is 32 Cars as a direct result of such team not meeting the entry

requirements prescribed in this Schedule A4 will be permitted to count one such round as its lowest point scoring round as its lowest point scoring round for the purpose of this Rule. 13 Nov 25-27 Grand Finale 105% 34 34 TEGA Level 1 &2 TLA holders Note: If Cars eligible for entry do not attend, AVESCO reserves the right to nominate acceptable replacements. Note: Any DVS entries wishing to accept entry to VCS rounds must have the approval of the TEGA Board and satisfy VCS technical criteria.