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Supplementary Regulations Page 1 V8 Supercar Championship Series 2003 - Round 3 Eastern Creek © AVESCO 2003 V8 SUPERCAR CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES – ROUND 3 CAMS PERMIT NUMBER: 803/0405/01 SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS FOR V8 SUPERCARS CHAPTER 1 – STANDARD REQUIREMENTS 1.1. EVENT TITLE, DATE &VENUE The event will be known as the 2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series – Round 3, hereinafter referred to as “the Meeting”, and will be held at Eastern Creek International Raceway, NSW, on 2 - 4 May 2003. 1.2 ORGANISATION & STATUS 1.2.1 The Meeting will be held under the International Sporting Code of the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), any applicable National Competition Rules of the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport Ltd (CAMS) which are not in conflict with the Rules of the AVESCO Operations Manual, the AVESCO Operations Manual Rules (“the Rules”), the Supplementary Regulations, any Further Regulations or instructions and any Bulletins issued. 1.2.2 The Meeting will be a Major National Meeting. 1.3. ADMINISTRATION & EVENT STAFF 1.3.1Promoter: Australian Racing Drivers’ Club P.O. Box 6747, Blacktown Delivery Centre, NSW, 2148 Telephone: (02) 9672 1000 Facsimile: (02) 9672 0208 1.3.2Organiser: Australian Racing Drivers’ Club P.O. Box 6747, Blacktown Delivery Centre, NSW, 2148 Telephone: (02) 9672 1000 Facsimile: (02) 9672 0208 1.3.3Organising Committee: B Goulding, G Arnold, S Preece & S Redfern 1.3.4V8 Supercar Stewards Garth Wigston (Chief), Peter Svensson & Steve O’Connor 1.3.5V8 Supercar Race Director: Tim Schenken 1.3.6V8 Supercar Category Technical Manager: Paul Taylor 1.3.7V8 Supercar Driving Standards Observer: Colin Bond 1.3.8 V8 Supercar Operations Manager: Tony Manson 1.3.9 V8 Supercar Assistant Operations Manager:Ray Robins 1.3.10 V8 Supercar Media Manager: Martine Cousins 1.3.11 Secretary of the Meeting: B. Goulding 1.3.12 Clerk of Course Steve Preece 1.3.13 Asst. Clerk of Course(s): S. Grevett (Judicial) M. Hancock (Trackside) 1.3.14 Judges of Fact: (1) Start: S. Williams, M. Hancock & D. Miller (2) Finish: P. Coogan, S. Williams & M. Hancock (3) Pit Lane Speed: A. Baker Supplementary Regulations Page 2 V8 Supercar Championship Series 2003 - Round 3 Eastern Creek © AVESCO (4) Noise: G. Robson (5) Pit Lane Penalty: Vin Borgia, Paul Taylor, Steve Brow, Ray Robins, Garry Bailey 1.4 CIRCUIT DETAILS 1.4.1Track Length: 3.93 Kilometres 1.4.2Direction: Anti-clockwise 1.4.3AVESCO Permitted Track density: V8 Supercars – 35 1.5 ENTRIES 1.5.1 Competitors must have completed the AVESCO 2003 Entry/Registration Form, the Series Entry Form and the AVESCO Tyre Order & Payment Form to confirm entry to this Meeting. 1.5.2 No change of drivers will be accepted later than 17:00 on Thursday 1 May 2003, unless exceptional circumstances, as determined by the Series Stewards, warrant a change after that time. 1.6 V8 SUPERCAR RACE 1.6.1 The Meeting is only for cars complying with Division “C” of the Rules. 1.6.2 There will be 1 Race of 77 laps, including two Compulsory Pit Stops. 1.6.3 Awards and conditions for the Meeting are those contained in the Rules. 1.7 LICENCE REQUIREMENTS Drivers must hold a current CAMS C4 Competition Licence (Driver) or higher, and all Competitors must have a current CAMS Competitor Licence. 1.8 ACCESS TO CIRCUIT Teams will be permitted to enter the Circuit via gates 7 and 7b from 0700 on Thursday 1 May to set up in the paddock area. 1.9 GARAGE ALLOCATION Pit Garages will be reserved for V8 Supercars, and allocation will be made pursuant to Rule D2 which will be administered by the AOM, in conjunction with the Organisers. 1.10 ACCREDITATION CARDS (PASSES) 1.10.1 The Series Accreditation Cards will be recognised by the Organisers. 1.10.2 Where any Team has accepted one or more blank Series Accreditation passes, the Team must ensure that the AVESCO 2003 V8 SUPERCAR SERIES ACCREDITATION CARD SUMMARY FORM is completed in full and signed by the holder of the blank pass. 1.10.3 The completed forms must be handed in to the AOM. 1.10.4 Vehicle passes will be available for collection at the circuit accreditation office. Each race Car will be allocated the following passes: 1 x Paddock car pass; and 4 x VIP car passes. Supplementary Regulations Page 3 V8 Supercar Championship Series 2003 - Round 3 Eastern Creek © AVESCO 1.11 TEAM PARKING As advised to teams by the AOM. 1.12 TYRE SELECTION Control tyre selection will take place at 08:00 on Friday 2 May at the Dunlop facility located in the paddock area. 1.13 MEETING RIDES 1.13.1 Competitors that have been allocated corporate or media rides at this Meeting (see Rule E 1) are reminded that they must give AVESCO’s Media Manager, Martine Cousins, fourteen (14) days notice in writing of such intention. 1.13.2 Passengers carried in all Meeting Rides must comply with the conditions set out in Rules E 1.4 and E 1.5 1.13.3 Meeting Rides will be conducted between 1540 and 1610 on Friday 2 May. 1.13.4 Teams permitted to undertake Meeting Rides are restricted to one flying lap (as defined in Rule E 1.7). 1.14 OFFICIAL NOTICE BOARD Located at the Race Secretary's office on the outside of the western wall. CHAPTER 2 – SUPPLEMENTARY REQUIREMENTS 2.1. DOCUMENT VERIFICATION & SCRUTINEERING 2.1.1 Document Verification for all Competitors will be conducted between 0800 and 1330 on Friday 2 May at the AVESCO Transporter. 2.1.2 Scrutineering will be conducted between 0800 and 1330 on Friday 2 May and will be carried out at each Competitor's assigned garage. 2.2. BRIEFINGS 2.2.1 A briefing for all Competitors’ Team Managers will be held at 12:30 on Friday 2 May at the Horsley Centre located at the Control Tower end of the Pit Lane Corporate Suites. 2.2.2 A briefing for all Competitors and Drivers will be held at 17:30 on Saturday 3 May at the garden workshop building located at the rear of the Paddock area. Note: The above personnel must attend at the time for, and for the duration of, the relevant briefing/s (Rule D 4), unless excused by the Stewards in exceptional circumstances. 2.3 QUALIFYING 2.3 .1 Qualifying will be split into two sections, an Upper 50% and a Lower 50%, based on practice times, subject to Rule D 5.3. 2.3.2 Any driver whose best qualifying lap exceeds 105% of the fastest V8 Supercar qualifying time achieved during the qualifying sessions will not be permitted to start in the Race; unless either Rule D 5.1.2 or D 5.1.5 applies. Supplementary Regulations Page 4 V8 Supercar Championship Series 2003 - Round 3 Eastern Creek © AVESCO 2.4 TOP TEN SHOOTOUT 2.4.1 The combined results of both the Upper 50% or the Lower 50% qualifying sessions will determine the starters and the starting order for the Shootout unless otherwise determined by the Stewards. 2.4.2 The Shootout will be regarded as a qualifying session for those drivers who achieve the ten fastest times in either the Upper 50% or the Lower 50% qualifying sessions. 2.4.3 The Shootout will determine the first ten places on the starting grid for the Race. 2.4.4 The starting order for the Shootout will be from tenth to first as established by the fastest time achieved by a driver in the qualifying sessions. 2.4.5 Each Car will be released on one warm-up lap from Pit Lane, as the Car crosses the Control Line, the driver will be shown a green flag which will signal the start of that driver’s timed lap. 2.4.6 When the Car crosses the Control Line at the end of its flying lap, the driver will be shown a chequered flag indicating the end of the timed lap, whereupon the driver must reduce speed, complete an almost full “cool-down” lap and re-enter Pit Lane via the pit entry lane. 2.4.7 During the “cool-down” lap, Cars must be driven at a reasonable pace and drivers must not interfere with, baulk or cause obstruction to any other Cars which may be on the track at the same time. 2.4.8 It is the responsibility of the Competitor to ensure their Car is at Pit Lane Exit at the appropriate time for it to take part in the Shootout. 2.4.9 The Car nominated to start the session must be at the Pit Lane Exit at the scheduled start time of the session. 2.4.10 Each following Car must be at the Pit Lane Exit prior to the preceding Car receiving the green flag to commence it’s timed lap. 2.4.11 Any Competitor that fails to have their Car at the Pit Lane Exit prior to the preceding Car receiving the green flag, the Stewards may exclude that Car from the session. 2.4.12 A driver will be permitted to qualify only one Car in the Shootout, and that Car must be the Car that driver will drive in the Race. 2.5 TYRES – TOP TEN SHOOT-OUT 2.5.1 At the end of the Top Ten Shootout, the tyres used will be marked and may be impounded by the CTM and, subject to any damage to the tyres and/or weather conditions at the commencement of the Race, must be used to start the Race. 2.5.2 Failure of any Competitor to comply with the foregoing will incur one (1) Pit Lane Penalty per marked tyre used in the Top Ten Shootout but not used to start the Race, unless the penalty is set aside by the Stewards in exceptional circumstances. 2.6 COMPULSORY PIT STOPS (“CPS”) 2.6.1 During the Race there will be two (2) compulsory pit stops for each Car. 2.6.2 At one of these CPSs, each Car must have all four wheels/tyres changed; the replacement wheels/tyres must be other than those removed from the Car at the CPS except where Rule D11.1.4 applies. Refuelling is strictly forbidden during this CPS. 2.6.3 At the other CPS, each Car must be refueled. It is strictly forbidden to change any wheels/tyres during this CPS. Supplementary Regulations Page 5 V8 Supercar Championship Series 2003 - Round 3 Eastern Creek © AVESCO 2.6.5 Subject to the preceding Supplementary Regulations 2.6.2 and 2.6.3, any other work may be carried out on a Car during a CPS. 2.6.6 Each CPS must be commenced within the following ‘window’ expressed as laps completed by the leading Car: lap number 2 and lap number 55. 2.6.7 A Car will be deemed to have commenced a CPS when it crosses the line (real or imagined) that separates the race circuit from the Pit Lane access road. A Judge of Fact will be appointed to determine when a Car so commences a CPS. 2.6.8 After the CPS window is opened, a Car must cross the Control Line on the race circuit before entering the Pit Lane access road to commence a CPS. The leading Car will be deemed to have complied with this requirement as it crosses the Control Line to open the window. 2.6.9 Competitors are reminded that, at any pit stop at which a Car is refueled, Rule D 11.9 will apply and must be obeyed. 2.7 PIT BAY BOOMS 2.7.1 A maximum of one only Pit bay boom is permitted for any multiple-Car Team during any Race. Three-Car Teams will be permitted to use two booms at any other time, subject to the approval of the AOM. 2.7.2 Single Car Teams “paired” together at this Meeting must place their Pit bay booms next to each other. Any such arrangement must be constructed to the approval of the AOM. 2.7.3 All other regulations in regard to multiple Car Teams will apply to single Car Teams “paired” together at this Meeting. (eg. Rule D11.5.9.3 will apply to 2 single Cars “paired” together at this Meeting.) 2.8 USE OF REFUELLING TOWERS The use of refuelling towers is only permitted during the Warm Up and Race on Sunday 4 May 2003. At all times during the warm up and Race on this day, the requirements of C18.4.4 must be complied with by all team members in Pit Lane. 2.9 ADDITIONAL SIGNALLING POINT In addition to the flag signals shown at the Control Line, the following flag signals will be displayed from Flag Point 9.3 (on driver’s left): the Black Flag and the Black Flag with Orange Disc. 2.10 KERB INFRINGMENTS During any Practice or Qualifying Session: 2.10.1 First reported breach – Black flag and drive through penalty plus loss of the fastest lap time recorded up to and including the lap on which the breach occurred, in that session. 2.10.2 Second reported breach – Black flag and drive through penalty plus loss of the fastest and second fastest times recorded at any time during that session. 2.10.3 Third reported breach – Black flag and Car held in Pit lane for the balance of the session and loss of all times recorded in that session. Supplementary Regulations Page 6 V8 Supercar Championship Series 2003 - Round 3 Eastern Creek © AVESCO 2.11 PIT LANE PENALTIES 2.11.1 No Pit Lane Penalty (PLP) may be commenced while the Safety Car Board is being displayed at the flag point to be advised in further instructions. 2.11.2 A Car will be deemed to have commenced a PLP when it crosses the line (real or imagined) that separates the race circuit from the Pit Lane access road, a Judge of Fact will be appointed to determine when a Car so commences a PLP. 2.13 PODIUM PRESENTATION No beverages other than the official champagne, “unbranded” bottled water or as supplied by the organisers, are permitted on the Podium during any presentation. CHAPTER 3 – MARKETING 3.1 MEDIA CONFERENCES - All held in the circuit Media Centre 3.1.1 Saturday 3 May - (top 5) Immediately following Shootout. 3.1.2 Sunday 4 May - (top 3 Overall) Immediately following the Race. 3.2 AUTOGRAPH SESSION – Venue To be advised by Martine Cousins under separate instructions. 3.1.1 Thursday 1 May 3.1.2 Time - To be advised by Martine Cousins under separate instructions 3.1.3 Drivers – Group "B” CHAPTER 4 – SPECIFIC CIRCUIT REQUIREMENTS 4.1 END OF PRACTICE, QUALIFYING & RACES 4.1.1 At the conclusion of each practice and qualifying session and at the end of each Race, (indicated by the chequered flag at the start/finish line on the main straight) drivers must continue around the circuit and use the pit entry lane to return to their pit garages, subject to directions from officials. 4.1.2 Any driver whose Car enters the paddock area through the back gate during any Race will be excluded from that Race. 4.2 TRUCK WASHING A new truck washing bay is located on the paddock entrance road just after the tunnel near the medical centre. For environmental reasons it is not possible to wash trucks in the paddock area. Supplementary Regulations Page 7 V8 Supercar Championship Series 2003 - Round 3 Eastern Creek © AVESCO CHAPTER 5 SCHEDULE 5.1 Thursday Start Finish Category Duration Session 1000 1600 Konica V8 Supercars 6 hours Document Check 1000 Konica V8 Supercars Tyre Selection 1000 1600 Konica V8 Supercars 6 hours Scrutineering 1500 V8 Supercars Organisers Meeting 1600 Konica V8 Supercars Team Managers Briefing Supplementary Regulations Page 8 V8 Supercar Championship Series 2003 - Round 3 Eastern Creek © AVESCO 5.2 Friday 0800 1330 V8 Supercars 5hr 30 min Document Check 0800 V8 Supercars Tyre Selection 0800 1330 V8 Supercars 5hr 30 min Scrutineering 0900 0920 Formula Ford 20 minutes Practice 1 15 minutes 0935 1010 Konica V8 Supercars 35 minutes Practice 1 10 minutes 1020 1040 MGF 20 minutes Practice 1 10 minutes 1050 1120 Carrera Cup 30 minutes Practice 1 15 minutes 1135 1210 Konica V8 Supercars 35 minutes Practice 2 10 minutes 1220 1240 Formula Ford 20 minutes Practice 2 1230 V8 Supercars Team Managers Briefing 10 minutes 1250 1310 MGF 20 minutes Practice 2 15 minutes 1325 1345 Konica V8 Supercars 20 minutes Qualifying 1 5 minutes 1350 1410 Konica V8 Supercars 20 minutes Qualifying 2 After Qualifying Konica V8 Supercars Media Conference 20 minutes 1430 1505 V8 Supercars 35 minutes Practice 1 10 minutes 1515 1530 Formula Ford 15 minutes Qualifying 1 10 minutes 1540 1610 V8 Supercars 30 minutes Meeting Rides 5 minutes 1615 1630 Aussie Racing Cars 15 minutes Qualifying 10 minutes 1640 1700 MGF 20 minutes Qualifying 1 5 minutes 1705 1735 Konica V8 Supercars 30 minutes Meeting Rides 1800 Konica V8 Supercars Drivers & Competitors Briefing Supplementary Regulations Page 9 V8 Supercar Championship Series 2003 - Round 3 Eastern Creek © AVESCO 5.3 Saturday Start Finish Category Duration Session 0900 0930 Carrera Cup 30 minutes Qualifying 1 15 minutes 0945 1005 Konica V8 Supercars 20 minutes Warm Up 10 minutes 1015 1030 Safety Car 15 minutes Rides 10 minutes 1040 1115 V8 Supercars 35 minutes Practice 2 10 minutes 1125 1140 Formula Ford 15 minutes Qualifying 2 30 minutes 1210 1230 Konica V8 Supercars 12 laps Race 1 10 minutes 1240 1255 VB Challenge 15 minutes 10 minutes 1305 1325 Carrera Cup 20 minutes Race 1 10 minutes 1335 1345 Aussie Racing Cars 10 minutes Race 1 15 minutes 1400 1420 V8 Supercars 20 minutes Qualifying 1 5 minutes 1425 1445 V8 Supercars 20 minutes Qualifying 2 10 minutes 1555 1515 MGF 20 minutes Qualifying 2 30 minutes 1545 1605 Konica V8 Supercars 12 laps Race 2 20 minutes 1625 1655 V8 Supercars 30 minutes Shoot Out After Shoot Out V8 Supercars Media Conference 10 minutes 1705 1715 Aussie Racing Cars 10 minutes Race 2 1730 V8 Supercars Drivers & Competitors Briefing Supplementary Regulations Page 10 V8 Supercar Championship Series 2003 - Round 3 Eastern Creek © AVESCO 5.4 Sunday Start Finish Category Duration Session 0845 0855 Aussie Racing Cars 10 minutes Race 3 15 minutes 0910 0930 Konica V8 Supercars 20 minutes Warm Up 5 minutes 0935 0950 Safety Car 15 minutes Rides 10 minutes 1000 1020 V8 Supercars 20 minutes Warm Up 5 minutes 1025 1040 MGF 15 minutes Race 1 30 minutes 1110 Konica V8 Supercars 22 laps Race 3 Race End Konica V8 Supercars Podium Presentation After Podium Konica V8 Supercars Media Conference 10 minutes 1155 1215 Carrera Cup 20 minutes Race 2 5 minutes 1220 1235 VB Challenge 15 minutes 10 minutes 1245 1300 Formula Ford 15 minutes Race 1 30 minutes 1330 V8 Supercars 77 Laps Race Race End V8 Supercars Podium Presentation After Podium V8 Supercars Media Conference 15 minutes 1545 1555 Aussie Racing Cars 10 minutes Race 4 10 minutes 1605 1625 Carrera Cup 20 minutes Race 3 10 minutes 1635 1650 MGF 15 minutes Race 2 10 minutes 1700 1715 Formula Ford 15 minutes Race 2 B Goulding Secretary of the Meeting