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V8 Supercar Supplementary Regulations Page 1 V8 Supercar Championship Series 2004 - Round 2 Eastern Creek © AVESCO 2004 V8 SUPERCAR CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES – ROUND 2 CAMS PERMIT NUMBER: 804/0404/01 SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS FOR V8 SUPERCARS CHAPTER 1 – STANDARD REQUIREMENTS 1.1. EVENT TITLE, DATE &VENUE The event will be known as the 2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series – Round 2, hereinafter referred to as “the Meeting”, and will be held at Eastern Creek International Raceway, NSW, on 2 - 4 April 2004. 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 1.3.1 Promoter: Australian Racing Drivers’ Club P.O. Box 6747, Blacktown Delivery Centre, NSW, 2148 Telephone: (02) 9672 1000 Facsimile: (02) 9672 0208 1.3.2 Organiser: Australian Racing Drivers’ Club P.O. Box 6747, Blacktown Delivery Centre, NSW, 2148 Telephone: (02) 9672 1000 Facsimile: (02) 9672 0208 1.3.3 Organising Committee: Brian Goulding, Geoff Arnold, Steve Preece & Sam Redfern 1.3.4 V8 Supercar Stewards Garth Wigston (Chief), Steve Chopping & Allan Denny 1.3.5 V8 Supercar Race Director: Tim Schenken 1.3.6 V8 Supercar Category Technical Director: Paul Taylor 1.3.7 V8 Supercar Driving Standards Observer: Colin Bond 1.3.8 V8 Supercar Operations Manager: Tony Manson 1.3.9 V8 Supercar Media Manager: Cole Hitchcock 1.3.10 V8 Supercar Assistant Operations Manager: Ray Robins 1.3.11 Secretary of the Meeting: B. Goulding 1.3.12 Clerk of Course Steve Preece 1.3.14 Judges of Fact: (1) Start: Steve Williams, Michael Hancock & Dave Miller (2) Finish: Peter Coogan, Steve Williams V8 Supercar Supplementary Regulations Page 2 V8 Supercar Championship Series 2004 - Round 2 Eastern Creek © AVESCO & Michael Hancock (3) Pit Lane Speed: Alan Baker (4) Noise: Gary Robson (5) Pit Lane Penalty: Vin Borgia, Tony Manson, & Ray Robins 1.4 CIRCUIT DETAILS 1.4.1 Track Length: 3.93 Kilometres 1.4.2 Direction: Anti-clockwise 1.4.3 AVESCO Permitted Track density: V8 Supercars – 35 1.4.4Notice Board: Located at the Race Secretary's office on the outside of the Western wall. 1.4.5Stewards Office: Located on the Ground Floor of the Control Tower 1.5 ENTRIES 1.5.1 Competitors must have completed the AVESCO 2004 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 1700 on Thursday 1 April 2004, 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 April 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 2004 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 The Series Vehicle Passes will be recognised at this Meeting. V8 Supercar Supplementary Regulations Page 3 V8 Supercar Championship Series 2004 - Round 2 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 0900 on Friday 2 April 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, Cole Hitchcock, fourteen (14) days notice in writing of their intention to use their allocation. 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 1600 and 1630 on Friday 2 April. 1.13.4 Teams permitted to undertake Meeting Rides are restricted to one flying lap (as defined in Rule E 1.7). CHAPTER 2 – SUPPLEMENTARY REQUIREMENTS 2.1. DOCUMENT VERIFICATION & SCRUTINEERING 2.1.1 Document Verification for all Competitors will be conducted between 0800 and 1300 on Friday 2 April at the AVESCO Transporter 2.1.2 Scrutineering will be conducted between 0800 and 1300 on Friday 2 April 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 1210 on Friday 2 April in 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 1740 on Saturday 3 April in the Horsley Centre. 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 FRIDAY PRACTICE 2.3.1 There will be a practice session on Friday 2 April for V8 Supercars conducted between 1400 and 1530. 2.3.2 Each Car will be permitted to complete a maximum of 28 laps during this session, with the exception of any lap on which the red flag is shown. 2.3.3 Any Car that completes more than the laps specified will be penalised 2 grid positions for the Race. Other penalties may also be applied by the Stewards. 2.3.4 All lap times achieved during this practice session will not be used to determine the qualifying split as detailed in Supplementary Regulation 2.4. V8 Supercar Supplementary Regulations Page 4 V8 Supercar Championship Series 2004 - Round 2 Eastern Creek © AVESCO 2.3.5 For this session only, the requirements of Rule C13.9.3 will not apply and a Team may use any tyres that have been previously allocated to that Team. 2.4 QUALIFYING 2.4.1 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 2.4.2 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 for the V8 Supercars; unless either Rule D 5.1.2 or D 5.1.5 applies. 2.5 TOP TEN SHOOTOUT 2.5.1 The combined results of both the Upper 50% and the Lower 50% qualifying sessions will determine the starters and the starting order for the Shootout unless otherwise determined by the Stewards. 2.5.2 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. 2.5.3 The Shootout will determine the first ten places on the starting grid for the Race. 2.5.4 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. 2.5.5 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. 2.5.6 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. 2.5.7 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. 2.5.8 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. 2.5.9 The Car nominated to start the session must be at the Pit Lane Exit at the scheduled start time of the session. 2.5.10 Each following Car must be at the Pit Lane Exit prior to the preceding Car receiving the green flag to commence its timed lap. 2.5.11 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. 2.5.12 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. 2.6 TYRES – TOP TEN SHOOT-OUT 2.6.1 At the end of the Top Ten Shootout, the tyres used will be marked and may be impounded by the CTD 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. 2.6.2 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. V8 Supercar Supplementary Regulations Page 5 V8 Supercar Championship Series 2004 - Round 2 Eastern Creek © AVESCO 2.7 COMPULSORY PIT STOPS (“CPS”) 2.7.1 During the Race there will be two (2) compulsory pit stops (CPS’s) for each Car. 2.7.2 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. 2.7.3 At the other CPS, each Car must be refuelled. It is strictly forbidden to change any wheels/tyres during this CPS. 2.7.5 Subject to the preceding Supplementary Regulations 2.7.2 and 2.7.3, any other work may be carried out on a Car during a CPS. 2.7.6 Each CPS must be commenced within the following ‘window’ expressed as laps completed by the leading Car: lap number 2 and lap number 55. 2.7.7 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. 2.7.8 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. 2.7.9 Competitors are reminded that, at any pit stop at which a Car is refuelled, Rule D 11.9 will apply and must be obeyed. 2.8 PIT BAY BOOMS 2.8.1 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. 2.8.2 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.) 2.9 USE OF REFUELLING TOWERS The use of refuelling towers is only permitted during the Warm Up, the Race and the observation laps completed immediately prior to the start of the Race on Sunday 4 April 2004. During these times, the requirements of C18.3.4 must be complied with by all team members in Pit Lane. 2.10 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. 2.11 KERB INFRINGMENTS During any Practice or Qualifying Session: 2.11.1 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 Car enters Pit Lane in response to the Black flag, in that session. V8 Supercar Supplementary Regulations Page 6 V8 Supercar Championship Series 2004 - Round 2 Eastern Creek © AVESCO 2.11.2 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. 2.11.3 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. 2.12 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. 2.13 TEAM RADIO FREQUENCIES Any Competitor that has changed its radio frequencies from those nominated on its yearly entry must notify McCall Communications by 1300 on Friday 2 April. All Competitors are reminded of the provisions of Rule C15.1 2.14 RACE MANAGEMENT CHANNEL RMC for this meeting will be 489.7 MHZ. CHAPTER 3 – MARKETING 3.1.1 AUTOGRAPH SESSION – To be advised be the Media manager under separate cover. 3.1.1 Date: 3.1.2 Location: 3.1.3 Time: 3.1.4 Drivers: 3.2 MEDIA CONFERENCES - All held in the circuit Media Centre 3.2.1 Friday 2 April (Top 5); Immediately following Practice 1. 3.2.2 Saturday 3 April(Top 3); Immediately following Shootout. 3.2.3 Sunday 4 April (Top 3); Immediately following the Race. 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. This is the only place where vehicles of any type can be washed due to the current NSW water restrictions. HEAVY FINES APPLY. V8 Supercar Supplementary Regulations Page 7 V8 Supercar Championship Series 2004 - Round 2 Eastern Creek © AVESCO CHAPTER 5 – MEETING PROGRAM FRIDAY 2 APRIL Start Finish Category Duration Session 0800 1300 V8 Supercar 5 hours Document Check 0800 1300 V8 Supercar 5 hours Scrutineering 0900 V8 Supercar Tyre selection 0900 0925 Lotus Elise 20 minutes Practice 1 10 minutes 0935 1000 Aussie Race Cars 25 minutes Practice 1 10 minutes 1010 1025 Historic Touring 15 minutes Qualifying 1 10 minutes 1035 1055 Formula Ford 20 minutes Practice 1 10 minutes 1100 V8 Supercar Organisers Meeting 1105 1120 Lotus Elise 15 minutes Qualifying 1 10 minutes 1130 1155 Aussie Race Cars 25 minutes Qualifying 1 10 minutes 1210 V8 Supercar Team Managers Briefing 1205 1225 Formula Ford 20 minutes Practice 2 10 minutes 1230 1245 Lotus Elise 20 minutes Qualifying 2 10 minutes 1255 1340 Carrera Cup 25 minutes Practice 20 minutes 1400 1530 V8 Supercar 90 minutes Practice 1 After Practice V8 Supercars Media Conference 10 minutes 1540 1555 Historic Touring 15 minutes Qualifying 2 5 minutes 1600 1630 V8 Supercar 30 minutes Meeting Rides 10 minutes 1640 1700 Formula Ford 20 minutes Qualifying 10 minutes 1710 1730 Carrera Cup 20 minutes Meeting Rides V8 Supercar Supplementary Regulations Page 8 V8 Supercar Championship Series 2004 - Round 2 Eastern Creek © AVESCO SATURDAY 3 APRIL Start Finish Category Duration Session 0900 0915 Safety Car Rides 20 minutes 10 minutes 0930 1005 V8 Supercars 35 minutes Practice 2 10 minutes 1015 1045 Lotus Elise 30 minutes Race 1 10 minutes 1055 1115 Carrera Cup 30 minutes Qualifying 20 minutes 1135 1210 V8 Supercars 35 minutes Practice 3 5 minutes 1215 1235 Aussie Race Cars 20 minutes Race 1 5 minutes 1240 1255 Historic Touring 15 minutes Race 1 5 minutes 1300 1315 VB Challenge 15 minutes 1315 1335 Formula Ford 25 minutes Race 1 15 minutes 1350 1410 V8 Supercars 20 minutes V8 Qualifying (Lower 50%) 5 minutes 1415 1435 V8 Supercars 20 minutes V8 Qualifying (Upper 50%) 10 minutes 1445 1510 Lotus Elise 25 minutes Race 2 10 minutes 1520 1545 Carrera Cup 25 minutes Race 3 15 minutes 1600 1630 V8 Supercars 30 minutes Top 10 Shootout After Shootout V8 Supercars Media Conference 10 minutes 1640 1705 Formula Ford 25 minutes Race 2 10 minutes 1715 1735 Aussie Race Cars 20 minutes Race 2 5 minutes 1740 V8 Supercars Drivers and Competitors Briefing V8 Supercar Supplementary Regulations Page 9 V8 Supercar Championship Series 2004 - Round 2 Eastern Creek © AVESCO SUNDAY 4 APRIL Start Finish Category Duration Session 0830 0850 Safety Car Rides 15 Minutes 10 minutes 0900 0920 Carrera Cup 20 minutes Race 2 10 minutes 0930 0955 Historic Touring 25 minutes Race 2 10 minutes 1005 1030 Lotus Elise 25 minutes Race 3 10 minutes 1040 1100 V8 Supercars 20 minutes Warm Up 10 minutes 1110 1130 Aussie Race Cars 20 minutes Race 3 10 minutes 1140 1205 Formula Ford 25 minutes Race 3 10 minutes 1215 1230 VB Challenge 15 minutes 1230 1300 Carrera Cup 30 minutes Race 3 30 minutes 1330 V8 Supercars 77 laps Race Race End V8 Supercars 15 minutes Podium Presentation After Podium V8 Supercars Media Conference 10 minutes 1610 1630 Aussie Race Cars 20 minutes Race 4 10 minutes 1640 1705 Historic Touring 25 minutes Race 3 Brian Goulding Secretary of the Meeting