Disclaimer : These regulations are provisional, and subsequently not approved by the MSA, any costs incurred by following these regulations as currently published are entirely at the competitors risk!

1 Sporting Regulations – General

1.1 Title & Jurisdiction

The 2006 Lotus Seven Club Speed Championship is organised and administered by the Lotus Seven Club of Great Britain in accordance with the General Regulations of the Royal Automobile Club Motor Sports Association (incorporating the provisions of the International Sporting Code of the FIA) and these Championship Regulations.

MSA Championship Permit no. – Applied For Status – National B/Clubmans MSA Championship Grade – D

1.2.1 Co-ordinator : Mark Durrant, 29 Marian Court, Robin Hood Lane, Sutton, Surrey, SM1 2SB 020 8395 7496

1.2.2 Eligibility Scrutineer : Mr G J Walton, Wayside Farm, Stairways Lane, Biddulph Moor, Stoke-on-Trent, ST8 7LD 01623 811701

1.2.3 Championship Stewards : Barry Hunt, Lakeside, Breach Lane, Claverdon, Warwick, CV35 8QB. Paul Ranson, Kilmory, 17 Church Road, Brackley, NN13 7BU Tim Wilson, 17 Centuria Walk, Salendine Nook, Huddersfield, HD3 3WP.

1.3.1 Competitors must be fully paid-up members of the Lotus 7 Club.

1.3.2 Competitors must be registered for the championship and in possession of a valid MSA Non-Race National B Competition Licence or higher.

1.3.3 A novice for the purpose of the Novice Trophy is a person holding a Non-Race National B MSA licence for the first time in 2006 and taking part in their first competitive season of Motor Speed events.

1.4.1 All details of the Championship can be obtained from the Coordinator (the Lotus Seven Club Competition Secretary) as detailed in 1.2.1

1.4.2 There is a fee of £15 for entering the 2006 Lotus Seven Club Speed Championship.

1.4.3 The closing date for acceptance into the Championship shall be the same as the closing date for the final Championship round.

1.4.4 Competitors must register for the Championship at least seven days before the first event at which they intend to compete and accrue points

23rd April Longcross 1 Sprint Sutton Cheam MC
30th April Llandow Sprint – L7CGB
20th May Curborough 1 Sprint – L7CGB
1st July Shelsley Walsh Hillclimb – MAC
8th July Pembrey 1 Sprint - BARC
9th July Pembrey 2 Sprint – BARC
15th July Longcross 2 Sprint - Sutton Cheam MC
29th July Loton Park Hillclimb – Liverpool MC
5th August MIRA Sprint – L7CGB
27th August Curborough 2 Sprint – L7CGB
2nd September Aintree Sprint – Liverpool MC
9th September Wiscombe Hillclimb – MG Car Club
16th September Cadwell Park – Borough 19 MC
17th September Harewood Hillclimb - BARC

Each qualifying round will be run under its own Supplementary Regulations to which Championship contenders will be bound as well as these Championship regulations and the general regulations of the MSA.

1.6 Scoring

1.6.1 All class runs offered at each round will count for Championship scoring. However should a meeting be abandoned before the completion of two class runs for all Championship classes it will only count as a qualifying round of the Championship providing that all competitors have completed one class run. In this instance only the first class run would count for Championship scoring purposes.

1.6.2 Each round will be scored as follows:

The competitor finishing second in each class will be awarded 20 points, the winner in each class will be awarded 20 points plus the time difference between themselves and second place up to a maximum of 21.00 points as long as more than three competitors have competed in the class. If only 3 have competed the first place will be awarded 20.50 points only.

The additional competitors in each class will be awarded 20 points minus the time difference between them & the person finishing in second place.

An example is shown below:

1st 63.18 secs 21.00 points
2nd 64.20 secs 20.00 points
3rd 64.58 secs 19.62 points
4th 66.78 secs 17.42 points

The Championship co-ordinator will maintain class records for each Championship class at each Championship venue. In addition to the points awarded as described above, bonus points will be awarded to any competitor who beats the class record for their class at a Championship round. The points awarded will be equal to the time difference between the class record and the competitors time, up to a maximum of 0.5 points at each event.

For new venues or new track variations at an existing venue the first event held will determine the initial class records and no bonus points will be awarded at that event.

1.6.3 Championship and Trophy scoring

The class Champions will be decided from the best 7 results out of the 14 rounds. The Champion for each class will be the one with the most points in that class.

The Novice Trophy and Ladies Trophy will be decided from the best 5 results out of the 14 rounds.

At each round the Championship co-ordinator will determine the position (1st, 2nd,3rd etc) of each competitor in each class at that event. Each position will be allocated overall Championship points as follows: 1st place – 25 points, 2nd place 24 points etc all the way down to 25th place and beyond which will be allocated 1 point. Competitors will be allocated overall Championship points for their position. In addition any bonus points awarded for breaking a class record set at an event will be added to the overall Championship points total.

The Overall Champion will be decided from the best 7 rounds using overall Championship points – bonus points awarded at ALL events (not just the best 7) will be included

In the event of a tie for the Overall Champion the results from the best scores for 8 rounds will be counted and at this stage if this fails to resolve the tie the result will be declared a tie.

In the event of a tie for the Novice Trophy and Ladies Trophy the best scores for 6 rounds will be counted and at this stage if this fails to resolve the tie the result will be declared a tie.

There shall be one Champion per class and in addition there will be an Overall Champion, a Ladies Trophy and a Novice Trophy winner. Each class Champion, the Ladies Trophy, Novice Trophy winners and the Overall Champion shall receive an award. In addition there will be awards for second and third places in each class - dependant upon the number of entries in the class. Five competitors in a class will trigger a second place award, with eight competitors triggering a third place award.

Event awards will be given at each of the L7CGB organized events only. Class Champion, Ladies Trophy, Novice Trophy and Overall Champion Awards will be presented at an Awards Presentation Event at the end of the season.

2.1 Rounds

In accordance with section O of the 2006 MSA Regulations and the Supplementary Regulations for each event.

2.2 Championship

In accordance with section O of the 2006 MSA Regulations and these regulations

3.1 Eligible Vehicles

All cars must be of the type known as Lotus 7 or Caterham 7 and will be placed in one of the following classes.

3.2 Classes

Class 1:

Lotus or Caterham Sevens powered by single cam engines up to 1600c.c.

Also Caterham Sevens which fully comply with the current technical specification for the ‘2006 Caterham Graduates Championship’ – ‘Caterham Graduate Class’ and ‘Caterham Super-Graduates Class’ specification cars only. Cars must fully meet the specification relevant for engine type and year of construction. No further modifications are permitted. For tyres see below.

For Ford OHV ‘Kent’ Crossflow 1600cc engines ONLY there is a maximum rebore allowance of 60 thousandths of an inch.

Tyres to be listed in 2005 or 2006 MSA Technical Regulations List 1A only.

Cars powered by non-car derived engines or equipped with sequential gearboxes are not allowed in this class.

Class 2:

Lotus or Caterham Sevens powered by single cam engines of 1601cc and greater. All Lotus Twin Cam engines and Rover K series 1400cc engines.

Rover K series 1600cc engines - provided induction is via the standard production plenum.

Rover K series 1800cc engines (up to 140bhp only) - provided induction is via the standard production plenum.

This excludes all R300, R400 and R500’s.

The following modifications are permitted to Rover K series 1600cc engines: K16 cylinder head porting retaining the standard valves, vernier camshaft pulleys, 52mm throttle body and the use of forged pistons.

The following modifications are PROHIBITED to Rover K series 1600cc engines: The use of VVC or VHPD cylinder heads, reprogrammable ECUs eg Emerald, VVC plenum chambers and a throttle body greater than 52mm.

The following modifications are permitted to Rover K series 1800cc engines: vernier camshaft pulleys, 52mm throttle body and the use of forged pistons.

The following modifications are PROHIBITED to Rover K series 1800cc engines: Any porting of the K16 cylinder head or the use of VVC or VHPD cylinder heads, reprogrammable ECUs eg Emerald, VVC plenum chambers and a throttle body greater than 52mm.

Tyres to be listed in 2005 or 2006 MSA Technical Regulations List 1A only.

Cars powered by non-car derived engines or equipped with sequential gearboxes are not allowed in this class.

Class 3:

Lotus or Caterham Sevens powered by single cam engines of 1601cc and greater. All Lotus Twin Cam engines and Rover K 1400cc engines.

Rover K series 1600cc engines - provided induction is via the standard production plenum.

Rover K series 1800cc engines (up to 140bhp only) - provided induction is via the standard production plenum.

This excludes all R300, R400 and R500’s.

The following modifications are permitted to Rover K series 1600cc engines: K16 cylinder head porting retaining the standard valves, vernier camshaft pulleys, 52mm throttle body and the use of forged pistons.

The following modifications are PROHIBITED to Rover K series 1600cc engines: The use of VVC or VHPD cylinder heads, reprogrammable ECUs eg Emerald, VVC plenum chambers and a throttle body greater than 52mm.

The following modifications are permitted to Rover K series 1800cc engines: vernier camshaft pulleys, 52mm throttle body and the use of forged pistons.

The following modifications are PROHIBITED to Rover K series 1800cc engines: Any porting of the K16 cylinder head or the use of VVC or VHPD cylinder heads, reprogrammable ECUs eg Emerald, VVC plenum chambers and a throttle body greater than 52mm.

Tyres to be any road legal E-marked tyre or listed in 2005 or 2006 MSA Technical Regulations List 1B.

Cars powered by non-car derived engines or equipped with sequential gearboxes are not allowed in this class.

Class 4:

Any Lotus or Caterham 7 not meeting the engine requirements of classes 1, 2 or 3.

Cars powered by non-car derived engines are allowed in this class.

All cars must be fitted with an operational reverse gear.

Tyres to be listed in 2005 or 2006 MSA Technical Regulations List 1A only.

Class 5:

Any Lotus or Caterham 7 not meeting the engine requirements of classes 1, 2 or 3.

Cars powered by non-car derived engines are allowed in this class.

All cars must be fitted with an operational reverse gear.

Tyres to be any road legal E-marked tyre or listed in 2005 or 2006 MSA Technical Regulations List 1B.

Class 6:

Any Lotus or Caterham Seven not meeting the requirements of any other class.

3.3 General Technical Requirements

Cars in classes 1 to 5 must run in a fully road legal condition (i.e. taxed, insured and

MOT’d where applicable). Competitors are advised that they may be asked to provide documentary proof of this at an event.

Cars in classes 1 to 5 must have normally aspirated engines.

In the interests of environmental protection all cars will be subject to a maximum noise limit of 108dB at 0.5m. This will be tested at each round.

Cars which have technical modifications deemed by the Championship co-ordinator not to meet the basic spirit of the technical regulations will be allocated to the most appropriate class.

All cars must comply with section L and Q of the 2006 MSA Technical Regulations. All cars must be fitted with a Safety Rollover Structure to section Q 2006 MSA Technical Regulations. Competitors are advised that the traditional standard roll-over bar as supplied by Caterham does not meet these requirements.

Any car fitted with the traditional standard roll-over bar that arrives at an event will NOT be allowed to compete.

Additional Notes for Competitors

These notes are written chiefly for the benefit of competitors who are new to hillclimbing and sprinting. They give a brief introduction to how the championship works.

The Lotus Seven Club is only directly responsible for the organisation of some of the qualifying rounds of the Championship – those with L7CGB as the organising club against the event details on page 1. Registering for the Championship means that you will be invited by each organising club to submit an entry to each of the qualifying rounds.

2. Event Regulations

For Championship rounds organised by the Lotus Seven Club (L7CGB) entry forms will be enclosed within ‘Low Flying’ and Supplementary Regulations published on the Lotus 7 Club website – www.lotus7club.co.uk . Supplementary Regulations are also available upon request from the Championship co-ordinator. For qualifying rounds organised by other clubs the event regulations will automatically be sent out by the organising club. In order to facilitate this the names and addresses of all registered Championship contenders will be passed on to club competition secretaries in time for the event regulations to be distributed.

3. Event Entries

The Championship proved very popular in 2005 with over 80 registered contenders. Most events have a maximum of 120 competitors - Lotus Seven Club events at Curborough having a maximum of only 80 competitors. Lotus Seven Club events are also open to competitors who have not registered for this Championship. Hence many events are oversubscribed, and some entries will be refused.

Conversely the L7CGB events at MIRA and Llandow usually have available places. For those of you that have not competed there before these are excellent venues.

At invited events the Lotus 7 Club Speed Championship may be one of many invited championships and hence the number of available places may be very restricted so early application is advised. At certain venues (eg Shelsley Walsh) demand is likely to exceed supply and the Championship co-ordinator may be asked to filter entries for the organising club.

Registration for this Championship does not guarantee an event entry will be accepted for any qualifying round of the Championship – nor does registration confer any form of priority status.

There is no way to guarantee that your entry will be accepted for any individual event. However there are some simple actions that you can take to maximise the chance of an entry being accepted:

· Apply early. Most events have at least part, if not all, of the entry accepted on a first-come first-served basis so send off the entry as soon as the regulations allow – which is often when they are published.
· Fill in the form correctly! This seems obvious but it is surprising how many entries are rejected or delayed by competition secretaries due to incorrect or missing information. For an oversubscribed event incorrect entries are often the first to be rejected.
· Remember to include the cheque!!!

4. Results

Results for each qualifying round and the overall Championship will be posted as soon as possible after each event on the Competitors Korner section of the Lotus Seven Club website -www.lotus7club.co.uk

Competitors without access to the Internet and wishing to receive printed copies of the results should supply a SAE to the Lotus 7 Club Competition Secretary for each event when entering. Printed results will be posted within 7 days of the event.

Enjoy yourself!

A PDF version of these regulations can be found here