Rally information KAK-Midnattssolsrallyt 29 th June 2 nd July 2016 The Royal Automobile Club (KAK) great s competitors, officials, sponsors and co-operators and spectators heartily welcome the Midnight Sun Rally 2016. The rally is driven as a national competition for Historic Rally and Regularity, both Swedish and foreign competitors are welcome. The City of Vimmerby will be the centre of the competition. The three legs starts each day from Vimmerby, the first day a leg to the west, the second day a leg to the south and the third day to the east. Preliminary schedule Friday 25 th March Sunday 1 st May Sunday 8 th May Friday 13 th May The regulations will be published and the entry opens at the Bilsport Performance & Custom Motor Show at Elmia, Jönköping. It will be possible to enter the competition at the Show. The entry closes. The entry list will be published. Latest day of payment of the entry fee. Wednesday 29 th June in Vimmerby 08.00 13.00 Reporting is open. 09.00 15.00 Scrutineering Historic Rally and Regularity. If the weather permit s the scrutineering will take place at Stora Torget. 16.30 The cars with their teams have to be placed at Storgatan. 17.30 The official opening of the KAK Midnattssolsrallyt 2016 at Stora Torget. 18.00 SS 1 starts. 18.30 The Rally mingles opens at MX World Collection. Thursday 30 th June in Vimmerby 08.00 The first car stars on leg 1, which is heading west from Vimmerby. App. six stages of 55 km. Traditional lunch break. 16.30 The first car finishes leg 1 and service in Vimmerby.
Friday 1 st July in Vimmerby 08.00 The first car starts on leg 2 which is heading south from Vimmerby. App. Eight stages of 55 km. Traditional lunch break. 16.30 The first car finishes leg 2 and service in Vimmerby. Saturday 2 nd July in Vimmerby 07.30 The first car stars on leg 3, which is heading west from Vimmerby. App. Five stages of 50 km. Traditional lunch break. 1430 The first car finish the rally in the centre of Vimmerby. 19.30 Mingle and welcome drink. 20.00 Prize giving ceremony and banquet. Rally info The Rally info will be opened the whole time, from reporting to finish. The Rally info will be present at the lunch breaks; they will answers your questions and provide you with the results. The Service Parc It is not compulsory to have the competition cars in the Parc Fermé Wednesday, Thursday and Friday (26/6 1/7) after finish of each leg. This means that the cars may be parked at its service area during the nights. This gives the public, sponsors and others the possibility to visit the service area during the evenings together with the teams and their cars. It is prohibited to take the car away from its service area with out a special permit. There will be guarded area in which the car may be parked if you do not want have you car at the service area. Cars entered in Regularity may be used to transport the crew to and from their overnight lodging. At the service area each team competing in Historic Rally a space of 6 x 10 m. Regularity teams without service has a smaller area. If increased area is needed this may arranged if space is available, to a cost of 100:- SEK/ square meter. Electricity may be order to an additional cost. There will be service areas along the route. The restaurant at the service park will be open during the competition. Competitors The total number of competitor may not exceed 165, divided between Historic Rally and Regularity. An important part of this historic competition is pleasant social life and exchange between competitors and teams. The rally will be a unique experience for everybody that takes part. The KAK Midnattssolsrallyt claims their right to eliminate freely.
Media KAK Midnattssolsrallyt will before and during the rally present press releases. www.midnattssolsrallyt.com and facebook.com/midnightsunrally will continuously be updated with information and reports. KAK Midnattssolsrallyt will provide the local press with stories about drivers and cars. During the rally week the Rally radio will be broadcasting. The press officer and co-ordinator regarding all medias is: Robert Gustafsson Phone +46-(0)70-961 83 52 Mail: infor@pressofficer.se Please do not hesitate to provide him with information regarding your participation in the rally. Advertising It is allowed to have advertising on the car, but not at the front wings, the front doors and the upper side of the front window. These areas are reserved for the advertising provided by the organiser of the Midnattssolsrallyt. Advertising regarding alcohol and tobacco is prohibited. Starting order Regularity starts first; and then Historic Rally in seeded order, with the fastest team on leg 1 and 2 starting last. On leg 3 starts the fastest team first. If you retire on a leg you may start on the next leg with a time penalty. Special stages The special stages are driven on gravel roads, of good standard, except a few percentages on tarmac. The rally has a preliminary length of 800 km, with 160 km special stages. Timekeeping The timing on the special stages is on tens of a second. Roadbook The rally is driven according to a roadbook on the liaison stages and special stages. Prise giving At the finish on Saturday 2 st July, may some of the prises be given at the finish ramp. The main part of the prises is given at the prise giving banquet which starts at 20.00.
In the ladies class; Regularity and Historic rally, are the competitors competing of the Ewy Rosqvist challenge trophy. In Regularity class Elite is the ladies trophy given to the best lady. To compete in the ladies class it is sufficient that the driver is a lady. Ordering of food The will be opportunities to order extra breakfast-, lunch-, dinner- and banquet tickets to your service crew, sponsors, guests and so on. The order must be done at the same time as you are paying the entry fee. Hotel KAK Midnattssolsrallyt has an agreement with several hotels in Vimmerby during the rally week. When you make your booking you must use the code Midnattssolsrallyt to get the prises the organiser has negotiated. There will be a limited number of rooms at our disposable. Detailed information has been send to previous competitors and is also available on our homepage. Camping There will be camping possibilities close to the service area. KAK Midnattssolsrallyt cannot guarantee that there will be room for a motorhome or a caravan at your service area, but we will do our outmost to find the best solution for all. Showers and toilets are available close to the service area. Entry fee The entry fee is 15 000 SEK for Historic Rally and Regularity including one service pack. The following is included: 1 Road book. 1 Program including map. Rally plates, starting number to the car and advertising. Tickets to the rally mingle on Wednesday evening valid for the driver and co-driver. Lunch tickets at the rest halts Thursday, Friday and Saturday valid for the driver and co-driver. Dinner tickets at overnights rest halts, Thursday and Friday valid for the driver and co-driver. Entrance tickets to the prise giving banquet valid for the driver and co-driver. 2 parquets Midnattssolsrallyt 2016. 1 Service pack.
The Service pack includes the following: 1 Service roadbook with GPS co-ordinates 1 Program including a map 1 Service sign 2 ID-cards for the mechanics As a competitor you may bay one extra service pack to the cost of 600SEK. To enter the Service Parcs you need to have a service sing on the service vehicle. Regularity In Regularity you may compete with a normal standard car (sales car) and rally cars made 1985 or earlier. KAK Midnattssolsrallyt 2016 is a national event and because of this there are no special requirements of for example FIVA passes. Regularity is precision rally driving, driven on liaison stages where normal traffic rules apply and on closed special stages (SS) where competition rules apply. The special stages shall, in its total length, be driven on an average speed desired by the organisers. The average speed will be controlled at number of hidden controls as well as at the finishing line of the special stage. Competition classes In Regularity, the competitor themselves chose the class they will compete in. Class Elite is suitable for the more experience teams, and class Spore is suitable for teams which has the adventure in front of the competition. Both classes compete according to the same rules, but there will be differences in the degree of difficulty. Rules The competitors in the Regularity classes must obey the given average speed. If the competitor at several occasions exceed the given average speed; will first be given a warning and then is exclusion in force. This will restrain the competitors to ignore the rules regarding Regularity. If the competitor will drive fast; they have to enter the rally classes. Trip meter an helmets Mechanic or electronic trip meters are allowed, but the trip meter in use has to be in original condition and without any modifications, and under no circumstances show the average speed. The organizer claims their right to check the equipment at any point during the rally. Violation of this rule will lead to exclusion. In open car the use of helmets is imperative at the special stages.
Calibration of trip meters The will be measured distance to be used to the calibration of the trip meters before start. Electronic equipment It is prohibited, in the competing car, to bring along or use electronic devices to be used for navigation or measuring the average speed; for example GPS devices, mobile phones, electronic time schedule. A mobile phone may be brought along, but has to be turned off and out of reach during the special stages. The cars equipment and tires Cars permitted to take part are made before 31 st December 1985. The car has to be equipped with; a first aid kit, fire-extinguisher (min. 2 kilos), warning reflecting triangle and safety belts. It is allowed to have other chairs, belts and safety equipment mounted. Normally is a standard car used, but it is allowed to compete with a historic rally car or a rally car in appearance. Use of standard- or rally tires is free. Licenses The Regularity crew consists of minimum two competitors; and the co-driver has to be at least 13 year old. A valid rally license (or a temporary license) for the driver and minimum a co-driver license (or a temporary license) for the co-driver shall be presented during the reporting. If you need more information regarding a temporary license please contact KAK Midnattssolsrallyt. Historic Rally The classes is divided into the following categories; Category 1 to Category 6 for historic rally cars, up until the 1990 years model. The cars are divided into classes according to year of make and cylinder volume. The cars and crew shall be equipped with the safety equipment according to the valid competition regulations. The fastest cars on the special stages is the class winners and the fastest car of all is the total winner. In the KAK Midnattssolsrallyt class Historic Rally may only cars with a valid HTP may take part. The HTP must be presented at the scrutineering. The following classes are valid in this year s Historic Rally. Category 1 (before 31.12.1961) A1 up to 1000 cm 3 A2 from 1001 cm 3 up to 1600 cm 3 A3 over 1601
Category 1 (1.1.1962-31.12.1969) B1 up to 1000 cm 3 B2 from 1001 cm3 up to 1300 cm 3 B3 from 1301 cm 3 up to 1600 cm 3 B4 from 1601 cm 3 up to 2000 cm 3 B5 over 2001 cm 3 Category 2 (1.1.1970-31.12.1975) C1 up to 1300 cm 3 C2 from 1301 cm 3 till 1600 cm 3 C3 from 1601 cm 3 up to 2000 cm 3 C4 C5 from 2001 cm3 up to 2500 cm3 over 2501 cm3 Category 3 (1.1.1976-31.12.1981) D1 up to 1300 cm 3 D2 from 1301 cm 3 till 1600 cm 3 D3 from 1601 cm 3 up to 2000 cm 3 D4 over 2001 cm 3 Category 4 (1.1.1982 31.12 1985) E1 Group A up to 1600 cm 3 E2 Group A over 1601 cm 3 E3 Group B up to 1600 cm 3 E4 Group B over 1601 cm 3
Category 5 (1.1.1986 31.12 1990) F1 Group A up to 1600 cm 3 F2 Group A over 1601 cm 3 F3 F4 Group B up to 1600 cm3 Group B over 1601 cm3 Category 6 Foreign registered historic rally cars made before 31.12.1990 and in compliance with their national regulations for historic rally, e.g. an English MSA permit. Every competitor in Category 6 must take personal mail contact with the organizer to get a permit. Pace notes The KAK Midnattssolsrallyt will not permit own pace notes and will not provide with organizers pace notes. The organizer claims their right to check if pace notes is used any time during the rally. Licenses To take part you must have a valid rally driver license. The co-driver must have at least a valid co-driver license. It is up to the competitors to obtain this licenses in due time. Disclaimer This information is at this point only preliminary in all aspects. The organizers claims its right to change it in every aspect up until the day of the start of the rally. Welcome to one of Sweden s biggest motor events, the Midnattssolsrallyt 2016!