GOVERNING REGULATIONS

The Search for The Great Pumpkin will be run in accordance with the 1996 NER/SCCA Road Rally Regulations (Amended), as further amended by the event's General Instructions .  

A limited number of printed copies of the unamended 1996 Regulations (Edition Last Updated: 04-Feb-96) will be available from the Registrar ($4.00).   The unamended 1996 Regulations are also available online at www.goss.com/rrregs.htm.   The unamended 1996 Regulations.   Official Amendments to the Regulations were approved by the NER Road Rally Board  in 2001 and 2003.   The amendments  are available online on www.ner.org/Rally/rallyreg_amends.html.     

Pagination in the 1996 printed edition is cited herein, and is different from pagination in the version downloaded from the site cited above.  The online version contains a transcription error at Article II-2, Section D 2.  This Section should end after its fourth (4th) sentence, "Emergency speeds are in effect until cancelled by the rally committee."  The text in the online version following this sentence is extraneous, and does not apply.            

The 2001 Amendments concern Class Limitations and the Glossary definition of the term, turn.   [Click on the NER link above for the full official text.]  

• Use of GPS requires competing in Class A

• Class B computation equipment must not receive direct input from any distance measuring device.   All inputs for distance must be made manually.

• Previous competition in Championship Classes A, B, & C precludes competition in Class D.

• The amended definition of the Glossary term, turn, is re-iterated in the The Search's General Instructions.

The 2003 Amendments concern the new Championship Class S and a special limitation on entry in Class D.   In summary   --

• Class S equipment is limited to stock odometer in stock location, and non-programmable calculator.

• Class D (Novice) is not open to persons who have 50 or more Championship points at the beginning of the competition year.          

Familiarity with the Regulations is strongly recommended to entrants in The Search , and attention is called to the following:

Page 11           Article II-1 Section A 6.        (Conventions concerning unpaved roads.)

Page 11           Article II-1 Section A 8.        (Straight as possible convention will apply.)

Page 12           Article II-1 Section B             (The Put on a Road by Name or  Number  Main Road Rule will be used.)

Page 13           Article II-2 Section A 3.        (Reg’s concerning Quoted Material)

Page 14           Article II-2 Section A 3.        (Reg’s concerning Road Designations)

Page 15           Article II-2 Section B             (Reg’s concerning Execution NRIs, LRIs, & CIs.)

Page 16           Article II-2 Section C             (Reg’s concerning Mileages …)

Page 18           Article II-2 Section E             (Reg’s concerning Distances between NRIs)

Page 19           Article II-3                                 (Competitors should be familiar with the definitions of terms in the Glossary.)

Several sanctioned additions and changes to the 1996 NER/SCCA Road Rally Regulations (Amended) will appear in the event’s General Instructions.