IRC - Intercontinental Rally Challenge


Thursday, July 24, 2008

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The Intercontinental Rally Challenge wishes to give new opportunities to young or amateur rally drivers competing in recognized regional and international rallies, while offering organisers an innovative TV format concept, created by Eurosport Events.

1. PROMOTER, ORGANISER, ASN

1.1 The Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) for drivers, co-drivers, teams and manufacturers is promoted and organised by SRW Ltd.It is an international series subject to the FIA authorization as defined by article 24b of the FIA ISC.

1.2 The Challenge rounds will use the FIA Sporting and Technical Regulations that are applicable for each event.

1.3 The Challenge is presented to FIA by Auto Sport Schweiz GmbH.

1.4 The series promoter address is:

SRW Events, 55 Drury Lane WC2B5SQ London UK
Tel. +44 2074687746
Fax +44 207 468 0023
E-mail: nunzia@ircseries.com

2. EVENTS

The IRC will be contested over 10 qualifying events in 2008 as follows:

Rounds	Date	Country	Venue
01 G	04-06 April	EUROPE	Istanbul Rally
02 G	09-10 May	PORTUGAL	Vodafone Rally de Portugal
03 A	27-28 June	BELGIUM	Ypres Westhoek Rally
04 G	11-12 July	RUSSIA	Rally Russia
05 A	01-02 August	PORTUGAL	Rally Vinho di Madeira
06 A	22-24 August	CZE	Barum Rally Zin
07 A	12-13 September	SPAIN	Príncipe de Asturias Rally
08 A	25-27 September	ITALY	Rally Sanremo
09 A	24-25 October	SWITZERLAND	Rally International du Valais
10 G	07- 09 November	CHINA	China Rally

3. ELIGIBLE DRIVERS

Any driver entered in an Event with a car produced by a registered IRC manufacturer is eligible to score points subject to complying with the advertising rules as specified in appendix A. Manufacturer enquires concerning the Challenge registration and commercial matters should be directed to SRW Events.

4. ELIGIBLE CARS

Eligible cars:
Gp N
Gp A up to 2000cc ( including S2000, R2 and R3)

Kit cars will be only accepted if agreed by FIA and IRC

5. POINTS

5.1 For each event in the Challenge, a classification of the IRC eligible drivers and co-drivers will be drawn-up from the general classification as published and the standard FIA points system will be applied.

5.2 For each event in the Challenge, a classification of IRC 2WD eligible drivers and co-drivers will be drawn-up from the general classification as published and the standard FIA points system will be applied.

5.3 Manufacturer points will be awarded to the best 2 finishing cars of each make. Non-scoring cars will be not taken into account for the purpose of the Challenge.

5.4 For drivers, co-drivers awards, the best 7 results shall count. Ties will be resolved with the standard international FIA procedures. For manufacturer awards the best 7 results shall count, a maximum of 6 European events within the 7 scoring rounds.

6. AWARDS

The IRC awards for each Qualifying Event and overall will be provided by SRW as follows:

IRC (Intercontinental Rally Challenge)
- Manufacturer: 1st, 2nd, 3rd
- Driver: 1st, 2nd, 3rd
- Co -Driver: 1st, 2nd, 3rd

IRC 2 WD Cup:
- Manufacturer: 1st, 2nd, 3rd
- Driver: 1st, 2nd, 3rd
- Co -Driver: 1st, 2nd, 3rd

7. IRC SPONSOR

The following areas are exclusively reserved for IRC and competitors are not permitted to advertise on:
- windscreen stripe
- rear window stripe upper part
- bumper stickers, front and rear**
- backdrop outside the car side mirrors

** The spaces on the front and rear bumpers of the racing car cannot be used to sport the logo of any tyre manufacturers apart those who have a commercial agreement with SRW