2006 RULES & REGULATIONS

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A. Entry

1. Entry to the Race is by means of an Entry Form, entry price £30 per team, as well as a Sponsorship Form. These can be obtained online here or from Mrs S. Reid, 17 St Ninian’s, Monymusk, by Inverurie AB51 7HF
2. Minimum age of Team Members is 14 years.
3. Please submit your entry as soon as possible, the closing date for applications is the 31st August 2006
4. The organisers have taken every precaution to ensure safety throughout the event. However, team members enter the race at their own risk and the organisers can accept no responsibility in the event of damage to person or property.
5. Participants are advised to walk the course before the 17th September, they will not be allowed to do so on the day. Please telephone Monymusk 01467.651.333 to check the day you would like to do this is convenient, in case cattle are grazing at Dameye. Only walking is allowed, cairts must not be driven on the course until the actual race.
6. In exceptional circumstances, the organisers reserve the right to alter the rules. Team members will be informed of any such alterations when registering.

B. Entry

1. Minimum of three wheels.
2. Maximum width overall 1.22 metres (4 ft).
3. Maximum length overall 2.44 metres (8 ft).
4. No cars or car chassis, no engines, no pedals and no gears, gravity must be the only form of movement and propulsion.
5. A working brake must be attached and demonstrated to work to the Scrutineer.
6. All Team members must wear an approved crash helmet to EN1078 standard or higher. No bare limbs will be allowed. Hands, elbows and knees must be covered, preferably with protection normally afforded skate-boarders.
7. All Cairties must be named and the name clearly displayed on the Cairtie.
8. Once we have received your Entry Form we will send you a race number. This number must be securely fixed to the front and rear of your Cairtie and be clearly visible, it should be no smaller than 20 cm (8 ins) high.

C. Rules of Race

1. The Organisers’ decision is final.
2. A Cairtie Team shall comprise a minimum of three people.
3. Only one team per Cairtie is permitted along the entire length of the route and the full team must start, together with their Cairtie, at the starting line.
4. There must be at all times, the full weight of one team member on the Cairtie, even when changing drivers.
5. Interchanging of drivers is permitted, subject to Rule 4 above.
6. Rules of the road apply. Allow those catching up to overtake. On the steep descent, if you crash, get your Cairtie and team to the side of the track immediately. Look behind before moving off again!
7. Intentional obstruction, ditching or other foul play is prohibited. Any infringement will be reported to the Race Marshalls and will incur penalty timings.
8. In the event of an accident rule 4 is waived, until the Cairtie is put back onto the route from the point at which it went out of control.
9. All damaged or broken Cairties must be removed from the route of the race immediately following the race.

RIDER TO THE REGULATIONS Subsequent to trials at site which have identified a number of potential hazards, the following is important safety information. The gradient at the start of the course is 1/10 and the speed of the cairts may reach up to 35 or 45 mph, within this first mile there are a couple of fairly serious bends and at the end there is a seriously sharp bend! The driver only will be in the cairt at the start line down the fastest and steepest part of the course, the other two team members will join the driver and cairt at the sharpest bend.

We suggest each cairtie should have a braking system on both rear wheels, capable of locking the rear wheels and we would advise an appropriate steering system robust enough to cope, probably central privoting, perhaps a simple Ackerman type. The Alford Transport Museum have very kindly offered to Scrutineer the cairts on the 17th and also to advise entrants on their braking and steering systems, or other design issues. Please telephone them on 01975.562.292 - they will be happy to discuss the construction of your cairtie over the phone and also to check your vehicle if you arrange a convenient time to take it to them at Alford.

D. Prize Winning Categories

1. First, Second and Third fastest overall times.
2. Fastest team with a father and son.
3. Best designed Cairtie, according to fitness for purpose, ingenuity, elegance and standard of construction. (To be awarded on completion of the course.)
4. Best dressed team.
5. Best named Cairtie.
6. Most sponsorship raised by any one team member.
7. Most sponsorship raised by any one Team.
8. Junior and Senior sections (14-18 years and over 40’s!)

E. Registration

1. Team members and Cairtie must report to Monymusk Village hall for registration by 1.00 pm and must pass inspection by the Scrutineers.
2. Each Team member must produce their Sponsorship forms when registering, if they do not they will be allowed to enter the race but only on payment of £30 per team member.
3. Team members under 16 years of age must use the Junior Entry Form.
4. A Team member’s Sponsorship form entitles them to a free Bar-B-Q and drink.
5. Upon registration, teams will be allocated a start time and placing for the start line-up.
6. At 1.20pm Cairts and Team members will be ferried in transport provided by the organisers from the Village Hall to the start line on Cairn William. Do not miss this deadline, because no private vehicles are allowed in the forest area and it’s a long walk to the start!
7. The Race will start at 2.30 pm. Cairties will be started every 30 seconds according to start time and placing given to them when registering.

F. Sponsorship Rules

1. Each Cairtie registered will be given three sponsorship forms, so that each team member can try to get as many sponsors as possible.
2. Cairtie teams must produce their Sponsorship forms when registering on the 17th September, plus any monies already donated.
3. Remaining Sponsorship monies collected after the race should be returned to Mrs Susan Reid by the 7th October 2006.

G. General Advice

• Take warm clothing to wear while waiting for your turn to start. This can be left with the starting Marshalls and will be returned to you in the village hall on completion of the race. A tool kit is optional, but shall consist solely of a length of Tow-line and a length of wire.

H. Spectator Safety

• Private vehicles must be parked in the field designated for parking next to St Mary’s.
• Spectators are not allowed onto the race track under any circumstances.
• Spectators must remain in the areas designated and marked on the maps in the Programme, these maps are also displayed on the notice boards at the village hall and shop.
• Spectators must abide by the instructions of the Marshalls and any other Officials.
• There are two crossing points which are policed by the Marshalls. Spectators may cross at these points, only when the Marshall indicates and blows his whistle.
• No expressed or implied warranty of safety shall result from the publication of or compliance with these rules and/or regulations. This publication is in no way a guarantee against injury to team members, supporters or spectators.