Everyone Works

When you are not driving or in the staging area you are expected to work as a track marshal. Your times will only be recorded if you work when you are not running.

Do Not Pollute

This includes activities that might spill hazardous materials. For example, refueling. If you have a leak, please clean it up as best you can, and let the organizers know.

Bring a Helmet

Helmets must be worn by all occupants of the car while the the car is on the track.

Helmet Requirements
Helmets must be worn for all track and autocross events. Helmets certified as meeting the most current or the two most recent applicable Snell, FIA, or SFI standards are acceptable.

Acceptable helmets:

27.3.3.1 Passenger Cars or light Trucks
a) In Vehicles not equipped with roll over protection, occupant must wear one of the following helmets:
• A helmet meeting CARS NRR 11.1.6
• A Full-Open or Full-Face DOT helmet bearing a manufactured date of 2010 or more recent.
• A “Snell Memorial Foundation” helmet M2005 or SA 2005 or more recent.
• An ECE helmet bearing ECE 22.05 or 22.06 label.
• Helmets must be in good visible condition, with no visible defects or damage.

c) For vehicles equipped with roll over protection:
• Occupants must wear a helmet that meet the requirements of CARS NRR 11.1.6.

(No loaner helmets are available through the club at the moment. Sharing or donations of acceptable helmets are welcome.)

Recommended Tires

Winter, gravel, all season, and all weather tires are permitted. Cars are classed based on drive train: FWD, RWD, or AWD. with Overall and Ladies Challenge Classes as well.

Winter Tires, or Gravel tires are generally fastest

Studded tires produced by a tire manufacturer (such as the Nokian Hakkapeliitta 9), that are DOT approved for use on public roads may be used. These tires must retain, the original amount and type of stud installed at time of manufacture and must not be modified.

Tires in which studs are installed subsequent to the manufacturing process may also be used and the following conditions must be met.

(a) Studs must protrude no more than 3.5mm from the tread face, and meet the Tire stud Manufacturers Index (TSMI) specifications on size 12, 13, 15 or 16. Stud construction shall have a single base flange, a cylindrical body, and carbide tip with maximum diameter of 2.5mm.
(b) The studs must be mounted in DOT tires that are designated by the manufacturer as studdable and are produced with molded holes for the purpose of stud retention.
(c) There may only be a maximum of 130 studs per tire, regardless of tire size.
(d) Adhesive may be used to affix the stud into the tire.
(e) Homemade, competition, specialty, off road or custom studs are not permitted.

Noise / Exhaust

All vehicles must have an exhaust system installed including a muffler. Excessively noisy vehicles may be refused entry or asked to leave. We plan to monitor sound levels during the events. Keeping the noise down is important as people live close to the venue.

Waivers are Required

Either download, print and bring the following forms to registration on the day of the event:

Vehicle Technical Self-Declaration

Please sign the waiver for our venue, https://form.jotform.com/222914918598269, the Cochrane and District AG Centre. Note: it is pretty unlikely that you will encounter any equines.

CARS (Canadian Association of Rally Sport) Annual Waiver. It only needs to be signed once. https://canadianassocofrallysport.speedwaiver.com/nyulz

If the entrant is under 18 years of age they must sign the portion of the speedwaiver that is denoted for minors in the link above.

Safety Plan: 2024DirtCupSafetyPlan.pdf