Here is some preliminary info:

1. We changed the name of our rally to New England Forest in order to more closely describe where the rally takes place.

2. Competitors with a speed ranking higher than 84.0 must adhere to the following:

   a. Use a maximum of 12 tires, to be marked at scrutineering and checked during the event. If a tire’s marking is lost during any stage and the team would like to re-use the tire, the team needs to inform an event scrutineer or steward to arrange re-marking of that tire.

   b. A maximum of three (3) mechanics (wearing arm bands) may work on (touch) the car during service stops on the rally. The team will be issued three arm bands at documentation. These arm bands must be worn at all services during the event. Arm bands may be swapped between team personnel during the service but the maximum number of permitted technicians (3) touching the car must not be exceeded at any time. Penalty for breach of these rules will be 10 minutes for illegal service.

3. At Remote Service S-2 (Saturday afternoon at DOT Lot) service vehicles (with car numbers attached) must be a maximum of 16 feet long (i.e., a van is ok, not a truck). Two registered competitors may combine to service out of one vehicle and thus have a service vehicle up to 30 feet long; this is the maximum length that we will accommodate.

4. There will again be an overnight Parc Ferme.

5. As we pioneered for RA last year, there will again be a one-pass recce on Thursday. Shakedown will be Friday morning from 8-10 am; the start will be at 1 pm from the Rec Park.

6. There will be a noon Regroup on Saturday at NHCTC; service time will be limited to 30 minutes for all competitors.

7. To clarify: MTC 1 (Parc Expose IN on Friday in Mexico before the start of the rally) will operate as a pre-event control, and thus only a monetary penalty will apply for lateness.

8. At the request of several competitors, we will increase the stage mileage to approx. 100 miles; there will be two competitive runs at the Mexico Rec stage.

9. We are planning to expand the Thursday night get-together and party.

10. If we have over 60 entries, we will use some of that money to increase our tow fund.

jb-Rallymaster