Marcel Ciascai and Tim O’Neil agreed to serve as Event Stewards under the chairmanship of Tom Burgess, the Chief Steward of the United States Rally Championship. Both gentlemen have decades of experience in rallying and we welcome them to Rally New York USA.

Notice Regarding Article 6 of Supplementary Regulations - Tires:

Article 6 of Supplementary Regulations states: Tires must either meet the requirements of Appendix IV of the FIA Rally General Prescriptions or must be approved by DOT for highway use.

Competitors are advised to take notice of the following paragraphs of Appendix IV:

2.1 ...grooves at least 5.5 mm deep,...

4.1 Point 2.1 will be checked at the start of each rally and each time the competitor replaces a used tire with a new tire.

4.2 At all times during the event, the tread depth of the tires on the car must not be less than 1.6 mm over at least three quarters of the tread pattern.

4.3 The spare wheel may be reused if, and only if, the minimum depth is 1.6 mm, but must always remain on board.

Please take further notice that tires approved by DOT for highway use must maintain the same minimum tread depth of 1.6 mm at all times during the event.

(Road Section with Special Stage followed by Regrouping followed by Service)

Twice a year, Rally New York events bring to the area some 400 competitors, service crews, marshals, radio operators and officials, and an undetermined number of visitors and spectators who all stay for an average of three days.

It has been mentioned to us that we maintain unnecessarily low visibility in Wawarsing and Ellenville. This is partially caused by the fact that the Rally takes place over an area of hundreds of square miles and we do not all congregate in one place.

We therefore request that you wear as much as practical your team clothing or clothing that identifies you as a member of a motorsport team when you go to town and when you visit local restaurants. In addithtion, we ask that you identify yourself as participants in Rally New York USA.

Over one hundred marshals, radio operators and officials have been issued official Rally New York USA T-shirts and bright colored caps with the Rally New York USA logo. We similarly ask marshals, radio operators and officials that they wear this clothing in town as much as practical.

The organizers would appreciate your cooperation in this matter.

Penalties:

No penalty for driving between barrels as indicated by curved arrows. Two (2) minute penalty for braking the yellow barricade tape and driving straight or the wrong way through the retarder. No penalty if breaking the yellow tape, then stopping and driving the correct way through the retarder. For this purpose, backing up a short distance on the stage is authorized. The same penalties apply even if the tape has been removed by a preceding car.

Credentialed marshals in red or green safety vests will use the following hand signals to control competition traffic on special stages. Competitors must obey these signals without exception. Competitors are reminded that untrained spectators without safety vests may use similar signals particularly if a special stage is blocked and there are no marshals in the vicinity.

The special stage name in the heading on pages 80 through 82 should be Woodard 3 and not Davis Lake North 2 stated in the Road Book.