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FIA Seat Homologations Cancelled

Willie Greig has warned us that stage rally competitors are failing scrutineering because the homologation on their seats was withdrawn by the FIA between 2003 and 2006.

This is not about seats being out of date; the age of the seats is irrelevant. The seats might be unused, with the right FIA stickers, but they have been declared illegal. There is a list of approved seats on the FIA website where nine different types are shown in red with strike-out lines through them.

So before the next event, check your seats against the list.

Make sure you check the homologation number, not just the name. For example, the Cobra Monaco (Homologation CS.98.99) is banned, but the Cobra Monaco S (CS.070.03) is OK. The Corbeau Forza, Pro-Series, Revolution and Sprint have all been banned, but similarly named Corbeau Forza 2K, Pro-Series 2K, Revolution 2K and Sprint 2K are all legal.

Good Luck.

Hi Guys,

Following problems that we had at The Snowman Rally Scrutineering, can you please put the following details on you websites please.

IMPORTANT
For safety reasons, please note that the
homologation of the following competition seat,
whatever the validity deadline, is withdrawn
with immediate effect

Manufacturer :   EKTOR (F)
Model :   RUNNER 2000
Homologation n° : CS.972.99

Manufacturer :   KINGDRAGON (I)
Model :   MASTER FIBERGLASS
Homologation n° : CS.912.98

Manufacturer : COBRA SEATS (UK)
Model :   MONACO
Homologation n° :   CS.980.99

Manufacturer : CORBEAU SEATS LTD (UK)
Model: FORZA
Homologation no: CS.992.00

Model: SPRINT
Homologation no: CS.053.02

Model: PRO SERIES
Homologation no: CS.993.00

Model: REVOLUTION
Homologation no: CS.994.00

Manufacturer : ROSSI SPORT (AR)
Model: PROFESSIONAL II
Homologation no: CS.133.05

Model: PROFESSIONAL III
Homologation n o: CS.142.05

As these seats can no longer be considered
as complying with the standard FIA 8855-
1999, their use is prohibited in all cases in
which compliance with the above-mentioned
standards is mandatory.

Many Thanks

This may help any problems at future scrutineering.

Regards

Willie

Lachlan Cowan and Stuart Bell Snowman Rally 2011 - first time out with the new car.

Season Wrap

After our first season success in the SRC things couldn’t of been more different in 2011.

The season started promisingly taking 2nd in class at the Snowman rally on a standard engine but quickly took a turn for the worse! A 5th gear roll at the Border Counties rally saw the car out of action for the next round whilst it underwent repairs.

Border Counties 2011

Accident photo by Lachlan

Back for the Jim Clark on my preferred surface (tarmac) we were having a trying day with a sticking throttle and damaged suspension when the timing belt tensioner sheared and left us stranded at a junction and out of the rally.

Jim Clark Reivers 2011

More late nights and the engine had been repaired ready for the Richard Burns Memorial Rally.

Itchy feet got the better of me and Stuart, who was desperate to get into the car again after 8 months out having been in Afghanistan. We entered the Scottish rally 2 days before the event and packed up to go! A steady run ended on the last stage with a split second lapse of concentration producing another roll, and plenty more late nights replacing body panels!

Scottish 2011

Accident photo by Lachlan

The long haul down to Norwich for the Richard Burns Memorial Rally proved to be fruitful beating some seriously expensive machinery after our first 2 day event with a 1st in class. It was great to enjoy some success again after a long hard slog of a season!

We wrapped up the season with course car duties (a non-competitive run of the stages to check the route) on the Merrick rally and then presented the car at the RAF Leuchars Air Show over the Friday and Saturday.

With the news that I would be working abroad for 2 months ruling out our entry for the Tour of Mull the car was put up for sale as our Peugeot 106 had served us well but it’s now time to move on!

Next year we will use a Fiesta ST Challenge car which has been a stepping stone for many successful drivers in the past so we hope some of that success will rub off!

Join us for the 2012 season which begins on the 18th of February at the Snowman rally in Inverness!!

The new Fiesta at Croft

All photos courtesy © Rally-Photo.com unless otherwise stated.

Kingdom Stages 2011

The 2011 Kingdom Stages will run on Saturday 5th November.

This is a round of the Hytorc Scottish Tarmack Rally Championship, the Scottish Borders Rally Championship, and the Brick and Steel Ecosse 205/Civic Challenge, and offers 44 fast flowing stage miles on good tar and a little concrete, for same fee as last year, £220.

Scrutineering on Friday at FCE Group, Banbeath, Leven KY8 4HD, courtesy of John Rintoul, and on Saturday morning at Crail Airfield.

The first car starts at 08:30 and we aim to be finished by 4:30pm so you have plenty time to do the rally and get to David Bogie''s party too.

The Kingdom Stages home page has Regulations, Entry forms and Unseeded Entry List and links to online entries and payments.

Final Instructions will also be published there, followed by interim results after each stage then final results and pictures and reports.

Marshals Wanted
if you can help us to run the event, please click this Marshals Wanted link, fill in your name and email address, and some indication of your experience and what kind of job you would like, and whether you are bringing anybody else with you.

We could use some help with setup too, mainly on Sunday 30th October and/or Friday 4th November. If you can help, please click on the marshals link as above, but include "setup" in the other messages bit.