You can download that form , as well as the Novice Permit form. If you are years old and want to drive competitively or work in a hot area, you and your parent will need to complete a Minor Waiver.
Anyone 14 years and older, who has a Motor Vehicle Operators license or previous racing experience, may be eligible for a Novice Permit.
Items required prior to issuance of a Novice Permit include: 1. Two passport size photos. A photocopy of both sides of your Motor Vehicle Operators license 4.
A completed Minor's Assumption of Risk Acknowledgment form original only, photo copies not accepted. For details contact the Member Services Department at Click here to go straight to the "Driver School" page, which has a list of upcoming events at the bottom. You will also need approved driving gear, including an SCCA approved helmet. If you do not have a race car, you will have to rent or lease one in order to attend a school. Renting allows you to concentrate on driving and also permits you to consider which class best fits your goals before you buy a car.
Contact your local Region's Competition Chairman for assistance in obtaining a rented vehicle. These sorts of events are a great way of learning car control, handling and braking.
No special vehicle is required to compete — your ordinary road car is usually quite adequate — often with some minor safety requirements, such as a fire extinguisher and an approved helmet for the driver. There are also events with navigational content that can be entered in your road car — Touring Assemblies and Touring Road Events. Touring Assemblies are very similar to a treasure hunt in that you are required to find clues and answer questions while driving around a prescribed route in your car, but have a greater degree of navigation.
These light-hearted events are great fun and teach crews the meaning of working together as a team. No special modifications are required to your car, but the navigation can be quite hard, so competing with a more experienced driver or navigator is recommended to start with.
Touring Road Events tend to be a little bit more expensive to enter and usually last for one or two days, and are often slanted towards Classic cars, but almost any vehicle can usually enter. No special car preparation is needed, unless a TRE includes speed tests such as sprints or high-speed sub-events, but your car will need to be scrutineered by a licenced tester to make sure it is in a safe working order.
Before you go out and spend your hard-earned money on a rally car, talk to the club members who are involved in rallying and ask them their advice. An important decision to make at this point is whether you want to build your own rally car or buy one that has already been built by someone else.
This latter option can sometimes work out a lot cheaper and with a lot less hassle, because somebody else has already done all the hard work, often bought and fitted the right bits, and set the car up properly for rallying, before losing interest, upgrading to something faster, or simply having run out of money.
Having joined a car club, you will need to purchase a Motorsport Australia or AASA licence that allows you to compete and gives you the benefit of the relevant insurance policy. Once again you can share the costs — many crews split some of the running costs. If both of you pay half of the entry fee and running costs, most events can work out to be reasonably inexpensive.
And just to prove the point, Molly Taylor is not only a factory Subaru driver, but also won the Australian Rally Championship against a field of mostly male competitors. If you need further information on getting started in rallying, the most detailed book on the rules governing rallies and the rules governing the building of rally cars is the Motorsport Australia Manual. Finally, we hope that this information enables you to get started on the road to rallying in the future.
Rallying is one of the most exciting sports around, no matter what level you compete at. Why not give it a go? Forgot your password? Lost your password? Please enter your email address. You will receive mail with link to set new password.
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You will not be refunded any fees paid to RallySport Magazine unless otherwise set out in the terms and conditions. How to get into rally driving? New South Wales rallying Victorian rallying Queensland rallying South Australian rallying Western Australian rallying Tasmanian rallying Most rallies in Australia are conducted under the Motorsport Australia umbrella, and their annual Motorsport Australia Manual also details the rules and regulations required both for competitors and cars.
Choosing a rally car. If bitumen or tarmac is your thing, then there are plenty of rallies that will suit your needs. You may decide to build your rallying experience by being an event official. How to start rallying. You also need as much personality as skill to become a pro because the sponsors have to like you enough to cut a check. The first thing you need to do is join a CARS affiliated club their listed on the website.
After which you can apply for a rally license through CARS. With the rally license you will be given a current rule book which outlines the rules aswell gives information on what needs to be done in order to build a car. As far as driving is concerned, as someone stated in an earlier post you need to start at the bottom same with any motorsport. Your best bet is to start running some navigational rallies which don't require a "rally-car" to give you some experience with timing, notes, and general rally setup.
At the same time run some rallycrosses to get some driving experience. I'm not exactly sure what your goals are but to become a FIA seeded driver in Canada or anywhere I think there is a minimum number of events which you need to win.
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