"To be eligible for championship points, competing vehicles must carry the championship decals provided, in accordance with the advertising rules set out in Section H(29) of the 2010 MSA Yearbook."

Common sense will prevail, of course, where limited bodywork requires the decals to be located in a different position.

We are pleased to announce that the 2010 Richard Egger Insurance HSA Speed Championship has been granted a permit by the MSA. The full 2010 regs can be found on the Regs page.

As you are no doubt aware regulations for 2010 have been subject to a number of new rules and restrictions. Broadly these require all classes to fall in to one (and one only) of the 7 categories described in Section S of the Blue Book and that the specific regulations detailed in the Blue Book for each category remain unchanged except for tyres in Roadgoing classes as announced in the MSA press release of March 10th.

The changes required to the HSA Championship regulations from the provisional regulations posted on this web site are that:

1. Class N for Modified Imp engined cars is to be classified as Modified Specialist Production. As the rules only require a minimum of cars to be produced, Modified Limited Production Imp engined cars (i.e. Imps) can continue to run in this class as was orginally intended.

2. Class W for Classic Sports Racing and Racing cars pre 31.12.75 has had to be split into two classes W and W3.

3. Class P for any Imp engined vehicle is no longer permitted and has been removed.

Competitors already registered for the Championship in these classes will be contacted by the Championship Co-ordinator to discuss the options for competing in 2010.

"23rd February 2010; Roadgoing Classes and Tyres.

If you have any queries arising out of this announcement, please do not hesitate to contact

the  Championship Co-ordinator, Kathryn Blackburn.

Our policy is to:

a)      Maintain stability of classes and regs year to year and only make changes where necessary.

b)      As far as possible follow the regs as written in the MSA Blue Book as these represent a ‘common standard’ and are well understood by scrutineers.

c)      Ensure that our class structure is as consistent as possible with the classes that appear in event SRs.

As some of you are probably aware the changes the MSA have introduced for 2010, although seemingly minor, have caused a number of clubs to reconsider their classes and regs. As a national championship we need to ensure that our regs are as consistent as possible with the SRs that clubs issue for the rounds of our championship.

 The regs issue is relevant mainly to roadgoing classes.

1. Series Production – It had been our intention to follow the Blue Book and allow both List 1A and List 1B tyres in these classes (A1, A2, A2.1 and A3) in line with indications we had received from many organising clubs. However, this has changed so that a number (between 6 and 10) of our Championship rounds (mainly in the North of the country) are likely to be running their Series Production Classes on List 1A tyres only. If our championship regs allow List 1B tyres then competitors would need another set of wheels and List 1A tyres (to run in Series Production), fit roll cages (to run in Modified Production) or avoid these events altogether. Consequently we are considering restricting these classes to List 1A only in 2010, which we feel will continue to encourage newcomers to the Sport.
2. Specialist Production – The tyre issue appears to have resolved itself with the apparent universal adoption of List 1A and List 1B tyres. However, it appears that more events in 2010 (about 50/50 we think) will require the fitment of a full size windscreen. The 2010 Blue Book does not require this and as the situation is pre-existing we are inclined to leave the decision up to competitors who may either chose to fit a windscreen or move into Modified Specialist Production for those events requiring a windscreen.
3. Roadgoing Suspension – The Blue Book simply requires that ‘configuration must remain standard’. A number of clubs are proposing to issue SRs, which clarify further what suspension modifications are permitted, including spherical type joints as the top mounting of a suspension strut. We are given to believe that the MSA are to issue updates on these points in due course. When this occurs they will automatically be included in our regs. Until then we are not inclined to issue our own technical regulations in this area but would wish to draw competitors’ attention to these permitted changes at some events and remind them that they may not be permitted at others.
4. Other Classes – A number of initiatives are on-going to try and establish a common set of classes. We are following these and will make any adjustments necessary to ensure that our championship classes are as consistent as possible with the classes at events.

At the recent Championship event at Loton Park on May 16th, our eligibility scrutineer advised that one of our Class B1 competitors was using tyres from List 1B instead of the required List 1A. Accordingly he has been moved to Championship Class D. It was also confirmed that these tyres were used at our Gurston Down round. The Championship Organising Committee has carefully discussed and considered how to progress this situation and, in accordance with Regulation 7, which does not allow a competitor to score points in more than one Championship Class, has re-allocated Gurston Down points as if this competitor was competing in Championship Class D. This change has an impact on the position points scored by other competitors in both Classes B1 and D at Gurston Down. Any queries arising out of these changes may be made to the Championship Co-ordinator.

It has been very unfortunate to hear today that some competitors have been unable to secure an entry to our opening round at Curborough on 5th April. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience and resulting frustration this might have caused. The MGCC had originally planned for this event to cater for 100 cars, but received in excess of (an overwhelming) 120 entries! We understand that the original oversubscriptions were returned even before the closing date had passed and at the weekend, the Clerk of the Course felt it untenable to run the double lapper with 100 cars, requesting that the entry be reduced to 80. A further 20 entries were therefore declined and this was done on a 'last in, first out' basis. Whilst this is understandably very disappointing for those competitors who had hoped to include the event in their 2009 Championship calendar, it does reinforce the need for entries to be submitted as early as possible. Competitors are once again advised not to wait for entry forms to arrive in the post; refer to Club websites for downloads or call the Competition Secretaries direct. In addition and as always,  please do not hesitate to contact compsec@hillclimbandsprint.co.uk  with any resulting queries.

For those competitors wishing to enter the Harewood event in August, please carry on in the normal way, but ensuring to note that you are competing in the Richard Egger Insurance/HSA Speed Championship 2009. The amendment to their regs has been lodged with the MSA and it will, as planned, continue to count as a Championship round.

No doubt eager competitors are now busy searching out entry forms and regulations in order not to miss out on competing at their favourite venues this season. PLEASE NOTE; the traditional awaiting the arrival of entry forms through your letter box is not the most reliable way of doing this. The majority of Clubs are now impressing upon Competitors that forms can be downloaded directly in order to save time, paper and postage. REI/HSA Competitors are therefore STRONGLY advised to either download forms and regulations from the organising Club's website (where applicable and able), or to contact the Club's Competition Secretary directly.