Refuelling:
Dear Competitor,
The organisers of the 2006 First Choice Flooring Ltd. Galway International Rally will provide designated
Refuelling Zones on the forthcoming event.
A risk assessment of a Service Area would reveal it to be the last place that fuel should be put into competitor
cars. Time is short, several things are happening at once, the general public have easy access and spillage
can occur. There are a number of vehicles in close proximity and from a manual handling point of view there
are risks. In addition, motor clubs tend to find a large number of empty fuel drums left on site at the end of
the service. These are difficult to dispose of properly.
Rally Ireland in 2005 had a monitoring visit by the Health and Safety Regulators who were satisfied with the
refuelling arrangements on that event.
Galway Motor Club has nominated Donegal Oil Company Limited to be the official fuel supplier for the 2006
First Choice Flooring Galway international Rally. The people who they have designed and operate this
equipment are the people who provide the WRC on event refuelling service. They attend all rounds of the
WRC and are effectively "motor-sport refuelling professionals".
The official fuel supplier will supply all grades of fuel required by all competitors.
It is not important what kind of filler cap the car has as they have attachments to deal with all eventualities.
For safety and environmental reasons competitors may only use fuel supplied by the official fuel supplier.
Competitors will not be permitted to use their own refuelling systems in the refuel zone. The official fuel
supplier will provide refuelling facilities incorporating: earthing facilities, canopies, spill catchers and fire
fighting equipment. The equipment includes a Moffatt Mounty (Fork Truck) for moving equipment around.
Competing cars may only be refuelled in the Refuelling Zones provided by the organisers.
I am pleased that the organisers can avail of this opportunity to considerably reduce the potential risk involved
in this area of the sport and look forward to your full cooperation.
John O'Connell, Clerk of the Course.
For further information and to reserve a supply of fuel please contact :
Arthur McMahon,
Donegal Oil Company Ltd.,
Letterkenny, Co Donegal.
Phone : (0)7491 21633 (office ) - 00353 in place of 0 for callers outside of ROI.
(0)87 202 7006 (mobile) - 00353 in place of 0 for callers outside of ROI.
e-mail :
[email protected]
Addendum to the Regulations :
Article 30:
1. Competitors may only refuel in the refuel zones designated by the organisers in the road book except as
detailed in Article 2 below. The entry / exit shall be marked by a blue fuel can symbol.
2. When necessary as part of a service, (i.e. changing a fuel tank or pump ), emptying and/ or refilling is
permitted in the designated service area provided that:
(1) the work is carried out under the supervision of a marshal
(2) no other work is carried out on a car during the emptying and or refilling operation
(3) a suitable safety perimeter is established around the car
(4) only sufficient fuel is added to reach the next refuel zone.
3. Any action inside a refuelling zone not directly involved in the refuelling of the competing vehicle is
prohibited.
4. In a refuel zone, a 5kph speed limit will apply.
5. Engines must be switched off throughout the refuelling operation.
6. It is recommended that the crew remains outside the car during refuelling: however should they remain
inside, the safety belts must be unfastened.
7. A car may be pushed out of the zone by the crew, officials and / or by the two members without
incurring a penalty.
8. Failure to comply:barf: with the refuelling regulations will :barf:be reported to the organisers who may apply a
penalty up to and including exclusion.:barf::barf::barf:
This is from the galwayinternational website