Points

Driver seeding lists are a tool to assist organisers to seed their events. Events are seeded for safety reasons only. Seeding should not be a contest, nor should it ever be a point of contention. It’s to stop cars catching each other in the stages. Organisers are not obliged to accept the seeding order from this list. They may take into account other factors as well.

The Rally Panel also uses the Rally Seeding List to determine eligibility for the DRS. If your name is on the Rally Seeding List at or below 91, (at the start of the year) then you are eligible for DRS in that vehicle. If you wish to compete in the DRS and your name is not on the list, or if you wish to compete in the DRS in a different vehicle, please contact the Rally Panel and we will assign you a seeding number specific to the vehicle you are intending to use.

So, how is seeding calculated?

We refine our seeding system all the time, but the basic premise is the same. It compares stage times – whether or not you finish events is irrelevant. The system drops stage times if they are significantly slower than your normal seeding. The result for that event is then multiplied by an event strength co-efficient to derive a score for that event. Your best 2 of your last 3 scores are averaged to make up your overall seeding. Seeding is reduced by 1 point for each full year you don’t compete.

In accordance with the 2017 NSW Rally Organising and Competition Conditions, you can nominate one event per year which does not count towards your seeding if you wish to. That has to be done BEFORE the event.