It's going to happen to you one day when your the only radio or marshal for miles around.

The usual situation is that a competitor 'limps' their car to your location, the crew dive out, up comes the bonnet, out comes the toolkit, etc. and you radio in that car number .. has stopped at your location, clear of the stage, crew ok and working on the car.

After 10-15 minutes of assorted banging, probably swearing, etc. the navigator walks up to you and advises that they've had enough, it's not repairable, etc. and they are going to retire from the event.

What do you do ?

Simple really :-

1. Ask the Crew to hand in their Time Cards and the completed Damage Disclaimer, outlining any damage to property or 3rd parties.

2. Contact Radio Control and advise them of the retirement, the car number, your location, that you have the Time Cards and Damage Disclaimer to be collected by the Closing Car and whether they require recovery by the Stage Recovery Unit or whether they will recover it themselves. (Quite often the crew will ask for their location to be passed to their Service Crew as well).

3. IF the car is driveable the crew may want to exit the stage, non-competively to the nearest road. Check your stage map and if possible provide them with a route to the nearest road which will not bring them in contact with the Rally Stage. It should also be pointed out that there is no guarantee that any gates to the public road using this suggested route will be unlocked. If they choose this option, please remember to update Radio Control .

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