Sporting official
An official who oversees the safety of participants and spectators, coordinates timing and ensures compliance with the rules – responsible for a section and its marshals.
The sporting official (German Sportwart) oversees the safety of participants and spectators at a classic-car event, coordinates the timing and ensures the rules are followed. He or she is usually responsible for a particular section of the route and the marshals deployed there, and thus links the rally direction with the helpers on the ground. Internationally the role corresponds to a sporting steward or section chief.
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Star rally
Event format in which participants start from different directions and converge on a common destination.
Clerk of the course
The event direction responsible for the route and the scoring. Together with the organising committee it rules on disputes over classifications and penalties.
Drivers' briefing
The meeting before the start at which the rally direction explains the schedule, special features and safety points of the event. Often mandatory.