Scrutineering rules

Summary of rules and classes

The following document is for both scrutineers and competitors. It summarizes the main rules and classes of the sanctioning bodies operating in the northern America. It is not a replacement for the rulebooks of the individual sanctioning bodies but it provides a summary of what equipment are accepted and required to participate in the given series. 

Technical inspection / Scrutineering

The car technical inspection or scrutineering might slightly vary depending on the organizing club/sanctioning body. Here are a few videos explaining the scrutineering procedure for rallysprints/gravel trials (requires logbooked cars) and for rallycross (regular street cars).

Logbooks

Getting a logbook for your race car

First of all, find which sanctioning body you plan on competing with and read their rulebook carefully. Once you have decided which sanctioning body you want to go with, contact their chief scrutineer who will put you in touch with your local scrutineer. The local scrutineer will usually ask you for pictures of your build to make sure the main components are in place. When you are ready for the logbook to be issued, you'll have to get your car inspected by the scrutineer who will check the cage tubing, footings, welds, gussets and anchoring points for the seats and belts. If everything checks out, you will get a fresh logbook for your car.
The service is typically free but if you have the scrutineer come to you, you'll usually have to pay for the travel and time. 

• NASA Rallysport scrutineers can be found at: https://www.nasarallysport.com/main/contact

• ARA scrutineers: Technical director can be reached at ararallytech@usacracing.com. Current tech director Doug Nagy can be reached at <aratechdoug@gmail.com>

The video below explains the main concepts of rally rollcages and the process to get a logbook. 

Inspection for a logbook

The scrutineer will inspect the rollcage and other structural points for issuing a logbook. The document below (and the accompanying video) describes all the inspections performed on  a new FIA article 253 compliant rollcage build:

FIA Safety week 2025

The FIA had a number of interesting seminars on safety in February 2025 that explained a lot of the current and future regulations. Here are the links to the recordings:

• FROM RESEARCH TO REGULATION & TECHNICAL R&D SEMINAR: https://vimeo.com/1053962114/2d6fefe29f?share=copy 

• TECHNICAL SCRUTINEERING SEMINAR:

  • part 1: https://vimeo.com/1053929060/55d110ba9a?share=copy

  • part 2: https://vimeo.com/1053923167/0b5cc531e1?share=copy 

• HIGH-VOLTAGE OPERATIONAL SAFETY SEMINAR: https://vimeo.com/1053957103/e907d39564?share=copy 

• SAFETY EQUIPMENT SEMINAR:

  • part 1: https://vimeo.com/1054266567/a7f4ab6fdf?share=copy

  • part 2: https://vimeo.com/1054260962/ebf8006c27?share=copy 

• EMPOWERING DISABLED MOTOR SPORT SEMINAR:

  • part 1: https://vimeo.com/1054579924/3615458dab?share=copy

  • part 2: https://vimeo.com/1054575448/fe81666913?share=copy 

• ASN SAFETY CAGE HOMOLOGATION SEMINAR: https://vimeo.com/1054669408/9e8f421d13?share=copy 

• MEDICAL AND RESCUE SUMMIT

  • part 1: https://vimeo.com/1058232183/59c7395d92?share=copy

  • part 2: https://vimeo.com/1058236306/d6efbb7a37?share=copy 

  • part 3: https://vimeo.com/1058254130/4ef12a78cb?share=copy 

  • part4: https://vimeo.com/1058251374/c579b69bb3?share=copy

Here are some highlight videos of those seminars: