SERIES RULES

The race series includes all events listed on the calendar. The series allows riders to gauge themselves against other riders over a six month period. Riders will compete for prizes and bragging rights provided in points to leaders.
    

HOW DO I GET POINTS?
Ride in ANY MTB OR GRAVEL EVENT of the series races and you are entered into the series points standing. Each of the races will have registration categories outlined in our points section.


RULES TO FOLLOW
Riders will follow the rules and regulations provided by each of the race directors on race day. Register for the category which you feel best represents your riding level. To accumulate points you will want to sign up for the same category at each race, points do not transfer between classes. Aka if you race sport at one race and expert at another those points do not combine.

SCORING
Scoring is based on the point system:

1st: 200pts, 2nd: 195pts, 3rd: 190pts and so on. We will award riders with a DNF 5pts. Riders with the highest point totals win. We have 3 gravel races and 6 MTB races in 2022. We will keep the points separate for gravel and MTB. For MTB, the 5 best results will count toward awards. If we have ties, we will count the 6th race as a tie breaker. For gravel, we will tally points for all 3 races.

No minimum number of races entered to qualify for series awards.

SEASON AWARDS

We will have the following categories and classes for season awards.

First, we have MTB, with 6 races:

- Expert – Expert Female

- Sport – Sport Female – Sport 50+ (Sponsored by Hollow Oak Land Trust)

- Novice – Novice Female.

Depending upon the participation, we will go 5 deep or 3 deep and the value of the awards will be based upon participation.

And we have 3 Gravel races this year:

- Expert – Expert Female

- Sport – Sport Female – Sport 50+ (Sponsored by Hollow Oak Land Trust)

To compete for awards, Experts will be scored in the longest distance at each race (32/50/34 miles), and Sports will be scored in the 32/25/34 mile distances in the 3 races. We do not have Novice awards because most of the Gravel events are very challenging for a Novice. However, a Novice rider may still enter the events, but will be scored with the Sports for the season awards.

If we have higher than expected participation, or someone steps up to sponsor a category, we may increase the categories later.

PRIZES
Physical Prizes will be at each race director’s discretion. The cash payout will be provided for the top five racers in each category.

NUMBER PLATES

Number plates will be provided to each racer at their first race. Racers will be responsible for bringing this number plate to each of the races they participate.

DON’T LOSE YOUR NUMBER PLATE, PLEASE.