Frequently Asked Questions

SCORING

1. The finish position of each rider relative to the other riders in his race is used as the basis for all scoring determinations including: trophying, transferring, upgrading to a higher proficiency level, and calculating of local and national points. A rider will be considered to have finished a race and will be scored at the moment when he has completed the entire race course and any part of his person or bicycle breaks through the vertical plane established by the finish line, providing that he and his bicycle are in contact with each other at that moment. If a rider or riders fall and are no longer in competition for a scoring position, the rider will receive a DNF which equals last place points.
    
   

2. For the purpose of trophying when no main is scheduled for a class, or for transferring when a main is scheduled, riders are scored using the “Olympic system” wherein each rider is assigned a point score equal to the sum of his finish positions in the three motos and is assigned an overall finish position which corresponds with the rank his point score bears to the point scores of the other riders in the race. Any rider who starts but fails to finish a race will be scored as a DNF and will receive last-place points equal to the number of riders in the race. Any rider who fails to start a race will be scored as a DNS (no points). For the purpose of determining transfer eligibility only, a rider will be awarded 2 more than last place points (equal to the number of riders in the race) for his first DNS, but will be ineligible to transfer if he fails to start in more than one round of motos. Ties that result from this scoring method are resolved in favor of the rider earning the lower number of points in the third moto. Points used in the Olympic system are referred to as “transfer points” when used to determine transfer status, and “award points” when used to determine award status.
    
   

3. The transfer or award position in a qualifying race or main is equivalent to the finish position except in those cases where these rules or local track policy provides that classes combined in a single race are to be pointed or trophied separately.
    
   

4. Local points that accumulate to a rider’s credit throughout the local point year are awarded at every event whether designated as a local or national event in accordance with the following schedule with all DNFs awarded last place points (equal to the number of riders in the race) and all DNS’s awarded no points. A rider must be at the race and on the gate no less than one moto for the race to count as a qualifying race.
    
   

5. Definitions:
   

   1. DNF (Did Not Finish) - Any rider who starts but fails to finish in a scoring position will receive a DNF, which equals to the number of riders in the moto. Last place moto points will be awarded.
      

   2. DNS (Did Not Start) - Any rider who fails to start a race will be scored as a DNS. No moto points.
      

   3. CR (Credit) - For transfer purposes only, a rider will be awarded two points plus the number of riders in the moto for his first DNS. No moto points awarded.
      

   4. Two Moto Scoring System - Riders will race two times. Scores will be placed in the first column on the moto sheet for the first race and in the third column for the second race (tie breaker). The riders best finish of the two races will be placed in the second column, therefore creating three scores and points for three races.
       
      

6. The points earned at local events designated as “double point”, “triple point” or “quadruple point” will be either two, three or four times those indicated in the above schedule. G. National points that accumulate to a rider’s credit throughout the national point year are awarded only at events designated as regional or national events.

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