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Race Categories, Race Rules, Points System, ACC RACE CATEGORIES Additionally, all racers may register as a Singlespeed racer in mountain bike races. Points will be scored within their normal category, per above, as well as in a separate (new for 2008) Singlespeed category. Racers start with their respective category. The 4 race minimum described in the Points System, below, applies to those seeking the Men’s and Women’s, A’s & Citizen’s SS championship. VW, MM, & GMM compete for the Citizen’s SS championship. Citizen racers are encouraged to move up to the more competitive A class after placing top 3 in any discipline in a given season. Racers may choose to compete in the Senior A category regardless of age. This allows for the most competitive cyclists to race against each other, enhancing the quality of the events. RACE RULES All competitors should behave in a respectful, adult manner towards other racers, race officials, spectators, etc. This means activities such as, but not limited to, the use of foul or abusive language or conduct, including conduct considered to be sexual harassment, use of force, interfering with the forward progress of another rider, riding dangerously, and pushing or pulling are prohibited. Short-cutting of a racecourse is also not allowed. At the sole discretion of the race director, racers may be issued a Warning and/or disqualified for poor sportsmanship of any kind. Warnings will be confirmed by the Board of Directors and communicated in person. The issuance of a third Warning, of any kind, will result in the racer being removed from the Club’s membership for the remainder of the season. Racers removed from the membership will not be allowed to race or be eligible for end of season awards. PROTESTS: Please wait until after an event is over before talking to race officials, except in pack finishes when you must check in to verify your finish position. The Club will accept protests regarding race results for the 24 hours following their issuance. Race results will be final 36 hours after they are issued. DRAFTING: For road races, the ACC will have four separate starts: 1 )SMA, 2) SWA, 3) VMA, and 4) a mass start for the C’s, Juniors, VW, MM, & GM. A racer is allowed to draft off of riders that they started the race with. Racers are not allowed to draft off riders that started in a wave before or after them, even if mingling is occurring at some point during the race. OTHER POINTS OF ETTIQUETE & RULES: POINTS SYSTEM ACC members who have PAID their current year dues will be eligible for points. All competitors will be listed in race results, but only ACC members will receive points. The first ACC member will receive 1st place points, the 2nd ACC member will receive 2nd place points, and so on. Non-members will be removed from point calculations. If you choose to join once the season is underway, you will only earn points from that time forward. Points will not be awarded retroactively! The point breakdown per Category is as follows: 30–28–26–24–22–20–18–16–14–12–10–8–6- 4–3–3–3–3–3–3…up to and including the last rider to finish. Ties will be averaged, i.e. (1st) 30- (2nd) 27- (2nd) 27- (4th) 24. Compilation of the final standings will be done as follows: The sum of your 8 highest scores out of the total number in each discipline will be your season total in the discipline. You do not have to compete in or finish all of the races. For example, if you only finish 7 races you will only get points for 7 races. If you finish all of the races, you still only get points from your top 8 finishes. This allows for misfortunes such as crashes, flats, bad days, vacations, etc. Combined standings will be the sum of your season total from each discipline. If you participate in any of the non-series races in you will receive an extra 3 points per race toward that discipline in addition to your 8 best finishes. Applicable non-series races will be decided by the ACC Board on an annual basis, and will be posted on the schedule. You must compete in at least 4 races in a discipline to be eligible for the championship in that discipline, and you must compete in at least 4 in each discipline to be eligible for the overall. However, the Kids Race Series is exempted from minimum requirements. Bonus points are awarded for volunteering at a race as a marshal. 30 points for first marshaling effort, 15 points for each additional effort, with no limit. Points are awarded to the discipline marshaled. If you are able to compete and marshal at the same event, only the higher points value will be counted, points will not be combined. Marshals must check-in with the Race Director to receive instructions and to be logged in the results as a marshal. Bonus points are awarded for a day’s work on local trails. Trails day participation is awarded with 30 points for the first day (new, 2007) and 15 points for the second day. A maximum of 45 points is awarded for Trails Days, all going towards the mountain series, as well as combined standings. Be sure to sign-in at the beginning of the Trails day to receive points. Points can be awarded for work done at non-ACC sponsored trails days. Self reporting may be required in all cases if a rigorous sign-in does not occur. Report these points to an ACC Board member, if needed. Team Points will be calculated by adding together the combined total of each team member in each discipline. There are no limits on how many members can be on a team. We encourage everyone to join a team, and teams to actively recruit members. KIDS SERIES
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