Minnesota State Championship Series

Series Registration is not required to compete in the 2008 MNSCS. If you enter one event or all nine events you will automatically be tracked in the Series Standings. Permanent numbers will not be issued.

All 2008 MNSCS events will be NORBA Sanctioned. For racers who wish to compete in Citizen, Sport and Comp classes, a NORBA license is optional. Racers wishing to compete in the Expert class are required to have an annual NORBA license. To purchase a NORBA license visit www.usacycling.org

 Registration: All MNSCS events will accept pre-registration, either by mailing in a registration form or registering online. 

Late Registration (Day of Registration): All MNSCS events will also accept day of registration. Please arrive at least one hour before your event when registering day of. Most events close registration one half-hour prior to each event.
 

Entering a 2008 MNSCS event automatically makes you eligible to be tracked in the Series Standings.

Kids Comp, Citizen and Sport
A participant's top six events will be counted towards their final Overall Series Standing. Participants competing in more than six events will have their lowest finishes dropped from the final Overall Series Standing. In addition to dropping the lowest finishes for each racer, each participant who competes in more than six events will be awarded five (5) bonus points per additional event. Any rider starting in the race qualifies for the bonus points. (DNF's will count towards bonus points) If there is a tie, head-to-head results will be used to determine placing.
Comp and Expert
A participant's top seven events will be counted towards their final Overall Series Standing. Participants competing in more than seven events will have their lowest finishes dropped from the final Overall Series Standing. In addition to dropping the lowest finishes for each racer, each participant who competes in more than seven events will be awarded five (5) bonus points per additional event.

Any rider starting in the race qualifies for the bonus points. (DNF's will count towards bonus points) If there is a tie, head-to-head results will be used to determine placing.

Point Distribution

All riders 46th place and up will receive 4 points.
All riders who Did Not Finish (DNF) will receive 2 points.

Kids Comp
A participant must have competed in a minimum of three events to be eligible for a Series award.
The top 3 (4 in age groups with more than 15 participants receiving a series score, and 5 in age groups with more than 25 participants) in each age group will receive overall series recognition at the end of the season awards party.

First Timers
There will be no Series awards for First Timer racers.

Citizen
A participant must have competed in a minimum of four events to be eligible for a Series award.
The top 3 (4 in age groups with more than 15 participants receiving a series score, and 5 in age groups with more than 25 participants) in each age group will receive overall series recognition at the end of the season awards party.

Sport, Comp, Expert Classes:
A participant must have competed in a minimum of six events to be eligible for a Series award.
The top 3 (4 in age groups with more than 15 participants receiving a series score, and 5 in age groups with more than 25 participants) in each age group will receive overall series recognition at the end of the season awards party.

Expert:
Overall: The top five places will receive overall series recognition at the Awards Party. These five male and females receiving an overall award will be excluded from receiving an age category award.
 

General:
Teams (with a list of their members) will contact Matt Kurke at mjkurke@hotmail.com to register for the race season. Team registration will be due (send to Matt) no later than May 5th in preparation for the first series race on May 11. Any changes - (adds/deletes) in team members or new teams that take place after May 11 must be made by notifying Matt three days prior to the next race. On each individual race registration, a racer will identify that he is racing on a team and the name of the team. If there are discrepancies between the race registration and the list Matt provides the race timer, Matt's list will take precedent.

Team Scoring Guidelines

• Team Competition will be held in Citizen, Sport, Comp, and Expert classes. Each class will have a separate team competition by gender. Team racers will not be separated into age groups. An end of the year award will be given to the team that has the best overall placing in all 4 classes.
• Men's teams will need to consist of a minimum of 3 racers. Women's teams will consist of a minimum of two racers. The top three racers from each team will count towards its team's total score. There is no maximum number of riders per team. For scoring purposes, if less than 3 riders on a team finish a race, the team will still receive a team score but will automatically be scored behind the teams with 3 riders.
• A person may only be registered with one team at each race.
• Women may be registered on their own teams or they may be registered with the men’s team to fill out the men’s team. Their results will be counted the same as if they were racing the men.
• Team scores will be calculated separately from the overall individual standings and will reflect only how members of the team place against members of other teams. Team scores for each race will be calculated based on placing with the low score winning the event. First place in the race gets 1 point, second - 2points, third - 3 points, etc. For the overall season standings 1st place team at a race gets 150 points, second place team gets 142, etc.
• End of the season recognition will be based on a team's top 5 events. In the event of a tie at the end of the year, the teams' best 6th event will be used.

Team scoring summary for series overall
1st= 150
2nd= 142
3rd= 135
4th= 129
5th= 124
6th= 120
7th= 116
8th= 112
And so on following the MNSCS overall guidelines on scoring.

• Women's teams will follow the same criteria but will only need two riders per team.
• Team scores will be posted by the middle of the week on the MNSCS web site.
• The top teams will be recognized at the awards party at the end of the year.
• To be eligible for a Series award:
  • Two teams participating:  award = one place
  • Three teams participating:  award = two places
  • Four or more teams participating:  award = three places