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2008 Rules
TX STATE CHAMPIONSHIP SPRINT ADVENTURE RACE RULES:
- Wear your #’s on the Front of your Shirt, Shorts or on an Elastic Band/Belt
- Must stay within 20 Seconds of your partner at all times (you should be together) and must be together at special tests (unless directed otherwise) and at the Finish Line.
- Obey all traffic, government and property owner laws. This is not a closed course so be courteous to other users weather they are racing you or not.
- Must use our PFD’s, Paddles and Boats (unless directed otherwise).
- Must wear your CPSC certified helmet at all times on the bike.
- Do not cut the course, use foul language, be rude to our volunteers or display any other poor sportsmanship at a Terra Firma event.
- You may receive no outside support during the race.
- Water: Take plenty with you on course to stay hydrated & refill in transition area. You are self sufficient in adventure racing so we don’t put WATER STATIONS ON COURSE.
- If your team is not going to finish for whatever reason please let our scoring & timing people know so we will not send out a search party after you.
- Trash: leave no trace -- Please don’t drop wrappers, bottles etc on course either.
- The race directors may change or modify the course at any time.
- Follow any other specific race rules given at the Pre Race Meeting
PENALTIES: 10 minutes – 1st offense, DQ Second Offense; except you may be DQ’d at the race director’s discretion for poor sportsmanship on your 1st offense
PointsTeams receive points according to their finishing place in each individual race. Teams must compete in at least 3 races to qualify for the Texas State Championships. Teams that compete in all 5 races may drop their worst time (ex: the teams total points are the 4 best finishes in the series). Teams that compete in 3 or 4 races will use the points from all races. Points for races #1 - #4 will be awarded from the chart designated for races #1 - #4. Race #5 points will be awarded from the chart designated for Race #5. Rankings in the Texas State Championships will be determined by the 4 best race finishes of each team. All protest must be filed within 10 minutes of posting the final results, before the awards ceremony. Tie Breaker #1 Ties will be decided by comparing results of head to head competition of the tied teams (the team that came in ahead of the other team the most times in the 4 races chosen). If still tied the team with the most 1st place finishes wins. If still tied the team with the most 2nd place finishes wins, etc until a winner is determined. Tie Breaker #2 If still tied the team that finished highest at the final race #5 will win. If only one of the tied teams competes in race #5 that team would win by default. Races a team decides to drop will not be used in tie breakers. A team that races in only 4 races must use all races in determining their standings. TEAMMATES: Racers may compete with several teams in the 5 different series races, however racers may only acquire points for 1 team in the 2008 series. The first team a racer competes for will receive the points for the 2008 series, unless the racer specificaly tells us before the series starts which category he/she plans to race in. This must be done before the racer completes his/her first race! Teams are allowed 2 alternate teammates throughout the series. These alternate teammates may race in one or several races in any order. Alternate teammates may only acquire points for 1 team in the series. The first team an alternate teammate competes for will receive the points for the series. Example # 1: Joe Racer competes as an alternate member of Team USA in race #2. Joe Racer later competes as a member of Team Texas in race #4. Team USA would receive the points because they are the first team that Joe Racer competed on in the series. Even if Team USA is not in the series (Team USA only competes in 1 race) Team USA would still receive the points as they are the first team that Joe Racer competed on in the series. Example # 2: If Joe Racer competes for a team that does not receive points (the team finishes too low to receive points) that is still the first team that Joe Racer competed for and the only team Joe Racer can acquire points for during the season (unless Joe Racer told us before the series ever started which category he/she planned to race in. Alternate teammates may race in another sprint race with another team in the series but that team will not receive points towards the championship. You should always check with an alternate racer to insure that they have not raced for another team in the series. At least one of the original team members (from race #1) must compete on the team in all subsequent races for the team to receive points in the Texas State Championship Series. Texas Team/Club Championship Teams may represent their club in the Texas Team/Club Championship. Team/Club will receive points for their highest 5 finishing teams in each event of the Texas State Championship Adventure Race Series. (Highest 5 finishing teams from any category, not highest 5 teams from each category). The team/club which has the highest point total after the final race of the series will be crowned the Texas State Club Champions. In the event of a tie, the team/club with the most 1st place finishes at the final race wins. If still tied the team/club with the most 2nd place finishes at the final race wins, etc until a winner is determined. The Texas State Team/Club Champions will take home the Texas State Club Champions traveling trophy for the year and have a permanent plaque attached to the trophy. Team/Club that wish to register for the Texas Team/Club Championships must email request to kathy@terrafirmapromo.com include team name and club to be included on the roster. Teams must be registered as representing a team/club prior to a race to recieve points for that race.
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