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Team Captains:
Each team will designate a team captain. Team
captains will represent the team in all official correspondence and
communications before, during and after the event. Only team captains may
file protests.
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Pre-race Meeting:
The team captain must attend the pre-race
meeting; however, everyone is welcome.
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Team Pit Area:
Team's must designate one and only one pit
area. Typically, this is at your campsite. Riders/racers may change or
repair any equipment in their Pit Area. Pit areas are not allowed on the
course or in the Start/Finish area. However, emergency repairs may be
performed in the Start/Finish area; you may even swap entire bikes. In the
Start/Finish area or the team's pit area, riders/racers may accept support
from anyone. Also, teams may bring as many support people as they would like,
but their support is limited to the Start/Finish and the team's pit areas, not
on the course.
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Support on the Course: Support
on the course may only be supplied by other registered riders/racers.
Supporting riders/racers must access the course under their own power (i.e.
foot travel or on bike) and that access can only be achieved by following the
course in the riding/racing direction. Shortcutting the course is not allowed
(see rule #12). Supporting riders/racers should stay clear of all competing
riders/racers. Supporting riders/racers may take any equipment or tools with
them; they may even swap bikes with their teammates. Cannibalizing bicycle
parts is legal. Support can be provided by any registered racer on any team to
any registered racer on any team.
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Water and Food:
Water and food may be supplied to any
rider/racer, by anyone, anywhere on the course. However, riders/racers must
stay well clear of the course when taking food or water. (And please do not
throw energy food wrappers on the ground. Remember: Leave No Trace).
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Permitted Course Riders:
Only officially registered riders/racers,
credentialed media and event staff may ride on the designated racecourse
during the event.
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Team Number Display:
Riders/racers must display their race number
on the front of their bikes, whenever on course. In the case of a bike swap,
riders/racers must swap the bike number to the new bike prior to continuing
the race. Race officials may request to see this at any time.
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Right of Way:
Riders/racers riding bicycles have the right
of way over riders/racers pushing bicycles. When practical, riders/racers
pushing or carrying their bikes should stay on the least rideable portion of
the trail when being passed. Riders/racers pushing or carrying their bikes may
overtake a racer riding his bike provided that they do not interfere with the
riding racer.
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Lapped Riders/racers:
Lapped riders/racers should yield to leaders.
Leaders should be very vocal when preparing to pass any racer. "PASSING on
your LEFT!," "PASSING on your RIGHT!" should be called out. It is the
responsibility of the challenging racer to overtake safely. Riders/racers
being lapped must yield on the first command.
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Vying for Position:
When two riders/racers are vying for
position, the leading racer does not necessarily have to yield position to the
challenging racer. However, a racer may not bodily interfere, with intent to
impede another racer's progress; this is considered to be highly
unsportsmanlike behavior (see rule #14).
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Shortcutting:
Shortcutting the course by any registered
racer shall result in a disqualification of that rider/racer or that team.
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Law Abiding:
Federal, state and county laws and ordinances
will be abided by at all times.
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Sportsmanship:
Foul riding, use of profane or abusive
language and other unsportsmanlike behavior will be taken very seriously. Such
behavior by any racer shall subject that racer's team to a warning or
immediate disqualification. This will be strictly applied when such behavior
is directed at course officials, volunteers or spectators. The penalty imposed
is at the discretion of the race director or co-director, should the race
director be unavailable.
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Protests:
Protests can only be made by team captains.
Protests will be made in writing and delivered to the race director or
co-director any time during the race or after the end of the race, up to 30
minutes after the posting of the final results. Protests should contain any
information that supports the protest, including description of the incident,
witnesses, names, addresses, phone numbers and signature of protesting team
captain. A $50 fee shall be submitted, in cash, with the protest. The race
director, after his own discovery, will promptly rule on the protest. The fee
will be forfeited to the race director if the protest is denied or refunded if
the protest is upheld.
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Final Rulings:
The race director has the final say in any ruling, including rulings made by
the co-director.
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Log Tent:
After the start, riders/racers must log-in
and log-out on each lap at the Log Tent located at the Start/Finish Area. Team
riders/racers must dismount at the log-in area. They must then give their
number strap to the log-in official, who records the log-out time. The number
strap is then
passed back to the rider/racer. In the case of teams passing the number strap to the
next team member, the log-in official will pass the number strap to the next team
member.
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Consecutive Laps:
A rider/racer may ride consecutive laps, but
must stop at the Log Tent after his first lap in order to log-in for his
second lap. If a racer is staying in for an additional lap, that rider/racer
must log-out from the first lap by passing the number strap to the log-in official.
He/she may continue the consecutive lap after receiving the number strap from the
official. Solo riders/racers will do this every lap. Each team member must
complete a minimum of 30% of the completed laps by that team.
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Loss of number strap:
Loss of the number strap will result in a 5-minute
time penalty that will be applied to the teams finish time on its last lap and
will accrue to the racer finishing that final lap. The log-in official will
issue a new number strap.
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Verifying the Log Sheet:
It is the team's responsibility to verify
that each rider/racer is logged-in and logged-out correctly. Please be
courteous and patient while verifying information with your Registrar.
Registrars and race officials may request to see your race number on your
handlebar at any time. Helpful Hint: When the rider/racer "on-deck" receives
the number strap from the Registrar, they should repeat their team # and name to
confirm that the Registrar is logging them in correctly.
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Canceling a Lap:
Once on course, a rider/racer must complete
his or her lap. However, the team has the option of canceling a rider/racer's
lap and restarting the lap from the Log Tent with a substitute. This is a
difficult and costly decision, but if the first rider/racer is unable to
complete the lap for any reason, it may be to the team's advantage to cancel
that rider/racer's lap. Any team member can cancel a rider/racer's lap by
notifying the team's Registrar at the Log Tent and initializing the log sheet
next to the canceled lap. If a team cancels a rider/racer's lap and is
restarting with a new rider/racer's, a new number strap will be issued without
penalty. The new rider/racer inherits the log-in time of the canceled
rider/racer's lap. Once a cancellation has been made, it cannot be rescinded.
The canceled lap does not count as a completed lap.
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Substituting a Rider/Racer:
To substitute a rider/racer, the new
rider/racer must fill out an Accident Waiver, complete with team name and
original signature, and deliver it to the race director no later than the end
of Registration. No rider/racer substitutions will be accepted after
Registration closes.
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Finishing prior to 4-PM:
At anytime during the ride/race, a
participant may choose to turn in their number strap, state that they are finished
riding/racing, sign the log-sheet and their final lap and finish time will be
recorded for ranking. If the rider/racer does not execute this option – it
will be assumed that they are proceeding with a new lap and they must complete
that lap to receive a final lap number and time. If you start a lap and do
not finish that lap you will be listed as DNF (did not finish).
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The Finish:
The race will start at 11:00Am and end
at 4:00PM. Riders/racers must log-off the course from 4:00PM on. Each team's
final placing will be determined by the number of laps the team has completed
and the sequential order of finish within the team's last lap. For example, a
team that has completed 9 laps with a finish time of 4:31 p.m. would beat a
team that completed 9 laps, with a finish time of 4:45 p.m. And, of course, a
team that completed 10 laps, with a finish time of 5PM., would beat them both.
RIDERS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO START A NEW LAP AFTER 6:00 PM.
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Catastrophic Failure:
In the case of catastrophic failure due to
weather or another extenuating circumstance that prevents the ongoing scoring
of the event or creates a racing environment that is deemed too dangerous for
the participants, the race director may call the race as of a certain time.
Final results will be calculated based on each team's placement at the call
time as determined by that team's last completed lap. This rule is intended to
be exercised as a last resort, in the most dire situations, when no other
means is available to continue scoring the event or when the potential for
serious harm or loss of life becomes imminent.
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EMS Ghost Rider:
In the event that a rider/racer stops to
assist in the care of a seriously injured fellow rider/racer that requires an
EMS response, Ghost Rider procedures will be implemented. The EMS personnel
will radio to the Log Tent the name and number of the assisting rider/racer.
Race staff will then inform the team of the assisting racer to prepare the
next rider/racer on their team. That rider/racer will be allowed to start his
or her lap based on the assisting rider/racer’s “ghost rider” lap time which
will be based on the fastest of either the assisting rider/racer’s average lap
time or the team’s average lap time.