Mike Murray
To clarify; there will be a max of 2 men's fields and 1 women's fields. 9
teams per field. We simply do not have enough time in the day to run more
fields than this unless we were to start much earlier in the day. If there
are more entrants than can be accommodated, teams will be cut based on the
first day Pursuit results.
Mike Murray
-----Original Message-----
From: obra-bounces@list.obra.org [mailto:obra-bounces@list.obra.org] On
Behalf Of Candi Murray
Sent: Saturday, June 27, 2009 18:32 PM
To: obra@list.obra.org
Subject: [OBRA Chat] A good problem to have - Six day
There is a chance that we will fill 2 men's fields and a women's field. This
may mean that we will have to qualify all teams and only advance those that
meet the qualification. I have pasted in the rules of the sixday below.
Candi
SIX DAY RULES
- OVERALL WINNER DETERMINED BY CUMULATIVE LAPS AND POINTS FOR ALL RACING.
- POINTS AND LAPS WON OR LOST BY RIDERS IN INDIVIDUAL EVENTS WILL BE ADDED
TO TEAM TOTAL.
- TEAMS THAT ACCUMULATE 100 POINTS PRIOR TO THE LAST DAY WILL HAVE THOSE
POINTS CONVERTED TO A LAP GAINED.
- POINTS FOR INDIVIDUAL EVENTS WILL BE AS FOLLOWS:
1st # of riders in field + 5
2nd # of rider minus 1 + 3
3rd # of riders minus 2 + 2
4th # of riders minus 3 +1
5th # of riders minus 4, etc.
- DAILY PRIZE DETERMINED BY TOTAL TEAM POINTS AND LAPS FOR THAT DAY. Daily
prize for Men's A field.
- DAILY PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE NEXT DAY'S RACING OR
AFTER RACING SATURDAY.
- TEAM RIDERS MUST WEAR SIMILAR JERSEYS.
- TEAMS MAY BE EXCLUDED FROM RACING IF EXCHANGES ARE INADEQUATE OR FOR OTHER
DANGEROUS RIDING. THIS DECISION IS MADE BY THE CHIEF OFFICIAL.
- RIDING BELOW EXCHANGING PAIRS AND MAKING EXCHANGES HIGH ON THE TRACK ARE
EXAMPLES OF DANGEROUS RIDING. EXCHANGES MADE AFTER THE 200 m LINE FOR
SPRINTS MAY BE CONSIDERED DANGEROUS RIDING. RELEGATION, POINTS PENALTIES,
LAP PENALTIES OR DISQUALIFICATION MAY BE ASSESSED FOR INADEQUATE EXCHANGES
OR OTHER DANGEROUS RIDING.
- MADISON PURSUIT
DISTANCE IS 12 LAPS (2 MILES)
MINIMUM 4 EXCHANGES MUST BE MADE
OFFICIALS MAY WAIVE MINIMUM EXCHANGE REQUIREMENT
SPRINT POINTS AWARDED FOR FINISH
1ST 20
2ND 12
3RD 10
4TH 8
5TH 6
6TH 4
- MAXIMUM FIELD SIZE IS 9 TEAMS. MORE THAN 9 TEAMS WILL BE SEEDED INTO
SEPARATE FIELDS BASED ON THE COMBINED CATEGORIES OF THE TEAMMATES AND
RESULTS IN THE MADISON PURSUIT. TEAMS MAY BE PLACED IN A HIGHER OR LOWER
FIELD IF, IN THE JUDGES OPINION, THE EFFORT IN THE PURSUIT WAS INADEQUATE OR
IF THIS WOULD IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THE COMPETITION.
- SHOULD FIELD SIZES DECREASE, FIELDS MAY BE RECOMBINED WITH THE LEADING
TEAM FROM THE SLOWER FIELD PLACED 2 LAPS BEHIND THE LAST TEAM IN THE FASTER
FIELD AND FOLLOWING TEAMS PLACED ACCORDINGLY, EACH TEAM RETAINING THEIR
POINTS.
- SHOULD 2 TEAMS EACH LOSE A RIDER THE REMAINING RIDERS MAY BE COMBINED. THE
COMBINED TEAM WILL BE THE ADDED POINTS AND LAPS OF THE 2 TEAMS ROUNDED DOWN
TO THE NEAREST EVEN NUMBER AND DIVIDED BY 2.
- SHOULD A TEAM LOSE A SINGLE RIDER, A NEW RIDER MAY BE BROUGHT IN. THE NEW
TEAM WILL RETAIN POINTS AND LAPS WITH 2 LAPS DEDUCTED.
- A TEAM OF 2 NEW RIDERS IS NOT PERMITTED.
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