Candi Murray/Oregon Bicycle Racing Assn

FIAC (Federation of Independent Associations for Cycling) will sponsor a

National Points Series (NPS) competition in 2003 in which riders will earn

points toward an overall national title in the following classes: Elite

Women, Elite Men, Senior 3 Men, Juniors, and Master Men 35+. Race organizers

who would like to have their events considered for inclusion are invited to

read the NPS Announcement. The deadline for submitting 2003 events is

November 30, 2002.



FIAC welcomes California Bicycle Racing (CBR), based in Southern California,

as a new member association. There are now five such associations with a

total of about 9,000 individual members, each of whom have access to the

events of all member associations. Other current associations are American

Bicycle Racing (ABR, based in the Chicago area), American Cycling

Association (ACA, based in Denver), Northern California-Nevada Cycling

Association (NCNCA) and Oregon Bicycle Racing Association (OBRA).



FIAC was formed in 1999 and is a 501(c)(3) charitable nonprofit incorporated

in Colorado. It is dedicated to leading and supporting the development of

bicycle racing in the United States of America. Work is proceeding on

simplified racing rules to be used in NPS events



The link for the application for this series is the NPS Race Organizer

Application at http://home.pacbell.net/learnest/npsapp.htm