I thought I'd put together a few of the more commonly asked questions here in
a small document.
- With two races run together, how are points scored?
Last year, points were always broken out into the respective categories after
the finish. In this years meeting, this was removed. This year, first place
is first place and fifteenth is fifteenth.
The reasoning behind this is it was felt that with so many sub-races within
one race, it became destructive to racing. For example, if a rider went up
the road, each rider would first ask if they were actually going against
that person in the BAR.
The goal of the association this year is to never have races run together.
We hope that each category will have it's own separate race.
If a race is listed as a 40+ race and there is no 50+ race offered, a 50+
rider may race this race. The points will be scored into the 40+ BAR.
All of this does not apply to Time Trials. Time Trials will still be ordered
on finishing time and rearranged to match the BAR categories.
- What's with this new "75% rule" for the BAR?
There were a number of complaints in previous years that the BAR winner was
essentially an attendance award. This rule will hopefully eliminate that.
The rule states simply that 75% of the races in a category will count toward
the BAR. So, for example, if there are 20 races in a particular category,
only 15 will count toward the BAR. The dropped races could be ones that
you choose to miss because of vacation or other issues, or they could be
dropped because you scored badly or didn't finish. Either way, it's the
same.
For each rider, the top 75% of scoring races will be the only ones counted
toward the scoring. Even if a rider does every single race, only the top
75% will be counted.
- I was the first VCA rider across the line. Why didn't I
get points for first place?
Remember, the BAR is open to anyone regardless of team or where they reside.
So if you finished 10th, you get points for 10th.
- Why did I get points for 4th in the last time trial when
I finished 2nd?
For a Time Trial, the posted results will be
reordered to fit the BAR categories exactly. For example, a TT might list
category 1 and 2 separately for prizes. But the BAR category is Cat 1/2.
So the times will be taken a arranged so that results match the BAR category,
then points are given from there.
- I got no points for a race. Why?
One of the most common reasons for not getting any BAR points is
your name isn't on the results. Check
here
for the results of the race. If your name isn't on the results, then
obviously you "officially" didn't place. By the time I post results
on the website, they have been "official" for days. You should have
checked the results on race day.
If you did show up on the results, then a possibility is that you're new to
racing or new to the area and I know nothing about you. This is especially true
if you did a race than spans multiple categories, for example 40+/50+. If you
suspect this, send me your name, hometown and racing category or age and I'll
get your points to you ASAP.
If your name is there and you still
don't have points, send me an
- How are those team points awarded?
The computation of team points is not easy to explain so let's just look
at an example.
For each category in the BAR (i.e. 30, 40, etc) the top three riders
from each team are taken. Those points are added together to form the
team score for that category.
For example, the 30 BAR looks like this:
Joe Rider Team XYZ 64 points
Fred Biker Team ABC 54 points
Abe Pedeler Team XYZ 24 points
Art Jones Team ABC 12 points
Mike Smith Team QWE 10 points
Bill Johnson Team XYZ 8 points
John Smith Team XYZ 5 points
So, for the team BAR, the top three riders in a category are taken.
So taking the top three riders of each team in 30+ category, we
get Team XYZ = 64 + 24 + 8 = 96 points, Team ABC = 54 + 12 = 66 points,
and Team QWE = 10 points.
Notice that John Smith was placed fourth for his team and therefore his
points do no count in the team BAR.
This is done for each category and all points from each category form the
team score.
- What's up with Mens, Womens, and Juniors Team score?
It was decided at the Annual meeting, scoring for teams would also be
broken out into Mens, Womens, and Juniors team scoring.
Scoring for each of the sub-categories is done exactly like the overall team
score. The scoring is done as follows:
- Mens score = Cat 1/2 + Cat 3 + Cat 4 + Cat 5 + Junior Men + Masters Men
- Junior score = Junior Men + Junior Women
- Women score = Women 1/2/3 + Women 4 + Junior Women + Women 40+
- Why don't I show up in my teams scoring?
Remember, according to the BAR rules only the top three riders from each
team in a category score points for team. So if you're a member of a large
team and there are more than three people in your category, you might not
score team points.
To check this, go to the
Team BAR
page and click the link for your team in the Overall Team Results. Check to see
how many people are listed in your category. Now check your points in that
category. Do you have more points that the three listed? Probably not.
- State champ events are worth 1.5 times the points? Why didn't I get 1.5 times?
State Championship events are indeed worth 1.5 times the points - the RR is worth
two times the points.
Since the state championship events are usually broken into two parts (age-graded
and senior), only the races within the event that are actually the championship
races get the extra points. Essentially, if medals were awarded in the race,
it should receive the extra points.
- My results are not in the BAR or the race results?
Race results become final fifteen (15) minutes are the results are posted the day
of the race. DO NOT email me and ask me to change the results. I cannot
change results. If you feel that the results are wrong, email the promoter of
the race. If they made an error, they will let me know to change the results.
- My question isn't here. What's next?
with your question and
I'll answer it. Then you might even see your question here :-).