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Date Posted: 17:08:58 10/30/03 Thu
Author: TimeTrial.org
Subject: Re: TT Cup Points Calculation
In reply to: Another Masters Racer 's message, "Re: TT Cup Points Calculation" on 16:44:27 10/30/03 Thu

Fiesta Island is not USCF, the racers that compete do not indicate their USCF category, if they even have one. It is not possible to know who is a CAT 1/2/3 or Masters or 4/5 until the racer competes at a USCF event. Even so, a CAT 1/2/3 rider may decide to compete in a Masters race - these results are cross compatable and will apply. For sake of fairness, CAT 4/5's are not compatable with Masters results.

Fiesta Island results are sorted as best possible, considering that the results are non-USCF.

It is not possible to sort out USCF categories in a non USCF race.

For this reason, and because historically Fiesta Island is a much more competitive race and fields a larger turnout per group, Fiesta Island has been given a higher multiplier.

Remember, Fiesta Island races only account for 5 of the 20 total races in the Cup. It is not necessary to race at Fiesta Island at all - you can race the other 15 events and still win the cup if you get enough points.

Thanks for your feedback

Gary

>Racers with Category 1/2/3 licenses competing in
>Masters categories for the SoCal TT Cup are unlikely
>to finish in the top five against younger 1/2/3
>riders at Fiesta Island. Under the current system,
>these Masters Racers receive no points towards their
>Masters Category competition in the SoCal TT Cup, and
>I have heard are deciding to avoid the Fiesta Island
>races as "not being worth it".
>
>If the system was changed to sort racers by the
>category raced at the other Time Trials (1/2/3 or
>Masters), such as is done at Piru, and then award
>points 5 deep, racers will sense a "consistently
>level" playing field, and be more inclined to race as
>many of the time trials as possible (including Fiesta
>Island), increasing participation.
>
>In addition, I have heard some racers are discouraged
>from participating in the Cup Series by the perception
>that due to the current "multiplier" scheme, unless
>they race (and succeed) at Fiesta Island, they stand
>no chance to "catch up" with the other races, and so
>they either avoid , or are being discouraged from
>further participation, in the series as a whole. If
>the multiplier was the same for all events, this
>concern would be eliminated and you would certainly
>see participation increase in all events, including
>those at Fiesta Island.

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