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Moto/Classifications
So, you are ready for a great night of racing and the motos have just been posted...and you wage the million dollar question...WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN??
Hopefully this page will help you answer that question.... A few important things to remember:
The motos are usually posted on the outside of the black trailor at Delco, on the brown motoboard near the starting/finish area at Miami Vally BMX, and on the wall near the staging area at the indoor track.
It takes 3 riders to form a legal class. If there are less than 3 riders for a class, those riders will be combined with (or "travel" to) the next available class until a legal moto is formed.
In the case of combining classes, the class in which the moto was formed will appear on the moto sheet as the class for the moto. (For example, if a 15-year old intermediate does not have a class and he has to "travel" to the 16-year old intermediate class, and this combination forms a legal moto, the class that will appear on the top of the moto sheet will be 16 intermediate.)
If there is a problem with your moto, PLEASE go back to registration as soon as possible.
The number of riders in a class will determine the transfer method, the number of riders who will qualify out of each moto, the number of groups your class, and the number of trophies awarded. THE NUMBER OF QUALIFYING RIDERS FROM EACH MOTO MAY CHANGE FROM WEEK TO WEEK, BASED ON THE NUMBER OF RIDERS FOR YOUR CLASS. THIS COMBINATION (FOR EXAMPLE, 1-1-2, OR 2-2-3, OR 2-2-2, ETC.) WILL APPEAR AT THE TOP OF YOUR MOTO SHEET.
The ABA qualifying system allows even the most inexperienced rider a chance to qualify for an award, and it is also easy to determine if your rider has advanced to the semi or main events.
Once a rider qualifies for his or her semi or main event, this rider does not race again until that semi or main event. In almost all classes, there will be at least a main event to determine award ranking. (The only exception to this is in any class with only 3 riders. Any class that has 4 or more riders will have at least a main event.) In addition, the only class that will have its final qualifying moto (the 3rd moto) combined is a class that has a total of 9 riders. The following grids should help in understanding the qualifying system.
We run three sets of motos, then the semi events and main events. Basically any class with between 3 and 8 riders will make one moto. If the number of riders for a class exceeds 8, the class will be broken down into 2 or more groups, depending on the total number of riders, with the number of riders on the gate being no less than 5 and no more than 7. (The only exceptions to this rule are in the 8- and 9-rider classes.) For example, if there are 10 riders, there will be 2 motos of 5 riders. If there are 23 riders, there will be 3 motos of 6 riders and 1 moto of 5 riders. The three sets of motos are the qualifiers for the semi or main events. In the first set of motos, all riders will race in their respective motos. In the second set of motos, only the riders who did not qualify for their semi or main event in the first moto will race again. The third set of motos will include only those riders who did not qualify for their semi or main event in their first two motos. Therefore, in each set of motos there will be a decreasing number of riders in each moto based on the ABA qualification system.
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