National Series

Hyper Bicycles National Championship Series

NEW FOR 2011!

The 2011 NBL National Championship Series will include three new types of Nationals. These Nationals will feature the same high level of racing you have come to expect at NBL Nationals, but will add to awards reasons to come join the fun at NBL Nationals.

Category 2: No virtual team sheets at these races, but top teams will share a bulked-up purse.

QUALIFICATIONS & SCORING

Each rider must have six (6) Series races to qualify.

Rookies may participate and are eligible for all the incentive awards but they will not get plated in this series. Requirements for other classes are as follows.

Challengers (Novices):

Qualifications: Four (4) of the Six (6) races must be NBL National Championship Series races and two (2) may be NBL Challenge Championship Series races. In addition, a rider must have three (3) local races to qualify.

Scoring: Riders will be scored based upon the best six (6) total scores; two (2) Challenge Championship Series race may be used for calculating points.

Experts & Cruisers:

Qualifications: Four (4) of the Six (6) races must be NBL National Championship Series races and two (2) may be an NBL Challenge Championship Series races.

Scoring: Riders will be scored based upon the best six (6) total scores and one (1) may be an NBL Challenge Championship Series race. To clarify, Experts and Cruisers can qualify for the Grands by using two (2) Challenge Series races, but only one of those races will count towards their score.

SuperEx (Junior Development Class):

Qualifications: Six (6) races must be NBL National Championship Series races and NO NBL Challenge Championship Series races will be used for qualifications.

Scoring: Riders will be scored based upon the best six (6) total scores and NO NBL Challenge Championship Series race will be used for calculating points.

Only the top 25 riders in each class would be permitted to race a plate with 1-25 as their number.

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NEW CLASSES:

The NBL has added many new classes for the 2011 season. These will apply for all levels of racing (Local, State, Challenger, National).

VIEW THE NEW CLASSES

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COMBINING RULES FOR NEW GIRLS CLASSES

To clarify the rules for combining the new Girls classes, we are using the local combining rules with a slight difference in the first move for the Expert girls.
8 Challenger Girl – first moves to 8 Expert Girl, then 9 Challenger Girl, then 9 Expert Girl and so forth8 Expert Girl – first moves to 8 Challenger Girl, then to 9 Challenger Girl, then to 9 Expert Girl and so forthThis will happen at all levels of racing: Local/State, Regional, and National.
At the local/state level, girls will receive points as they cross the finish line but with the higher class points.At the local/state level, girls will continue to have the option to race in the boys’ classes of their own proficiency if they choose. (Girl Experts will race Boy Experts, Girl Challengers will race Boy Challengers)
At the Regional and National level, girls will be pointed separately in the motos and mains according to their own age and proficiency. The Challenger Girls will receive Challenge points, Expert Girls will receive Expert points. They will be trophied based on how they finish.


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