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The following rules and regulations are issued by Lone Rider Productions, LLC. and AMA District 13 to supplement the AMA Amateur Competition Rules, and are solely applicable to Virginia Cross-Country Series events.

General Rules

  1. All riders must attend any announced rider's meetings.
  2. NO PIT RIDING. Violation of this rule will result in disqualification and/or impoundment of machine until end of event.
  3. Warm-up riding is limited to the start area and only after the referee or other official has given permission and the rider has registered for the event.
  4. Riders must not exceed 1st gear idle when traveling to and from their pit area and must always wear a helmet.
  5. Any rider riding his machine before registering for the race may be disqualified.
  6. Riders are responsible for the actions of their entire pit crew and/or family.
  7. Rider Contact: Ramming, blocking, or any intentional contact made by one rider to another while on the course or facility the day of the event, may be cause for a penalty/disqualification.
  8. Rider Conduct: Unsportsman-like conduct happening anywhere on the course, pit area, check/scoring or sign-up areas may result in the disqualification of the riders involved.
  9. Any ATV rider under the age of 18 must provide a photo I.D. which indicates date of birth, as proof of age at time of registration. AMA rules state that a rider must be 16 years of age in order to participate on an ATV over 9Occ. Riders under the age of 12 cannot ride anything larger than 70 cc machines.
  10. No riders under the age of 18 may compete without the written consent of a parent/guardian.Said parent or guardian must also be present at the event.

Classes, Starting Order, and Policy Regarding Rider Numbers

Please follow this link to access the classes for the 2008 racing season.

Please follow this link to access information regarding fees. Please note that they have changed!

Rider Eligibility and Classification

AA Classification
Any rider who is listed or competes in a AA or Pro class in any other series, regardless of state.

A Classification

  1. All riders that have an A ranking in any other off-road series.
  2. All B riders who won their class in the previous year's series will be required to ride A class if the class had at least 6 riders who rode at least 50% of the events.

B Classification

  1. All riders that have a B ranking in any other off-road series.
  2. All riders wishing to enter an event that do not qualify for the C class and also do not meet the qualifications for placement in the A and Pro classes.
  3. Any C rider who won their class in the previous year's series will be required to ride B class if the class had at least 6 riders who rode at least 50% of the events.

C Classification

Novice riders in any other off- road series. Anyone not meeting Pro, A, or B requirements.

Moving within Classifications

Riders may not move from an upper classification back to a lower Classification except as specified in the AMA rule book.

Equipment

  1. Machines entered in all events must have silencers. Machines may be tested by officials at any time prior to, during or after the event. The sound level for events is 100 db's.
  2. The machine a rider leaves the starting line on is considered the official machine for the rider during that event, and he may not switch during the event.
  3. No rider is allowed to carry gasoline except inside their machine's gasoline tank or approved gasoline carrying device.
  4. A working kill switch (bikes) and tether switch (ATV) must be on all machines.

Tech Inspection

There will be a tech inspection before each event. The following will be checked:

  • sound (random checks)
  • transponder reading vs. registration vs. numbers on front and side number plates
  • helmet stickers (back of helmet)

Stickers Numbers

RED"AA"class
WHITE"A" class
YELLOW"B" class
BLACK"C" class
PINKWomen


10-200 class
2250 class
3Open class
4Vet class
5Senior class
6Super Senior
7Masters

EXAMPLE: a yellow "3" is the Open B class!

Course

  1. A cross country meet is conducted over a course that may include roads, trails, footpaths, up and down hills, motocross tracks, or any type of terrain which can be negotiated by a motorcycle or ATV.
  2. Participants are allowed to walk or bicycle the course prior to the event. No pre-riding for practice purposes is allowed nor is anyone allowed to ride a motorcycle or ATV on the course before an event without the expressed permission of the promoter.
  3. Only riders officially entered or course marshals may ride on any portion of the course or facility the day of the event.
  4. Any time a rider leaves the course for any reason he must re- enter the course at the same spot he originally exited.
  5. All riders must remain on the marked course. If a riders goes more than 20 ft. off the marked trail, he is subject to disqualification. Anytime arrows are posted on both sides of the trail, riders must stay between the arrows. Markers may also include any device placed along the trail to help guide riders, including: ribbons, signs, stakes, hay bales, barrels, tires, etc...
  6. Any rider encountering a traffic jam or bottleneck along the course shall be allowed to go more than 20 feet off the course to get around the bottleneck only. However, the rider must re-enter the course as soon as possible, and upon approaching this section the next lap, must ride the original arrowed section if the track is clear. If these marking devices are knocked down, riders should stay on the original marked course. Short cutting in these areas could result in injury/penalty/disqualification. A "bottleneck" is a section of the track that becomes impassable due to riders falling and getting stuck.

Start Procedures

  1. Starting procedures will be explained at riders meeting.
  2. No riders, pit crew members, machines or equipment will be allowed on the starting line prior to or during the riders meeting.
  3. All A, B & C class riders must line up in their assigned starting rows on a first come basis following the riders meeting.
  4. All starts are dead engine. The blue flag will signal all riders to turn off their engines.
  5. Any rider taking off with the wrong row mayl be penalized by adding 2 minutes to his/her overall time or disqualified.
  6. Any rider that misses the start of their class must enter the race course at the starting line and complete the start chute staying within the markings.

Scoring

  1. Scoring will be done via computer, utilizing transponders to generate data. Transponders may be purchased at any event.
  2. All riders must come to a complete stop at all check points and scoring areas.There will be "no passing" zones at each outpost check and at the scoring area. Any rider passing in this zone will be disqualified.
  3. It is the rider's responsibility to make sure he/she has all their scans/punches.Missing scans/punches will result in a penalty or disqualification to the rider.
  4. A rider will be penalized/disqualified for running into any scoring official or equipment.
  5. Awards are given at the rate determined by the promoter.To get points, a rider must complete at least 50% of the laps completed by the winner of their class. All racers have 35 minutes to finish the race after the overall winner has taken the checkered flag.
  6. Riders may get mechanical assistance on the course from their pit crew or spectators, but must finish the race under the machine's own power or by the physical energy of the rider.
  7. No towing allowed. If a machine has to be towed in from the course, that lap will not count.
  8. A rider may question the scores within the 30 minute protest period following the posting of the final results. After 30 minutes, the results become official, unless specifically announced otherwise.
  9. Rider's points will be posted in the signup area before every event. A rider has 30 days after points are posted to challenge any errors or oversights in their point total.
  10. Protests must be in writing and comply with the AMA Amateur Competition Rule Book, Protest Procedure.

Points

In 2008, there will be 8 events, with your best 7 counting towards year end awards.

You must ride at least 50% of the events to be considered for end of year awards.

All class and overall points are based on the following.

Position Points Position Points
1st 30 11th 10
2nd 25 12th 9
3rd 21 13th 8
4th 18 14th 7
5th 16 15th 6
6th 15 16th 5
7th 14 17th 4
8th 13 18th 3
9th 12 19th 2
10th 11 20th 1

 

Ties

If a tie exists for the overall championship, the rider with the most first place finishes will win. If a tie still exists, then the rider with the most second place finishes will win. If a tie exists for class championship, then the rider with the most first place finishes wins. If a tie still exists, then the rider placing the highest in the final race wins. If there is a tie for second, third, etc... the rider that places highest in the final race breaks the tie.

Penalties

Penalties shall all be assessed at the discretion of the race referee based upon the severity of the offense, and may include one or more of the following:
a. - one position, two positions, etc.
b. - one lap, two laps, etc.
c. - disqualification from event, prior events and/or future events.
d. - time penalty

Definitions/Miscellaneous

  1. Utility (ATV) - a 4 Wheel Drive ATV or a 2 Wheel Drive ATV which comes with racks and/or an automatic transmission as standard equipment.

Eligibilities other than the ones above are at the discretion of the promoter, subject to approval of the VXCS and the District 13 Cross-Country/Hare Scrambles Chairman.