In order to be REGISTERED for this contest, your name must be added to the Score Sheet by the Contest Director or by the FBO. To register you must be a current, paid-up member of the VSA, and have contest level experience. The Race Series is not intended to be a training or entry pont of novice cross-country pilots. Check with The CD or FBO before attempting to fly a task that you wish to have scored.

The race will always be held on a Saturday as scheduled below, and there is no requirement for a minimum number of contestants to constitute a race day. Points will be earned by any contestant who completes a task on a scheduled Saturday Race Day.

a. Only one pilot needs to launch on a scheduled race day in order to have his flight scored.

b. Tasks. A contestant may choose to fly any one of the authorized tasks and fly the turn points in either forward or reverse order.

c. Class. The Race Series will consist of a single class.

d. Handicap. The pilots raw score will be handicapped on a CH based handicap system. Pilots are allowed to carry water ballast, however pilots with water ballast will carry an additional 3 % handicap.

e. Scoring.

• The pilot who posts the fastest speed for the day (after the appropriate handicap has been applied will be awarded 1000 points for that day. Other pilots will receive a percentage of the 1000 points, based upon their own speed relative to the speed of the winner. Points will only be awarded for speed (no points will be awarded for "distance only" or for incomplete tasks).
• To allow for the increased challenge posed by longer tasks, bonus points will be added to total points scored for each flight as follows:
  25 points for each 200k task
  50 points for each 300k task

f. Maximum number of flights: A pilot may post a maximum of two flights per day for scoring. For example, if there are 16 race days scheduled in the season, then a total maximum of 16 flights may be posted. Thus, if a pilot submits two flights per day on each of the first eight race days in a 16 day series, then he will have submitted the maximum, and thus, he will be ineligible for competing any further during that season.

g. A contestant may "fly" any number of different courses on a single race day, but only two different courses will count for scoring. A contestant may re-fly a course as many times on a single day as desired, but only the highest-scoring flight on that course will be counted that day. A course flown in reverse order is not considered a different course.

h. In order to qualify as the winner, a pilot must have accumulated the most number of total points in the Series, and must have completed at least one of each of the three triangles, that is, one 100k, one 200k and one 300k triangle during the race series.

i. Pilots may fly different gliders or may change configurations at their option, with an appropriate change in handicap as determined by the CD.

j. The start and finish gates will be one statute mile radius cylinders and 5,000 feet above the stated elevation of the gate turnpoint. Procedures used for the Start and Finish will be consistent with SSA regional contest rules.

k. The turn point cylinders will be one quarter of statute mile (0.25) radius cylinders.

l. Validation of reaching a turnpoint:

a) Flight trace must show two solid GPS fixes inside the cylinder to be valid.
b) Missed turnpoints will have the following penalties:

i) Turn points with less than two full GPS fixes within the cylinder but two within one half mile (0.5) statute mile radius will receive a 100 point penalty.
ii) Turn points with less than two full GPS fixes within the cylinder but two within a one mile radius will receive a 200 point penalty.
iii) Turn points with less than two full GPS fixes within a one mile radius will be disqualified and receive zero points.

a. Flight record/ log must be submitted/ posted in order to receive points. Only flights recorded by GPS flight recorder acceptable to the CD will be considered for scoring in the race series and the flight record/log must be submitted to the scorer in a media form that is acceptable to the CD.

b. The Landing Card must list the specific course(s) that is/are claimed on that date. The scorer will not try to guess which course you are claiming. You must tell him/her via the Landing Card.

c. Flight logs and landing cards must be submitted not later than 5 PM on Tuesday following the race day.

d. Flight logs and landing cards may be submitted either in person or via e-mail. In email, state: model of glider, competition class, and course(s) claimed (max of two per day).

e. All submitted and claimed flights are final. A pilot may not substitute a better flight for one submitted earlier, or revise which task is claimed. Flights submitted may not be withdrawn at a later date.

At the end of the series, thanks to the generosity of Williams Soaring Center, a winner will be recognized at the Annual WSC Oktoberfest and will receive a purse of $500 in credit for tows and rentals.