XI

Section

TEAM RACING

APPLICABLE TO:

¨      NATIONAL TEAMS-CHALLENGE CLASSES

¨      TRADE/CORPORATE TEAMS – CHALLENGE CLASSES

¨      TRADE/CORPORATE TEAMS – CHAMPIONSHIPS CLASSES

Classes as described in Section VII, Chapter B.

Team competition will be offered at Philippine BMX Championship/Challenge events for two categories of teams, each at two different levels; National and trade teams, in the applicable classes as describe above. All team competition will be in accordance with the rules set forth in this section.

A.      CLASSES OF COMPETITION - There shall be two categories of team competition: national teams and trade teams. Every nation having a sufficient number of riders registered at an event to field a team may compete against other national teams at that event in the appropriate national team class. Any corporation or other business entity that chooses to sponsor a team, may compete against other corporate sponsored teams in the appropriate trade team class.

B.      RIDER ELIGIBILITY AND OBLIGATIONS - A rider may compete only on a national team of his home country as described in Section X, paragraph A. 3. of the official UCI BMX Rule Book, and for a single corporation or other business entity, whether or not he is also a member of a national team. No rider may compete for more than one corporation.

A rider with two licenses (20" and cruiser) may be entered for both classes for one and the same national team or trade team. A rider competing for a corporation or other business entity may be entered for more than one trade team of one and the same corporation, in either 20" or cruiser or both.

Each rider on a trade team must wear a team uniform matching the uniform of his team mates whenever he is engaged in competition on the track. A team uniform shall consist of at the minimum, a jersey. The only variations allowed will be pants, footwear, helmet, gloves and accessories. In case of the obligation to wear a national BMX jersey, it is possible that team mates come from a different country and thus have to wear different national jersey's. In that case there shall be unity in the design of the corporate sponsor's logo and name on the jersey. In the case of the obligation to wear a national BMX jersey, each rider on a National Team must wear a national jersey matching the jerseys of his team mates. The only variations on the uniform allowed will be pants, footwear, helmet, gloves, accessories and advertising on the jersey.

A rider who fails to wear the proper uniform may not be allowed team points.

C.      TEAM COMPOSITION - Both national and trade teams shall be made up of four (4) eligible riders who have been appointed by their team manager and who have agreed to be part of the team, and a team manager who is an individual of at least eighteen years of age. The team manager shall be the only person authorized to communicate with competition commissaires and officials regarding any matters concerning team registration and team competition. Both national team managers and trade team managers shall have the same accredited rights.

The composition of both national teams and trade teams is further restricted as follows:

1.       Teams at Challenge level shall be made up of riders in the challenge classes, but with a maximum of one rider, regardless of gender, from any challenge age group, a maximum of two riders from the cruiser challenge classes and a maximum of two riders from the girls classes on the final four-member team roster.

D.      REGISTRATION - Each corporate and national organization with sufficient riders registered to compete in an event offering team competition may enter four-member teams into team competition according to the following restrictions:

1.       One national team per national organization in the Challenge competition for national teams;

2.       Up to three trade teams per corporate organization in the Championship competition for trade teams;

Each team manager must submit to the event registration office prior to the close of pre-registration the name of each team member that he wants to enter into team competition. Each pre-entry shall be accompanied by a team entry fee according to this rule book. Each team manager must submit to the chief administration commissaire at the event, on the day on which the competition begins and one hour before scheduled race time, a final and fully completed team sheet for each team entered, identifying each of the four riders and the classes in which shall be scored.

E.      SCORING

1.       The team scoring systems are as follows:

Team scoring system at Philippine BMX Championship/Challenge events:

Each team rider shall earn team points based on his finish positions in the motos and the final. A bonus will be added to the latter based on the number of qualifying rounds in the rider's class. Points to be awarded are as follows:

2.       Each team's score shall be equal to the sum of the points earned by the four team riders. In case a corporate organization has entered more than one team for a trade team class, the score shall be equal to the highest team score earned by any of the teams it has entered into that particular class.

3.       Each team manager must submit to the chief administration commissaire for verification of scores, within twenty minutes of the end of the last final, a complete tabulation of the points earned by each of his teams. Team sheets turned in late could mean forfeiture of any protest that may result in relation to team scores.

F.      FINISHES AND AWARDS

1.       Both national and trade teams will be ranked with other teams in their same class according to their team scores with first-place ranking in each class going to the team with the highest score.

Ties in scoring shall be resolved as follows:

a.       First in favor of the team whose riders have earned the greater number of first-place finishes in their finals;

b.       Then, if a tie still remains, in favor of the team which has earned the greater number of team points in the finals;

c.       Then, if a tie still remains, in favor of the team which has earned the greater number of team points in the motos;

d.       Then, if a tie still remains, team places will be decided by one toss of a coin.

2.       Trophies, to be provided by the host organization, will be awarded to the top three finishing teams in each class of team racing.