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The Iceman Cometh Challenge

ALL Division Winners qualify for the
Midwest Regional Championship

A RACE WITHIN A RACE

The Midwest Regional Championship is a series to series competition with the division winners from each participating state series competing head to head using comparable iceman division categories as the standard for the competition.

The MRC event this year will take place at the Iceman
Cometh Challenge on Saturday, November 8th, 2008.

Time:
09:59 AM

Venue:
ICEMAN START - Kalkaska Middle School

Address:
1700 W. Kalkaska Road
Kalkaska, MI 49646

Additional Information
The Iceman Cometh Challenge is a 27 mile point to point
mountain bike race.
The adventure starts in the Village of Kalkaska, Michigan
and continues through the hardwoods, meadows, and cross
country ski trails of the Pere Marquette State Forest before
finishing at Timber Ridge Resort in Traverse City.

NOTE: This is a sold out event, so the only way IN is to
win your division in any of the participating State Series.
the $60 entry fee has been waived for MRC contenders,
however, The Iceman is requesting just a $10 fee to cover
the basic cost of race numbers and registration.

11/12/07 - Midwest Regional Mountain Bike Championship at The Iceman Cometh Challenge
The Wisconsin WORS series reigned supreme in 2007 taking first place in the MRC by a huge margin. Second place was an ever strong home team of Michigan. And the lowest step on the podium was a drag'em out fight to the last racer between Indiana's Dino series and the OMBC riders from Ohio. In the end, Ohio got the best of the Hoosier state. 19 riders from each state where sent to the Midwest Regional Championships held at the Iceman in Michigan. Read below to learn more about the series.

Final 2007 Rankings:
1. Wisconsin 47
2. Michigan 154
3. Ohio 254
4. Indiana 285
5. Kentucky only sent 1 rep.
Detailed info here.

Mountain Bike State Series division winners from Tailwind representing Michigan, DINO representing Indiana, KYMBA representing Kentucky, WORS representing Wisconsin/Illinois, and OMBC representing Ohio will receive discounted entry and qualify to compete in the sold out XTERRA Iceman event.

The Iceman, as the largest single day mountain bike event in North America, provides a great venue for this event and the November 10 date is well after the conclusion of all participating state series. Race organizer Steve Brown has generously offered discounted race passes to division winners in order to make the 3nd annual Midwest Regional Championship a reality.

These Six States Qualify:

Michigan:
“Robert Linden” email: tailwind@tir.com, website: www.tailwind.net

Wisconsin/Illinois:
“Don Edberg” email: wors@wors.org, website: www.wors.org

Kentucky:
"Rusty Sohm" kypointseries@gmail.com, website: www.kymba.org

Indiana:
“Brian Holhausen” email: brian08@dinoseries.com, website www.dinoseries.com

Ohio:
“Ryan O’Dell” email: nolimit@mohican.net, website www.ombc.net

A complete Roster from each state series will be posted here

If you are an eligible division winner in any of the participating state series, please fill out the Iceman Cometh entry form and mail it to your series director before October 15.

RACER'S NOTE: No entries will be accepted if mailed separately to the Iceman. Entries must be sent in a single envelope by the participating state series director.

Format and Scoring for State Rankings:

Results will be posted here
Iceman Divisions will be used for scoring purposes.
Scoring for the MRC will be centered on a lowest common denominator, lowest points win’s formula.

Lowest Denominator: The number of divisions that will be counted to rank each state series will be based on the state sending the fewest “finishing” representatives. This will allow a smaller series to compete on a level playing field with a larger series. A new rule change has been added this year will set the lowest minimum finishing number of representatives at 10 to insure that the competition is representative. If a state sends fewer than 10, they will be penalized 20 points for each missing representative.

DNF’s will not count and will not be scored in the rankings. Each first place finish will count as 1 point, second place 2 points, and third place 3 points and so on.

For Example, if the OMBC series sends 20 representatives which happens to be the least among the six participating states, and, and only 19 finish, the regional championship will be scored using 19 as the lowest common denominator.
The top 19 finishes, regardless of the number of finishing representatives, will be counted as points. Each state series will be ranked based on the lowest number of point’s wins formula. In the event of a tie in the rankings, times will be considered to rank each state.

Rules:
1. If a division winner does not plan to attend or cannot attend, they may pass on their entry to another racer.
Only one representative per iceman division will be counted. Each series must send a complete roster that includes only one racer per Iceman division. These are the only representatives that will be included for scoring purposes.
For Example: A second place finisher can stand in for a division winner. Any points they accumulate based on their finish will count towards their state series ranking and will also count as their individual regional ranking.

2. Since each state series divisions are not necessarily the same, it is allowed for racers to register and compete in any iceman division they choose provided that they do not enter a division that would be considered below the division they competed in throughout the regular race season.

For Example: an OMBC expert racer may choose to enter the pro division at the Midwest Regional Championship. However, that same OMBC expert racer will NOT be scored for the Championship if he/she competes in a sport division at the iceman.

3. Racers will be scored in the iceman division they enter for scoring purposes and only ONE per Iceman Division will qualify.

4. DNF’s will not be counted and do not help or hinder the state rankings. In the event that every racer in one of the state series results in a DNF or if no representatives are sent, that state will be ranked last and the common denominator will be determined by the next state series with the fewest number of finishers. This is intended to prevent a 0 result.

5. All other rules for the Iceman event apply for the Midwest Regional Championship.

6. In the event of a disagreement, a written appeal will need to be sent by email to NoLimit@mohican.net no later than 10 days following the event.
The 6 State Series Directors will have final say in any disagreement and a vote will be taken if necessary. A decision by the directors will be final.

7. The series directors reserve the right to make changes or updates, as necessary, to the Midwest Regional Championship

Suggestions can be sent by email to NoLimit@mohican.net

For Further Information Contact: Ryan O'Dell, OMBC Series Director
Ohio Mountain Bike Championship Series (OMBC)
www.usmtb.org

419-989-0239