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NICEMAN COMETH
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 7, 2009.
Time:
09:00 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.
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: brian09@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.
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