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SPA Annual
Points Championship Rules
SPA National Points Race
Rules
The National Points Race
runs from the Masters contest of the prior year to the Masters
Contest of the current year.
To qualify for points or
official standing within SPA, all aircraft and classes of
contestants shall use approved equipment.
Here is how the points
earned are determined. In every class, you earn one point for
competing, and one point for everyone in your class that you
beat. In addition to this:
1st place gets a
five point bonus
2nd place gets a four point bonus
3rd place gets a three point bonus
4th place gets a two point bonus
5th place gets a one point bonus
Here is an example; there
are 10 contestants in a class, First place would get:
1 point for competing
9 points for the 9 contestants you beat
5 bonus points for 1st place
TOTAL 15 points
Second place would get:
1 point for competing
8 points for the 8 contestants you beat
4 bonus points for 2nd place
TOTAL 13 points
And so on………………. Last place
would earn 1 point.
Throughout the season (
Masters to Masters ), we tally all contestants points and post
them on the SPA website. The spreadsheet will show the
contestant’s name, the contests you flew in and the points
earned in that contest. It will also give you a total of all
points earned for the season and a total of your BEST four
contest points. This is THE number used to determine your
official standings in the SPA National Points Race. At the
Masters, points earned will be multiplied times 1.5 If you
scored 8 points you would earn 12 points for the Masters
contest. These points will be added to your BEST four contest
points for your seasons TOTAL POINTS. This total determines your
standings for the season and your placement for a Master’s
Trophy.
At the Masters for the
current year, the top two contestants from each class, except
Novice, will participate in a “ fly off “ for a special Trophy.
The Senior Experts will be flying for the memorial trophy which
they will get to keep for the year. You can only win this trophy
X amount of times.
There is no “fly off” at
the Masters in the Novice class. We keep track of points earned
in the Novice Class for the purpose of determining when a novice
flyer needs to “move up” to a higher class. The official wording
is as follows: Any Novice contestant
who accumulates a score of fifty points or more in their best
four contests during the regular contest season must move to the
next highest or higher class no later than the end of the season
that the points were accumulated. |