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:

1^st place gets a five point bonus
2^nd place gets a four point bonus
3^rd place gets a three point bonus
4^th place gets a two point bonus
5^th 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 1^st place
TOTAL 15 points

Second place would get:
1 point for competing
8 points for the 8 contestants you beat
4 bonus points for 2^nd 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.