| 2013 Coastal Challenge 8-hour AR - SCORING - Back to Coastal Challenge home Checkpoints: Teams will be required to locate checkpoints using topographic maps, aerial photographs, and compasses. GPS devices and pace counters are strictly prohibited. Teams will have to plot some checkpoints "on the clock" during the race using a 1:24,000 USGS topographic map and UTM coordinates. Some checkpoints will be mandatory, and others will be optional “bonus” checkpoints. Scoring: The race will start at 9:00 AM, and participants will have 8 hours to obtain all mandatory checkpoints, and as many bonus checkpoints as possible. Teams must be off the course by 5:00 PM, so time management will play a significant role in race strategy. Teams will be ranked according to the following rules: 1. The team that obtains all mandatory checkpoints, and the highest number of bonus checkpoints by 5:00 PM will be the winner. Example: Team A obtains all mandatory checkpoints and 2 bonus checkpoints with a finish time of 4:30 PM. Team B obtains all mandatory checkpoints and 3 bonus checkpoints with a finish time of 4:45 PM. Team B will be the winner, even though they finished after Team A, because they obtained one more bonus checkpoint than Team A did. 2. In the event that two or more teams obtain all mandatory checkpoints and the same number of bonus checkpoints, the team’s finish time will break the tie. 3. If a team fails to obtain any of the mandatory checkpoints, they will still be considered official finishers, but will be ranked below all other teams that did obtain all the mandatory points, regardless of the number of bonus checkpoints obtained. Example: Team A obtains all mandatory checkpoints, but no bonus checkpoints. Team B obtains 4 bonus checkpoints, but fails to obtain 1 mandatory checkpoint. Team A will be the winner, because they obtained 1 more mandatory checkpoint than Team B. 4. Placement of teams who fail to obtain all the mandatory checkpoints will be ranked in the following order: a. Number of mandatory checkpoints obtained (if a tie, then...) b. Number of bonus checkpoints obtained (if still a tie, then...) c. Finish Time 5. It is imperative for teams to be off the race course by 5:00 PM. Teams will receive a -1 checkpoint penalty for every 5 minutes they are late after 5:00 PM, according to the race director's official time, starting with bonus checkpoints, and then mandatory checkpoints once all bonus checkpoints have been lost. Racers will have opportunity to sync their watches with race director's official time at the pre-race meeting. Example: Team A arrives at the finish at 5:20 PM, with all mandatory checkpoints and 2 bonus checkpoints. Team A will receive a -4 checkpoint penalty, which will take away their 2 bonus checkpoints, and then 2 of their mandatory checkpoints. They will be ranked as if they finished the race at 5:20 PM, missed two mandatory checkpoints, and did not obtain any bonus checkpoints. |
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