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GUIDELINES FOR ASPHALT TRIALS

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CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION for the IE ASPHALT TRIALS

  • Every participant must have a valid motorcycle license.

  • Every participating vehicle must be in safe condition and be in accordance with the rules and regulations of the state in which it is registered.

  • Each participating vehicle is subject to by an event organizer with respect to the following points (usually done in an orientation ride-thru):

    • brakes

    • tires

    • exhaust noise

    • lights

    • license plate

    • alterations of the vehicle not in accordance with its state regulations

Any vehicle not conforming with its state regulations or judged to be unsafe for street use may be rejected from participation.

  • All riders must be registered as Rally participants.

  • Participants MUST go through the course with an official

  • Judges scoring points may not participate but those assisting only in organization and calculation of points may participate.

  • An accounting of the results is only for the purpose of determining of event prizes by IE ASPHALT TRIALS.

    • Announced times and judgments are final. Exceptional rules are possible upon a decision by the event organizers.

 

START AND COURSE RUN

 

  1. The score will be taken from TWO TRIALS through the course. An announcement about this will be made to the participants prior to the beginning of the contest.

  2. One can ride one's own vehicle or one that is loaned. But no one vehicle may participate more than three times in a contest.

  3. Obstacles will be placed in the course so there is no stretch through which a vehicle could sprint.

  4. The course must contain at least four (6) obstacle tasks, the last always being the finishing stop line.

  5. The sequence of obstacles is chosen by the organizers using those suggested in this document.

 

Pre-Ride Workshop

The organizers will guide a pre-ride through the course as time permits. Each rider will be coached by the organizers. This pre-ride will be organized: there is no riding without permission to be on the course.

 

SCORING

 

  1. Numbers of riding mistakes will be converted to a Error Points (EP).

  2. Scoring will be public - mistakes will be displayed on a board or by hand signals from judges. Mistake scoring will be determined by the scoring in the obstacles scoring section below.

  3. Times through the course are directly converted from seconds to Time Points (TP). Course time is set at 1:30 (one minute thirty seconds). No points will be subtracted for getting a faster time.  Points will be added for times over 1:30. E.g., a course time of 1:45.25 will = 15.25 (TP) Time Points.

  4. Error Points (EP) are added to the Time Points (TP). The resulting sum is the total of Penalty Points (PP) used for final scoring. PP = EP + TP

  5. The winner is the rider with the smallest total Penalty Points. In the case of a tie on total points, the one with the fewest error points wins. If both the time and error points are the same, then there will be a "runoff" slow race. If the result is still a tie, then the winner is decided by a coin-toss.

  6. Contest Interruption The following violations will stop the contest for a rider AND WILL ADD 50 EP TO THAT TRIAL RUN:

    • Failure to be completely stopped at start time.

    • Omission of one or more course tasks.

    • Failure to follow the instructions or sequence of the course.

    • Obvious help in improving the results by a third party.

    • Use of help devices.

 

 

OBSTACLES SCORING

The event organizers will use special scoring of the obstacles as indicated for each obstacle below. If the obstacle is sufficiently badly run, it may be construed as a contest interruption as described above. Special rules about foot touchings are as follows:

  1. The whole course counts for points - the feet may not touch the ground between the Start and Finish stop lines, including indicated intermediate stop line. At the Finish stop line, the rider must stop with touching at least one foot on the ground, clutch engaged, brakes applied while front tire is in the finish line area.

  2. Every touching of the ground will count as at least one mistake.

  3. Falling over or dropping the motorcycle will constitute a contest interruption.

  4. Extreme leaning causing the shoes (or bike parts) to touch the ground will not count as a mistake.

 

 

SLALOM

Scoring:
Knocking or running over a marker, or going outside the marked course - 1 Mistake
Incomplete running of the course (e.g., exiting through a gap) - 3 Mistakes

 

 

BOARD


The whole length of the board is to be traversed (twins spans for sidecars)
Scoring:

Missing the board completely – 3 Mistakes
leaving the board - 1 Mistake

 

CIRCLES


The rider must enter and exit by the selected gates, making one complete circle.
Scoring:
Knocking over a marker, or going outside the marked course - 1 Mistake
Incomplete running of the course (e.g., not exiting through an exit gate) - 2 Mistakes

 

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TRAVERSAL OF TRACK

Cones and marked lines will determine the boarders of the track as explained by event organizers. Neither the front nor read wheels should touch the borders of the track.
Scoring:
Each touching of a border - 1 Mistake
Incomplete traversal - additional 2 Mistakes

 

 

FIGURE 8

The rider is required to traverse a decreasing radius spiral with one entry gate and one exit gate. This is scored the same as the slalom.
Scoring:
Knocking over a marker, or going outside the marked course - 1 Mistake
Incomplete running of the course (e.g., exiting through a gap) - 2 Mistakes

 

 

STOP LINES

At the first designated stop line, the rider must halt the motorcycle so that the front wheel is on the stop line (about 6 inches) and feet cannot touch the ground.          At the second stop (finish line) the rider must come to a complete stop so that the front wheel is on the stop line (about 6 inches) and at least one foot must touch touch the ground.                               

Scoring:
Halting with the front wheel contact patch on either side of the stop line - 1 Mistake
Complete driving over the line (with the back wheel) - 2 Mistakes
Putting a foot down at first stop, and then ride off - 1 Mistake

 

 

What part of the course is timed is determined by the organizers on the basis of safety. The organizers may also require an intermediate halt, with no touching of the foot to the ground, for the purpose of timing completion.

The course for the 2018 IE Asphalt Trials is pictured below:

This illustrates one legal path through the obstacles marked with red cones and lines.

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