SHORTTRACKSERIES

 Sunday 2nd, 9th and 16th October 2011

Siberia Flat, Kennedy’s Track, Halswell

What is Short Track Racing?
Short track racing is a popular Northern Hemisphere style of mountainbike racing where riders do multiple laps of a short 2-4 minute course, with races taking between 20 and 30 minutes. This style of racing is designed to be fast, fun and very spectator friendly. The course at Siberia Flat uses a  circuit made up of both singletrack and 4WD track. 

This series was a lot of fun when run in 2009 and 2010 with people from a wide range of ages and experience participating.

Grades
C = Recreation / cruisers
B = Sport / weekend warriors
A = Expert / whippets

Timetable
Arrive 10 minutes before your race to get your number, and be on the start line a couple of minutes before race start.

2:20 pm – C grade race start (20 minutes duration)
2:45 pm –  B grade race start (25 minute duration)
3:15 pm – A grade race start (30 minutes duration)

Race format
Complete as many laps as you can in your time allocation.
Only laps completed within your time allocation count.
Riders on same number of laps will be placed according to order across the line on final lap.

Entry
Entry is by donation. 
Entry open to Christchurch Singletrack Club members only. Non members can join the club on the day ($20 individual,  $30 family) 

Notes
There will be no first aid on site.  Ride accordingly.
There are no toilets on site. The closest public toilets are at Halswell Quarry.
Races will be cancelled if raining or if the tracks are too wet.

Results
Results from each round can be found at http://www.singletrack.org.nz/events/results/.  The last two years we haven’t done points but if there is sufficient numbers this year, points of the following values (30, 25, 22, 19, 17, 15, 13, 11, 9, 7, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1) will be allocated to the first 15 places at each race. Points from all 3 events will count towards series placings.

Directions 
All races will be held at Siberia Flat, 650 m up Kennedy’s Track from the gate at the end of Kennedy’s Bush Road, Halswell . Allow 5-10 minutes to bike or 10-15 minutes to walk if you park near the top of Kennedy’s Bush Rd. Or you can park in Cashmere Rd and bike up the Crocodile Track as a warm up!  

See http://goo.gl/maps/dHvZ for a map on google.
View Siberia in a larger map