2008 Points Series Format is now available.

CLICK HERE FOR THE CURRENT 2008 POINT STANDINGS.

Day Points Race Dates:	May 24, June 28, September 6
Night Points Race Dates:	July 19, September 27

• Cancellation due to weather will be posted on this website by 7:30 a.m. for day points races and by 12:00 p.m. for night points.
  
  
• All Points Races will cost $20 per car for both members and non-members.
  
  
• Trophies will not be awarded on Points Race nights, only at the end of the season. Novices will not run for points (see below).
  
  
• Sign-in times for day points races (May 24, June 28, Sept. 27) will be from 9:30-10:30 a.m. with qualifying to follow.  Sign-in times for night points races (July 19, Sept. 6) will be 3:00-4:00 p.m. with qualifying to follow.
  
  
• Race format will be Jr. Novice, Sr. Novice, Jr. Honda, Sr. Honda, Hvy, Honda, Jr. Stock, Sr. Stock, Hvy. Stock, Lt. Mod, Hvy. Mod, Lt. B, Hvy. B, Lt. AA, Hvy. AA, Lt. 160, Hvy. 160, World Formula, Jr. Half.
  
  
• Qualifying order will be determined by pill draw. If 2 or more drivers qualfy with the same qualifying time, the starting position will be granted to the driver with the lowest pill draw with the other/next driver with next higher pill draw number to start in the next starting position, etc.
  
  
• Late sign-ins will be allowed to qualify; however, they will start at the tail of the lowest main.
  
  
• If a car and/or driver is not ready to qualify at its time to qualify, the car will not be allowed to qualify and will automatically be moved to the last qualifying time.
  
  
• During a qualifying attempt, if there is an error in the timing light, a flagman error, or a tower error where the lap times for the white and checkered flag laps are not obtained, the car qualifying will be red flagged and stopped on track where the handler may choose to either:

  a - Choose to start the qualifying attempt over, i.e. (warm-up, green, white, checkard flag laps) where timings occur on white flag and checkard flag lap or;
  
  
  b - If only one lap time is needed, driver may retain original lap time and receive a warm-up, green and checkard flags laps) where the lap time will be taken on the checkard flag lap.

• The top four qualifiers for Juniors and the top five qualifiers for Seniors will automatically be locked into the A-main. Best qualifying time will start in 1st position, 2nd best qualifying time in 2nd position, etc.

• Drivers qualifying 5-8 / 6-10 will start in the order they qualified in the B-main,  9-12 / 11-15 in the C-main, etc.
  
  
• The top four drivers for Juniors and top five drivers for Seniors finishing in each main will move to the next main in finishing order.
  
  
• If there are any ties in points at the end of the season trophies will be awarded as a tie at that position and will skip the next position. Example: Tie for 3rd place, two 3rd place trophies will be awarded and the next trophy will be for 5th place.
  
  
• In the event of a rain-out after qualifying, race points will be awarded based on qualifying results, i.e. fast qualifier will receive 1st place points, 2nd fast will receive 2nd place points, etc.
  
  
• Laps - Novice will run 15 lap lower mains and 20 lap A-mains. Juniors and Seniors will run 25 lap lower mains and 30 lap A-mains.
  
  
• There will be a 15-minute time limit for lower mains and a 20-minute time limit on A-mains.
  
  
• Races that are not completed by the 11 p.m. curfew will receive race points determined by qualifying position.
  
  
• There will be one throw away race where four out of the five races will count towards the final points. Drivers must run 4 of 5 races to be eligible to receive a points series trophy at the year end awards banquet.  Novices must run 3 of 5 races to receive a novice trophy at the year end awards banquet.

NOVICES
Novices will not run a Points Series since novice class is not considered to be a competitive class, but a learning class. Novices placing first, second or third at Points Races will receive trophies that night. All other Novice drivers will receive participation award.  If 8 or fewer novices sign-in for a points race, the handler may have the choice for their driver to race in a 15-lap practice race prior to qualifying.  This race will be considered practice and no trophies will be awarded.

POINTS BREAKDOWN

There will be no qualifying points awarded for the 2008 ALQMA Points Series.

Race points - A-Main winner will receive 100 points and the following positions will receive 3 less points as shown below. The driver must attempt to race in order to receive race points.

** ALQMA Officers reserve the right to make any and all decisions on circumstances not covered in the above information, as well as, any adjustments that may be necessary after this document is published.