| Purpose |
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| The purpose of the High Points Championship Series (hereinafter referred to as
Championship Series) is to promote the NDBA, its divisions or chapters, to guarantee participation of the racers, and to increase awards to the racers. |
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| Duration |
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| The Championship Series runs on a calendar year basis, commencing January 1st and
ending December 31st of each year. |
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| Annual Membership |
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| In order to receive points and/or awards in the Championship Series, all owners and all
drivers of each boat must hold current, fully paid annual racing memberships in the sanctioning division or chapter, and comply with all rules and regulations as set forth in this rule book. |
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| Boat Number |
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| All points in the Championship Series are awarded to the boat number. Each boat
participating in the series must have a separate racing number, unless an owner wishes to race two or more boats in the same class in an effort to determine which hull is the best. In this instance, the same number may be used on each boat, and either boat or boats may be run during both qualifying and eliminations. However, only one boat will be permitted to run in any specific round (qualifying as well as eliminations). If an owner has more than one boat, and separate numbers are required for each, points cannot be transferred from one boat number to another. Likewise, points cannot be transferred from one class to another should an owner decide to change classes at any time during the calendar year. If a boat is sold at any time during the racing season, points will not be transferred from the original owner to the new owner. The new owner may, however, continue to use the same boat number, subject to written authorization by the previous owner. |
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| Participation |
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| In order to receive any monetary awards from the Championship Series, all winners and
runners-up in each Championship Series class must have participated in that class at a minimum of fifty-one percent (51%) of the current year’s races at which the class was offered. The fifty-one percent (51%) rule does not apply to the National Event Series. |
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| Eligibility |
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| The Professional, Sportsman, and Bracket classes shall participate in the
Championship Series. Any boat which makes no passes in eliminations during the entire year will not be eligible to participate in that year’s Championship Series. |
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| Regristration/Inspection Points |
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| At each Championship Series event, each eligible boat, upon passing the required
pre-race safety inspection, and properly completing the registration process, will be awarded two hundred (200) points. |
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| Qualifying Points |
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| At each Championship Series event, each eligible boat that qualifies for the elimination
program will be awarded one hundred (100) points. The boat must make a qualifying attempt as defined under “Qualifying/Qualifying Attempt” in order to be awarded the one hundred (100) qualifying points. Any boat which is inserted into the first round of eliminations. as an alternate boat will not be awarded any qualifying points. Furthermore, no qualifying points will be awarded to any boat if qualifying is canceled and the boats are paired either by Championship Series Points or by drawing lots. For every legal qualifying pass, an extra 10 points will be awarded for clearing the course. |
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| Qualifying Position Points |
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| At each Championship Series event, qualifying positions are determined based upon
E.T.s (elapsed time). Within each class, the slowest boat will be awarded two (2) points, the second slowest boat will be awarded four (4) points, and each successive qualifying position will be awarded points in increasing increments of two (2). Qualifying position points will not be awarded if the boat made no qualifying attempt as defined under “Qualifying / Qualifying Attempt.” For example, if the seventh boat in a seven boat field did not make a qualifying attempt, said boat would still be placed on the ladder in the seventh position, but would not receive the two qualifying position points for that position. The sixth boat however, would still receive his normal qualifying position points (in this case, four), regardless of the fact that the boat below him received no points. No qualifying position points will be awarded to any Top Fuel Hydro beyond the eighth (8th) qualifying position, and no qualifying position position points will be awarded to any BAH beyond the sixteenth (16th) qualifying position. All other classes will be awarded qualifying position points up to and including the thirty-second (32nd) position. Any boat which makes a valid qualifying attempt, and is subsequently declared broken or voluntarily withdrawn from the racing program, will be awarded the appropriate qualifying position points, although the boat will not be included in the class pairings for eliminations. Any boat which is inserted into the first round of eliminations. as an alternate boat will not be awarded any qualifying position points. Furthermore, no qualifying position points will be awarded to any boat if qualifying is canceled and the boats are paired either by Championship Series Points or by drawing lots. |
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| Round Winner Points |
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| At each Championship Series event, one hundred (100) points will be awarded to each
round winner during eliminations. If a boat is given a legal single run, the boat must make that run in order to be considered a round winner and be awarded the corresponding points. Round winner points are only given if a boat makes the run and wins the round. For elimination runs, both the winning boat and the losing boat will be awarded 10 points for clearing the course. |
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| Bye Run Points |
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| At each Championship Series event, one hundred (100) points will be awarded for each
bye run. The points will be awarded whether the boat makes the run or not, providing the eliminations. round in which the bye run occurs is completed. Also see “Eliminations. / Bye Run” for further information. |
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| Break Rule Points |
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| At any Championship Series event, if the break rule is invoked for any class in any round of eliminations, points will be awarded as follows:
Although the break boat is reinserted into the racing program, it will not receive any further points. The break boat will not be awarded any round winner points for the last round of eliminations in which it participated (since it had actually lost that round), but it does retain all points earned up to that point.
The broken boat will be awarded all points which it has earned up to and including the last round of eliminations which it won.
The live boat will be awarded all points which it has earned up to and including the last round of eliminations which it won as well as any additional round winner points which it earns from that point forward.
Purse payout is described under “Eliminations/Break Rule.”
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| Official Error |
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| At any Championship Series event, no points whatsoever will be awarded for an official
error, unless an official inadvertently awarded points to the wrong competitor. In that instance, the points would be deducted from the incorrect competitor’s total and awarded to the proper participant. |
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| Retention of Points |
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| Any boat which is eliminated, disqualified, declared broken, or voluntarily withdrawn from
the racing program at any point during an event will retain all points earned up to the point of elimination, disqualification, etc. |
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| Incomplete Race |
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| At all Championship Series events which are not completed for any reason whatsoever,
round winner points will be awarded only for fully completed class rounds. If a race is stopped and subsequently canceled in the middle of any class round, no round winner points for the eliminations round which was interrupted will be awarded to any boats in the incomplete class. |
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| Series Winners |
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| Each class winner and runner-up in the Championship Series will be determined by total
points accumulated in the class throughout the year. The boat which has earned the highest total points in each class is the winner in that class; the boat with the second highest total points is the runner-up in that class. |
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| Tie Breaking |
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| f there is a tie in total points within a class at the end of the year, the Championship Series winner and runner-up shall be determined by using the following criteria, in the order listed, to break the tie:
The total number of Championship Series events won by each boat.
The total number of second place (runner-up) finishes by each boat at Championship Series events.
The total number of eliminations rounds won by each boat at Championship Series events.
The greater number of wins by each boat in heads-up competition between the tying boats at Championship Series events.
The total number of Championship Series events at which each boat qualified.
If the above fails to break the tie, the two (or more) boats shall be declared co-winners.
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American Drag Boat Association (ADBA Div 1)
Central States Drag Boat Association (CSDBA Div 2)
Southern Drag Boat Association (SDBA Div 3)
St Louis Drag Boat Association (SLDBA Div 4)
Columbia Drag Boat Association (CDBA)
Delaware Drag Boat Association (DVDRC)
International Hot Boat Association (IHBA)
Kentuckey Drag Boat Association (KDBA)
National Jet Boat Association (NJBA)
Outboard Drag Boat Association (ODBA)
Victorian Drag Boat Club (VDBC) |