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2009 Race
Schedule
March 15
Squiggy Inline Classic
April 19
Texas Road Rash
May 17
Montreal Roller
July 26
Chicagoland Inline Marathon
Mid-Distance Championships
Aug. 15
Minnesota Half Marathon
Aug. 16
NROC 10K Championships
Sept 6
Ottawa Inline Festival
Sept. 19
Northshore Inline Marathon
Sept. 26 - Finale
New York 100K
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Draft - NROC Rulebook - 2009
The official rulebook of the 2009 National Roller Cup
The National Roller Cup is an inline racing series for pro and fitness skaters. It uses a point system to rank skaters based on their performance in participating inline racing events.
NROC Rulebook
- Categories
- Divisions
- Gender
- Division Placement
- Points
- Point Races
- Team Ranking
- Licenses
- Wave Assignments
- Other Rules
NROC skaters compete in two categories further split into several divisions, based on gender and age. The categories are pro and advanced.
Pro is for the top competitors in the sport of inline racing. Advanced is for skaters who enjoy competing but expect to finish well behind the top skaters.
(Register for pro if you skate elite in the NorthShore Inline Marathon. If you skate Wave A or slower, register advanced. If you have not skated the NorthShore, use its wave placement chart to help make your choice.)
Skaters select a category when they register for NROC. (NROC official reserve the right to switch a skater's division when deemed appropriate. Sandbagging is discouraged.)
Categories are split into divisions based on gender and age. In addition, in the pro division, there is an open category for the top skaters, regardless of age.
- Open Pro - under 35 or over who choose to skate in the division
- Senior Advanced - under 35
- Master - 35 to 44
- Veteran - 45 to 54
- Grand Veteran - 55 and above (for men only ... unless sufficient women sign up by July 15, 2009)
Men and women compete in separate divisions.
Skaters are placed in divisions based on their age on July 1, 2009. When registering for an NROC license, pro skaters can select to be placed in the open divisions.
Jumping from division to division is discouraged, although reasonable requests will be considered on a case by case basis (email: info@inlineplanet.com).
Points are awarded to the first 20 skaters in each division based on finishing times.
Skaters will earn 60 points for first place, 50 for second, 45 for third, and so on. Double points will be awarded at Mega events, those with more than 1000 skaters.
Points will be added from race to race. But only a skater's top four scores will count toward his or her final point tally.
The skater with the most points at the end of the season will be named the NROC national champion in his or her division. Cash prizes will be awarded in the pro divisions, based on the number of skaters in the category. (See payout chart (below).
In the case of ties, skaters who collect more points in the final race will be declared the winner.
Points will be based on results in the marathons of participating events with one exception. In New York, pro skaters will receive double points if they skate the 100K and regular points if they skate the marathon. Advanced skaters will be scored (regular points) based on their finish in the marathon.
NROC will rank teams based on the order of finish of their top skaters. The scores of the top three skaters for men's teams and the top two skaters for women's team's will count toward the total.
To participate in the 2009 National Roller Cup, skaters must purchase a 2009 NROC license ($50). License fees will be returned to skaters in the form of cash, awards and other prizes.
In races with separate starts for different divisions, skaters must start with the group that reflects their NROC division unless race rules dictate otherwise. This rule is intended to keep skaters on a level playing field.
On questions of cross-drafting and other issues that vary from race to race, NROC defers to the rules of the participating event.
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