I was looking through the USAC points info: [image] [image] So there is a local bi-monthly crit series here which has three different races: A Pack (Cat 1-4) B Pack (Cat 3-5/novice) C Pack (Cat 4-5/novice) I’m wondering how upgrade points work when you have a mixed pack. Is it based on every…

Not sure about road, but in cross it’s the field for the race–so, for example, Men’s 60+ 3/4 with a field of 10 starters, 5 cat 3 and 5 cat 4, the top 3 get points regardless of category, and if there’s a Men’s 60+ 1/2/3 as well, you could race both as a Cat 3 and be eligible for upgrade points fro…

If you are a cat 4 you can race A, B and C (in your example) and score points in all three races. For example if each field has 70+ starters and you win all three you’d receive 33 points. Unless the promoter states something like “race together score separately” you will race every other category i…

What they ^ said. Also, and this is probably obvious but I’ll say it anyway, your local series needs to be USAC permitted to count for upgrade points. Not all local series are.

[image] KorbenDallas: you will race every other category in your race and be scored together. Are you 100% sure on this? USAC website doesn’t clarify. @Jonathan has a blog post that states: You earn points for your finishing position against everybody in your category or a higher category …

Yes, this is correct. You only score points against your category or higher.

Yes, this is correct. You only score points against your category or higher. Please point out in the USAC rules where this is outlined. What I can find is: Chapter 1, Section 1E1 : (C) All Rider Upgrade/Downgrade details for Road, Track, Cyclo-cross and Mountain Bike are found in USA Cycling Po…

I’ll pass on interpreting USAC for you, just speaking from experience.

IIRC, this rule was changed at the same time they got rid of cat 5, introduced Novice, and made Novice → 4 at will. I believe it goes by total starters and not just your category and higher.

From my experience, I think @KorbenDallas is right on here. It’s generally all about the number of starters in your race. Unless the race promoter specifies that everyone will race together but categories will be scored separately, the only thing you need to worry about is the number of people who …

I looked thru the old rulebooks. 2018 was the last to list that it’s your cat and above. They switched in 2019 to Policy VIII which removes all mention of the different categories and just number of starters.

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And not all local series award points for every race…sometimes it is based on the overall series and not the individual races in it.

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