AMA Formula Xtreme Series
The bikes in the Chevrolet Formula Xtreme Championship are based on factory production four-stroke street motorcycles. The motorcycles in this class must have the following engine displacements:
· 450cc-600cc multi-cylinder
· 595cc-750cc liquid-cooled twin-cylinder
· 850cc-1350cc air-cooled twin-cylinder
AMA Formula Xtreme final races are normally 60 kilometers in length, except at the Daytona 200, where the race is 200 miles long.
Practice sessions and timed qualifying are used to select who races in Formula Xtreme. For timed qualifying events, a rider’s lap time must be within 110% of the fastest qualifying rider’s best lap time in order to pre-qualify for one of the available grid positions in the final.
Riders listed in the top ten in points in one or more classes, will be permitted one provisional start per season in each of those classes. Such riders will be placed on the back row of the grid should they not qualify through the normal procedure. Riders must notify the race manager in writing within one hour of qualifying for each class they are requesting the provisional for.Each Formula Xtreme Race, riders accumulate points and at the end of the season the rider with the most points wins the Championship.
Points are awarded to the top-30 finishers of a race in all AMA classes according to the following schedule:
Position Points
1 - 36
2 - 32
3 - 29
4 - 27
5 - 26
6 - 25
7 - 24
8 - 23
9 - 22
10 - 21
11 - 20
12 - 19
13 - 18
14 - 17
15 - 16
16 - 15
17 - 14
18 - 13
19 - 12
20 - 11
21 - 10
22 - 9
23 - 8
24 - 7
25 - 6
26 - 5
27 - 4
28 - 3
29 - 2
30 - 1
Rider’s skillful enough to qualify for a final event must participate in the race and complete 50% of the race laps in order to receive points towards the Championship. Other ways to earn points are for:
Pole Position point: 1 bonus point to the pole position winner(fastest qualifier).
Lap Leader point: 1 bonus point to the rider leading the most laps in the race. In the event of a tie for most laps led, the rider in the lead position last will be awarded the bonus point.
In such a competitive class the need for tiebreakers is actually necessary, a few Championships have been decided this way. In the event that there is a tie for a Championship, that tie will be broken based on the number of wins in the series. If that does not break a tie, the number of second-place finishes will be compared between the riders, then thirds, fourths, etc. until the tie is broken. If a tie remains, the best finish in the last race will determine the champion. Ties will be broken as they occur as well as at the end of the year.
