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2008 Southwest Point Series Challenge Updated: December 27, 2007 Any competitor that wishes to qualify for regional points must be an IMAC member in good standing. If a competitor joins mid-season, only contests attended from that point on will qualify for regional points. The Competition Season will run from January 1 through December 31, and will include all five classes - Basic through Unlimited. The Regional Points Championship will be based on points earned from the top six (6) contests for each individual contestant. Points per contest will be calculated from the contest’s final results. The winner of each class will receive 1000 points. The following competitor’s scores will be a normalized score based on their final score respective to the winner’s. Regional Points are rounded to the nearest whole number. Example: First Place: 6875 Points: 1000 Second: 6723 978 Third: 6145 894 Fourth: 5475 796 In addition, a multiplyer of five (5) will be added to the points based on the number of competitors beaten. In the example cited above, considering these are the only four persons in the respective class, the following points are added to the total: First Place 1000 + (5 X 3=15) = 1015 Second 978 + (5 X 2=10) = 988 Third 894 + (5 X 1= 5) = 899 Fourth 796 + (5 X 0= 0) = 796 Qualified contests will be those listed in the IMAC contest calendar shown on the IMAC website under the respective regions. Contests must comply with IMAC standards and must have their results verified and posted within 14 days to count towards Regional Points. A competitor may receive points for his/her region, as well as count two contests outside of his or her region. The AMA Scale Aerobatics NATS may count as one of the out of region contests. Any competitor is eligible to fly in any region, regardless of residence. A “Regional Championship” as denoted by the respective Regional Director will count for 150% points value towards the region’s points championship. In case of a tie for class champion, the pilot with the highest average finish among his 6 contests would win. If it is still tied, the number of pilots finished ahead of, in all 6 contests, will determine the champion. If a pilot is the only competitor in his class, points will be awarded to that competitor if a complete contest is flown as set forth by the contest standards guide. The pilot will not be eligible for regional awards in more than one category. If a pilot moves into a higher competition class during the year, any points earned in the lower competition class will not be carried into the new class. The pilot will only be eligible to compete for points in the higher class. Plaques will be awarded for first through third place in each class. For the purpose of Regional Points, if a Basic-class competitor places first, second or, third in the Regional Points, regardless if competitor has not placed in enough Basic contests to move up, the competitor will have to move to the Sportsman class in the 2008 season. In the event that the competitor doesn’t move up, any points earn in the following years will not count toward the next year’s Regional Championship. The Season Point Title Challenge awards will be funded through entry fees. A $3.00 fee for each competitor in all classes will be sent by the Contest Director to the SW Regional Director for a contest to be included in the season point system. Send to: SW Point Series Challenge 5765 Jarvis Ave Newark, Ca 94560 At the discretion of the Regional Director, fees not received within two (2) weeks of the contest date may result in the disqualification of points towards the season point tally from that contest. Hello SW Membership Jan 23/2007 We have some changes this year. Anna Wood has resigned as our SW web master organizer and AZ regional Assistant. She has been a great asset to our SW membership and I can’t tell you enough how much she has helped all of us. She has taken on new responsibilities in our organization as the IMAC Webmaster. A full time job in it self which will benefit IMAC as a whole. It has been a great pleasure working with her and we all owe her a BIG thank you for her all her efforts. As our 2007 contest season is fast approaching we need to be mindful of Safety. One thing that we all do is get complacent of the little things. Starting your engines, you should always restrain your plane in some manner so that it will not get away from you. You should also look under your plane especially in the prop area for loose rocks and loose debris. These things can easily get pulled into your prop on your run ups. Take some time this month to inspect all your linkages and servos for ware. Check wheel collars, landing gear bolts and prop bolts for tightness. All these thing may sound simple but in the real world they all need to be maintained through out the season. Just like in full scale a walk around could save you a world of time and head aches. Our 2007 South West Regional Point series has been posted for you to review. In 2006 we had a very successful year with many of the top 5 in a very close race. The point series is a true competition in itself. With the entry into any of these event you will gain points that will accumulate at the end of the year. The higher you place the more points you will gain. Only the top 5 contests you competed in 2007 will be counted after our SW Regionals in Las Vegas. These points will be tabulated and the top three pilots in our region will be awarded our Diamond awards and deemed SW Champions. We have also added two events this year that are bordering our regional boundaries, El Paso TX and Medford OR. Remember you must be an IMAC member in order to qualify in the SW Point Series. If you should apply for your IMAC membership at the middle of the year all points will be accumulated from that date forward. http://www.mini-iac.com/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=66 EVA Basic/Sportsman SVF Cactus Classic Bear Mtn Flyers IMAC St. George IMAC El Paso IMAC Ukiah IMAC Tucson IMAC Las Vegas IMAC Riverside Spring IMAC Oakdale IMAC

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