The Midwest Hillclimb Championship Invitational will consist of riders from AMA districts 15, 16, 17 and 23 as well as Kansas and Missouri. Those riders in the top 10 in each class in their respective district as of July 18th, 2005 are invited to compete in the event. The Championship is a 2-event series (Saturday and Sunday) – it will be necessary to compete both days to receive a championship award. Available classes will be as follows:

     *There will be no additional entry fee for the King of the Hill classes – www.KingOfTheHill.org will provide a series King award plus $100 for these classes.

     A single rider may compete in up to 3 classes, based on their qualification. Riders who qualify in more than three classes (total across all districts) must choose no more than 3 to ride in at the Championship. No rider substitutions will be allowed.  AMA Amateur Hillclimb rules will apply to this event.

     In addition, there will be 2 special event classes at the Midwest Championship…a Pit Bike Challenge, and a King of the Hill Grudge Match!

     Regular classes accumulate points based on the following schedule:

     …continuing down by 1 point per place.  Any ties in points at the end of Sunday’s event will be broken by averaging all 4 rides for each affected rider.  Ties during either Saturday or Sunday will be broken based on the riders’ other (2^nd best) ride. The King of the Hill class will be scored based on the same placement schedule used for the KOTH Championship Series – in the event of a tie for first place, those two riders will have a one-run run-off (ties for other places will not be broken).  Awards will be presented to the top ten in each regular class based on their final series standing at the end of Sunday’s event.  There will be a premium KOTH Midwest Championship award and $100 cash provided to the series winner of the King of the Hill class, provided by www.KingOfTheHill.org. 

     No camping is available on IMC club grounds.  There are a number of hotels/motels in the Red Wing, MN area all within a few minutes of the hill.  Riders and their families may camp at Kaleb Northrup’s house about 15 minutes from Red Wing if they like – several acres of land available and access to a bathroom/shower – contact Kaleb Northrup at Motoman@KingOfTheHill.org or 651-303-3957 for more information.

Entry forms must be postmarked by August 11^th, 2005 to ensure proper registration.  After that date, IMC may extend special invitations to riders who otherwise would not qualify to ensure full classes and representation of top riders.  Riding order will be the inverse of the order that entries were received – the first rider to register rides last, and the last rider to register rides first (the rider leading a class after the first round may choose to run last in the second round, if they would prefer – all other riders ride in order).

Please be aware that NO entries will be accepted on race day!  We will have all of our scoring forms, riding orders, etc. ready to go before we even get to the hill on Saturday, so please do not just show up on Saturday (or Sunday) and expect to sign up and race!