Qualifying for GNF

Howdy folks - I am interest in qualifying for the GNF weekend and looking for some clarity. We raced back in 2014 Friday-Sunday but forced to DQ for the Friday and Saturday races. Prior to the GNF, we raced a combined CMRA/WEAR National race which apparently did not qualify us to race the sportsman program on Friday-Saturday.

Pardon my ignorance but I want to make sure we do this right this time around. In looking at the schedule, it appears that the NOLA round 9/24-25 is a National race as well as part of the Sportsman series. If we race the NOLA weekend, does that qualify us to run the entire GNF Barber weekend (National & Sportsman)?

Thanks for any information and guidance. The 2014 GNF was one of my favorite events and we are excited to come back and race with y'all.

 

Yes. Put in the race you wanna race at the GNF on a regularly scheduled equivalent before and you're in there like swimwear

 

Hoping not to take over this forum but quick question. Took riders school and went to Little Tally for last race but had some tech issues and didn't get to race. So I still need to get my two weekends under my belt to move from provisional to novice. Would I be able to race at the gnf if I can get to one of the race weekends before then ? Not sure if provisional novices could go. I really want to race I've just had some bad luck getting to do so.

 

Okay thank you!

 

if ive done my two weekends and did well both weekends (top 5) how do I go about racing at the gnf?

 

Load the bike up and come to Barber in October!

You can race the classes you raced during the season ( Sportsman Regional/National respectively). For example, I raced LWSB and F2 in Mid Central Sportsman classes and I raced F2 Nationally - So I can race those classes on their respective days at the GNF.

Hope that makes sense and helps.

And I'm sure Sean will be along to clarify.

M

 

This is only true for the Sportsman Regional races. Theoretically/historically, the GNF is/was for the top 3 or so (by points) folks in each region to come together and have a 'winner take all' national championship Sportsman race. Now, it's fairly open to anybody that has at least a couple of completed races in that class during the year to come out and go for the championship. Sean uses the Olympics as an anology...

The National races at the GNF are just the last round of the series, and anybody can run the classes for which they qualify. There is potential for you to come and win the National race during the GNF weekend, but the National championship is based on points so the racers at the end of the day with the most accumulated annual points are the series/class winners...

As Mark said, load up and come on out!

Matt

 

Well... Some of us are actually in the top 3 in the regional sportsmen classes they've raced this year.

 

Sean, when do invites go out? Does GNF registration open sometime this month? thank you

 

Another question.

I went to pre-enter for the NOLA round and noticed that the Saturday rounds are listed as sportsman and the Sunday rounds are national.

Can I race Saturday only and qualify for all events at the GNF? Friday/Saturday sportsman and Sunday national?

 

Hey Mongo! I got a weekend in at Road Atlanta. Sent you an email but wasn't sure if you had received it.