Rocky's Rules

New Proposed Rolling Thunder Race Format

If the field is 23 or more racers: 

Two separate 12-15 man round robins, made up of (4) 2-minute heats. Each will be scored separately (places 1-5) for additional bonus points to be earned. The winner and runner-up in both Round Robins, will draw a bye to the Semis. Places 3^rd through 10^th, from both Round Robins, will move on to the Consi round, consisting of two 8-man Round Robins, still at 2 minutes each. This will allow 4 more racers to move up and race at least once more. That’s a total of 20 out of 23 that would move up! 

The first two places in each ‘Consi’ Round Robin, would move into the Semis, along with the winners and runners-up from the Qualifying Round Robin that began the race. The four highest non-winner lap totals from the Consi round, would also move to the Semis. There would be two 6-man Semis.  

The winner of each semi would automatically move up into the 6-man Final/Main, along with the four highest non-winner lap totals from the two semis combined. The Final/Main would be three minute heats. 

NOTE: If there are less than 20 racers, the cut would go to 12, with the winners from the Qualifying round going directly to the Final/Main. This would mean that there would still be 14 guys in the hunt.

The two winners from the Semi’s would go to the Final/Main, as would the top two non-winner lap totals from the Semis.

Rolling Thunder Format Chart 

Qualifying Round Robin (2-Minute heats)

#1 12 racers or half of the field          #2 12 racers or remainder of field

     Winner & Runner up to Semi             Winner & Runner up to Semi

      Bonus points for 1^st thru 5^th                Bonus points for 1^st thru 5^th  

Consolation Round Robins (2-Minute Heats)

#3 1. 3^rd Place from race #1                #4 1. 3^rd Place from race #2

     2. 4^th Place    “      “    #2                     2. 4^th Place    “       “   #1

     3. 5^th Place    “      “    #1                     3. 5^th Place    “       “   #2

     4. 6^th Place    “      “    #2                     4. 6^th Place    “       “   #1

     5. 7^th Place    “      “    #1                     5. 7^th Place    “       “   #2

     6. 8^th Place    “      “    #2                     6. 8^th Place    “       “   #1

     7. 9^th Place    “      “    #1                     7. 9^th Place    “       “   #2

     8. 10^th Place  “      “    #2                     8. 10^th Place  “       “   #1

Bonus points awarded for 1^st thru 5^th in each Consi race. 

Semi-Finals (3 Minute Heats)

#5  1. Winner from race #1                   #6 1. Winner from race #2

      2. Runner-Up    race #2                        2. Runner-Up   race #1

      3. Winner   “        “   #3                        3. Winner    “      “   #4

      4.  Runner-Up      “   #4                        4. Runner-Up     “    #3

      5. High N/W tot #3 & #4                      5. 2^nd Hi N/W tot #3 & #4

      6. 3^rd Hi N/W tot #3 & #4                     6. 4^th Hi N/W tot #3 & #4

Five Bonus Points to winner of each Semi. (May only collect this type bonus once per day.) 

Final/Main (3-Minute Heats)

#7  1. Winner from race #5

      2. Winner from race #6

      3. High non-winner lap total from #5 & #6

      4. 2^nd Hi  “       “        “     “      “      “       “

      5. 3^rd  Hi  “      “        “     “      “      “       “

      6. 4^th Hi   “      “        “     “      “      “       “

Five Bonus Points to winner. If winner of Final is same as winner of Semi, he may only collect the 5 bonus points once.

NOTE: N/W means non-winner.