Slalom Standings after Event #1 Are Up!
Event #1 on the 2014 Slalom National Racing Tour is in the books!
It was part of the US Nationals last month in Worthington, Minnesota. With furious storms rolling through the area, the conditions were literally electric but race director Jeff Hegwer and his team of daredevils found an opening in the weather to complete a full round-robin schedule and make the results official (for a full recap of that event, see Experience Prevails at the 2014 US Nationals in Worthington).
So, how did we score the event? For this inaugural slalom season on the US National Racing Tour, we chose to innovate with the points system: in a nutshell, first place in each division gets 1000 points, last place 100 points and every other finisher gets equally spread out between 1000 and 100. Some math is involved, but hopefully you won’t find it too overwhelming! We picked this system because it gives an advantage to a top finish in a larger fleet, yet it also levels the playing field at the very top to give equal importance to all four events on the schedule this year. Using this system, here are the standings after Event #1:
We’re now turning to Event #2, coming up this weekend (July 19-20) in Hood River!
Lisa Kremer Milbrandt (Women), Niels Zaunmueller (Juniors <18), Magnus Zaunmueller (Men 18-34), Christophe Waerzeggers (Masters 35-44), Xavier Ferlet (Grand Masters 45-54) and Guy Miller (Super Masters 55+) have a leg up on the competition, but there’s lots of racing left before it’s all said and done.
Who will win it all?
(Details about this year’s slalom schedule on the National Racing Tour may be found here).