Championship Rules

Championship Races:

American Off-Road Racing Championships:

• AORC Class Points Champions: The driver/riders who accumulate the most amount of points at all races in their class.
• AORC Unlimited Race Overall Champion: The driver who completes all races in the fastest elapsed time in the Unlimited Race.
• AORC Limited Race Overall Champion: The driver who completes all races in the fastest elapsed time in the Limited Race Race.
• AORC Motorcycle Race Overall Champion: The rider who completes all races in the fastest elapsed time in the Limited Race Race.

Driver/Rider Championship Eligibility:

• Driver/Rider of Records must start or finish races in the same class to receive a year end points position.

Lowest Points Drop / Throw Away Race:

• AORC will allow one (1) throw-away race within the five-race series. Racers or teams are not required to start all five events.
• The throw-away round may either be the racer’s lowest points-earning event or a race they do not start.
• There is no throw-away race for Overall Race Championships or Manufacturer Cups.

Manufacturer Cup Eligibility:

• Brands are tied to vehicles, based on the vehicle information submitted by the Driver/Rider of Record during race registration. Manufacturers are awarded points based on the finishing results from the racers that race their products.
• After each race, manufacturers receive the same number of points the Driver/Rider of Record is awarded in their Class Points Championship. Manufacturer points will be allocated to the top 20% of participants in each championship class.
• To clarify this process, here’s how it might work: If there are 20 participants in a class, the top 20% would be 4 positions. Points will be awarded from racers finishing 1st-4th finishing positions. If the result is not a whole number in all instances (e.g. 6.1, 6.5 or 6.8), the points allocation will round UP (e.g., 7).
• A class must have a minimum of 5 entries in order for a manufacturer to be awarded points.
• Manufacturer products must be readily available to purchase by the general public.

Manufacturer Cups:

• Tire, Wheel & Shock Championship Classes (Car/Truck Category): Unlimited Truck (2WD & 4WD), Class 1 and Unlimited Truck SPEC.
• Tire, Wheel & Shock Championship Classes (UTV Category): All Desert UTV Classes.
• Light Championship Classes: All Car/Truck & UTV Championship classes.
• UTV Manufacturers Championship Classes: All Desert UTV Classes, except for UTV Pro NA.
• Builder Championship Classes: Unlimited Truck (2WD & 4WD) and Unlimited Truck SPEC.

Start & Finishing Points:

• The Parker 400: 3 start point, 6 finish points
• The Mint 400: 3 start point, 6 finish points
• Silver State 300: 3 start point, 6 finish points
• Vegas to Reno: 3 start point, 6 finish points
• Laughlin Desert Classic: 3 start point, 6 finish points

Points Assignment:

Drivers will be awarded points based on their final position in each event.

• 1st Place = 100 points
• 2nd Place = 95 points
• 3rd Place = 91 points
• 4th Place = 88 points
• 5th Place = 86 points
• 6th-Last = 1 point less than position ahead

Position Points/DNS/DQ Points:

• Position points will be awarded by distance determined by remote timing gate data, as ordered on the official results.
• Zero points will be awards for DNS.
• Zero points will be awarded for DQ.

Remote Timing Gate Locations:

Remote Timing Gates placed along the race course create sectors. Each time you pass through a remote timing gate, you will receive live overall corrected time updates at each those locations.

• The Parker 400: CAP Canal Pit, Midway Pit
• The Mint 400: Gonzo Pit, Gene Hirst Pit
• Silver State 300: Millers Pit
• Vegas to Reno: TBD
• Laughlin Desert Classic: TBD

Class Points Championship Tie Break

• A tie-break will be decided by fastest elapsed time across all five events. A half point will be added to the racer with the fastest elapsed time.