am to ex bump

[tipsy]

So this is my rookie season an I was trying to see what the guide lines are for being bumped into expert next year .any info would help

[supercarl]

If you win a regional championship or place top 5 in the national championship you will be bumped the following year. You can also request to get bumped early if you're running fast enough.

[supercarl]

http://ccsracing.us/forms/2014/rules/2014%20asra-ccs%20rulebook.pdf

pages 8 and 9. Looks like if you score 400 points in 12 months you will be bumped as well.

[Eric Kelcher]

What Carl linked and referenced are all down end of season, if not advanced by normal CCS procedures you can request advancement end of season as well.
If you wish to advance midseason you can do that by discussion with the race director or request into the office.

Caveat to this if you are advanced to expert(or pro) by any of the recognized ASRA/CCS racing organizations you would be advanced at that time with ASRA/CCS

[tipsy]

I don't wanna get bumped I want one more year in am

[Capitalview]

You can request to not be bumped if you are on the bump list.

[Woofentino Pugrossi]

You can request to not be bumped if you are on the bump list.

But you only get once to do that.

[twilkinson3]

But you only get once to do that.

And they can deny it....

[sdiver68]

I was denied my appeal after 1 year...didn't win a championship or even compete in Nationals.  I got my second AM season by sitting out 10 years lol

[tipsy]

If they deny my request I just go to wera for a year then see witch one I like better an do expert there ..but I want more then one season under me before I have to run with experts ..

[roadracer162]

The goal has always to been to gain expert status. Why would anyone want to remain amateur?

[Burt Munro]

C'mon Mark. Don't you know that the greater challenge is to surround yourself on the track with less experienced riders who choose a different line through a corner on each lap, have no idea what target fixation is, but practice it at every opportunity and are totally confused on what they should do next when they kill their bike at start?

Why wouldn't someone want to experience that for as long as they possibly can?

Don't you know that's what racin' is really all about?

[roadracer162]

C'mon Mark. Don't you know that the greater challenge is to surround yourself on the track with less experienced riders who choose a different line through a corner on each lap, have no idea what target fixation is, but practice it at every opportunity and are totally confused on what they should do next when they kill their bike at start?

Why wouldn't someone want to experience that for as long as they possibly can?

Don't you know that's what racin' is really all about?

Oh, I forgot....please kick me in the head. Another alternative, put the white plates on and start from pit lane so that when you catch up to the "greater challenge" of surrounding riders, less experienced, who chose the differing lines every corner on every lap, that have heard the term target fixation but believe it only applies to gun control and why their bikes died at the start.......and the list goes on. Got it now, thank you kind Sir! :)

[roadracer162]

Expert status is not all about being quick. Amateur is not all about being slow. There are many fast amateurs but maybe they should not be expert until they are ready.

Expert to me is about acting as an Expert would. Making the right decisions at the right time. Being smooth, predictable and being fast when it counts, and knowing when you are not.

Expert to me is knowing that others "like" racing with me and knowing I am not going to "crash them out".


"Racing" and "competition" is not knowing who will win and overcoming the odds that are stacked against me.

[IFMracing]

My take on this is that you have the cart before the horse.

Race this year and see where it gets you.
Make the decision (if you need to make a decision) at the end of the season after you know the lay of the land.

[LWT Racer]

Or bump up when CCS tells you to.

[tipsy]

Its not that I am two slow ..I catch an pass half the experts on 2 wave starts ..I just want a little more seat time so I ant in someones way. I trusted the experts an wanted the whit plate until cmp N seen experts cant hold there line an better then am. 80% of the crashes where ex. An 100% if the 3 am crashes where caused by a ex rider.

[roadracer162]

With that reasoning you are an expert now.

[tipsy]

Its not the fact of me running expert pace ..I usually finish in middle of the ex grid .my thang is I don't wanna jump in there an not feel ready ..my rookie season N my second race season idk if I wanna run up in ex or not ..but 

[roadracer162]

Its not the fact of me running expert pace ..I usually finish in middle of the ex grid .my thang is I don't wanna jump in there an not feel ready ..my rookie season N my second race season idk if I wanna run up in ex or not ..but 

I don't understand your meaning, but was the finger meant for me?