2024 ADR GRAND PRIX RULES and SCORING PROCEDURES
The Ashtabula Distance Runners Club Grand Prix is geared to promote friendly competition among ADR members. It also promotes participation in Ashtabula County local races that have paid the club a small fee to be included.
Grand Prix Rules
- Any paid ADR member is immediately eligible from the point of payment moving forward through the end of 2024. Runners who are not ADR members prior to completing a race will not be scored for that race.
- Any ADR member who participates in a Grand Prix race is eligible and may be scored. Pay your race registration, post a finishing time and you’re included. Non-members who register and pay to become a ADR member at any time after the first race are eligible to be included in scoring from that point moving forward in the season. That means we don’t go back to score to include your finishes from when you were not a member.
- Note: Virtual races will no longer be scored for the Grand Prix.
- There are around 30-35 races in 2024. At the end of the year, your top 15 finishes for the year in terms of placement overall or age group for a race will be tabulated to determine final Grand Prix results. Note: these final tabulations may be different from how the standings look from the cumulative totals posted periodically as the racing season progresses. Bonus points (see below the table further down this document) for completing any race will be added to your score for every race you finish even after 15 races. So even after completing 15 races, you still have an opportunity to earn Grand Prix points and also to give yourself the chance to improve on what your top 15 finishes will be for the year.
- To be eligible for a season award at the annual awards banquet, you must run a minimum of six races (virtual races do not count toward this).
- Your age as of the first Grand Prix race (Shamrock 2 Mile) determines your age group for the year.
- Age groups for males and females are: 14 and younger, 15-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70 and older.
- Results will be posted on the ADR website as soon as possible after received by the Club.
Series scoring for each race
Notes: Non-members are not included in series scoring. Overall placers in a race do not count as age group placers.
GP Scoring Table
| Overall Scoring | Age Group Scoring | ||||
| Place | Type | Points | Place | Type | Points |
| 1 | Overall | 20 | 1 | Age Group | 10 |
| 2 | Overall | 18 | 2 | Age Group | 8 |
| 3 | Overall | 16 | 3 | Age Group | 6 |
| 4 | Overall | 14 | 4 | Age Group | 4 |
| 5 | Overall | 12 | 5 | Age Group | 2 |
| 6 | Overall | 11 |
Additional Bonus Points
All members will receive additional bonus points for EVERY race finished on a per mile basis … 1 mile race = 1 point, 5K or 3-mile race = 3 points, 10K race = 6 points, half marathon = 13 points, etc.
All members who finish ADR Club events (Shamrock 2 Mile, Memorial Day 5K, Greenway 10K and 2 Mile, Indian Trails, B2B Half Marathon, B2B 5K, Jingle Bell 3 Mile) are given an additional 5 bonus points per race added to their scores.
Grand Prix Season Awards
•Overall: Top 3 overall males and females
•Age groups: Top 3 males and females