Think of the 15/15 round as a separate "event" within the regular event.
The scoring does not affect the scoring of the regular event at all. Any rider scores earned during the 15/15 contribute only to the rider's season total, not to the event total.
The sequence of rounds is:
- Round One: Regular round, forty riders
- 15/15: Points earned do not go towards the event totals.
- Round Two: Regular round, forty riders
- Championship Round: Riders with the top ten combined scores from Round One and Round Two. The 15/15 round does not affect this round at all.
How the riders are determined:
This weekend the top 15 riders have been determined as follows:
First, the top ten riders from last year. That will be Alves, Oliveira, Marchi, Meier, Jenkins, Mauney, McConnel.
Palermo, Proctor and Vieira would be on that list too, but they are out with injuries or visa issues (Vieira). Last year's #11, 12, and 13 will take their spaces. That will be Roy, Sanderson, and Snyder.
Then the top five riders in this year's standings who were not already in the above-mentioned 10 spots. That will be Hupp, Eguche, Nance, Pozzobon, and Nunes.
In the future 15/15 rounds, the riders will be the top fifteen in the current standings.
This weekend's match-ups:
Silvano Alves vs. Asteroid
Valdiron de Oliverir vs. Buckey
Guilherme Marchi vs. Smackdown
Austin Meier vs. Shepherd Hills Trapper
J.B. Mauney vs. Larry the Cable Guy's Git r Done
LJ Jenkins vs. Jack Daniels Tennessee Honey
Ryan McConnel vs. Highway 12
Aaron Roy vs. Southern Wine
Luke Snyder vs. Black Attack
Caleb Sanderson vs. Cowboy Cassanova
Cody Nance vs. Jack Daniels After Party
Ty Pozzobon vs. Mellow Yellow Jacket
Eguche vs.Speckled Ivory
Hupp vs. Lincoln Electric's Bring It
Nunes vs. Shepherd Hills Sod Buster
