For the 2008 riding season the NATC enacted a rule change that states the bike must be at a 45° or greater angle with the handlebar touching the ground for it to be a five. We did not enact this rule because with our present system of rules changes it would have been at minimum the third event before it could have been voted on which would have made it the fourth event before taking place. We did not feel we wanted to put a scoring rule change in place partway through the season as we would rather not have any changes to actual scoring methods during the season, which may give someone an advantage due to works, etc. This is a typical problem we have in that NATC rule changes have a one year lag before we adopt them. We would like to eliminate this lag time and keep current with NATC rules. It has always been the policy of the D-4 trials Committee to embrace and follow NATC to keep consistent with them and therefore be better preparing our riders to be able to compete in Nationals.

Therefore;

We propose that the following rule be enacted by the D-4 trials committee to be effective starting with the 2009 competition season.

Any and all scoring rules used by the observer within a section while a rider is competing, per D-4 Scoring rules § III Definitions, shall be in compliance with those used by the NATC unless singled out and voted otherwise by the D-4 Trials Committee membership.

The following is the only section of our rules that would be affected by this.

III. DEFINITIONS.

A. Clean:

No error no penalty.
B. Faults

1. Each intentional contact of the rider or his/her machine with the ground or an obstacle (rock, tree, etc.), with engine running.

Tires, foot pegs, and engine protection plate are exceptions. A rider may maintain balance with a tire against an obstacle or stop while the skid plate or foot peg is resting on an obstacle with the engine running.

2. Foot rotation counts as one point.

3. Sliding the foot counts as three points.

4. Both feet placed on the ground simultaneously counts as two points.

C. Failures.

1. Rider begins a section without official's acknowledgment.

2. Not riding the line designated for the rider's class by the split gates.

3. The machine moves backwards with or without the rider footing.

4. The machine touches the ground with the front, rear or both wheels outside a

boundary. There must be ground visible between the boundary and tire.

a. It is permissible to float one wheel over a boundary.

b. Jumping a boundary with both wheels is a failure.

5. The rider or machine breaks, moves, or knocks over a marker, support, or tape.

a. The observer must repair or reset a marker or tape before the next rider is

allowed to enter.
b. A marker displaced by shock of impact carries no penalty.

6. The rider dismounts from the machine and has both feet on the ground on the

same side of or behind the machine -only contact is handlebars.

7. The rider does not have both hands on the handlebar when he foots while stationary involving motorcycle movement.

8. The rider receives outside assistance.

9. The rider changes the condition of the section.

10 . The engine of the machine stops with footing or any part of the machine, except one contact point on each tire, is used for support

a. A restart in balance accumulates 0 points.

b. Coasting out of a section with a dead engine results in no points except when footing; footing with a stopped engine is a failure,

11. The handle bar of the machine touches the ground.

12. The machine does a complete loop crossing both is own tracks with both wheels.

13. The front axle passes through start or finish markers more than one time per ride in a section.

14. Riders may not ride through a gate specifically marked for a higher or lower class and designated as such by the Clerk of the Course at the rider meeting, and posted at the start of the restricted section.

Sponser___Richard Freer________________Co-Sponser___Regan faught_______________