How does Bracket Racing work?
Competition is preceded by timed practice. Based on the lap times of each rider, they are placed on grid rows with riders of similar lap times. They then ride in a Qualifier, which is started one row at a time, where the fastest lap time ridden is used to set the Bracket in which each rider will compete. The qualifier does not count for points on the day. Its sole purpose is to determine the Brackets for competition. To minimise the amount of overtaking performed by riders, the race length is kept to 6 laps, with the fastest qualifying time to slowest within an event maintained to 1/6 of the fastest lap time wherever possible. Grid rows are double spaced to keep start line rockets from tangling with faster riders in the first bends. There may be a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 5 riders for a row and a maximum of 5 rows on the grid (i.e. 20 riders). Grids are set to have a span of only 2 to 4 seconds over a grid row. In practice, spans of more than 2 seconds are only seen at the very ta
