The HERO Challenge Championship

1 – Must compete in at least one of the individual events to be able to qualify for HERO Challenge Championship points – by doing so they confirm their acceptance of these 2024 HERO Challenge Championship rules.

2 – Points are only scored by the individual competitor. The competitor is entitled to compete in different cars for different events and have a different drivers/navigators on different events.

3 – Points are awarded on both individual events, based on the class results as published (so if a HERO Challenge participant is the class winner, they get maximum points.)

4 – Competitors can compete in one, two or three HERO Challenge Championship events. The top three drivers and top three navigators at the end of the Championship will receive special awards.

5 – In the event of a tie, the win will go to the competitor with the highest number of class positions first. If a tie still exists, the best overall positions will be taken into account, and finally the least penalties at the first timing point of the first Regularity completed by the competitor.

6 – Class positions will be calculated by ignoring overall positions, i.e. first overall on the event will be first in class for HERO Challenge Championship points, not the class position shown in results.

Competitors finishing first in class are awarded 10 HERO Challenge Championship points.

Competitors finishing second in class are awarded 8 HERO Challenge Championship points.

Competitors finishing third in class are awarded 6 HERO Challenge Championship points.

Competitors finishing fourth in class are awarded 5 HERO Challenge Championship points.

Competitors finishing fifth in class are awarded 4 HERO Challenge Championship points.

Competitors finishing sixth in class are awarded 3 HERO Challenge Championship points.

Competitors finishing seventh in class are awarded 2 HERO Challenge Championship points.

Competitors finishing eighth in class are awarded 1 HERO Challenge Championship points.

In addition to the above and to add a bit of spice – Each of the three HERO Challenge overall event winners will be awarded a bonus of 5 points, 3 for second and 1 point for third place that will contribute towards the championship points.

The same bonus points will be awarded to the top three drivers on each event in the Test pilot category and the same for the navigators in the Clockwatchers category.

The Organisers reserve the right to adjudicate on any queries raised regarding the allocation of points. A provisional points table will be published on the HERO-ERA website within seven days of the end of each qualifying event and entrants will have a further seven days in which to raise any queries. These must be submitted in writing. If appropriate, a further set of points will be published which will remain open to query for a further seven days from publication. Once this period has expired the points will be considered final and not subject to any further amendment.

The award winners will be announced in accordance with the above schedule and the formal presentation will take place in early 2025.

These HERO Challenge Championship rules should be read in conjunction with the event Additional Supplementary Regulations and HERO-ERA Standard Regulations.