General Overview
This is one of the 2 tracks that pilots MUST fly in order to qualify for World Cup!  The combined time on each track will rank pilots.  The top 64 pilots at the end of Friday night will be going to the 2024 MultiGP World Cup presented by TBS.  The World Cup track will be either World Cup 1 or World Cup 2.  Chris Thomas will make the call and announce to the pilots Friday night or Saturday!   This track was designed by Colby ‘SFPV’ Curtola.

World Cup Qualification Requirements

• Any pilot may enter.
• No battery limit 
• No prop limit
• 800g max weight

Qualifying Heats

• Tone Start
• 2 minutes in duration, then finish lap
• Lap 1’s time will start at Start/Finish Gate (like Global Qualifier)
• Fastest Consecutive Laps TBD
• Best 1 Round Score of Fastest-2 Laps
• Top-64 advance to the World Cup
• The Next 32 advance to the Almost World Cup Race on Saturday afternoon.

Let’s race!  The idea for the group races is that using predetermined data we can group pilots to provide more actual drone racing at IO then drone qualifying.  When the group races are scheduled to start, there is no qualifying or practice, it’s RACE TIME!  So be at the track 30 minutes early to check in!

Requirements:

• 800g or less
• No battery limit. 
• No prop limit

Qualifying Heats:

• None

Format:

• Triple run mains,  to a final main
• 2-3 Lap Race
• Pilots are randomly assigned into one of 6 subgroups of up to 8 pilots. 
• Each subgroup will race 3 times. The winner of the subgroup will be determined by combined finishing position in all 3 races. The tie-breaker is the pilot with the  best single finishing position (1-2-3, beats a 2-2-2) . If there is still a tie, then the best laps/time from the best finishing position run is the final tie breaker
• Subgroup winners will advance to the A-Main event for 3 races, which will follow the same format to determine the winner of this group race.

This year we decided to add a little more structure to the final race experience of our pilots. The group bracket races are a chance for pilots to get that bracket experience at a big event so they will be ready to dominate the World Cup next year!  The format will be 2-4 qualifying packs and then into a double elimination bracket of fast paced heads up racing!

Requirements:

• 800g or less
• No battery limit. 
• No prop limit
• 2-4 qualifying rounds (based on entries, time remaining), qualifying based on Fastest-2 laps Consecutive

Qualifying Heats:

• Tone Start
• 2 minutes in duration, then finish lap
• Lap 1’s time will start at Start/Finish Gate (like Global Qualifier)
• Fastest 2-Consecutive Laps 
• 2-3 Rounds of Qualifying via ZippyQ (roughly 1-1.5 hours)
• Top 32 qualify for brackets, 8 up.

Finals:

• Tone Start
• Approximately 60 seconds – 90 seconds in Duration
• Best to 2 Laps (unless track leader determines otherwise)
• The Finals of the bracket will finish with Chase the Ace.