Series Rules

The Great Lakes Fat Bike Series is a points series for individual male and individual female participants.  Solo Fatbike Racers competing in the Great Lakes Fat Bike Series will accumulate points for each event they complete.

At series end the solo male and solo female fatbike racers with the highest points total, and who have also completed at least 3 events in the series, will be awarded the series victory and trophy. Cash and or merchandise prizes will be awarded to the top 5 male and female series finishers. 

Racers must ride a Fatbike to qualify for series points. Fatbikes shall be defined as bikes with 3.7" or wider tires. 

In cases where a series event has multiple races, only solo riders in the "main event" or the longest cross country style race will be scored for the series.  In cases where a series event has multiple categories (for example, age groups), series points will be awarded for an individual's overall place in the event.  Men and women will be scored seperately.


Series Overall Purse (equal payout for male and female categories)

1st $500

2nd $300
3rd $200
4th $150
5th $100 
Scoring and Points
Racers may accumulate points for all events in the series.  Racers must complete a minimum of 3 events to qualify for series overall standing.  A racer's best 5 finishes will be counted toward the final series standings.  Racers will be awarded additional points bonus of 50 points for each additional event that they complete beyond 5. 

The top 99 racers at each event will receive series points based on the table below.  All other finishers will receive 5 points.  DNFs will receive 2 points.


Place  Points Place  Points Place  Points
1 500 34 335 67 170
2 495 35 330 68 165
3 490 36 325 69 160
4 485 37 320 70 155
5 480 38 315 71 150
6 475 39 310 72 145
7 470 40 305 73 140
8 465 41 300 74 135
9 460 42 295 75 130
10 455 43 290 76 125
11 450 44 285 77 120
12 445 45 280 78 115
13 440 46 275 79 110
14 435 47 270 80 105
15 430 48 265 81 100
16 425 49 260 82 95
17 420 50 255 83 90
18 415 51 250 84 85
19 410 52 245 85 80
20 405 53 240 86 75
21 400 54 235 87 70
22 395 55 230 88 65
23 390 56 225 89 60
24 385 57 220 90 55
25 380 58 215 91 50
26 375 59 210 92 45
27 370 60 205 93 40
28 365 61 200 94 35
29 360 62 195 95 30
30 355 63 190 96 25
31 350 64 185 97 20
32 345 65 180 98 15
33 340 66 175 99 10


In the event of a series tie, the series finale event, the Fatbike Birkie, will be the tie breaker.  The rider with the best finish at the Fatbike Birkie will win the tie.  In the event that neither racer involved in a tie completes the tie breaker event, final standings will be decided based on the head to head finish of the last event in the series that both riders started. 

In the case of any racer dispute regarding placing for an event in the GLFBS, the final word on official results lies with the individual event promoter.  Each individual event promoter is the final arbiter of the rules and results for their respective event.