CLUB NIGHT INFORMATION

Mountain Raiders runs club racing on Friday nights during the BMX season: October – April

Schedule

  • Casual registration closes: 6:00pm
  • Racing starts: 6:30pm
  • Finish approximately: 7:30pm

Race night entry fees:

MTR Club members: FREE

Visitors from other clubs: $5.00

Casual riders:- $10.00

Please produce proof of membership to your club to receive the lower fee. This would normally be your BMXNZ licence.

You are allowed to ride as a casual rider for up to 3 weeks, after which you must become a full member to continue racing. This is a condition of our affiliation to BMXNZ.

NEW MEMBERS WELCOME

Come along and give BMX a go.

Mountain Raiders BMX is a club focused on kids & family. The track is built to cater for both new and experienced riders. Come & try it out, then you can join the club at any time during the season. Bring your own bike or borrow one from our fleet, we have full face helmets & gloves for hire too. All you need to wear is long pants,  a long sleeve shirt & covered in shoes.

How Racing Works

Before racing:

  • Riders register at the points hut but rolling their bike (with transponder) over the check-in mat. Casual (non member) riders and visitors from other clubs will need to check in manually at the points hut.  
  • Riders are grouped based on their ability (age considered too)
  • Ability groups are called to the staging area to await call up 
  • Individual riders are called out to line up in their assigned lane for racing.

Typically:

  • All riders receive 3 motos
  • Sometimes a 4th unofficial race is run
  • Moto’s begin with Striders starting from the 2nd corner

Points Racing

After the first few weeks:

  • Riders earn points based on race finishing positions
  • Points accumulate through the season
  • End of season prizegiving awards are determined from each rider’s best 10 results.


The season starts off with “Fun racing” for the first couple of weeks, to get everyone registered, and into the swing of things. After that we run our traditional “points racing” system. 

Note that your final finishing position for the season will be based on your BEST 10 results, not the overall total, to allow for a few missed club nights, crashes etc.  We normally have 13-15 points racing nights in a season, so you can afford to miss/drop a few of the worst ones and not affect the final position.

Faster riders can optionally race above their own age group. Some of the experienced riders do this for increased competition to better prepare them for large race meetings such as Nationals. However,  if you change age groups mid-season, your points tally will be re-set.