With early-season PWC racing underway and a full year of races lined up ahead, 2025 promises to be a competitive, energetic and all-in racing. Case in point, the 2025 Triple Crown Series, which kicks off April 12-13, and which proves that good things come in threes – not only does the Series feature three weekends of racing – April 12-13 in Guntersville, Alabama, July 19-20 at Harbor Beach, Michigan, and August 1-3 in Plattsburg NY – in features only three classes – 800 limited, Sport Spec and Ski GP.
And in a final set of three – wrangling these classes are three recognized and respected names in the PWC race community – Shawn Dudek (Ski GP), Todd Czarcinski (800/1100 Limited) and Brad Nickerson (Sport Spec). Although Round 1 is still several weeks away, the Triple Crown series has been getting a good deal of attention and interest.
In an effort to keep all racers up to date on needed information, on March 6, Dudek posted information about the event structure, scoring specifics and results procedures, as well as general and payout updates. See the full information from the releases below.
TRIPLE CROWN UPDATES AND SKI GP PAYOUT UPDATE
Ok everyone, Shawn Dudek here…
Somehow I ended up at the helm of the SKI GP class portion of the triple crown, Todd Czarcinski has the 800 (1100 Limited) and Brad Nickerson has the Sport spec side…
There is a lot of coordination between promoters and todd and Nickerson that needs to happen for this to work and its a lot to add to all of our plates that are already overflowing… Hopefully all of you racers appreciate what we are putting into this series on top of what we all have to handle as it is!
Ski Gp will be Pro/am only for triple crown round.
Sport Spec will be Pro/am only for triple crown
Cost for all Triple crown events will be $150 per class, all three promoters have agreed to put $$$ per entry into the pot to payout for all of the classes so there is going to be a guaranteed payout to each class. that number will depend on how many racers show up and what we can all drum up for sponsorship money! Todd has a ski for raffle and Nickerson has a sport boat he is hoping to have ready to raffle at some point, ski gp has Powell money as well as promoter money and if we can gain sponsor money that pot will grow!
Weekend memberships will be available at every round, we as promoters understand having three memberships sucks for everyone so we have all agreed to do a weekend pass, currently Great lakes is $20 weekend pass and AJSA is $35 weekend pass, we are ironing out what IJSBA weekend pass at the moment but there will be a IJSBA weekend pass (does not qualify for worlds )
We do not have a dollar value lined up for payouts for Ski GP and Sport Spec but we will guarantee that there will be a payout for each of those classes for the finale!
Ski GP payout – Derrick Powell has committed to paying out $20,000 and it will be split up accordingly for the ski gp class but there is contingency to that payout and that is 18 riders on the lines of each main event to qualify for the payout, its his money out of his pocket and he wants to see turnouts so 18 is the number! if we work together and racers show up we have a potentially huge payout with Powells money plus the promoters money so racers please appreciate the effort and sacrifice we are all making and get your buddies together to show up and race at every round!!!!
Last round pays double points so even if you have a bad race you can make it up in Plattsburgh NY and gain double points for both race days!!!
I will be racing each round in Ski GP with my right hand Kelly Wilcox we will be bringing some Region 8 racers out with us and hope to have a lot of racers willing to cross over regions and try out the other series along with us! we understand the travel is massive and the expenses add up ,we are all racers and love to race so please show up and support the cause!
As per usual I will be building custom aluminum trophies for every round and some savage finale trophies all out of my own pocket just to support the racers so show up and bring your buddies and lets have a sick triple crown series!
Well see you all in Alabama in a few weeks!
Dont forget to pre register for each round all of us promoters appreciate the heads up so we can plan accordingly
Shawn Dudek
American Jet Sport Association
Todd Czarcinski
2025 TRIPLE CROWN SERIES SCORING AND RESULTS INSTRUCTIONS/ EVENT STRUCTURE
Series Format: The Triple Crown consists of three weekends, each with 2 rounds (Saturday and Sunday).
Round Format: Each round includes 2 motos (races), and scores from these motos determine each round’s results.
Class Size and Heats
Pro Am Class: Maximum 18 competitors
Novice Class: Maximum 16 competitors.
If there are more than the maximum entries in either class riders will be split into two heats.
- Pro Am Class: Top 7 riders from each heat will qualify directly for the main motos.
- Novice Class: Top 6 riders from each heat will qualify directly for the main motos.
- Last Chance Qualifier (LCQ): Riders who do not automatically advance will race in an LCQ.
- Advancement from LCQ: Top 4 riders from the LCQ will move on to the main motos.
Regardless of heats or LCQ requirements, each round will consist of 2 main motos. The finishing positions in these motos will determine each round’s results.
Scoring and Placement
Round Results: Each rider’s finishing positions from both motos are added together. The rider with the lowest total ranks highest.
Tie-Breaker: If there is a tie in scores, the rider with the better finish in the final moto of the round receives the higher ranking.
Points System
Points are assigned to all finishers from 1st to 20th place as follows:
1st – 60, 2nd – 53, 3rd – 48, 4th – 43, 5th – 39, 6th – 36 ,7th – 33, 8th – 30 ,9th – 27,10th – 24, 11th – 22, 12th – 20, 13th – 18, 14th – 16, 15th – 14, 16th – 12, 17th – 10, 18th – 8, 19th – 6, 20th – 4
Did Not Race (DNR): If a rider does not start a moto, they are scored as the total number of competitors in the class plus two.
Did Not Finish (DNF): Riders who do not finish but complete at least 1 lap will be scored based on their number of laps completed.
Double Points Rounds – ECW Plattsburgh
Points awarded during the final weekend of the series will be doubled, with both Saturday and Sunday races awarding double points. This structure gives additional weight to the last weekend of the Triple Crown Series.
Series Total and Tie-Breakers:
Points from each round accumulate toward the series total.
Series Tie-Breaker: In the event of a tie in total series points, the rider with the highest number of 1st-place finishes will rank higher. If still tied, the number of 2nd-place finishes will be considered, and so on.
Results
Overall event results will be published by each promoter after conclusion of the event.
Triple Crown race results and overall points will be published to www.pwcpoints.com after each event.
