BITE Rally - Scoring
Post 1 - Statesville NC
After that grueling final day (ok, technically a day and a half), it was time to hit scoring. Scoring would be easy. I only accumulated 3 bonus locations on the last leg, so the main emphasis was with getting the fuel log complete and the 3 pictures organized in the order they come up in the rally book. My fatigue would start to show here ... of the roughly 15 gas stops on this leg (at least I think the count was 15), ONE of the log entries I accidently wrote down the price per gallon, rather than the gallons purchased. This one typo cost me the entire fuel log bonus, all 150 points. It wasn't going to kill my score, and Tom (my scorer) was nice enough about it, flagging it for protest with Rick ... but I knew I had no leg to stand on and couldn't mount a credible protest. While I was getting my paperwork organized, I heard confirmation on my worst fear ... that there were other riders who had managed to grab at least two of the +15,000 bonus locations. I was sunk. No worries, I had completed the rally, which was my only goal for my first multi-day. Given all the things that could have gone wrong, I completed the event. I completed the event, and wasn't last ... though even finishing last would have been an accomplishment.
With scoring out of the way, I checked into the hotel, relocated my bike around to the side of the hotel with easier access to my room, unloaded, and decided to take a shower. The afternoon heat was starting to build for those last few hours coming into Statesville, so a nice cold shower was welcome to cool off.
Unpacked and shower out of the way, I decided to lay down and grab an hour nap before dinner and the awards banquet. That would be a big mistake. Even though I had set the Screamin Meanie as well as my phone's alarm clock, I slept through them both. I didn't wake up to realize the time until after 10pm. Knowing I needed to be back up at 07:00 for my ride down to Charlotte for service, I decided just to go back to sleep and rest up for the ride home.
I mean ... who needed to eat on Friday anyway? I would have ordered room service and then gone to sleep, but the hotel restaurant closed at 9pm, so I was just out of luck. At least the next couple days would be easier.
After that grueling final day (ok, technically a day and a half), it was time to hit scoring. Scoring would be easy. I only accumulated 3 bonus locations on the last leg, so the main emphasis was with getting the fuel log complete and the 3 pictures organized in the order they come up in the rally book. My fatigue would start to show here ... of the roughly 15 gas stops on this leg (at least I think the count was 15), ONE of the log entries I accidently wrote down the price per gallon, rather than the gallons purchased. This one typo cost me the entire fuel log bonus, all 150 points. It wasn't going to kill my score, and Tom (my scorer) was nice enough about it, flagging it for protest with Rick ... but I knew I had no leg to stand on and couldn't mount a credible protest. While I was getting my paperwork organized, I heard confirmation on my worst fear ... that there were other riders who had managed to grab at least two of the +15,000 bonus locations. I was sunk. No worries, I had completed the rally, which was my only goal for my first multi-day. Given all the things that could have gone wrong, I completed the event. I completed the event, and wasn't last ... though even finishing last would have been an accomplishment.
With scoring out of the way, I checked into the hotel, relocated my bike around to the side of the hotel with easier access to my room, unloaded, and decided to take a shower. The afternoon heat was starting to build for those last few hours coming into Statesville, so a nice cold shower was welcome to cool off.
Unpacked and shower out of the way, I decided to lay down and grab an hour nap before dinner and the awards banquet. That would be a big mistake. Even though I had set the Screamin Meanie as well as my phone's alarm clock, I slept through them both. I didn't wake up to realize the time until after 10pm. Knowing I needed to be back up at 07:00 for my ride down to Charlotte for service, I decided just to go back to sleep and rest up for the ride home.
I mean ... who needed to eat on Friday anyway? I would have ordered room service and then gone to sleep, but the hotel restaurant closed at 9pm, so I was just out of luck. At least the next couple days would be easier.
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