On The Pegs November 2018 - Volume 3 - Issue 11 | Page 59

On The Pegs
Vol. 3 Issue 11 - November 2018
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their soil, because they don’t need to pack a container and ship it. Now in Chile
everyone is on an even playing field. They’ll have a container to work out of and
all the necessary resources they don’t have when it’s in Europe. They can’t bring
their trucks and catering and more staff. I think everyone is more equal now
when we race in Chile.”
Some of the more important rules have changed for 2018 that affect the Trophy
Teams. This is related to the rule change back in 2016 that lowered the numbers
of members on the team but did away with the ‘throw out’ scores… but things
are different in 2018 for the World Trophy Teams.
“I personally like the [2016] rule that all scores counted, just for the sake of that
it is endurance racing and you need to be very consistent and everyone needs to
finish,” said Kallonen. “So, they actually kept that rule for the Junior team, which
is kind of silly. There are three riders in Junior team and all scores count. So they
need to be very consistent, fast, and there’s no room for errors, otherwise you’re
out of their championship contention. But for Trophy Teams, they changed the