Speed Ventures is proud to announce the Speed Ventures Drivers' Ladder which tracks the best drivers in California, Nevada, Arizona, Oregon, and anyone else who cares or dares to step up to the challenge. The Ladder is much like the tennis ladder at your neighborhood country club. At the top is the best driver, at the bottom is the worst driver on the ladder. The Ladder will be posted on the front page of speedventures.net so you can see who the best drivers are. Sure there may be better drivers out there who aren't on the ladder, but who cares!

Ladder rules:

1. To participate you must challenge a driver who is already on the Ladder and who, naturally, is higher up the Ladder than you are. You can challenge the next driver up, or the driver at the top of the Ladder if you'd like to move straight to the top, or anyone in between.

2. If more than one driver is challenging a given driver, the Challenger who is higher up the Ladder gets to compete against the challengee first.
3. The Challengee is not required to accept more than one challenge per Speed Ventures event, though he/she may elect to accept more more than one per event if he/she so chooses.

4. Challenges must take place at a Speed Ventures event.

5. A Challengee can miss two events without accepting a challenge from the same driver. If the Challengee misses two events for which an individual Challenger has formally lodged a challenge, the Challengee will be bumped out of his/her spot by the Challenger. The Challengee can only lose one spot on the Ladder per 2 events. On the occasion of the 3rd event that the Challengee has missed and been challenged by a given individual, he will be bumped one spot by the Challenger and another Challenger can begin logging challenges against him/her beginning with that event.

6. When a Challenger beats a Challengee, the Challenger takes that Challengee's spot on the Ladder, bumping the Challengee down one slot.

7. It is up to the Challengee to choose which car will be used for the head-to-head competition: his car, the Challengers car (if and only if the Challenger agrees to this), or a Donor Car.

8. The Challenger is entitled to two full run sessions in the Challenge Car. More run sessions can be used if the Challengee agrees. The Challengee is entitled to as many run sessions as the Challenger on the day of the competition, but no more.

9. It is up to the Challenger and Challengee to decide which sessions will count for the purposes of the competition. Both can agree that all sessions count and the best lap of the day wins or that that only the last session counts, for example. This is in order to give the driver who doesn't own the car time to get used to the car.

10. Weight correction will be used to even the total weight of the car (go fatties!).

11. Any car that is safe to run on a track can be used, it is the Challengee's choice.

12. The rate paid to the owner of the car to be used in the competition will be a fixed amount per 25-30 minute run session. Therefore, if a Challengee decides to use his car, the Challenger will have to pay this fixed amount to the Challengee. If the Challenger and Challengee agree to use the Challenger's car, vice versa. If neither party wants to use their car, nor any other car available, they can elect to use a Donor Car (Aaron Bitterman's Spec Miata will generally be available, but any car may be used) to compete with, in which case the per run session fee will be paid to Aaron or whoever else if necessary. The Challengers and Challengees do not HAVE to charge each other if they don't want to, no money need change hands.

13. In the event that the first Challenger does not sign up within 5 days of the event (and of course actually show up), the next person in line will be given the opportunity. If the challengee already has a challenger to compete against at an event, any two drivers may challenge each other in order to gain positions on the Ladder. Drivers on the Ladder get precedence to challenge someone on the Ladder over drivers who are not already on the Ladder.

14. If a Challengee receives a challenge from a driver higher up the ladder than someone from whom they have already accepted a challenge before 5 days of the event, the higher positioned challenger gets precedence.

15. The amt. paid to the Challengee or other person donating a car for a challenge, will be $90/session, unless otherwise mutually agreed upon by the two competitors (it could be more, less, or free if both agree).

16. Drivers and donors must decide on other damage/reimbursement/risk details individually - this will not be detailed in the rules.

Rules of the Speed Ventures Ladder are subject to amendment / change as necessary at any time.