Rider of the Year Race Points
To make the awarding of points fairer for all riders it is has been agreed by the Committee that from now on that full points will only be awarded in races where there are more than 8 riders. Where there are less than 8 riders the points awarded the points will be lower the less riders there are in a race as per the table below:
| No of Riders | 8+ | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Place | Award Points | |||||||
| 1st | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 2nd | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |
| 3rd | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 4th | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
| 5th | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 6th | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| 7th | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| 8th + | 2 | |||||||