It is performed every year with the headquarters of different provinces of the country. Mendoza is always present within the host provinces. This championship is supervised by CONAE (National Enduro Commission) who is in charge of diagraming the annual calendar and choose the appropriate organizers in each of the headquarters where the competitions will be carried out, always respecting the regulations of said Championship.
The objective of this Championship is that all the participants respond to a sporting behavior, watching first for the care and protection of the pilots, and seriousness in the organization of each encounter of enduro.
Also participating in this championship are the following categories, classified according to experience, their travel times and age: Senior A and B (pilots), Junior A and B (pilots with some experience up to 32 years), Master A , B, C and D (pilots aged 32-50), Beginners A and B (less than 1 year of experience)
The annual calendar provides for a total of 7 scoring dates, so at the end of the championship should be added the best 6 results, being able to be absent in only one date.
The championship also provides three types of skills:
Cross Country: Competition of a single special test, which is toured several times by each category. Each lap can be of a duration of 20 to 40 minutes, with exceptions. Within the championship the maximum of dates within the calendar to be held in this type of competition is 2 per year. Those that will have a minimum duration of about 80 minutes for the fastest categories, and each lap must have a minimum of 20 minutes and a maximum of 40 minutes for the pilots of the SENIOR A category. The minimum and maximum time is a ” ideal “but depends on the characteristics of each circuit according to the technical grade and physical effort it demands, the Jury of the Race can authorize the competition to be a little shorter. The same must be for trails, rivers or cross-country, avoiding the use of roads. The signs should be obvious and red signs should be placed in the danger areas. There will be checks where you can cut your way. Pilots registered in that situation will be penalized. The traffic regulations will be as the law says and will be the responsibility of each pilot the correct mechanical preparation for these events.
FIM: Race system with several specials, link areas and refueling areas, which runners run several times depending on the category. In this type of race a time control system is used to take the times in minutes, preferably using clocks that print the pilot’s time on a special card issued by the organization where each of their presentations will be recorded. Pilots are solely responsible for correctly sealing the time control card and step controls. Cards must be delivered at the end of each day or at the end of each round, as indicated by the organization. A synchronized clock will be placed in correspondence of the control line, located 10 meters from the control table. After passing the clock with his motorcycle, the pilot must immediately present his time control card to the control desk, or when requested by the officer in charge. The time of arrival at the CH is the time when the pilot crosses the clock line.
Cross test or Extreme Test and Enduro Test: These are special tests approved by the Commission. They shall be made in closed circuits specially prepared for this purpose, 2 to 5 kilometers long, not too difficult or dangerous minimum once before each day of competition. The timing will be in 1/100 seconds, the average speed of the course should not exceed 50 km per hour and the course must comply with certain safety measures imposed by the Commission.
Rally: One-pass competition to a circuit that will connect one point with another on a single path and with a minimum duration of more than 1 hour 30 minutes. The minimum time is an “ideal” but depends on the characteristics of each circuit depending on the technical grade and physical effort required by each circuit.
Some of the places in Mendoza that have already hosted this national champion are:
Tupungato where the route was located in the area of Los Cerrillos, with an extension of 19 kilometers, a lap time of approximately 36 minutes, and was diagrammed on trails, dry streams, rivers with water, among other obstacles, which demanded maximum to the pilots.
Luján de Cuyo was another of the places chosen in previous editions. The circuit traced crossed the margins of the Mendoza River ending in the town of Lunlunta, with a time of approximately 1:30 a lap. This year 2019, Potrerillos returned to host the first date of annual competition in the Cross Country. The paddock place was the Gran Hotel Potrerillos, with a distance of 8 kilometers. The circuit was conformed by two routes, one for minors and ladies and another one for the traditional categories.
The Department of Rivadavia, also witnessed this championship that in 2012 toured the trails of the El Ceferino circuit, challenging the 170 riders who faced their obstacles.
