With over 2600 riders and 370 teams, DIRT Racing Series has grown quickly over the last two seasons. After a successful second season, Team DIRT Racing has recently announced the launch of DIRT Racing Series, Season 3. The new season will run from December 20 to January 3 (in-between the Zwift Racing League seasons) and promises to be even bigger, better, stronger, and more widespread across the globe!
Here’s how they describe it:
“DIRT Racing Series is open for everyone, all Zwift Racers (new and experienced), all Zwift Clubs, all genders and ages. Whether you’re a sprinter, a climber or a diesel – we think you should always be able to contribute to your team. With our well-balanced points structure everyone can contribute so you’ll have to push hard wherever you are in the race!
One of the most exciting things about the DIRT Racing Series is that its shaped by the riders feedback more than any other series. Every series so far (including the very first trial) has garnered feedback from what is now hundreds of racers and team captains – and it is this feedback that continues to set the direction. It’s still got growing to do, but it will be THE Team Racing series shaped by the racers themselves!”
DRS Basics
Here are some key things we spotted that make the DIRT Racing Series special:
- Split categories (A+, A, B+, B-, C+, C- & D) so the competition is tighter
- Team racing: open to teams of up to 8 riders (no rider minimum), best 4 riders per stage contribute their points to the team
- Three racing formats: iTT, TTT and Races
- 5-Stages, final two stages are back-to-back
- Individual and Team leaderboards
- Balanced points allocation so more racers contribute (see Rules & Scoring page)
- No powerups, just pure old leg power
Team DIRT Racing shared additional details about their oncoming season:
“Something exciting for Series 3 is the trial of some new race-up rules. We’ve set thresholds for ZwiftPower Race Ranking as well as the normal power metrics that mean approximately the top 50-150 racers in each half category will need to race up one half category. We think this is about 1-2% of all racers in a category, and we believe that by making the top 1-2% race up we’ll stretch the most talented racers and make the categories more competitive for all.
Lastly, there is a fantastic Discord Captain’s community with currently nearly 250 Team Captains part of what has been some fantastic fun and respectful chat between the Race Control team and the captains themselves. For the Race Control team, it’s one of the most rewarding parts of running the DIRT Racing Series.”
Series Schedule
The 5-stage series is held on Tuesdays in four different time slots:
- Atlantic US: 05:45 ET / 10:45 UTC
- EMEA C: 19:15 CET / 18:15 UTC
- EMEA W: 19:15 GMT / 19:15 UTC
- US W: 18:30 PST / 02:30 UTC (+1 day)
The series begins with an individual time trial but also features three points races and a team time trial:
- Stage 1 – Dec 20 – iTT: London 8 Reverse (20.5km, 256m)
- Stage 2 – Dec 27 – Race: Innsbruck KOM After Party (37.2km, 657m)
- Stage 3 – Dec 30 – Race: Queen’s Highway (26.8km, 371m)
- Stage 4 – Jan 3 – TTT: Tick Tock (19.2km, 59m)
- Stage 5 – Jan 3 – Race: Lady Liberty (12.7km, 206m)
Registration and More Info
Visit dirtracingseries.com for more information on the DIRT Racing Series.
Ready to sign up? Register your team at dirtracingseries.com/register-now
Hardly across the globe when there is no Aussie or NZ time zone to enter. That said holding a series over Christmas would be problematic in getting a team together for most weeks imo.
It’s to fit in around the very limited window outside of other more established leagues. I’d suggest that any additional options for leagues and series is great, rather than complaining it’s not perfect for you.
Depends what you mean by “Aussie or NZ time zones”, there were quite a few New Zealanders and Aussies that participated last time around. The series is being held in the x-mas and new years period, so for some they might have more flexibility time wise than they’d have in normal weeks.
Atlantic US – 10:45 UTC – 21:45 Sydney/23:45 Auckland
EMEA C – 18:15 UTC – 05:15 Sydney/07:15 Auckland
EMEA W – 19:15 UTC – 06:15 Sydney/08:15 Auckland
US W – 02:30 UTC – 13:30 Sydney/15:30 Auckland
Is there a place to find a team?
Ready to sign up? Register your team at dirtracingseries.com/register-now
As I understand it, that is when you already have a team.
I am looking for a team to join/signup with…
Go to the DIRT discord and write that you’re looking for a team for the DIRT racing series. They’ll get you sorted from there. https://discord.gg/fEVPKqaE
in addition to Discord when you sign up on the website you can mark that you are looking for a team.
Is stage 4 & 5 both on Jan. 3?
Hey Darrick, yes both stages are back-to-back 👍🏻
Question
Does Zwift recognize any heart rate monitor ? I have one that is at least 10 years old?
If it connects via ant or Bluetooth it should work.
Moet je als team in dezelfde tijd zones starten of mag 1 rijder ook in een andere zone rijden? Behalve de TTT dat wil niet anders.
COALITION has room for C+ riders in the USA W TZ in case anyone needs a team. We currently have 3 committed to the effort and are looking for a couple more fun and friendly riders to round out the team!
Hit us up to catch a ride!
Message KJ / RaQin#6081 on Discord!