Group Races are back in 2024!
Each pilot will be assigned a group based on their current 2024 MultiGP Spring Global Qualifier ranking.
If you can’t get a GQ in before you get to IO, we will have it set up for you to run on site for a group assignment.
The groups are, Lipo Fires, High Voltage, Cracked Props, Hammers and Burnt Motors. Each group will comprise of similar skilled pilots to provide excellent racing without hours of qualifying!
Pilots of each groups will compete only against pilots of the same group. These skill-based groups will grant a fair and balanced competition and everyone will have a chance to compete in multiple races throughout the week!
The Over 40/50 race is the second most attended race at IO, behind the world cup! Come on down to the main stage and listen to the MC Joe Scully roast all the pilots with songs that the pilots love, but now only can be found on the oldies playlist on Spotify! This year the races are on 2 different days!
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Qualifying Heats
Over – 40 Race Final
Over-50 Race Final
Let’s race! The idea for the group races is that using predetermined data we can group pilots to provide more actual drone racing at IO then drone qualifying. When the group races are scheduled to start, there is no qualifying or practice, it’s RACE TIME! So be at the track 30 minutes early to check in!
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This is a group race for the IO 7″ Spec pilots. This event will be a few qualifying packs on the track and then into brackets. We will be running 6 up in brackets.
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Finals
The MultiGP International Open presented by TBS is the culmination of the week of racing! Here you will find the top 64 pilots in the world battling for that coveted title of World Cup Champion! Will it be a known ‘robot’ or is there a newcomer that will make a mark on drone racing with an unexpected upset? All tracks are closed during the Final 64 race, so come on down and get a good seat to watch the excitement on the track narrated by the one and only, the voice of MultiGP, the MC of Drone Racing, Joe Scully.
Requirements
Each quad is required to have at least 2 groups of LED’s, on 2 different locations of the quad to maximize visibility regardless of orientation of the quad. Each group of LEDs must be at least 3 individual LED’s and adequately secured to remain on during flight Pilots will be expected to register with their intended color at the start of an event.
Finals Top 64 Double Elimination Bracket
For the first time at IO the women can battle it out head to head to see who is the fastest woman at IO! This race will be on the mainstage with everyone watching as we get ready for the world cup!
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Qualifying
Finals
You will be the next Evan Turner or MCK? Check out the fastest juniors at IO! This race will be on the mainstage with everyone watching as we get ready for the world cup!
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Qualifying
Finals
We got you set with some great Freedom Spec racing hosted by your favorite drone duo, NM_Grower and Limon! They love Freedom Spec and Bump up Mains and have volunteered to spread the joy! Are mains better then double elimination brackets? Come try for your self!
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Qualifying
The race will start with each pilot allowed 2-3 qualifying packs, and then the mains will be built and off to heads up racing!
Finals
7″ Night racing is the hottest new racing at IO! This year we will have 2 opportunities for night racing with 7″ drones!! Our first opportunity is with the IO 7″ Spec Day. Pilots have all day, with no pack limit to get their best time on the Spec Track. The Spec Track was designed by Travis Daley, who also did the track design for the MultiGP Sharjah Race of Champions! This spec should be easy to adopt your quad to, just remember to use the new MultiGP firmware found in Betaflight 4.4 and 4.5 KAACK.
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Finals
We know you saw the Sharjah race and wanted nothing more than to experience that epic track with stock drones! Now is your chance, minus the truss gates, cool lighting, and desert air!
The Stock Race will be premium event at IO with a limited number of tickets for sale, available here! Each pilot will bind one of the Sharjah drones to their radio via ELRS. Each Pilot will be assigned a 1 hour flying slot to come to the track. Then they will have 3 heats, to send it Sharjah style! The leaderboard will be based on your fastest single lap, which will feed you into the Sharjah style finals. The winner will win a Sharjah drone AND there will be a Sharjah drone raffled off to anyone that bought a ticket!
This event will feature the HQ 7×5.5×3 prop!
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Qualifying
Finals
Let’s race! The idea for the group races is that using predetermined data we can group pilots to provide more actual drone racing at IO then drone qualifying. This format is subject to change by the Race Director to best suit the needs of our newest pilots!
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General Overview
This is one of the 2 tracks that pilots MUST fly in order to qualify for World Cup! The combined time on each track will rank pilots. The top 64 pilots at the end of Friday night will be going to the 2024 MultiGP World Cup presented by TBS. The World Cup track will be either World Cup 1 or World Cup 2. Chris Thomas will make the call and announce to the pilots Friday night or Saturday! This track was designed by Colby ‘SFPV’ Curtola.
World Cup Qualification Requirements
Qualifying Heats
Let’s race! The idea for the group races is that using predetermined data we can group pilots to provide more actual drone racing at IO then drone qualifying. When the group races are scheduled to start, there is no qualifying or practice, it’s RACE TIME! So be at the track 30 minutes early to check in!
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So you didn’t qualify for the MultiGP World Cup presented by TBS, that’s okay we got you! This year we are proud to introduce the Almost World Cup Race! This race will consist of the next 32 pilots that did not make it into the World Cup! The format will be 2-4 practice packs and then into a double elimination bracket of fast paced heads up racing!
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General Overview
This is one of the 2 tracks that pilots MUST fly in order to qualify for World Cup! The combined time on each track will rank pilots. The top 64 pilots at the end of Friday night will be going to the 2024 MultiGP World Cup presented by TBS. The World Cup track will be either World Cup 1 or World Cup 2. Chris Thomas will make the call and announce to the pilots Friday night or Saturday! This track was designed by Colby ‘SFPV’ Curtola.
World Cup Qualification Requirements
Qualifying Heats
Let’s race! The idea for the group races is that using predetermined data we can group pilots to provide more actual drone racing at IO then drone qualifying. When the group races are scheduled to start, there is no qualifying or practice, it’s RACE TIME! So be at the track 30 minutes early to check in!
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This year we decided to add a little more structure to the final race experience of our pilots. The group bracket races are a chance for pilots to get that bracket experience at a big event so they will be ready to dominate the World Cup next year! The format will be 2-4 qualifying packs and then into a double elimination bracket of fast paced heads up racing!
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Back by popular demand is one of the most fun drone racing events ever invented, 1 quad 2 pilots! In this comical merge of skill and technology each pilot will control one stick on the radio and they must work together to navigate the course AND beat the other pilots. Grab a buddy and a quad and have a blast!
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Let’s race! The idea for the group races is that using predetermined data we can group pilots to provide more actual drone racing at IO then drone qualifying. When the group races are scheduled to start, there is no qualifying or practice, it’s RACE TIME! So be at the track 30 minutes early to check in!
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No one has more fun at a MultiGP event than the Rookies! Michelle Brooks, the Queen of Rooks, will conclude your IO experience with some of the most fun racing you will ever experience.
Requirements
Let’s race! The idea for the group races is that using predetermined data we can group pilots to provide more actual drone racing at IO then drone qualifying. When the group races are scheduled to start, there is no qualifying or practice, it’s RACE TIME! So be at the track 30 minutes early to check in!
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GQ IO BONUS! We will have the spring GQ up for getting your group assignment as well as official GQ packs Wed and Thursday! THEN the Summer GQ will be up Saturday and Sunday for another chance to increase your ranking! The ZippyQ system will record the first 10 packs a pilot flies, so make those the good ones! We will have the standard Global Qualifier rules and restrictions, which can be found in the MultiGP Official Rules.
To seed this years FAI Team for the US, MultiGP will use the GQ as the list to select pilots from. We will start at the top and work our way down until we have the pilots needed!
The race is open to all drone racing pilots who meet the qualifying criteria. The following are the criteria for Team USA:
A Maximum of five individual competitors will be selected, providing that at least one competitor is female and at least one is junior. A competitor is considered to be a junior up to and including the calendar year in which he/she attains the age of 18.
Note: In addition to the national team classification, every competitor of a national team also competes for the individual classifications (overall and, where appropriate, Junior and Women).
(Alternates will also be selected in the unfortunate event that a pilot is not able to attend.)
Qualifying Heats
Final Top-16 Double Elimination Bracket
Final 4 race repeatedly until a pilot wins twice – “Chase the Ace”
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