Special Events

Don't worry if you're not a pinball expert! Each race uses race points to determine your tier, ensuring you compete with others of similar skill and have the opportunity to move up in tier for subsequent races. To earn Race Points, players must complete Race Challenges. So, get ready, get set, and let's race!

Each race will feature 5 Race Challenges for every Stern Insider Connected game. Each Race Challenge will award a set number of Race Points based on its difficulty. You can complete the Challenges in any order, and they can be triggered multiple times until the race ends. The only limitation is that each Challenge can only be triggered once per play, though you can trigger multiple different Challenges simultaneously in a single game! At the end of each week, all accumulated Race Points will be reset for the next race.

The first race in the Stern Pinball Cup will be "Turkey Trot Alley." It will serve as a qualifying race, with results used to assign players to a Race Tier based on their leaderboard rank. Subsequent races will match players against others within their assigned Race Tier. 

Your Race Tier is determined by the Race Points you've accumulated at the end of each race, compared to others within your Tier. After each weekly reset, a fixed number of ranks will be promoted to a higher Tier, while a fixed number will be demoted to a lower Tier. Players who don't move up or down will remain in the same Tier for the next race. After each race, all participants will receive a Finishing Badge indicating the Tier in which they competed, reflecting their performance within that Tier. 

Q1: What if I miss the qualifying race in the first week?

A1: You can still participate in future races, but you'll start at the lowest tier and work your way up from there.

Q2: What if I start late in the qualifying race during the first week?

A2: You can still join and participate, but it will be up to you to catch up!

Q3: What if I miss a few days or even an entire race?

A3: In the worst case, you'll be moved down a Race Tier when the next week's race begins. Don't let that stop you!

We have 8 Insider Connected machines in our arcade/gallery

• Elvira's House of Horrors (Premium)
• Godzilla (Pro)
• James Bond (Premium)
• JAWS (Pro)
• John Wick (Pro)
• Stranger Things (Pro)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Pro)
• Uncanny X-Men (Pro)

We have 2 Insider Connected machines at Epidemic Ales (also in Concord)

• Foo Fighter (Pro)
• Jurassic Park (Pro)