There is a good chance that this race will take place on Saturday Sept. 17th at VIR and here is the current plan:
The entry fee will be $200, which will include an entry into the GT Lights race. Each RBoM competitor's fastest laptime during the GTL race will be used to set the grid for the RBoM Challenge.
The RBoM Challenge will be the last race of the day on Saturday and will be a 9 lap feature event.
The purse is expected to be over $6000 and will payback to 20th place.
The format will be similar to last year's RBoM SV Challenge (i.e. SV650's in SBK trim) but this year the Yamaha FZ07 will be allowed in (also in SBK trim).
All current expert level racers, from any recognized racing organization, are invited to participate. CCS will waive the license fee for RBoM participants for this weekend only. RBoM participants can enter other races (that their bike is legal for) to get more track time. Rental transponders will be supplied as needed.
There are still some ongoing discussions with CCS at the moment, and more details will be posted as they arise.
Question which will eventually come up - the $200 includes entrance to the GTL race - does it also count as the 'first race' entry for CCS price wise?
i.e. If I enter the GTL/RBOM and also say, LWGP - would that be at the $80 rate or the $60 rate?
Russel and CCS Staff,
Glad to see this coming together....
:cheers:
Ben, since the $200 is a feature event which includes the Qualifying during the GTL race, any races you enter, other than the RBoM Challenge, the CCS fee structure would start as normal, $80 for your first race, then $60 for any others.
I know this site doesn't get much traffic, and the news is on FB, but all questions are welcome either place.
Russell Masecar
https://www.facebook.com/events/1612230049089747/
Love this program. Wish I had a lightweight bike, and a little more time on a lightweight bike. :)
:cheers:
Everything you need to know right here:
http://ccsracing.us/forms/2016/entry/2016%20RBoM%20Pre-entry.pdf
If anyone needs a bike I have an sv for sale at the moment.
Kudos for putting this together. Have you thought about opening it up to Ultra-LW CCS Rules? I.e. allowing air cooled Ducati up to 800cc or FZR 400?
Lots of options were considered. I expect a decent turnout. Hopefully you'll be there to enjoy the show.
Quote from: Gino230 on August 29, 2016, 05:59:50 PM
Kudos for putting this together. Have you thought about opening it up to Ultra-LW CCS Rules? I.e. allowing air cooled Ducati up to 800cc or FZR 400?
ULSBK is my favorite class and most of the time the Duc 800 is very even fight against the SVs. Russell loves his SVs so his idea is to keep it similar to last year by keeping it mostly SVs.
Another issue with allowing the Ducs is to most of the SV/ER/FZ racers, the motors all look the same, so we have no clue if it's a 800, 1000, 1100.... so yes cheating is an issue.
Find a SV/ to borrow and show up, maybe you'll see the light and sell off your Ducati junk and get a real lightweight bike. ;)
I blew up my 848 at Road America this summer, and I rode a STOCK monster 796. I couldn't believe how fun the bike was. It was a perfect match for the SS prepped SV's in Sound of Thunder 3, and it was cheap and fun, which is what a LW bike should be.
Sure the springs were a little bouncy, but for a few hundred bucks with Thermosman I'm sure that could be fixed. Plus those things will run forever with a stock motor.
I get what you are saying about cheating, but you would know on the first straight it was not an 800.
I am still focusing on the larger classes, but the monster has started a mini revolution down here, several guys are getting them so the LW classes are starting to look better. I won't make this race, so it's a moot point. I'm happy to see any kind of promotion for our sport, so I think what you guys are doing is a great thing. Maybe next year, if the 800 is allowed ;)
Gino in the Mid Atlantic area air cooled bikes are not popular like in the south.No one even races an 800,and there maybe up to 5 air cooled bike riders at the most racing.At VIR I would say there will be around 30 SV's there.The FZR is not fast enough to compete with the SV.My 400 is on AVG 7 seconds a lap slower on most tracks.Even if it was a 600 superbike it will be better but the SV is still faster in the turns and 1st gens SV superbikes can weigh 300-315 lbs like the Mid West riders have.
Quote from: Gino230 on August 30, 2016, 04:42:10 PMMaybe next year, if the 800 is allowed ;)
I would like to see 800 allowed. It's a great match up.
I'd like to thank Arnie Hastings and James Bock for posting contingency for this event. All you have to do is buy product from Arnie (VP fuel) or James (Pirelli tires) to qualify for the contingency.
Thanks to Kevin Elliott and the CCS crew for helping make the 2016 Challenge happen. Thanks to all the participants too. A big grid with some ridiculous laptimes..... except for Sam.... Good fun. Thanks also to Arnie and James Bock for posting special contingency prizes. Pretty cool.
Live it up Russell, live it up.