Ultralight Thunderbike?

[xb12racerX]

A spec class for 250's?  Why not a super single class? I have a Husky 450SMR I'd love to race. Not really interested in the dirt sections of supermoto, but the bike (and me) wouldn't be very competitive in the classes CCS has already. I know this discussion (singles class) has been gone over here before, but more inexpensive bike classes may be needed to keep the series going. Just my opinion

[roadracer162]

Here again it sounds good because it is more participation and more entry fees generated. The bad as in the past is a lack of participation and so it all went into the Ultralight SB class. Now I believe the SV dominates that class, based on my personal observation of me having a hard time keeping up with SS spec SV.

Do as we did in Florida who want to race the vintage stuff. Get a group of like racers together and petition for that class. We dont ask for trophies but Henry has been gracious. What Michael Perry has done is on his own time he had made a SS trophy which has been deemed the "William's Cup" in recognition of Duane Williams a long time racer and promoter from the past.

Mark

[GSXR RACER MIKE]

With the adding of any classes it jams even more racing into an already busy day, that means racing going later in the day or sacrificing something like practice time or shorter races.

It's also a time tested reality that later races at most events don't have as many racers on the grid, so to be fair any new classes (that need to be run separate) should be the last races of the day so as to not discourage people from racing the already established classes which bring substantially more revenue.

[xb12racerX]

I'd say get rid of ultralight Suberbike. It's just another class that caters to the SV racers since they changed the rules a few years back. From checking on the turnout at some of the races, via the results, CCS could use some less expensive bike classes. The grids in a lot of races have seem to have shrunk a lot from just a couple years ago. And understandably so. I think they'd draw more racers with a singles class than with a 250 class. Lot's of us already have a single we could race as opposed to spending money on yet another bike.

[roadracer162]

Why get rid of Ultralight Superbike? I was thinking more of including Ultralight Supersport. Ultralight can be done for little money, say a relatively stock SV for $3500. That's pretty cheap I think unless you want brand new.

[xb12racerX]

look at the grid for Blackhawk's ULSB. Pretty sad

[roadracer162]

In Florida our last round had 6 experts and 7 Amateurs. The round before that there were 10 Experts and 9 Amateurs.

I see your point with 3 experts participating for that round for whatever reason. I see there were only 4 in LW SS also. Though the reality is that there is still some participation and unless it is getting in the way of a more lucrative race my question still stands. Why get rid of it?

I do think that multiple classes can run at the same time that have light grids and that cold be determined by the race director based upon class participation.

Mark