Rules Changes

[riopko]

Check out the proposed changes for lw/ulw/mw classes. I know we don't have many riders but if the classes are compressed too much we will only have one race to be competitve in. Please let CCS know we want a couple of classes so maybe we can save something.

[EM JAY]

  My thoughts exactly!!   If they do then all the classes I would be at all competitive in would be run in one race?   :P   I'm not with the combining at all.  Who do I write?   >:(

[Mark Bernard]

 My thoughts exactly!!   If they do then all the classes I would be at all competitive in would be run in one race?   :P   I'm not with the combining at all.  Who do I write?   >:(

Kevin Elliot....!

[EM JAY]

 Sent my E-mail out today!  ;)

[tshort]

Check out the proposed changes for lw/ulw/mw classes.

Where? ???

[Nate R]

CCS's site.

[andy342]

Never heard of ultralightweight superbike.  Is that only in certain regions?

[Un-retired_racer]

Is there another class that either Middleweight or Lightweight sportsman could be run with to keep the two classes separated?  What about combining Singles, Ultralightweight sportsman and Middleweight sportsman but running Lightweight sportsman along with Lightweight Supersport?  That would give the FZR400 guys the two Sportsman races and the Aprillia guys would still have MW Sportsman and LW Supersport.

[Un-retired_racer]

I incorrectly read the rule change to mean the classes would be run at the same time but its even worse than that.   To quote Kevin "Unfortunately, they will be combined into 1 class with it split between Amateur and Expert Status. This should effectively raise entries to 8-10 per class, a viable number for our program."  So unless you're competitive against the Aprilias, FZR400 riders will have NO competitive classes to run in.

[Zac]

I'm building up a supermotard bike to run in the ASMA supermoto races next year, and was planning on using my CR250 as I could also run the CCS ultra-lightweight sportsman races with it.  Without ULWSM, I'll have to think about trading the CR250 up for a CR500.  Still wouldn't be very competative against the MWSM bikes such as an Aprillia RS or Ducati 750.  

It sure would be sad to see the sportsman classes go away.  They are a cheap way to race, and I wish more people would realize that these classes make a lot more sense for a newbie to race in than middleweight supersport.  Yes I ride an R6 now, but I spent my first year of track days and a few races on my old Ducati 750SS.  I'm sure I learned more in my first year on that bike then I would have on a 600.  

My wife was running her MZ in SuperSingles and LWSM, along with LWSS for extra track time this year.  The proposed rule would remove the two classes the MZ is competative in.  Good thing she got her TZ250 for next year.  I bet if you ask her she could tell you how much faster she's learned in the last couple years on her MZ than she would have on a middleweight.

-z.

[EM JAY]

I'm building up a supermotard bike to run in the ASMA supermoto races next year, and was planning on using my CR250 as I could also run the CCS ultra-lightweight sportsman races with it.  Without ULWSM, I'll have to think about trading the CR250 up for a CR500.  Still wouldn't be very competative against the MWSM bikes such as an Aprillia RS or Ducati 750.  

It sure would be sad to see the sportsman classes go away.  They are a cheap way to race, and I wish more people would realize that these classes make a lot more sense for a newbie to race in than middleweight supersport.  Yes I ride an R6 now, but I spent my first year of track days and a few races on my old Ducati 750SS.  I'm sure I learned more in my first year on that bike then I would have on a 600.  

My wife was running her MZ in SuperSingles and LWSM, along with LWSS for extra track time this year.  The proposed rule would remove the two classes the MZ is competative in.  Good thing she got her TZ250 for next year.  I bet if you ask her she could tell you how much faster she's learned in the last couple years on her MZ than she would have on a middleweight.

-z.

   I'm in the same boat as your wife, I run an MZ also and have been running the same classes you mentioned.  This was also my first year and I did it quite cheaply($8,000)  I did not know that they would all be made into one class.  That really stinks.

[PJ]

That sucks for the single-cylinder and small displacement racers, but sounds like it's being driven by a lack of entries.

I still think a good FZR 400/560 can be competitive in MWSM. In fact, Jason Temme won a MWSM round at Road America this season aboard his FZR.

If we get 8-10 riders on the grid each weekend, at least we'll be able to race for available tire contingency. We had 10 riders on the MWSM grid in the MW region only a couple of times this season.