AMA Qualifying solution?

[GSXR RACER MIKE]

If you can't do a sub 2 at Daytona in the Superbike Class you do not deserve to be out there anyway! The pole for 600 was in the 52's.

     I bet that particular (extremely expensive) 600 had darn near the same HP as my '02 GSXR 750 too!  ;D

     (just for the info, 2 minutes flat at Daytona with a 1:52 pole time would be apx a 107% cut-off)

[PJ]

I remember the first couple of years of F-USA. They felt like Nationals. Hell, we even had umbrella girls at Willow Springs. That was cool.

Only a few classes, lots of track time. Great race tracks.

Too bad they didn't make enough money to continue the concept.

[r6_philly]

    I bet that particular (extremely expensive) 600 had darn near the same HP as my '02 GSXR 750 too!  ;D

     (just for the info, 2 minutes flat at Daytona with a 1:52 pole time would be apx a 107% cut-off)

sub 2 I can do with my new bike. And so are a few AM's even. If the hotel is not so expensive I am going to stay in the spring and do the supersport race

[r6_philly]

I remember the first couple of years of F-USA. They felt like Nationals. Hell, we even had umbrella girls at Willow Springs. That was cool.

Only a few classes, lots of track time. Great race tracks.

Too bad they didn't make enough money to continue the concept.

ya it is too bad. I wish they go back to it though. now that I am in FUSA, I really want to feel like a national competitor  ;D

[khanson]

Sorry, I guess I should have specified other tracks on than daytona.  I'm sure part of the problem iwth daytona is the cost to go do it.  1000's absolutely inhale rear tires.  You could do 2 extra rounds (at really cool tracks) for the cost of one daytona with hotels and your tire bill.  Plus bikes seem to get destroyed in a crash there.  Of course mine always get destroyed no matter where I'm at.

Grids were usually 40 riders with the bigger tracks at 44.

I ran the last 9 weekends of the season.  From my experience this year, I can tell you there are some seriously fast privateers there almost all the way back.  It makes it even more fun when every track but one is new to you.

Case in point, picture showing up at Laguna Seca and getting one practice session before qualifying.  Talk about having to strap it on and then have your teammate bump you off the grid by 3 100ths in the last 10 seconds of qualifying.  I must say it's an incredible experience to be able to go do and would highly recommend it.  Just be ready to hemorage enormous amounts of cash from your wallet.

[r6_philly]

I would love to go race at Laguna. But seeing that I am on the east coast and getting to do a track day there isn't exactly that realistic, the first time I see laguna would be the AMA weekend I am going to sometime down the road. I would just hope that I qualify...

Other than that, I would have enough track time at daytona, vir and barber before my attempt, so I don't see qualifying, or even making the grid that difficult.

But just being there is great experience enough for me. To be an AMA racer, you know that was my goal when I started on the track. 4 years later, I am almost there! This is going to be a good year! very excited

But back on the original topic, I guess if it won't squeeze out a couple of guys from the grid, it is ok then, at least the factory wieners have one less thing to wine about.

[Super Dave]

    I bet that particular (extremely expensive) 600 had darn near the same HP as my '02 GSXR 750 too!  ;D

     (just for the info, 2 minutes flat at Daytona with a 1:52 pole time would be apx a 107% cut-off)

Yes, it was expensive, but the supersport spec ones behind it were in the 53's.  And the riders were very, very, very good.

There is no cut off, that I know of, in FUSA.

[Super Dave]

I would love to go race at Laguna. But seeing that I am on the east coast and getting to do a track day there isn't exactly that realistic, the first time I see laguna would be the AMA weekend I am going to sometime down the road. I would just hope that I qualify...

And you want to feel like a national competitor?

Come on!

First, track days at Laguna, and there only are a few, require that you use stock exhaust.

Second, feeling like a national competitor doesn't have to do with the event;  it has to do with the riders.  Go to an FUSA race and try to beat Wait.  Um, let's see...he raced a factory Ducati and a 500cc GP bike in the World Championship.  Scott Greenwood has won an AMA National along with Eric Wood.  Jesse Janisch is an up and comer, along with that Nick Cummings kid with all the cash.  How about Jeff Wood?  He's put a Supermotard bike on the front row against Chambon.

When I started out, Suzuki Cup was really big.  So, the expert classes were like Nationals.  Russell, Polen, Chivington, James, Hall, Harth, and everyone raced for good money.  Seemed like the racing at Blackhawk was pretty star studded in 1993 with Honda money.  

It's all what you make of it.  Only see guys like Denning on his 4&6 bike, and Jensen, going out there and treating races seriously.  Others are looking for points.

[WebCrush]

F/USA qualifying cutoff is 115%