No HWT Classes for 2018

The only 2 guys who have really run V6HW for the last 8+ years both have bikes that make well over 150HP at the tire. One of them is closer to 170.

 

Notice I said "Talladega" where we are running 56-57 second lap times. We see some of the Novices twice in a 10 lap sprint race. I was battling with Mesa two years ago at Tally, and we split a guy. Mesa spooked him and he moved over into me, we hit and he went down hard, and I ran off the track. Money classes where there are people 10-15 seconds off the pace shouldn't be on the track at the same time at Tally.

 

Correct. I stated that earlier but played cute by saying "over at the other side" instead of CCS.
Back in the day, Loudon seemed the be the epicenter of twins racing. There was a fierce rivalybetween BCM and Dunbar Eurosports. That's not happening anymore. Bruce Meyers moved on (He's now with MV Agusta) and Tom Fournier has called it quits after a freak incident that required brain surgery. Seacoast Sportcycle is the only Ducati shop running at Loudon. Normally we at LRRS would continue running the class if the numbers supported it. (We ran 8 non CCS classes in 2017.) The numbers aren't supporting the class. We averaged 4 Experts and 4 Amateurs per event in 2017. Big twins aren't making it.
But it's not the end of the world because those bikes are competitive in other classes. I submit as proof the results of the Unlimited Grand Prix held during our May event back in 2010. Note the mixe of 4's and twins in the results. I picked this race to show this has been going on for a long time, but also to show Eric's lap time, which to this day still stands as the NHMS motorcycle lap record.
Don Hutchinson used to always say, "I can only guarantee you one class in which your bike is competitive."

 

So going into my second racing year now at age 45 plus, on my 2011 RC8, what classes will it qualify for in in stock format? Any vintage classes? I used to just run the hwt classes as it was easy to figure out I belonged there.

 

F1, ASBK, ASSTK, Old Man class

 

With the solos gone and every weekend being a twin sprint or Regional/National (besides the 3 endurance rounds), that's 6-8 sprints a weekend for a racer with a HWT bike. That's quite a bit of racing.

 

The V6/V7 guys love having HWT in the same race. It actually gives them people to race against!..lol

It’s very satisfying to pass a modern bike on a 80’s bike. Without HWT on that grid, it’s gonna be 2 guys checking out on...the other 2 guys. Eboz can draft...and pass most Panigales out there, not to mention a 675. We call it modern bowling

Listen, if your decision is set in stone...it is what it is. No sense in beating a dead horse, I just think you could still have HWT with the V5/6/7 race and everyone who be happy. You’ll get more entries, and you’ll accomplish what you set out to do, which is make room for Vintage in a double header.

 

Then V5 to F2 would eliminate that entirely as it is the "peak" of lightweight and any V5 riders have lots if bump ups available. V5 in F2 isnt much different than the slower stuff that runs with LWTss/sb. Or something I'm missing looking from outside?

 

Awesome! And now I have no reason to keep the Buell SS eligible. If only I could find SB parts nowadays. lol.

 

Cool, I can't easily see overall #'s but figured it would not get "too deep" at most events. Just give V5 green with novice wave if lots of riders show.

 

I've been with WERA since 2003 and I still have no idea what the V1-1,236 class designations mean.

 

This is no way to go about destroying roadracing in America!

 

Awesome!