2018 Vintage Classes

Thanks Stick!
Is "E SUPERSTOCK EXPERT & NOVICE" the class for Ninja 250s as well?
I remember then running in V5 which looks like race 10.
I do have an EX250 that can be track converted.

 

The E class is the the bump up class for the 250's.

 

Mongo - Can I assume that this schedule will be used at every Sportsman round with WERA? In other words, can I plan on taking my vintage bike to any round and run it? Or is this going to be limited to certain rounds?

 

Good question!
Can you verify this rough guess schedule with most of the National (N) races removed?

2018 WERA Sportsman Series

2/17-18 Talladega Gran Prix Raceway, Talladega, AL-rs,
3/16-18 Roebling Road Raceway, Faulkville, GA-N,rs,
5/5-6Grattan Raceway Park, Grattan, MI-cc,rs,
5/19-20 Roebling Road Raceway, Faulkville, GA-rs
6/1-3 WERA Cycle Jam at Road Atlanta, Braselton, GA-rs, ???
6/9-10Grattan Raceway Park, Grattan, MI-c,rs,
6/30-7/1 Barber Motorsports Park, Birmingham, AL-rs,
7/5-8Vintage Motorcycle Days, Mid-Ohio - Limited Schedule-DH,N,???
7/14-15 Roebling Road Raceway, Faulkville, GA-rs
TBAGrattan Raceway Park, Grattan, MI-cc,rs,
8/18-19 Talladega Gran Prix Raceway, Talladega, AL-rs,
9/8-9 Road Atlanta, Braselton, GA-rs,

 

Man, that's about as good as it can get for me! Only fly still in the ointment, is that the rd class (v3,v4, f500...whatever you're going to call it) is still stuck running with a really goof rz class, but honestly, I'm liking the idea of making my rz my wera bike and my rd my ahrma bike and simplifying the race program. This schedule allows for all 4 of the classes that the rz has a chance in, which means 8 races in a weekend! NICE!

 

its a little unconventional, but you should consider allowing gp500 guts to bump to fss. True, they're nothing alike in spec, (highly modified, old small-medium displacement vs stone stock modern 250's) but the laptimes with equal riders will be very similar and I expect many grins and giggles will ensue with the blending of the 2 "families". True gp500's will likely have a slight top speed advantage, but the ninjas will kill them on the brakes. Corner speed will come down to the rider. Will probably be a fun class to watch!

 

Anyone remember their times at vir on a 500gp legal bike? I did the 2hr endurance this summer on a bone stock '01 ninja 250 (16" wheels...ugh!) and managed to get down to a 2:01.

 

Sean- I'm assuming this will do away with the "best 4 +gnf dbl points" format? Upping it to 6 (or 8?) or going sportsman with winner take all? Or something different that we've never seen?

 

well, I do that here know that not having the finals on a Thursday will help a little with the gnf. 3day weekend isn't too difficult for most, but 4 day (5 if you're so far you need a travel day) has been a big part of the no shows in recent years. I like the points+gnf format, but wonder if even 6 is fair. That actually reduces the # of race weekends required from last year. Of course it's increasing the number of races entered, so there's no need to go crazy. I personally would be fine w 8, but am by no means a spokesperson for veryone else. (Ya'll chime in.....)

 

Nope, I’m on the mighty piston port 1970 DS7, 250 GP350 machine. No reed valves for me! I was building an RD motor for ahrma F250 and Wera V1, but now that V1-2 is gone I am staying with the DS7 since that fits in F250 also. Just me and David Hurst upholding the Yamaha flag in GP.

That #19 bike in my avatar was my RD350 production bike from 1980, at West Palm Beach (Moroso). Fun times and huge grids.

 

I like the winner take all approach with the caveat of having to have raced some minimum number of races - just to keep all those ringers from showing up.

 

Well, when big TZ values went stupid high due to collectors, it stopped making sense to risk racing that kind of money and balling it up in turn one somewhere.
So it was sold and sadly no longer seen on the track. I do miss that bike, if nothing else for the noise it made.