https://www.roadracingworld.com/news/motoamerica-no-superbike-superpole-in-2021/ Kinda bummed about this. I rather enjoyed these sessions. Frankly, I've kind of wished they would adopt the superpole race concept from WSBK. But logistically, I realize that would probably be difficult due to limited time slot availability. But it would be cool to see if they could find a way to make it work without sacrifices elsewhere.
I agree, I wish they would adopt the WSBK race concept. They have the time, in my opinion (as a fan). They had something like an hour and a half break and the events were often over by 4pm!
Track time is my guess. Dunlop /RRW 2 up rides, baggers, heritage cup, 2 races for all classes on most weekends.... A lot to squeeze in..
Seems like from what I remember, usually between twins and stk1000, it seemed only 1 of them ever got 2 races on any given weekend. And as cool as some of that other stuff is, I can't help but wonder at what point there is an abundance of "fluffy" stuff. The 2 up rides, heritage cup, and bagger class are all cool but not actually real pro racing (that might change for the bagger class but as of now, I'm still calling it an exhibition class).
Assuming you are taking SSTK 1000, per FIM rules it is not even allowed in the class due to price limits, so in with 22lbs is a gift.
You sure about that? Don't think so. The issue was that it wasn't specifically called out in MA's rule book as a homolgated motorcycle at the time. You know.. Because they forgot to add it. Price limit of 40k was never the issue. As far as the weight penalty goes.. IMO it's because PJ was too fast and they had to slow him down. I think he would have dominated just as much on a Graves Zx10 as well, but that's just my opinion.
From what I understand, sort of both. It wasn't in the initial list because that list was copied from the FIM list which excluded it based on price.
It is not homologated for Stock racing by FIM, only for SBK https://resources.worldsbk.com/news.../WorldSBK_homologated_motorcycles_2020_02.pdf MA was in theory following FIM homologation, but there was confusion with the V4R being allowed.
