WSBK in the states...

Why not something on the east bank of the Mississippi ? Laguna Seca is muy lejos y muy caro !

Why not Road America ? Indy ? Road Atlanta ? VIR ? Whats wrong with these people ? There are PLENTY of enthusiasts that would attend if it was within 500 miles, especially if you could camp at the facility !

WSBK is a much more relaxed atmosphere, and very comparable as far as the level of competition.

 

^Yep. From what I've heard Road America used to be FIM approved, but I doubt it is now. Probably not quite enough runoff area for WSBK standards in a couple of areas, and the facilities are not really up to par. They don't have enough garages and they're not by pitlane. They're like 50 yards away across the paddock and you have to go around.

 

MotoGP at Road America would be awesome, but it will never happen.

 

http://www.roadracingworld.com/news...mpionship-releases-provisional-2017-schedule/

 

I see the USA is the only one without a signed contract. Yay!

 

They are scared the local wera experts will enter and beat everyone

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One of the big track safety issues at Road America is/was that the runoff outside of turn 1 can't be expanded onnacounta a cliff and a county road, below.

 

That's funny!

 

You can't keep up with Rea on motogp equipment lately.

 

Road America's biggest holdup is length. There was a suggestion at one time that they could get a race if they shortened the track by adding a section from the Sargento Bridge (turn 4) over the hill to the SnapOn Bridge (turn 9, entrance to The Carousel), then run counter back to turn 5, at which point you'd turn left (current turn 5 runout back to the paddock) over to turn 13, where you'd turn right to continue back to start/finish. Cost at the time was estimated to be over $3M iirc. Then there was no guarantee as DORNA had concerns about accommodations in the area.

Turn 1's runoff could be expanded as the county road is at least 150 yards away. Cost would be the biggest problem.

 

What's wrong with the length? Lap times would be around 2:10 most likely for those guys. There are other tracks they've raced on that are pretty close to that, such as Sepang, COTA (for GP), Silverstone, and I think way back in the day they might've even raced at Spa. All those are over 2:00 lap times.

 

Dry races this year ranged from 88 to 97 km, and they ranged from 33 to 39 minutes in length. Least number of laps was Sepang with 16. At Road America, having 15 laps would put it right on par with most of those. So I don't see what the problem is there. Don't think anyone would bitch about 1 less lap. Who cares how many laps you do anyway, what matters is the overall time and length.

I highly doubt lap length is why WSBK won't go to Road America any time soon. There are other reasons much more important that were mentioned before.

 

I've often wondered why Barber didn't aim for WSBK/MotoGP standards? I don't believe it was ever a goal.

 

It's not long enough, I believe there is a plane to extend the track though, but I don't think they ever went anywhere with it yet.
It would help with Indy cars etc too
But barber is actually fim certified or atleast it was.

 

I wish both series ran shorter tracks tbh. More action.

 

Jersey would have been the way to go.

 

Sachsenring is the same length as Barber, Valencia is a 2/10th mile longer. No garages at Barber is more of an issue plus the runoff in a couple of places might not be sufficient.

 

4 laps at wera west rounds is kinda weak.