Lightweight Class Racing in the Mid-West

[Rich]

I'm working on getting the bike here before Daytona. If it works out I will be at some of the local CCS races for sure.
Wait till you see it, it'll make you ... well just wait.

Which region?

Yellow or white?

[benprobst]

Which region?

Yellow or white?

Would you pay attention. He is a damn near 20 year white plate. He will be running MW and or GP.

[Cyklracer]

How deep were the LW fields at Road America last year?  EX and AM?  Did they have 1 or 2 wave starts?

[SV88]

(RA LW grids?) 2- wave.  We had 15-20 AMs in the LW classes....

[benprobst]

How deep were the LW fields at Road America last year?  EX and AM?  Did they have 1 or 2 wave starts?

depends on class/race. Some LW races had 5 entries, others had 25. Almost all MW LW races that I have been a part of or have seen run 2 waves, expert than amatuer. In the past the GP LW grids have been small, and the ones I have seen/raced in are normally 1 wave with a row break between ex/am. Im sure there are exceptions to both "rules".

[Burt Munro]

Ben,

I think Cyklracer was asking specifically about Road America, which is unlike any other Midwest race and unlike any other CCS race.  You really need to try and fit it into your schedule.  It's like no other track you've ever run and the turnout/competition is amazing! 



Cyklracer,

I'll look to see if I saved any of the Grid sheets from last summer.  (this is the reason I hang onto them) 

Without checking, I'm going to guess at about a 40-50 LW bike grid, EX and AM combined with a 2 wave start.

The MW races had 80+ bike grids with few no-shows.

[wolf44]

for some reason I think I remember 64 for one of the races...it was nucking futz

[Ducati23]

We had 80+ in GTU at 2007 RA. Lightweight classes seemed like about 1/2 that number.

[gearhead]

Road America, 2007
                              Race 1   Race 2
AM LWSuperSport    5          9
AM LWSuperBike      12        12
AM LWGP                 18        17
AM GTLights            17       
AM Thunderbike       14         8     
AM LW-F40               9          9
AM SuperTwins         8         10

[Rich]

for some reason I think I remember 64 for one of the races...it was nucking futz

I assume you are talking combined EX/AM grids? Looks like the biggest AM grid was 18?

[gearhead]

These are the participants in the Amateur races only which were all run with Experts.           The LW F-40 race was combined with Formula 40 Am & EX for a race with well over 60 racers.  I signed up the day before so I was gridded on the last row, holding the brake to keep from roling down the hill before the green flag!

[Cyklracer]

Yeah, I was in that 80+ bike grid.  It WAS nucking futz - there were bikes down in every corner from turn #1.  I backed off the pace due to all the crashing - and found myself getting smacked down by a riderless bike shooting back on track.  Thanks to that mishap I now have symetry with a steel plate being added to my right collarbone to match my left collarbone.  Lesson here?  Ride at your normal pace to stay with the group you're used to riding around.

Let's call that race the primary reason I'm going to start riding lightweight again - and I get to pick up the SV this weekend!!