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AMA SBK: Edmondson Outlines ‘10-’11 Plans
Written by: Chris Martin   
07/05/2009
Monterey, CA
 
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PROGRAMMING NOTE: The AMA Pro Road Racing action from Laguna Seca can be seen Sunday, July 5 at 9:00pm PT (late Sunday/early Monday, July 6 at Midnight ET).

AMA Pro Racing President Roger Edmondson met with the media on Sunday afternoon at Laguna Seca and outlined tentative plans for the future of AMA Pro Road Racing.

Edmondson noted that the co-premier classes, AMA Pro American Superbike and AMA Pro Daytona SportBike, will remain in place relatively unchanged, while the undercard will undergo a more drastic facelift.

He explained, "SportBike and Superbike will continue as they are with mild evolutions on the rules. We're working, trying to eliminate some of the rules that were written perhaps in one part of the building while another part wrote something else and we're trying to sort those things out and get the rulebook caught up in both those categories."

Going into greater detail, Edmondson stated, "Changes will be minimal. Two things: We want to set up a roadracing council that includes people in the industry and try to use their feedback to find out, first off, what's working
for them and what isn't working for them in the current program.

"And secondly, I've said for a long time that we want to set up a world standard set of rules for national championship Superbike racing that can be put in the hands of the FIM. We need to get out of the politics of writing all these rules but we've got to work with the manufacturers, we've got to work with the FIM, and we've got to work with the other major Superbike championships to try to find consensus.

"At the end of the day, finding consensus is a challenge and keeping it is even worse. That's why, I feel, once that first set of rules is adopted, it needs to be handed off to the FIM and we have to abide by it."

When asked if the FIM was already closer to a consensus with extremely similar rules currently governing both World and British Superbike racing, Edmondson said, "It's possible. That doesn't mean they're right. Right now we have some very competitive racing with very affordable machines and I think that's what's going to make the difference in the long term regarding national championship Superbike racing."


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