Originally Posted by
Tom Anderson
My thoughts are:
Classes should be allowed as per usual (MCE, F2, SBC, F1). Having F2 bikes out at night with liter bikes worked fine in other races; the most recent I can recall is the MotoST.
Absolutely this event should count toward normal points. With traditional 10 rounds, and only 8 going toward BBE where we have had all 10 in the past, there's no reason why the season for endurance can't be shortened to 6 or 7 BBE rounds, kept the same with 8, or whatever. It's another endurance round IMO, THE endurance round as far as I'm concerned; like the 8 hour, it's a real endurance race by definition.
Regarding number of riders on the team, what we've done before for the 12 hour mini endurance was to allow a one-race exception to the number of riders allowed on a team. I would think allowing 6, rather than the usual 5, would be perfectly acceptable.
I'm not a decision maker, but I REALLY appreciate the comments and enthusiasm with this project. To that end, just because I don't agree with certain ideas or points of view means diddly. So keep 'em coming, I'm just commenting my opinion.
Y'all wouldn't believe the amount of texts, phone calls, emails, and PM's I've received over this proposal. It's a cool thing. I REALLY hope we can pull it off. Heck, when international racers and other road racing professionals want in on an event like this, you know it's a great thing!
Josh, regarding the SV, left in stock configuration with only large tank, suspension and brake modifications, it could be a race winning machine...