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LRRS made a change that involves a name change to a class for 2016, so I wanted to bring it to everyone's attention before you think about entries for 2016.
Kawasaki is now paying contingency money for the Ninja 300 in two classes in 20016: 500 Supersport and UL Thunderbike. We already have 500 Supersport, but UL Thunderbike does not exist. When we looked at the CCS UL Thunderbike rules, our F300 rules were quite different (most notably excluding the R3 and RC390). Since the 300 class is growing and we did not want to upset the riders who already made the investment in a motorcycle based on our class structure, we came up with the following solution.
- Formula 300 Challenge will be renamed UL Thunderbike
- The rules for UL Thunderbike at NHMS are NOT the CCS rules, they are the LRRS F300 rules
- Riders who compete in UL Thunderbike can go to Daytona and race ONLY if they have a 300cc bike that fits the CCS rules (this is the only concession we had to make to make this work)
We felt this was the best call at this point, since this is what all the F300 competitors were expecting anyway. There is no real down side and the UL Thunderbike (and 500SS) riders are now eligible to win $500 per weekend between the two classes.
http://www.kawasaki.com/content/pdfs/RRpay16.pdf