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Originally Posted by jhansen
The grid is still pretty sparse, but superbike looks something like this so far:
Josh Hayes - Graves Yamaha
Ben Bostrom - Pat Clark Yamaha (bike from Graves)
Chris Clark - Pat Clark Yamaha (bike from Graves)
Tommy Hayden - Yoshimura Suzuki
Blake Young - Yoshimura Suzuki
Aaron Yates - Jordan Suzuki
Jake Zemki - Jordan Suzuki
Taylor Knapp - Ridersdiscount Suzuki ('09 Yoshimura bike)
John Hopkins - M4 Suzuki
Chris Ulrich - Roadracing World
Larry Pegram - Foremost Ducati
I watched a webcast from the AMA test yesterday. I guess Aprilia are still trying to do a deal (maybe KWS?) BMW have abandoned talks. Don't see KTM coming either. And no fulltime Honda or Kawi bikes so far. Maybe some other privateer entries and one off appearances. I know Jeff Tigert will run his Honda at Daytona.
The problem is the purse for superbike is very low. It gives little incentive for anyone with a small budget to run. We could likely see grid sizes in the 12 to 16 range.
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there are always the "locals" that fill the field, right? surely, they are struggling like most others with funding, but even 16 bikes?! that's pretty lame.
i really have lost touch with series over the past 2 years. shame, really. WAS great, but can only improve, i hope.