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Old 20 Dec 2009, 23:06 (Ref:2602967)   #1
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2010 AMA Superbike...

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Old 21 Dec 2009, 17:41 (Ref:2603297)   #2
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The only factory teams will be Graves Yamaha and Yoshimura Suzuki. Graves will run sportbike and superbike, but Yosh will only run superbike.
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Old 21 Dec 2009, 18:44 (Ref:2603319)   #3
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Don't forget Team Hammer for factory entries.
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Old 21 Dec 2009, 21:34 (Ref:2603403)   #4
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What will Team Hammer run?
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Old 22 Dec 2009, 23:37 (Ref:2603938)   #5
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Old 23 Dec 2009, 16:40 (Ref:2604284)   #6
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The series is now hovering just about club racing status in my opinion.
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Old 24 Dec 2009, 20:12 (Ref:2604792)   #7
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A Suzuki, for Chris
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Old 31 Dec 2009, 18:05 (Ref:2606867)   #8
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Roger is gone. David Atlas, a friend of mine, is now in charge. Look for the series to improve drastically.

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Old 31 Dec 2009, 20:51 (Ref:2606904)   #9
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In time for the 2010 season?
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Old 6 Jan 2010, 19:17 (Ref:2609038)   #10
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David will be doing an interview with John Ulrich regarding the series very soon. I'd wait to see exactly what he has to say.

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Old 6 Jan 2010, 21:36 (Ref:2609121)   #11
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Old 6 Jan 2010, 22:59 (Ref:2609150)   #12
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Which Chris?

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Old 7 Jan 2010, 00:52 (Ref:2609185)   #13
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Is Team Hammer the same as the RoadracingWorld team, or different?
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Old 11 Jan 2010, 17:27 (Ref:2611740)   #14
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Is Team Hammer the same as the RoadracingWorld team, or different?
They are both seperate entities. There is also Chris Ulrich Racing, LLC.

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Old 14 Jan 2010, 17:53 (Ref:2613429)   #15
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Apparently, John Hopkins will be testing a superbike for M4 Suzuki at Fontana.

It's too bad, he certainly is fast enough for GP, but he has a nasty habit of breaking something everytime he falls off. WSBK must not be calling either. So back to AMA...
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Old 14 Jan 2010, 18:43 (Ref:2613451)   #16
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Old 14 Jan 2010, 21:03 (Ref:2613535)   #17
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I wonder if Graves will just be running one bike in superbike?
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Old 15 Jan 2010, 16:01 (Ref:2613830)   #18
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Hopkins will be riding for Ulrich this year. Should be interesting, to say the least. With the rules the way they are, and no one gets trick parts, look for him to win a race or two, maybe even the championship.

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Old 16 Jan 2010, 23:14 (Ref:2614442)   #19
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If he can stay on the bike - goodluck to the hopper...
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Where he started after all, but am not really interested, AMA is dead!
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Old 2 Feb 2010, 15:56 (Ref:2624470)   #21
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A few updates. Taylor Knapp will run an ex-Mladin Yosh superbike in 2010 with full sponsorship from Ridersdiscount. Knapp has been a quick privateer and this is a good move for him.

Jordan Motorsports will run Suzuki bikes again in superbike with Yates and new to the team Jake Zemke. Nice to see Zemke back on a superbike.

Still have not heard if anyone has been announced for a second Graves bike.
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Are most riders going to be on Suzuki's?
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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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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.
I think you'll see a larger field than that, but you won't be seeing 60 bikes looking for 40 slots, that's for sure. Racing is down just about every where. There was a rumour that the AFM was going to fold, but apparently they plan on running their schedule. I look for them to fold before the end of the season.

I hate to say this, but we are essentially in a depression, and one of the first losses is racing at all levels.

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That's why I don't see more than 16 full time entrants with the rest being local or regional field fillers. If I recall correctly, they're only going to pay out for the top three weekend finishers. That makes it pretty tough for privateers.
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