MIC to launch USSB Championship, the new premier level U.S. road racing series

The Motorcycle Industry Council, under the direction of President Tim Buche, is launching the new premier professional road racing series in the United States. Called the USSB Championship Series, it will supplant AMA road racing as the top-level, factory supported racing series in this country.

“This is America, a big country with a big motorcycle market that deserves a world-class championship with full-on factory bikes raced by star riders,” says Ty van Hooydonk, USSB Managing Director. “The USSB Championship is our answer. We want to steer away from engine restrictors, away from mandated power-to-weight ratios, spec tires and spec ECUs. We want to set the stage for racing teams to compete, on the track, in the R&D shops, in the way they develop their bikes and help develop production bikes, in how they develop their engineering staffs and crews, and their riders, too. Let them do what they do best and go racing.”

Kicking off next year, the 2009 series will feature two classes: U.S. Super Bike, for 1,000cc fours and “larger-displacement v-twins” and U. S Sport Bike, a 600cc category similar to World Supersport.

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