The highly anticipated season opener for ASRA and the Championship Cup Series kicks off this weekend at Georgia’s Roebling Road Raceway. As racers hit the track after the long winter, the competition is expected to be fierce in each of the more than 40 CCS classes as well as in Michelin Pro Team Challenge and Michelin Pro ASRA events.

As an added attraction, the United States Super Karts (USSK), based out of Palestine, Texas, will join CCS/ASRA for their first round of racing this season.

Tonight, the Championship Cup Series will recognize last year’s most outstanding SE riders and officially crown the 2010 SouthEast Region Champions during an awards ceremony.

The 2011 *tentative* CCS/ASRA schedule has been releases. Download it here:
2011 CCS ASRA Schedule

Some highlights for the 2011 season include:

• ASRA Opens The Doors to Amateurs
• Amateur-to-Expert Upgrades
• Rules & Regs Changes
• 2011 Pre-Entry Forms
• Special Events (new classes):
  • Rookies Cup Challenge
  • Ultralight ThunderBike
• Discontinued Classes:
  • Pirelli Diablo Challenge
  • ASRA SuperBike
  • Femmoto Lightweight

The Championship Cup Series (CCS) has issued some important announcements regarding their Race of Champions event this weekend at the Homestead-Miami Speedway.

INFIELD CAMPING AVAILABLE FOR SELF-CONTAINED UNITS:
Responding to requests from racers, Homestead-Miami Speedway informed us today that infield camping during our R.O.C. event will be allowed for self-contained campers and RVs only.

The cost will be $25 per night for electric hookup from Thursday night, Oct. 14, through Saturday night, Oct. 16. No other facilities will be available, so each unit must be self-sufficient.

Extra security has been obtained for those nights, but it is strongly suggested that garage renters lock up their equipment and tools before exiting each night.

LOCATION CHANGED FOR AWARDS PRESENTATION:
The Race of Champions Trophy presentation, originally set to be held in the Champions Club, has been changed to the Drivers’ Room lounge located in the paddock area.

Festivities will begin approximately one hour after the last checkered flag. Awards will be presented to all who have won National Championships in CCS classes as well as in the Michelin Pro Series ASRA Pro and Team Challenge.

All racers, crew and staff are invited to congratulate the winners and in celebration of a great 2010 season.

The Championship Cup Series of Florida will be at the Palm Beach International Raceway this weekend for round ten of the eleven round Florida region series. Riders to watch will be the leading expert rider Santiago Villa of Colombia and the top ranked amateur rider, Sean Cassell of Altamonte Springs, Florida.

What: Motorcycle Road Races
Where: Palm Beach International Raceway, W. Palm Beach, Florida
When: Saturday & Sunday, October 1-2, 2010
General Adm. & Pit Pass: Sat. $15, Sun. $20, 2 Day Pass $30.
Children under 12 Free, Parking Free

Saturday Schedule:
Gates Open: 8:00AM
Practice & Time Trials: 9:00AM-5:00PM

Sunday Schedule:
Gates Open: 7:00AM
Practice: 8:00-9:00AM
GT Races: (5) 9:30-11:30AM
Sprint Races: (14) 12:00-5:00PM

Join Motourage June 19-20 at VIRginia International Raceway for the 10th Annual Virginia Festival of Speed featuring Championship Cup Series Motorcycle Road Racing.

VIRginia International Raceway is a world-class road race facility nestled in the woods of Alton, Virginia, an easy 1.5-hour drive north of Raleigh, NC.  On Saturday, June 19 and Sunday, June 20, the hills of Alton come alive with the sounds of two-wheeled racing action courtesy of the Champion Cup Series (CCS) motorcycle racing organization.

Founded in 1984, the Championship Cup Series is the leader in Sportsman-level motorcycle road racing offering unrivaled competition in nationwide venues. Participants in last year’s CCS Festival of Speed include AMA Pro Road Racing stars Geoff May, Danny Eslick, Matt Lynn and last week’s AMA Supersport winner at Road America, Huntley Nash.

Tickets are on sale now, and single-day passes start at $10. Visit the VIR Events Page to order your tickets.

See you in Virginia!

While the official forecast called for less than a 30% chance of rain this past weekend, a light drizzle put a damper on Round 2 of the Michelin Pro Series at Heartland Park Topeka, so only the bravest of riders took to the track to further their championship hopes. The amazing part is that even with poor track conditions, new records were set by some of the veteran ASRA racers at one of the toughest tracks on the circuit.

Even though it was Eric Bowyer on the Yamaha R1 with the SuperStock Hole Shot, it didn’t take long before Brian Hall on his Schaumburg Audi-sponsored Kawasaki ZX10 jumped out to a comfortable lead after lap 1, and he never looked back. Hall was able to move to a 9.303 second margin of victory over Joel Spalding on the Turn One Racing KTM RC8R. Bowyer was able to keep his R1 in third after a terrific race-long battle with Calvin Martinez, taking the position by .844 seconds.

From the start of Michelin Pro Series SuperBike, it was Jason Farrell on his Kawasaki who was the class of the field, as he simply dominated the competition with a 14.271 second margin of victory. Farrell not only took the win but established a new class record with a 1:40.696 on his Speed Tech Racing ZX6R, bettering the old mark of Marcos Reichert and his Yamaha R6 by 1.8 seconds. Second position was taken by SuperStock winner Brian Hall on his ZX6R followed by the Yamaha R6 of Tony Kasper 1.684 seconds later. Jordan Richardson on the Ray Price Triumph 675 finished fourth, earning enough points to take the class lead by six points, after two rounds of the championship.

After ThunderBike qualifying, it looked like the Indy sponsored Ducati 749 of Joel Spalding was the odds-on favorite to take the win over all comers, but late entrant Walt Sipp on his Buell had other ideas. Sipp started on the back row of the grid and was soon up to second place, pressuring Spalding for first and ultimately setting a new lap record for the class, a 1:45.231 on lap 7 of 10. Sipp, a former winner at Heartland Park, rode the wheels off the Buell but came up just 2.269 seconds short of Spalding after the 25-mile sprint. This was Joel Spalding’s second win of the season in ThunderBike, giving him a 23-point lead in the class standings for the championship. Third place went to Ray Hofman on his Sam’s Well Drilling Suzuki 650, moving him to second in the ThunderBike championship standings behind Spalding.

The SportBike class saw another record run for Jason Farrell on his Kawasaki ZX6R. Within the first three laps, Farrell had lowered the record set by Matt Hall in 2009 by just more than 1 second, to a 1:40.130, and that catapulted him into a commanding lead Tony Kasper couldn’t overcome. While Kasper on his Yamaha R6 held Farrell’s margin of victory to just more than 5 seconds, the front two riders put more than 48 seconds between them and the third place R6 of Aaron Colton.

The next event for the Michelin Pro Series is the Ninth-Annual Summit Point Cyclefest on May 29-31 at Summit Point Motorsports Park. This Memorial Day tradition includes the Championship Cup Series Mid-Atlantic and Atlantic Championships, for three full days of motorcycle road racing action on the Summit Point Circuit.

-At the Track-

October 4
MotoGP Round 14 – Bwin.com Grande Premio de Portugal
Circuito do Estoril, Estoril, Portugal

October 3-4
World Superbike Round 13
Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours, France

October 3-4
CCS/ASRA Michelin U.S. Motorcycle Championship
Barber Motorsports Park, Leeds, Alabama, USA

October 3-4
CCS/ASRA – New Hampshire
New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, New Hampshire, USA

October 3-4
CCS/ASSRA – Firebird
Firebird International Raceway, Chandler, Arizona, USA

October 3-4
CCS/ASRA – Palm Beach
Palm Beach International Raceway, Jupiter, Florida, USA

October 3-4
WMMRA Sprint Races
Pacific Raceways, Kent, Washington, USA

-On TV-

Tue, Sep 29
Midnight-1am: Isle of Man TT, Practice Sessions – Discovery HD Theater
3-4am: AMA Pro Flat Track Grand Nationals, Springfield, IL – SPEED
4-5am: AMA Pro Flat Track Grand Nationals, Peoria, IL – SPEED
4-5am: Isle of Man TT, Practice Sessions – Discovery HD Theater
Noon-1pm: World Superbike Round 12, Imola, Race 1 – SPEED
1-2pm: World Superbike Round 12, Imola, Race 2 – SPEED
2-3pm: World Superbike Round 12, Imola, Supersport Race
2-3pm: Isle of Man TT, Practice Sessions – Discovery HD Theater

Sunday, Oct 4
3-4pm: World Superbike Round 13, Magny Cours, France Race 1 – SPEED
4-5pm: World Superbike Round 13, Magny Cours, France Race 2 –SPEED
5-6pm: MotoGP Round 14, Estoril, Portugal, 250cc Race – SPEED
6-7pm: MotoGP Round 14, Estoril, Portugal, 800cc Race – SPEED

If you live in the NC/VA area, this weekend is your last chance of the year to see any two-wheeled action at Virginia International Raceway.  The CCS and ASRA present the 2009 End of Summer Cyclefest

VIR End of Summer Cyclefest

Mid-Atlantic & Southeast Championship Series
Presented by MotoSport.com
Featuring the Michelin Pro Series
VIRginia International Raceway
September 19-20, 2009

Friday Registration Hours

4-4:30pm: TOPS only

4:30-6pm: All riders

SATURDAY SCHEDULE

7am: Registration/tech opens

8:30am: Two rounds of practice as follows:
• Group #1: All Amateur 250 GP Bikes, and MW Classes,
• Group #2: All Amateur, HW, & UNL Classes, & SuperTwins
• Group #3: All Expert HW, UNL Classes, SuperTwins & ASRA Superstock
• Group #4: All Expert 125 GP, Lightweights & ThunderBikes
• Group #5: All Amateur 125 GP, Lightweights & ThunderBikes
• Group #6: All Expert CCS 250 GP, MW, ASRA SportBikes and SuperBikes

9am: Registration closes for Saturday races

11am-Noon: Lunch break

11:05am: Riders meeting

Noon: Qualifying order:
Michelin Pro SuperStock (12 Min)
Replicast Challenge (12 Min)
Michelin Pro SuperBike (12 Min)
Michelin Pro ThunderBike (12 Min)
Factory Pro SportBike (12 Min)
25-Min GT Races & 7-Lap CCS Races As Follows:
1. F- 40 (Ex &Am) / Femmoto MW
2. GTU (Am) (25 Min)
3. GTU (Ex) (25 Min)
4. GT Lights (Ex &Am) (25 Min)
5. GTO (Ex &Am) (25 Min)
6. CCS ThunderBike (Ex & Am)
7. Middleweight SuperSport (Am)
8. Middleweight SuperSport (Ex)
9. LW SuperSport (Ex & Am)
10. Unlimited GP (Ex & Am)

SUNDAY SCHEDULE

7am: Registration/tech opens

8am: CCS Riders meeting

8:30am: Registration closes

8:30am:  One round of practice as follows:
• Group #1: All Amateur 250 GP Bikes, and MW Classes,
• Group #2: All Amateur, HW, & UNL Classes, & SuperTwins
• Group #3: All Expert HW, UNL Classes, SuperTwins & ASRA Superstock
• Group #4: All Expert 125 GP, Lightweights & ThunderBikes
• Group #5: All Amateur 125 GP, Lightweights & ThunderBikes
• Group #6: All Expert CCS 250 GP, MW, ASRA SportBikes and SuperBikes

10am: 7-Lap CCS races as follows:
1. Unlimited SuperBike (Ex & Am)
2. Heavyweight SuperBike (Ex & Am)
3. Middleweight SuperBike (Am)
4. Middleweight SuperBike (Ex)

11am-Noon: Lunch break (Quiet Time)

11:10am: ASRA riders meeting

Noon: Racing resumes
5. Michelin Pro SuperStock (9 Laps)
6. Replicast Challenge (9 Laps)
7. Michelin Pro SuperBike (9 Laps)
8. Michelin Pro ThunderBike (9 Laps)
9. Factory Pro SportBike (9 Laps)
10. 125 GP/LW F- 40 (Ex & Am) /Femmoto LW/Ultra LW SuperBike
11. Heavyweight SuperSport (Ex & Am)
12. SuperTwins (Ex &Am)
13. Middleweight GP (Am)
14. Middleweight GP (Ex)
15. Lightweight GP (Ex &Am)
16. Unlimited SuperSport (Ex & Am)
17. Lightweight SuperBike (Ex & Am)

Next Event:
2009 CCS Race of Champions Presented by MotoSport.com
Daytona International Speedway
October 15-16-17-18, 2009

Well, it’s another slow week in the racing world. No more AMA, and MotoGP, WSBK and BSB are all off this weekend. Time to pop in The Doctor, the Tornado and the Kentucky Kid or Long Way Round and get your two-wheel fix any way you can.  There is some great amateur action going on this weekend though, so get out to your local track and support your up-and-coming- racers.  Tomorrow’s stars are on the tracks right now.

Sep 19-20
AFM
Infineon Raceway, Sonoma, California, USA
http://www.afmracing.org

Sep 19-20
CMRA Road Racing Round 5 & 6
Race City, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
http://www.roadracing.org

Sep 19-20
CCS/ASRA
Virginia International Raceway, Alton, Virginia, USA

http://www.ccsracing.us

Sep 19-20
AMA Supermoto Round 6
Mammoth Lakes, California, USA
http://www.xtrm.com/supermoto
CANCELLED!

Daytona International Speedway

26th Annual Race of Champions
October 15 – 18, Daytona International Speedway
ASRA | TC | CCS Sprints | Championship Awards Ceremony
Pre-Entry Deadline: October 2, 2009: (5pm Central Time)
Special Pre-Entry Form Required (see below)

• Tentative ROC XXVI Event Schedule*
• 2009 CCS & ASRA ROC Pre-Entry Form
  • CCS Pre-Entry Fees: 1st Entry $130, Add’l $90 (includes weekend credential)
  • CCS Post Entry Fees: All Entries $100 ea. (does not include weekend credential)
• 2009 Rider/Owner Camping Form
• Team Challenge Pre-Entry Form
• 2009 ROC Garage Rental Form

Racer Practice / Advanced School: Thurs, Oct. 15 (Pre-Entry with Team Hammer Recommended)

• Contact Team Hammer – Phone: (951) 245-6414 – Team Hammer Website
  Practice Fees (payable to Team Hammer):
  • $225 pre-entry
  • $275 post entry (if space available)

* All online event schedules are tentative, and subject to change.

Race of Champions Host Hotel:
Homewood Suites by Hilton
165 Bill France Blvd
Daytona Beach FL 32114
Phone: (368) 258-2828
Fax: (368) 258-2281
website
Rate: $99.00 per night plus tax
Mention CCS or Championship Cup Series
Reservations must be made 30 days in advance of check-in

IMPORTANT:
One parking space per room. (Parking passes will be issued.)
No Trailers, RVs, Buses or oversize vehicles.
Vehicles in violation will be towed at owners’ expense. No Exceptions.

Garage Rentals: Riders who have rented garages will be entitled to that unit and are welcome to put as many people as will fit into their space without causing a problem with your neighbors in the garages next to you. If there is a problem, we will remove all but the rider that originally rented the unit and his machines.

Thurs. General Move-In:
7am – Team Hammer participants

10am – 5pm  – Entrance for all participants with proper credentials

5pm – Final Group allowed inside

6pm – Everyone must leave the paddock and exit the track

Paddock space is available on a first come, first served basis. To gain access to the paddock if you are not registered with Team Hammer, you must have a credential (either the Team Hammer crew wristband before 10am or our event credential), so make sure you visit Registration before moving your vehicle in line.

Your Number May Change: Having duplicate numbered bikes entered in the same race is unavoidable when all regions combine in one location. Therefore, to ease the strain on scoring, you may be assigned a temporary number for Daytona only. Be prepared by bringing supplies to make changes on your bike as necessary. There will be vendors selling bike numbers in the vendor area also.
Note: If you add a CCS class, you will be assigned a temporary Daytona number that must be on your bike for all of your CCS races.

ASRA participants must display proper ASRA number during all ASRA Practice, Qualifying and Races, or their CCS number (if different) during any CCS Races entered to avoid disqualification.

National Championship Awards Ceremony: TBD

RIDER & CREW EVENT CREDENTIALS:
(Buy at Rider Registration)
Thurs. only: $10 (Team Hammer)
Thurs.-Sun.: $60
Fri.-Sun.: $50
Sat.-Sun.: $40
Sunday: $25

MEDIA / PRESS PASSES:
All Media must obtain credentials from the Daytona Credentials Office – Map
Email us if you have questions.