3.1 What's a Racing Organization?
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This article is from the How to Become a Motorcycle Roadracer FAQ, by Duke Robillard duke@io.com with numerous contributions by others.
3.1 What's a Racing Organization?
A Racing Organization is a group that sanctions races. They set up the
weekends, officiate, keep the records, and take your money. They also
issue racing licenses.
In the US, The Western Eastern Roadracing Association (WERA) and the
Championship Cup Series (CCS) are nation-wide organizations, with
regional series spread across the country. No matter where you live,
you can race under one of these two. If you do really well in your
region, you can go to the Grand National Final (WERA, Road Atlanta) or
the Race of Champions (CCS, Daytona) at the end of the season.
Another national organization is American Historic Racing Motorcycle
Association (AHRMA), which runs vintage racing and "alternative types
of modern roadracing that otherwise would not receive the exposure
they deserve. These include Sound of Singles (SOS), Battle of Twins
(BOT), and the Sound of Thunder Series." These are very cool races to
watch, because they've got bikes you don't see anywhere else, like
Brittens and Saxon-framed three cylinder modern Triumphs.
In addition, there are a lot of local organizations, some of which are
associated with WERA and/or CSS, and some of which are independent.
The 1997 schedules for a lot of these organizations are on
http://www.io.com/~duke/mr97dates.htm
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