NASCAR has taken over the AMA Pro Racing series and it has already announced its new class structure and weekend event package for the 2009 motorcycle road racing season. The AMA Superbike series will become the American Superbike series and will showcase the traditional 1,000cc machines.

Starting in 2009, the American Superbike Series will use a spec tire (Dunlop) and spec fuel (Sunoco) and features changes that were made as a means to promote parity. American Superbike will compete in two feature races of 50 miles each at most events.

The AMA Pro Racing will also feature a new middleweight class to be known as Daytona SportBike. This class has been designed to include a broad range of competition equipment that formerly competed in AMA Supersport and AMA Formula Xtreme, as well as two- and three-cylinder machines not normally featured in AMA Professional events.

AMA Pro Racing will include a third class, newly created for 2009, known as SuperSport. This category is designed as an entry-level class for professionally licensed riders aged 16-21, competing on 600cc production motorcycles with minimal modifications.


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