VOL. 50 ISSUE 49 DECEMBER 10, 2013
Amy's interest in architecture and
restoration. They then came up
with the idea of attempting to set
the world record along the way,
which is made possible thanks
to China's massive size. The duo
decided that, while making their
tour of China, they wanted to try
to give something back along
the way, so they've been raising funds for the Free Lunch for
Children (www.mianfeiwucan.org
organization) that provides regular daily lunches for students in
more than 200 schools across
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the country.
Once the trip is completed,
Buck and Amy intend to auction
off their gear and equipment –
including the motorcycle – with
the proceeds going to the Free
Lunch for Children campaign.
Although troubled at times
with sandstorms, strong winds,
heavy rain and hailstorms, they
overcame all the difficulties and
hardship in their journey, and are
nearing the end of what Perley
declares has been a deeply rewarding experience.
"We've always loved exploring a country by motorcycle," he
says." Even doing cross-country
trips back home in the U.S., you
feel much more immersed in your
environment and can appreciate it
on a whole new level. With this trip
in particular, what we really wanted to accomplish was to learn
about China from a Chinese perspective – visiting Chinese sites
on a Chinese motorcycle, to benefit a Chinese charity that's really
proven it can make a difference."
that that experiment will lead to
an all EVO Superbike format in
2015 - a format that would also
be attractive to the National Series worldwide.
The AMA went on to add that
the changes made to the technical rules package would be
implemented incrementally over
the next two seasons.
Also announced is a restructuring of the series' tiered-class
structure. AMA Superbike will
continue to be the premier class,
but for 2015 the two middleweight classes – Daytona Sport-
Bike and AMA Supersport - will
be combined into one class.
For 2014, the current AMA Supersport class will remain, but
the East and West divisions of
the class have been scrapped
in favor of an overall National
Championship.
Additionally, the prospect of
adding an entry-level class with
smaller-displacement machines
is being investigated for the future. The Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson class, however, is
slated to remain a part of the program through 2015.
Alan Cathcart
THE PLAN?
A
MA Pro Racing officials announced its future plans for
the AMA Pro Road Racing Series'
class structure and rules package
last week. Although they didn't
elaborate on the details, the plan
for 2015 is to promote the goal of
a cost-effective and competitive
racing platform for the series.
The release went on to say
that the AMA is following consultation with both World and National Superbike Championship
governing bodies not only in the
interest of the goals for cost containment and performance parity,
but for rule commonality among
the world's Superbike Series'.
This suggests a possible adaptation to FIM or British Superbike
rules, the former of which has
been something critics have
been calling on for years. And
with World Superbike's addition
of the scaled-back EVO class
next year, many are expecting
