INTERVIEW
BRITISH SUPERBIKE SERIES DIRECTOR/MOTOAMERICA RACE DIRECTOR STUART
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Being a part of British Su-
perbikes, you've been there
for the evolution.
Basically the seat change hap-
pened in Britain in 1996, when
a bit like here in the U.S. there
was a lot of discontent with how
things had become and those
with the influence to change it
got together to do just that.
In the UK it was the circuits
predominantly, as the major
investors in a promoted motor
sport in the UK, decided that
they wanted to take control of
their destiny. So they formed
a sanctioning body that had
the commercial rights and the
organizing rights to put together
a package of what they wanted.
And that's remained in place
ever since and it's just grown
and grown and grown. It's been
a very successful evolution.
What would be the major
things that stand out as key
elements in that evolution?
The biggest single advan-
tage the UK has obviously—it's
a relatively small geographical
area to operate within. There are
seven or eight circuits of a good
national championship standard
It's a new era for
Superbike racing
in the U.S., and
MotoAmerica looks
to bring the National
Championship
back to its
former glory.
