INTERVIEW
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BRITISH SUPERBIKE SERIES DIRECTOR/MOTOAMERICA RACE DIRECTOR STUART
SUPERBIKE'S
STALWART
WE CHAT WITH STUART HIGGS TO TALK THE SECRETS
OF A SUCCESSFUL SUPERBIKE SERIES
BY ANDREA WILSON
PHOTOGRAPHY BY GOLD & GOOSE,
BRIAN J. NELSON AND BSB
R
oad Racing in the U.S. has
found itself in a precari-
ous position of late. But in
swooped the KRAVE Group
and its MotoAmerica to take the
helm and try to revive the sport.
A difficult task, but with guys
who bleed racing like three-time
500cc World Champion Wayne
Rainey and former Team Rob-
erts manager Chuck Aksland
at the forefront, there was sud-
denly hope.
The backing of Dorna and a
growing list of members to the
team with a great road rac-
ing pedigree, helped add to
that encouragement. One of
those key additions who sort of
skipped under the radar is the
MotoAmerica Series Race Direc-
tor Stuart Higgs.
The operational side of a se-
ries from the outside is not super
exciting. That is until it goes
wrong. Rules are the backbone
of a championship. If that back-
bone is to have any strength,
there needs to be consistency in
the enforcement of those rules
and in the operation as a whole.
So MotoAmerica brought in
Higgs, as well as Bill Cumbow
as the FIM representative and
former AMA Superbike Cham-
pion Doug Chandler as the rider
representative to handle the less
glamorous part of sport—Race
Direction.
MotoAmerica is a side gig for
Higgs. The Brit is better known
for being a big part of the revival
of the British Superbike Cham-
pionship in the UK, a series
