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Cycle News 2015 Issue 27 July 7

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STUART HIGGS VOL. 52 ISSUE 27 JULY 7, 2015 P71 that now serves as a model of success. He's the series/race director and is active on both the promotional and operational sides of the sport. Higgs has a wealth of Super- bike knowledge, so we sat down to tap into that knowledge and talk MotoAmerica, the evolution of the British Superbike Cham- pionship and the challenges a Superbike series faces. Lets start with a little bit of background because I don't think a lot of people in the U.S. know much about you. You've been around race- tracks pretty much your whole life, right? Yeah, my background is primarily based in the UK. Best known as being the series and race director for the British Superbike Championship. That's where I started. I have an inter- national set of duties—normally the chief steward for various FIM events, MotoGP and World Su- perbike. I'm with MotoAmerica, AMA/FIM North America sanc- tioned, and a brave new world. I'm pleased to be part of the new Race Direction structure. The success of the British Superbike Championship in recent years has made it a model production championship.

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