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Cycle News 2015 Issue 42 October 20

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VOL. 52 ISSUE 42 OCTOBER 20, 2015 P97 do. We're going to have an event on Saturday night that's different in format completely to what Fri- day night is—the AMA Pro Finale. "Our format is going to be sim- ilar, but a little bit different," Carr said. "In the end we're going to have the best four flat trackers of the night go up against the best four non-flat trackers of the night for the inaugural Superprestigio American winner." In Spain, it was a category of Spanish riders against the oth- ers. So that will be the key—the American Superprestigio will be flat trackers against the All-Stars, basically anyone who is not a full-time flat tracker. There will be timed qualifying with 18 riders in each bracket that will seed them into three rounds of what are going to be called qualifying heats, "or for an old-school flat track term— scratch heats," Carr threw in, that will score points. "After those three rounds we only eliminate a couple riders," he explained. "So we're going to see most of our stars most of the night." So the plan is an action- packed night of racing. The riders that don't make it will end up in a couple of semis and then possibly a last chance qualifier. "We have an approximate 27 races that we're going to run over the course of the night, compared to 15 the night be- fore at the AMA Pro Final," Carr said. "We're going to squeeze in some heats and a main of Super Hooligans as well, so that should be a lot of fun." Super what? "Yeah, it's the brainchild of Roland Sands and a few others there from Southern California," he said. "They're going to be an addition to our program on the night of the Superprestigio where they're going to be build- ing some custom V-twin bikes that are based off a street bike. I don't know what their rules are. I'm going to let Roland handle that one." On top of the extra entertain- ment of Roland Sands custom V-twin class, the other draw will be the All-Stars, which are going to be announced leading up to the event. "Our hope is that it will be an entertaining addition to the

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