Do they race in the wet in America??

[feejer222]

I can't remember ever seeing a wet race in the AMA. Do they cancel if it turns wet?

Here they still get their knees down.

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[Bike Effects]

They race in the rain at some tracks. I don't know which ones though.

 

[squeezer]

Yeah, they run in the wet. They can cancel in the wet too. They will pretty much always run in the wet at a natural road course. A lot of our races, though, are held on oval tracks where part of the oval is used and a sort of road course section is carved out of the infield. If you've watched the F1 USGP at Indianapolis, you get the idea. It can be dangerous to run in the wet at those venues because the oval portion has no run-off, just a wall.

Rain doesn't happen that often. It's a short season, and they've been pretty lucky over the last few years, though there was an interesting wet race at Road America a season or two ago.

Here's the section on inclement weather from the AMA rule book for the Superbike series:

6.7 Inclement Weather / Unacceptable Track Conditions

a. Events may be conducted regardless of weather conditions.

b. In the event of rain or other conditions, it may be necessary for the

Race Manager to adjust the order of the event schedule, the length of

races, practices and qualifying sessions, or to stop the program

completely. Should this occur, the Race Manager will make every effort

to resume the schedule in a timely fashion if conditions improve

sufficiently. See Wet Start Events (6.18).

c. If a meet is stopped due to weather or other conditions, riders will be

paid for any purse-carrying events which have been completed.

 

[cougar8000]

Yes they do.

Side note. Please someone tell me what happened at the race 2. My TIVO recorded some cross country dirt race instead of race 2. I was just shocked by race 1. What a race.

 

[feejer222]

Yes they do.
Side note. Please someone tell me what happened at the race 2. My TIVO recorded some cross country dirt race instead of race 2. I was just shocked by race 1. What a race.

It was cancelled completely.

I was going to go with my son but the gate price put me off (£45 each..$90 each) as well as the weather forecast. We would have stood in pouring rain and cold all day after paying exorbitant money to get in, then had an early finish........so glad we stayed home.

PS A mate of mine was in the paddock and said that he saw a gust of wind move a van sideways. The race was not run because of a riders boycot. The organisers would have let it run.

 

[Silver Penguin]

As the song says..... It never rains in Southern CA, so riding in the rain isn't an issue. (But our drought statistics are getting worse)

Jill