2022 RULES CHANGES The following is a summary of the rules proposals which were approved for the 2022 racing season. Neither the voting results nor the proposals which did not pass are included here. For those details, please see the full document on www.ahrma.org.
SECTION 2 - DEFINITIONS
License: The one-year All Form Competition License purchased in conjunction with AHRMA membership. This license is subject to all rules and specifications outlined herein and falls into one of four categories: 1. Active - Unrestricted competition race license 2. Student - Restricted competition race license allowing full race privileges subject to wearing a safety vest at events 3. Probation - Restricted competition race license subject to race director and referee discretion 4. Suspended - Competition race privileges have been denied; member is not currently permitted to participate in race events
SECTION 3.4.1 - RIDER ELIGIBILITY a) Additionally, all AHRMA Road Racers must hold an AHRMA Digital Roadrace or Active, Student or Probationary License. b) Four classes of Digital Roadrace Licensing 1. ACTIVE - Unrestricted competition license 2. STUDENT- Restricted competition race license allowing full race privileges subject to wearing a safety vest at events and monitoring of performance by race control 3. PROBATION - Restricted competition race license subject to Race Director and Referee discretion 4. REVOKED - Competition race privileges have been denied; member is not currently permitted to participate in race events c) Control and Administration of Race Licenses. For Active and Suspended, no further administration is required. MSR features a rider “type” whereby members with a full license are permitted to register at future events, and riders with a 62
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suspended license are prohibited from registering for any future events. For Student, it will be the responsibility of the student to inform the Race School Director or other AHRMA official that they have complied with the requirement to participate in three race weekends covering six separate days so their license can be changed from Student to Regular status. MSR will support this by allowing the Race School Director to run reports before each race event listing all registered racers who are in this class. Educational materials can be prepared during school instruction to inform students of the race license structure and their responsibility to monitor their status and report when they have met the requirements to be full ACTIVE members. The Referee, Race Director, or their designee with MSR administration privileges will be authorized to change the status of student racers as it can be verified in MSR that they have complied with the threerace requirement. For Probation, it will be the responsibility of the Race Director and Referee to monitor and update the subject race license in accordance with the documented terms of the probation. SECTION 8.3 - NEXT GEN SUPERBIKE c) NEXT GEN 3: Late 1980s to mid 2000s U.S. Superbikes. See Section 10.9.5 SECTION 8.4 - SOUND OF THUNDER d) SOUND OF THUNDER 4 (SoT4): Any single (under 400cc) or twin (under 350cc) that is based on a production motorcycle sold in the U.S. Honda CBR300, Kawasaki Ninja 250/300, KTM RC390R/ Duke, Suzuki GSX 250R, Yamaha YZF-R3. (One year provisional; see Section 10.12.1 d) SECTION 8.12 - TWO-STROKE CLASSIC For Grand Prix or Factory road acing twostroke 250/350cc motorcycles built from January 1974 through December 1984.
Only genuine race bikes are allowed; modified street bikes are not eligible. See Section 10.21. SECTION 8.16 - DIRT TRACK (FLAT TRACK AND TT) c) LIGHT VINTAGE: Open to all machines 1990 and older up to and including 300cc. See Section 14.2.6. d) HEAVY VINTAGE: Open to all machines 1990 and older 301cc and above. See Section 14.2.7. e) LIGHT BRAKELESS: Open to all machines 1968 and older up to and including 300cc. See Section 14.2.8. f) HEAVY BRAKELESS: Open to all machines 1968 and older 301cc and above. See Section 14.2.9 SECTION 10.2.1 - 500 PREMIER (ELIGIBLE MACHINES) BSA B50 prohibited (BSA B50 allowed for the 2022 season but will be moved to Sportsman 500 starting with the 2023 season) SECTION 10.3.6 - REQUIREMENTS AND MODIFICATIONS FOR FORMULA 125/250/500 f) All engines may use Keihin CR Special carburetors in all Formula classes. SECTION 10.6.4 - REQUIREMENTS AND MODIFICATIONS FOR HISTORIC PRODUCTION b) EXHAUST SYSTEMS: ...Expansion chambers are allowed provided they are constructed in keeping with the vintage design scheme shown as illustrated. The system will be constructed with a constant diameter chamber then tapering to constant diameter head and tail pipes of OEM dimensions. The attached silencer will limit sound to 103dB.
10.9.5 NEXT GEN SUPERBIKE 3 10.9.5.A REQUIREMENTS AND MODIFICATIONS FOR NEXT GEN SUPERBIKE 3 Approved motorcycles must have been
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