Mondello
Park is delighted to announce the continued expansion of the Masters
Superbike Championship, Ireland’s biggest Motorcycle Racing Series. In
2016 the progressive championship will once again bring riders and
spectators the best of Irish Motorcycle Racing action with an expanded
six event schedule between March and October.
The calendar will once again include
four Mondello Park events, with one of those events becoming a single
day race meeting as a second Bishopscourt date is added to the schedule.
The new calendar will offer competitors three single day and three two
day events, with racing taking place on at least three different track
layouts.
Having achieved its goals of providing
competitors with a professionally run and high profile championship in
which to compete, the series promoters aim to improve things still
further in 2016. Mondello Park will work more closely with Bishopscourt
with the aim of standardising the events as much as possible so that
whatever track the championship is racing at, the timetable, event
format, and event officials will all be familiar to regular competitors.
The high cost of competing is always an
issue and with this in mind competitors at Mondello Park events will
benefit from reduced entry fees along with the introduction of package
deals for purchasing race entries, testing and garage space together.
The series will continue to provide a prize fund to Supersport and
Superbike competitors and the awards on offer will expand for 2016 with
the introduction of a ‘Young Rider of the Year’ competition, details of
which will be announced shortly.
Speaking
about the new season Mondello Park General Manager Roddy Greene
commented, “We are looking forward to the year ahead with the Masters
Superbike Championship set to deliver an exciting season. The changes we
have implemented will offer riders a calendar of events spread out over
the year with a variety of track layouts. An important development for
the Championship is the introduction of the Young Rider of The Year
competition where we aim to support and develop young talent.”
The 2016 championship will race on three
different tracks in its first three events, kicking off at Mondello
Park with a one day event on the National Track on Sunday March 20th.
Next the Masters will head to Bishopscourt on April 16th to race on its
National layout, before returning to the Mondello Park International
Track on May 7th & 8th.
The second half of the championship will
commence on the Mondello Park National layout on July 17th & 18th
before the second visit of the season to Northern Ireland. This second
Bishopscourt date, on August 21st, will be the circuit’s first Sunday
Masters event and it is hoped to run it on the International Track. The
championship will climax with its traditional finale on the Mondello
Park International Track on October 1st & 2nd.
Information and images courtesy of masterssuperbike.ie
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