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AMA Formula Xtreme racebikes entered in the 2005 edition of the Daytona 200 by Arai will not be allowed extensive equipment to allow quicker wheel changes during pit stops, according to a series official.

“We’re not going to do anything with quick-change. There will not be any quick-change equipment,” AMA Pro Racing Superbike Series Manager Ron Barrick told Roadracingworld.com Wednesday. “I don’t know how those rules will read yet. We haven’t had a chance to sit down with everyone and draft that yet. It’s not going to be like the old days where teams spent a lot of money on one-use equipment.”

When asked if teams will be able to use larger-than-stock fuel tanks, like the 24-liter (6.3-gallon) tanks Daytona 200 Superbikes have been allowed to use, Barrick said, “I supposed anything is possible. We would prefer that they remain stock size.”

Barrick pointed out that most of the current 600cc machines have 17-18-liter (4.5 -4.7-gallon) fuel tanks, which is true.

The 2004-model Yamaha YZF-R6 and Suzuki GSX-R600 both have 17-liter tanks, while the Kawasaki ZX-6RR, Honda CBR600RR and even the Ducati 749R have 18-liter fuel capacities.

However, the Buell XB9R/XB12R, which is raced regularly in the 2004 AMA Formula Xtreme series, only carries 13.2 liters (3.8 gallons) of fuel in its frame/fuel tank.

Competitors in the 2003 Formula USA Sportbike races at Daytona and Road America barely made the 100-kilometer (62-mile) race distance with the stock fuel load, and the Buell teams had to fit auxiliary fuel tanks in the tail sections of their bikes to safely make that distance.

Fuel economy on the revised, 3.0-mile infield road course at Daytona will most likely be better than on the 3.56-mile course, but if stock fuel tanks are mandated, the Buell teams will have a definite disadvantage in terms of range between pit stops in the 200-mile race.