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AMA Pro Racing has issued a new schedule for the April 2-4 Fontana National.

The new schedule has Superstock Qualifying Group One at 1:00-1:30 p.m. Saturday, April 3 with Superstock Qualifying Group Two at 1:40-2:10 p.m.

The revised Saturday afternoon schedule looks like this:

Saturday, April 3
1:00-1:30 p.m., Superstock Qualifying Group One
1:40-2:10 p.m., Superstock Qualifying Group Two
2:20-2:50 p.m., Supersport Qualifying Group One
3:00-3:30 p.m., Supersport Qualifying Group Two
3:40 p.m., Superbike Race One (100k, 28 laps)
4:40 p.m., Formula Xtreme Race (60k, 17 laps)

Some riders are complaining about the new back-to-back scheduling of the Superstock and Supersport races on Sunday; many riders competed in both classes at Daytona while crossover between Formula Xtreme, scheduled for Saturday at Fontana, and Supersport, scheduled for Sunday at Fontana, was nil at Daytona.

The current Fontana schedule has lunch between 11:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon, with the Superstock race starting at 12:00 noon, followed by the Supersport race at 1:00 p.m. and the second Superbike race at 2:00 p.m.

At least one rider has suggested running the Superstock race before lunch on Sunday, starting the race at 11:00 a.m., followed by lunch, and then starting the Supersport race at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday as currently scheduled. That schedule would give riders competing in both races a chance for some rest between events.



And now, some reader input:

FIRST PERSON/OPINION

Via e-mail:

What about putting the Superstock race between the Supersport and Superbike races?

Since the rules state you can’t run Superstock and Superbike many Superbike riders are running the Supersport race. Maybe we should give them a little break.

Maybe have the Supersport race, then lunch, then Superstock and Superbike.

Just my 2 cents worth.

Rodney Rayborne
West Covina, California