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Everybody involved is now claiming that it was a misunderstanding and that wild card riders will be able to compete in both the AMA Superbike National and the World Superbike races at Laguna Seca this weekend.

This new version of reality followed an urgent meeting between Dan Murphy of RPM and Paulo Flammini of World Superbike.

An RPM spokesman now says that World Superbike Race Director Roberto Nosetto was refering to next year, when he he told RPM’s Cameron Gray, in front of a reporter, that wild card riders at Laguna Seca would have to choose between racing in AMA Superbike or World Superbike and couldn’t do both.

Gray immediately called Murphy, and said Murphy would meet with Flammini to sort out the matter.

The fact that the meeting between Murphy and Flammini took place at all testifies to the fact that Nosetto was refering to this event, this year.

In any case, wild card riders will now face certain restrictions on their participation in World Superbike practice sessions, but will be allowed to compete in both AMA and World Superbike.