ASRA is creating a new Heavyweight Production class based on increased affordability and cost containment.

Rules updates for the 2026 ASRA season will include:

The addition of a Heavyweight ASRA Production class for new sportbikes, without added expense, opening up other classes for the same bikes, and allowing “next gen” bikes in certain classes–for now.

Testing splitting Thunderbike into two categories, starting at CMP and Ozarks.

As the landscape for Middleweight Sportbikes continues to evolve, the rules must evolve with it.

Cost containment has to remain a priority in today’s racing environment. The addition of balancing packages and complex electronic systems that can more than double the cost of a motorcycle is simply out of control. When the price of being competitive requires investments like this, it puts the sport further out of reach for the very racers who keep it alive.

Motorcycle racing has always been about the rider, the machine, and the competition—-not about mandating the most advanced electronics package. If dramatically increasing costs becomes the only path forward, the long-term future of the sport is at risk.

ASRA believes there should still be a place for riders to compete on the current generation of sportbikes without the need for expensive add-on electronics and balancing packages.

And 2027 proposals may include overall fuel restriction, with more on this coming out later. And the elimination of GP classes.

ASRA is built by racers for racers. We welcome suggestions via email at [email protected]

More about the new Heavyweight Production class from ASRA: