2008 World Superbike season
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The 2008 World Superbike racing season will be the 21st season of the Superbike World Championship. Corona Extra the championship's title sponsor has has announced that it will not renew its contracts for 2008 ending a ten year collaboration.[1] HANNspree will become the title sponsor of the championship from 2008 to 2010. The championship will now officially be known as “HANNspree SBK Superbike World Championship”.[2]
[edit] Season Calendar
- Provisional Calendar[3]
The Superbike World Championship will return to the United States on June 1 2008 for the 2008 United States round of the Superbike World Championship. The round will take place at the Miller Motorsports Park near Salt Lake City, Utah[4]. This will the first time SBK will race in the USA since the 2004 round at Laguna Seca
Superbike World Championship will share the weekend with the AMA Superbike Championship and its support classes. However to avoid direct comparisons between World Superbike and AMA Superbike, and because of sponsorship issues the 2 championships will race on different configurations of the circuit. World Superbikes will use the 3.048-mile Outer Track, while AMA Superbike and its support classes will use the 4.5-mile Main Track.[5]
[edit] Participants
Confirmed signings
Rumors
- It is expected Max Neukirchner and Fonsi Nieto will ride for Suzuki in 2008
[edit] References
- ^ Corona end Suzuki and WSB sponsorship motorcyclenews.com retrieved on September 14, 2007
- ^ HANNspree Will Sponsor Superbike World Championship Through 2010, And Will Sponsor American Round At Miller In 2008 roadracingworld.com retrieved on October 23, 2007
- ^ 2008 Provisional Calendar worldsbk.com retrieved on October 23, 2007
- ^ World Superbike to Miller for 2008! motorcycle-usa.com retrieved on September 14, 2007
- ^ World Superbike And AMA To Run Different Courses During 2008 Event At Miller roadracingworld.com retrieved on September 14, 2007
- ^ a b c d e f g World Superbikes: Confirmed 2008 signings motorcyclenews.com retrieved on September 14, 2007
- ^ a b Yamaha confirms 2008 line-up. crash.net retrieved on September 19, 2007
- ^ a b SBK: Karl Muggeridge and Russell Holland Sign With Team DFX Honda worldsbk.com retrieved on December 5, 2007
- ^ Lanzi and Team RG Race 1098 for 2008 superbike-news.co.uk retrieved on October 23, 2007
- ^ Smrz in Guandalini switch eurosport.yahoo.com retrieved on October 23, 2007
- ^ Pedercini signs Italian. crash.net retrieved on November 26, 2007
- ^ Badovini to Kawasaki - but which team? crash.net retrieved on October 23, 2007
- ^ [1] crash.net retrieved on December 8, 2007
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