As an example... at Buttonwillow in Cali they run these bikes - 13 - 17 bikes on the grid. The lap times at buttonwillow are almost exactly the same as HPR. I'll compare 250's, SV's, and Superbike 600's.Originally Posted by Desmodromico
250 Ninja's
Fastest Lap Fast Guy - 2:10
Fastest Lap Slow Guy - 2:22
SV's
Fastest Lap Fast Guy - 1:55
Fastest Lap Slow Guy - 2:20
600 Superbike
Fastest Lap Fast Guy - 1:48
Fastest Lap Slow Guy - 2:09
So if my math is even remotely close, in a 7 lap race the fastest 600 guy would lap the entire field of 250's - BUT ONLY ONCE, and the slowest guys would get lapped twice.
Now obviously we wouldn't run them with 600 superbike... but this was just a ridiculous comparison for clarity.
Based on the SV lap times, the 250 race would be maybe a minute and a half longer than our current LWGP or STU if we ran it by itself - but since they would run together - then the length of the race would be determined by the fastest fast guy - not the slowest slow guy.