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AMA Pro Racing has made changes to the class names in the AMA Pro Flat Track Series to better reflect the legacy of the series’ Grand National Championship. As such the series’ premier class, formerly known as the Expert division, will be changed to GNC1 and the support class, formerly known as Pro Singles, changes to GNC2.
As far as the competition goes in the Grand National Championship, the number-one plate will still be awarded to the top rider in the premier class – GNC1 – which includes twins for the bigger Mile and Half-Mile tracks and single-cylinder motorcycles for short track and TT (Tourist Trophy) races.
However, the series support class, GNC2, which was aptly named Pro Singles in previous seasons because they raced single-cylinder machines, will now also race twins “tuned to a specific performance envelope” at larger circuits, like the Springfield Mile. The concept has already been employed at the Springfield Mile – as the Pro Twins class in 2014 and the Basic Twins in 2013 – and was designed to provide a stepping-stone platform fitting for a development class.
