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The Endurance Championship is organised by KRC and consists of five rounds. They will take place at Snetterton (Norfolk) two rounds, Pembrey (South Wales) two rounds and Bishopscourt (Northern Ireland)

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The races are 6 hours long, except the August round at Snetterton, which is 8 hours. Each race is an exercise in organisation, co-ordination and teamwork, not just speed on the track. The riders are changed and the bike fuelled in pit stops that may see repairs carried out and tyres being changed.
Two or three riders are allowed in a team as well as pit crew and timekeepers. Tactical thinking and racecraft are key as the situation can change from moment to moment. The goal of the teams is to complete the race, having covered more laps than any other team (or at least be ahead of any other teams which have completed the same number of laps).
There are four classes which all compete at the same time, for the overall championship and class championships. So in effect there is 5 races going on at once.
The classes are:

The race day starts early. There is normally fifteen minutes free practice, followed by three fifteen minute qualifying sessions. Each rider must go out in qualifying. The team's position, on the Le-Mans style grid, is determined by the team's fastest rider's fastest lap, from qualifying.

The race is started by the drop of a flag. The first riders then have a mad dash across the track to the 'dead' bikes. The simultaneous thunder of over forty engines starting, signals that the race is underway.
Team tactics then come into play. Clearly all the bikes must stop to change rider and re-fuel, most teams choose to do this every hour, because generally the fuel only lasts an hour. The action then continues like this for the 6 or 8 hours until the chequered flag. At the end of the race there is frequently only seconds separating the teams.
For more details, about the championship, go to our "Sponsors" page, on there is a link to the KRC WEB site.

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