A new website at ~http://www.ccsracing.us/~ confirms that CCS is under new overall management and announces the formation of the American Sportbike Racing Association (ASRA) to replace F-USA. A post on the website headlined “ASRA Assumes Management of CCS” states “Under an agreement with Clear Channel Entertainment Motorsports, the newly formed American Sportbike Racing Association will assume the day-to-day operations of the Championship Cup Series. This agreement will allow CCS and ASRA to react quicker to our racers’ needs by placing all operations in one office dedicated soley to the business of running these series. This will eliminate the situation where riders would have to call numerous offices to get answers to a single question. All operations will take place in a single location, making it easier and quicker to get your questions answered. “Full time staff of ASRA will consist of Kevin Elliott as Director of Operations, Eric Kelcher as Director of Competition and Ryan Hoyler as Director of Communications. With the bulk of the duties falling to the full time staff, we are pleased to welcome Nancy Elliott who will run the Finance Department and man the Fort Worth office on race weekends to lend support to the event staff whenever necessary. “It is our goal to improve the service you receive from the Fort Worth office and to make certain you continue to have the best race day experience possible with CCS and ASRA.” Reliable sources say that Elliott, who has been running CCS for years, is actually buying CCS from Clear Channel with the arrangement positioned as a licensing agreement until Elliott finishes paying for the organization.