2014 European Stock 600 Series Explained

The 2014 European Stock 600 Series season was a motorcycle racing series that started over 2–4 May 2014 in Navarra, Spain and ended over 4–6 July at the Automotodróm Slovakia Ring, Slovakia.^[1] European Stock 600, abbreviated as ACC 600, was a part of Acceleration 2014, a series of festivals combining top class car and bike racing with music and entertainment.^[2] Next to ACC 600, there was the Formula Acceleration 1, based on the former A1 Grand Prix, the MW-V6 Pickup Series, which used modified BRL V6 cars, the Legend SuperCup, based on legends car racing, and the European Stock 1000 Series, which featured slightly faster bikes and slightly older riders than the ACC 1000. As for the music, on Friday evenings, David Hasselhoff hosted "Celebrate the 80's and the 90's with The Hoff", a dance party featuring 2 Unlimited, Haddaway, Kim Wilde, and others. Saturday evenings saw performances of international DJs.^[3]

Two different riders won the races that were held towards the championship. At Navarra, Paco Morales Aibar won ahead of Jesus Ordás Aguado and Pedro Pérez Soto. While at the Slovakia Ring, only three riders competed in the class; here, Roman Kudlik won ahead of Pavol Grman and Jozef Bielik.

Calendar

The 2014 calendar consisted of two races. Originally, seven were planned. However, Acceleration in Zolder, Acceleration at Paul Ricard, and Acceleration at Grobnik were cancelled on 27 June 2014^[4] and Acceleration at Hungaroring was cancelled on 20 August 2014.^[5] Finally, during Acceleration in Assen, the European Stock 600 Series was replaced by the national Open Wegrace Cup series, whose riders were not eligible to score points for the Acceleration championship.

Date	Event	Circuit	City
2–4 May 2014	Acceleration at Navarra	Circuito de Navarra	Navarra, Spain
4–6 Jul 2014	Acceleration at Slovakia Ring	Automotodróm Slovakia Ring	Orechová Potôň, Slovakia

Technical specifications

• Engine:
  4-cylinder (401–600 cc) 4-stroke
  3-cylinder (401–675 cc) 4-stroke
  2-cylinder (401–750 cc) 4-stroke
• Minimum weight: 165 kg
• Tyres: Michelin

Championship standings

Scoring systemPoints were awarded to the top 15 classified riders. Riders did not have to finish to be eligible for points, but had to complete 75% of the race. At the end of the season, the ACC 600 Riders' title was awarded to the rider with the highest number of points.

Points allocation

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Points	25	20	16	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Riders' championship

Rider Motorcycle Races Points NAV SVK 1 Paco Morales Aibar 96 Honda 1 25 2 Roman Kudlik 3 Yamaha 1 25 3 Jesus Ordás Aguado 74 Yamaha 2 20 4 Pavol Grman 13 Yamaha 2 20 5 Pedro Perez Soto 26 Yamaha 3 16 6 Jozef Bielik 27 Suzuki 3 16 7 Valentin Carroza 67 Yamaha 4 13 8 Juan Carlos Perez Tapia 93 Yamaha 5 11 9 Sergio Villar Azofra 34 Yamaha 6 10 10 Josu Nuñez Yurrita 57 Yamaha 7 9 11 Enrique Carreras Pinto 5 Yamaha 8 8 12 Aurelio Hernandez Herrera 21 Kawasaki 9 7 13 Cristina Juarranz Chamarro 19 Suzuki 10 6 14 Jose Manuel Martinez Gonzalez 33 Suzuki 11 5 15 Jorge Marcaida Zugazaga 52 Kawasaki 12 4 16 Dolors Ros Janoher 30 Yamaha 13 3 17 Joaquin Chivite Cornago 8 Kawasaki 14 2 18 Jesus Jimenez Navascues 68 Honda 15 1 – Arkaitz Biota Llano 4 Yamaha Ret 0 – Miguel Garcia Gutierrez 18 Yamaha DSQ 0 – David Gomez Sanchez 27 Suzuki WD 0 – Milan Kris 36 Yamaha WD 0 Rider Motorcycle NAV SVK Points Races

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Events Calendar | Acceleration . Acceleration14.com .
2. Web site: Welcome to Acceleration | Acceleration . Acceleration14.com .
3. Web site: Music Festival | Acceleration . Acceleration14.com .
4. Web site: Seven events for Acceleration 2014 . Acceleration14.com . 2014-06-27 . 2014-06-28.
5. Web site: Race programme cancelled for Acceleration Hungary . Acceleration14.com . 2014-08-20 . 2014-08-21.