The ATVA is excited to announce they have added more excitement
for Extreme Dirt Track racing for 2006 with a new schedule,
more races, new venues, additional classes, contingency
programs and bigger payouts.
Last
season, Hurricane Rita forced the rescheduling of many
riders' favorite events: the race at Bullet Speedway in
Brashear, Texas. This year, promoter Terry Reynolds has
moved Bullet up to the first race of the season, hopefully
missing hurricane season. The race is set for May 6.Two
new tracks for 2006 will increase the series to eight
rounds. The first new track hosts the second round of
the series June 10 at the South Fork Dirt Riders site
in Taylorville, Illinois.
Promoter
Steve Nace is building an all-new TT track. This facility
has plenty of parking, a bike wash, trail rides, excellent
concession stand, showers and clean bathrooms.The other
new track this season is Tri City Speedway in Franklin,
Pennsylvania, which will host the seventh round of the
series on September 9. This is one of the nicest stock
car tracks there is.Again, there's plenty of parking,
excellent lighting, bleachers, concessions and bathrooms.
Promoter Rich Hetrick and crew will have a blast turning
the wide open infield into an action-packed twisty, turny,
fun and exciting section.
Meanwhile,
Honda has stepped up it’s support for the Extreme
Dirt Track ATVA Nationals by pledging $52,600 in contingency.
The Honda Red Riders Rewards program will apply to all
eight rounds this year, and just about anyone can cash
in.Contingency will be paid out in Pro, Pro-Am, selected
A, B and C classes, Vet, Senior and Women. How’s
that for showing their commitment to ATV dirt track racing?
Also, the Extreme Dirt Track promoters got together and
decided to raise the Pro purse to $6,000.Youth classes,
meanwhile, have been expanded for the 2006 season. Now,
there are two 50cc classes: 50 Stock Limited, ages 4-6,
and 50 Production, ages 6-8. Last year's 70 Modified class
has been changed to 70 Shifter. This class will continue
to allow 70 Modified ATVs as well as the newly introduced
shift model production 70cc ATVs.The Women's class, meanwhile,
has been changed to 91cc- 450cc maximum, four-stroke production
ATV.
Something
new this year concerning number plates is that riders
will be required to run the following color of plates:
Pro—Royal
blue with white numbers,
Pro Am and A—White with black numbers,
B—Red with white numbers,
C—Yellow with black numbers,
Age & youth—Black with white numbers.
This will help riders and spectators alike tell who is
who.On another note, the ATVA will continue to impose
sound limits on Pro racers. A 102-decibel sound limit
will be enforced in the Pro classes only. Don’t
be surprised to see this lowered to 99 decibels for 2007
and be applied to all classes.Like last year, the race
program for 2006 will start with practice Friday night
under the lights. Saturdays will have a morning practice
followed by qualifying heats and then main events. Selected
classes will race their main events during the evening
Pro and Pro-Am events. The exception to this change is
the event at Pine Lake in Ashtabula, Ohio, July 22-23.
Pine Lake will hold a Saturday/Sunday race program, with
practice on Friday.
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2006, All Terrain Vehicle Association
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