FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
WPSA POWERSPORTS ATV
CHAMPIONSHIP TOUR ANNOUNCES $22,500 PURSE
 WHITE BEAR LAKE, Minn. (May 2, 2006) — The
WPSA PowerSports ATV Championship Tour will
award $22,500 in purse monies at each of its 10
races during the 2006 Tour. The purse, which
will be awarded in the Tour’s Professional
Classes, pays to 20th place in the QuadMX Series
and to 15th place in QuadTerrain Challenge.
The purse structure awards $4,000 to win in
QuadMX and $2,000 to win the QuadTerrain
Challenge, with $15,000 and $7,500 available in
each Series, respectively. The PowerSports ATV
Championship Tour kicks off its 2006 schedule
May 20-21 with a double Championship weekend at
Daniel Boone MX in London, Ky.
“We recognize that most of our competitors
rely on purse money as part of their overall
budget, and this purse structure is designed
with that in mind,” said PowerSports
Entertainment, Inc. CEO Rick Murphy. “Along with
our unique television package on ESPN2, a
world-class schedule and exciting new rules, we
believe that our purse is another positive
addition to what is certain to be a thrilling
inaugural PowerSports ATV Championship Tour.”
The Tour will operate two racing series at
each venue this season: the “QuadMX Series” and
the “QuadTerrain Challenge Series.” QuadMX will
consist of professional and pro-am sport MX
racing on pro-style, big-air MX tracks. The
QuadTerrain Challenge comprises professional and
pro-am sport utility racing on purpose-built
all-terrain racing courses. ATVs allowed to
compete will include stock, near-stock
utility-type, and modified.
The Tour recently released its 2006 rulebook
and supplementary regulations. Among the many
changes in the rulebook are the addition of
Manufacturers’ and Rookie of Year Championships
in the Tour’s Pro classes. The Tour will also
award a Riders’ Championship in all of its
classes.
About the PowerSports ATV Tour
The PowerSports ATV Tour is North America’s
newest ATV racing tour and features the greatest
show on dirt. The Tour is North America’s
premier form of ATV racing, with its jumps,
gyrations and dirt-slinging racing action. The
Tour is sanctioned by the World PowerSports
Association, North America’s largest and most
respected snowmobile sanctioning body, and
promoter of ATV and snowmobile racing on both
the regional and national level.
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