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FLORIDA POWERSPORTS ATV
TOUR RACE THWARTED BY COUNTY COMMISSION;
WPSA TO RUN DOUBLE CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKENDS FOR THE
BALANCE OF 2006
 WHITE
BEAR LAKE, Minn. (June 7, 2006) – Due to a
recent decision by the Perry, Fla. County
Commission to reverse their original decision to
allow racing at the new Blue Rok Raceway, the
WPSA PowerSports ATV Championship Tour is unable
to hold its ATV racing event in Perry, Fla.,
June 24-25. As a result, the Tour will run
double championship events during the balance of
its schedule, beginning July 8-9 in Taylorville,
Ill.
“We were looking forward to racing in Florida
on the new track there, and we were frankly
shocked the County Commission made this decision
so close to the event,” said PowerSports
Entertainment president Scott O’Malley. “This
event has been on our schedule for several
months, and the county had granted permission to
the track owner which it has now chosen to
revoke for reasons out of our control.
“After carefully weighing our options with
regard to TV production, event promotion and our
competitors’ schedules, we’ve decided it’s in
the best interest of all to run the next three
events as double championship weekends,” added
O’Malley. “This will not affect our television
schedule, and we think this represents the best
solution going forward. The balance of our
schedule is confirmed and we’re looking forward
to hosting three more world-class double
championship weekends.”
“We spent months working with the County
Attorney and the Commission, and we were told we
had the approval to go forward with the race,”
said Blue Rok Raceway owner Donald Blue. “We
performed our due diligence to make this race
happen. Then, on Monday, several local
landowners complained that the Commission hadn’t
followed the letter of the law. So, the
Commission decided to reverse its original
course, and pull the plug on our race. The
Commission’s mistake, unfortunately, has led to
us having to cancel the event.
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 ATV and snowmobile sanctioning body,
and promoter of ATV and snowmobile racing on
both the regional and national level.
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