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ATV Stampede at Steel City
Raceway this Father’s Day Weekend
Round nine of the ATVA/ITP/Moose ATV
Motocross Nationals visits Pennsylvania on June
18
Top pros and amateurs will compete.
Delmont, PA – For the first time ever, Steel
City Raceway will be hosting the ATVA Motocross
Nationals on its highly recognized motocross
track that until now has been reserved for the
fastest, highest-flying bike riders like Ricky
Carmichael and Chad Reed. This Father’s Day
weekend everything changes as the fastest
four-wheeled ATV racers in World will go head to
head at Steel City Raceway in Delmont, PA on
June 16, 17, and 18.
The stage is set for an exciting weekend of
racing with one of the most intense battles for
the Pro National Championship in years with
Honda’s Joe Byrd, of Tennessee, currently
leading the 2006 point standings, but the
defending champion, John Natalie Jr, from
Pennsylvania, is still within striking distance
as only ten points separate this Honda
Powerhouse, but they are now receiving plenty of
pressure from the potent Yoshimura/Suzuki Team
of Wisconsin’s Doug Gust and Kentucky’s Jeremiah
Jones. Both will be competing on the all-new
Suzuki LTR450, and they dominated at the last
round in Tennessee, which has really intensified
the points chase for the Pro National
Championship.
To kick off the weekend’s festivities, Team
Honda’s John Natalie Jr along with Suzuki’s Doug
Gust, Jeremiah Jones, Jason Luburgh, and Jason
Dunkelberger will be signing autographs on
Thursday June 15th (5:00 to 7:00pm) during
Cernics Honda Suzuki Open House in Johnstown,
PA. Also, there will be free food and a special
one day only sale on Suzuki LT-R450 & LT-Z400
ATVs. Cernics is just 45 miles east of the track
in Johnstown, PA, for more information visit
www.cernics.com.
Riders will practice on Friday, June 16, and
amateurs will race on Saturday and Sunday, June
17-18. The pro racers practice on Saturday. Pro
racing begins at noon on Sunday, June 18.
Spectator passes for adults run $35 for
Friday through Sunday, $30 for Saturday through
Sunday, and $15 for Sunday only. Children 6 – 12
cost $25 for Friday through Sunday, $20 for
Saturday through Sunday, and $10 for Sunday
only. Children under six are free. Local riders
are invited to race the event, as the ATV
Nationals offer classes for riders of all skill
and experience levels. Riders can sign up at the
track. The amateur racer entry fee is $40.
The ITP/Moose ATVA National Motocross
Championships, presented by Parts Unlimited, is
the nation’s premiere ATV motocross racing
series. The 14-round series is produced by
members of the ATVA Promoters’ Group, LLC (“ATVAPG”)
and is sanctioned by the 9,000 member ATV
Association (“ATVA”), the sister organization to
the 260,000 member American Motorcyclist
Association (“AMA”). ATV racing has experienced
phenomenal growth at the rate of 25% in the past
two years alone, and continues to gain momentum
and support, as ATV outsell off-road motorcycles
annually 3 to 1. Each round attracts 600-1000
racers who vie for bragging rights to one of 31
national titles. ATVA National Motocross feature
sponsors include FMF, Scott, Maxxis, Custom
Axis, Hbomb/Division Four, ATV Sport Magazine,
and Moto-Tees. Associate sponsors include
Weekend Warrior, Houser Racing, Denton Racing,
Outerwears, Hinson Racing, FOX Shox,
www.ATVriders.com, ATV Source, and Terry Racing.
For more information about the series, log on to
www.ATVMotocross.com.
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