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Cycle
News' Briefly On The First-Ever AMA Pro ATV Open
Morgantown, WV - For those
who overlooked the September 5, Issue #37 of
Cycle News, America’s weekly motorcycle
newspaper, check out this plug on page 21 in the
Briefly… section for some famously positive
feedback from the inaugural AMA Pro ATV Open at
Steel City:
“Steel City hosted a bit of an experiment with
the first-ever AMA Pro ATV Open on Saturday
morning. The top ATV riders raced on the same
weekend as the AMA Motocross riders for the
first time ever, which had many fans and critics
raising an eyebrow. But none of the Pro
motocrossers seemed to have a complaint. “You
really couldn’t tell the ATVs had been out
there,” said Broc Hepler after Saturday
practice.
Windham embraced the idea and thought it made
for a good overall weekend program, along with
the WMA racing. “Everybody keeps talking about
the quads. Everyone wants to know, ‘Do they mess
up the track?’ Well, I think they did a great
job at prepping the track. They were hauling
butt, they were entertaining, they were doing
all the jumps; they really race good. So I think
that’s a perfect fit for what we have going on.
If they prep the track Saturday night—which they
should—then I don’t think we’ll ever know they
were there.”
With this recent foray into the world of AMA
motorcycle racing, the ATV riders marked the
beginning of unprecedented popularity for their
sport. Thanks to everyone who made it a success!
Stay tuned for more exciting news on the 2008
ATV Open at Steel City Raceway, as well as the
entire 2008 AMA Pro ATV Motocross Championship
schedule. For more information on the AMA
Pro ATV Motocross Championship, as well as the
ATVA National Motocross Championship, visit
www.atvmotocross.com.
About Racer Productions:
A West Virginia based
motorcycle and ATV event production company,
Racer Productions has been a leader in the
off-road racing industry for over 30 years. It’s
repertoire of events includes the 13-round
Can-Am Grand National Cross Country Series,
since 1973; The Kawasaki/Monster Energy High
Point National in Mount Morris, PA, since 1977;
The ATV Dirt Days at Loretta Lynn’s Ranch in
Hurricane Mills, TN, since 1985; The U.S. World
Motocross Gran Prix at Steel City Raceway in
Delmont, PA in 1987; The Monster Energy/Kawasaki
Steel City National, since 1988; The ATV
Stampede ATVA National Motocross at High Point
Raceway, since 1994; The Wrangler ATVA National
Motocross at Oak Hill Raceway in Decatur, TX,
since 2006; as well as numerous amateur
motocross events. In addition, the Racer
Productions staff is the same crew that brings
you the prestigious Air Nautique/AMA Amateur
National Motocross Championship at Loretta
Lynn’s Ranch, since 1982.
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