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ATV Dirt Days Features Kids Karnival
Special
youth-themed event scheduled for Friday, Aug. 8
MORGANTOWN W. Va. (July
31, 2008) -- Racer Productions, producers
of the 2008 ATV Dirt Days at Loretta Lynn’s,
will host a “Kids Karnival” at Loretta Lynn
Ranch Pavilion on Friday, August 8 starting at
5:30 p.m. The race weekend marks the regular
season finale in the 11-round Pro and 10-round
amateur ITP Tires/Moose Racing AMA/ATVA National
Motocross Championship Presented by Parts
Unlimited and will take place Aug. 9 and 10.
The Kids Karnival is open to everyone young
and old and will kick off with the first ever
Golf Cart Parade led by newly crowned Pro
Champion Dustin Wimmer and immediately followed
by more carnival games with several pro riders
adding to the fun. At 7 p.m. the Youth
Contingency Program will get started which makes
thousands of dollars worth of donated prizes
eligible to all youth riders entered into the
event. As part of the evening, the Kidz Choice
Awards, on which riders will vote, will name
favorites associated with the ITP Tires/Moose
Racing AMA/ATVA National Motocross Championship.
“We wanted to set aside a special evening
just for the kids and help build up the evening
that began and continues with the Youth
Contingency Program,” said ATV Motocross Series
Administrator Stephani McIntyre. “The goal is to
grow this day for kids and create something that
both youth racers and non-racers will look
forward to every year.”
Riders must be registered by 6 p.m. on
Friday, August 8 to be eligible for the Youth
Contingency Awards. Additional information will
be available including Kidz Choice Ballots at
rider registration on Thursday and Friday.
The ATV Dirt Days will begin with practice on
Friday, August 8 and racing Saturday and Sunday
featuring a full program of Pro, Pro-Am,
Amateur, Youth, and Women's racing.
About the ITP/Moose
ATV National Motocross Championship Series
Presented by Parts Unlimited
The AMA ITP/Moose ATV National Motocross
Championship Series Presented by Parts Unlimited
is the nation’s premier amateur and professional
ATV motocross series, and competes at top
motocross facilities nationwide. The 11-round
series features the Nation's best racers, teams
and sponsors, and is America’s largest and
longest-running ATV National Motocross series
with more than 20 years of competition. The
series continues to expand and produce top
talent from the amateur ranks, while keeping
close to the grassroots fun that makes people
love to go to the races. Series sponsors include
title sponsors ITP Tires and Moose, and
presenting sponsor Parts Unlimited. Premiere and
Feature sponsors include ATV Sport, Moto Tees,
Scott USA, Maxxis Tires, Elka Suspension and
H-Bomb Films/Division Four. Associate sponsors
include Weekend Warrior Trailers, Denton Racing,
and Hinson Racing. Media partners include ATV
Insider, ATV Rider and ATVRiders.com. For more
information, please visit
www.atvmotocross.com.
About the ATV
Association (ATVA)
The ATV Association (“ATVA”) is the official
sanctioning body of the amateur division of the
ATVA ITP/Moose ATV National Motocross
Championship Series Presented by Parts
Unlimited. The 9,000-member ATVA is a sister
organization of the 260,000 member American
Motorcyclist Association (AMA). ATV racing has
experienced phenomenal growth at the rate of 25%
in the past two years, and continues to gain
momentum and support, outselling off-road
motorcycles annually. Each ATVA round attracts
hundreds of racers who compete for bragging
rights to one of 31 amateur national titles. For
more information, please visit
www.atvaonline.com.
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