AMA: AMA Dirt Track Grand Championships set for June 30-July 5 in Indiana
29 April 2000
PICKERINGTON, Ohio -- Nearly a century ago, the sport of motorcycling
discovered oval-shaped dirt tracks -- originally designed for horse racing
-- and one of motorsport's most compelling forms of racing was born. Over
the decades, the uniquely American sport of motorcycle dirt-track racing
has produced stars on the national level and launched the careers of
numerous international champions.
It all starts with the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) and its
comprehensive programs of AMA Sports amateur and pro-am racing. For
amateurs and aspiring pros, the top rung on that ladder is the AMA Dirt
Track Grand Championships -- scheduled this year from June 30 to July 5.
The 2000 AMA Dirt Track Grand Championships will mark the 24th consecutive
year that the AMA has offered a summertime showdown for the best young
dirt-track riders in the nation. The event will challenge a top field of
racers on four distinct types of tracks at the Lawrenceburg (Indiana)
Speedway and the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis.
Riders in 21 competition categories will compete on Short Track
and TT Scrambles tracks in Lawrenceburg, before moving on to the
high-speed Half-Mile at the state fairgrounds. The week of racing will
culminate on the famed Indy Mile, with a racing doubleheader that includes
the Grand Championships and a national event on the American Historic
Racing Motorcycle Association (AHRMA) vintage circuit.
Riders will accumulate points in the finals of each day of racing.
And at week's end, AMA Grand Champions will be named in each class.
In addition to youth and amateur classes for riders of all ages on
machines from 50cc to 883cc in displacement, the 2000 AMA Grand
Championships will feature purse-paying 250cc and 600cc Pro Sport classes
for recent graduates of the amateur racing scene. The AMA Pro Sport Grand
Championships will also feature a points-paying round of the AMA Pro
Racing Hot Shoe Championship Series.
But the single most important award of the week is the AMA Horizon
Award, which is presented each year to an outstanding young rider whose
most likely to succeed at the sport's next level.
Approximately 1,300 entries are expected for the 24th Annual AMA Dirt
Track Grand Championships and AHRMA Vintage National Indy Mile.
Pre-entries for the Dirt Track Grand Championships close on June 5. AHRMA
administers all vintage class entries directly.
The AMA Dirt Track Grand Championships are a co-promotion of AMA Sports
and Fast Track Racing of Columbia City, Ind., and are conducted under the
rules and guidelines of AMA Sports.
For more information, call Fast Track Racing at (219) 456-6770,
ext. 250, or Cherie Daniels of AMA Sports at (614) 856-1900, ext. 1242.
E-mail inquiries should go to cdaniels@ama-cycle.org, or check out the Go
Race section of www.AMADirectlink.com. AHRMA inquiries can be directed to
Executive Director Jack Turner at (913) 268-4401.
2000 AMA Dirt Track Grand Championships schedule
Thursday, June 29 -- Registration and rider seminars
Lawrenceburg Speedway
Friday, June 30 -- Short Track Grand Championships
Lawrenceburg Speedway
Youth & 125cc class in morning/afternoon
Amateur & Pro Sport classes in afternoon/evening
Saturday, July 1 -- TT Scrambles Grand Championships
Lawrenceburg Speedway
Youth & 125cc class in morning/afternoon
Amateur & Pro Sport classes in afternoon/evening
Sunday, July 2 -- Travel day
Monday, July 3 -- Half-Mile Grand Championships
Indiana State Fairgrounds, Indianapolis
Youth & 125cc class in morning/afternoon
Amateur & Pro Sport classes in afternoon/early evening
Tuesday, July 4 -- Half-Mile Grand Championships continue
Amateur & Pro Sport conclude Monday program (if necessary) in morning
Round 2 for Youth & 125cc class in morning/afternoon
Wednesday, July 5 -- Mile Grand Championships
Amateur (including 125cc) & Pro Sport classes in morning/afternoon
AHRMA Vintage National Mile in afternoon
Thursday, July 6 -- Rain date