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2001 AMA amateur national championships set

19 October 2000

PICKERINGTON, Ohio -- AMA Sports has released its 2001 calendar of amateur 
and youth national championships: The season kicks off Feb. 3-4 in Eagle 
River, Wis., with the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) Amateur 
National Ice Racing Championships, and concludes with the AMA Amateur 
Hillclimb Nationals Aug. 18-19 in Monson, Mass.

In addition to the nation's best ice racing and hillclimb riders doing 
battle, the 2001 season will again be highlighted by the AMA's three major 
youth and amateur championships: the 25th annual AMA Dirt Track Grand 
Championships, July 1-7 in and around the Indiana State Fairgrounds in 
Indianapolis; the fourth annual AMA Road Race Grand Championships, July 
18-19 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio; and the 20th 
annual AMA Amateur Motocross Nationals, Aug. 5-11 at Loretta Lynn's Ranch 
in Hurricane Mills, Tenn.

The complete AMA amateur national championship schedule follows, including 
contact information for each event. For more information about any of 
these events, log on to www.AMADirectlink.com and go to the Go Race 
section.

Date    Event and location      Contact information
Feb. 3-4        Amateur National Ice Racing Championships       Eagle 
River Derby Track
        Eagle River Derbry Track, Eagle River, Wis.     (715) 479-4424

July 1-7        Dirt Track Grand Championships  AMA
        Indiana State Fairgrounds, Indianapolis (614) 856-1900

July 18-19      Road Race Grand Championships   FASTTRAX
        Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, Ohio     (330) 494-8410

Aug. 5-11       AMA Amateur Motocross Nationals MX Sports
        Loretta Lynn's Ranch, Hurricane Mills, Tenn.    (419) 666-0344

Aug. 18-19      Amateur Hillclimb Nationals     Quaboag Riders Motorcycle 
Club 
        Monson, Mass.   (413) 267-4414