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AMA Tours offers a new motorcycle touring experience during Sonomafest 2001

18 November 2000

PICKERINGTON, Ohio -- AMA Tours has added a new domestic motorcycle tour 
which combines some of the best motorcycling roads in the U.S. with two 
very different racing events. The April 27th through May 6th Sonomafest 
West Coast Quest offers participants the chance to experience a unique 
combination of motorcycle history, racing and riding in California. 

"In creating the Sonomafest West Coast Quest tour, our goal was to provide 
a motorcycle touring and spectator experience that combines professional 
racing, vintage events and organized tours," said Frank Covucci, Director 
of AMA Travel & Tours. "We're excited that this tour offers something for 
nearly every kind of motorcycling enthusiast."

The tour starts on the weekend of April 27, 2001 during AMA Vintage 
Motorcycle Days West at Sonoma's Sears Point Raceway. Indian will be the 
featured marque at the event, known for its vendor midway, American 
Historic Racing Motorcycle Association vintage racing, manufacturer demo 
rides, motorcycle shows and seminars.

Immediately following the Vintage Days weekend, the tour will depart for 
five days of riding that includes California's Napa Valley region and the 
famous Pacific Coast Highway?arguably some of the best riding in the 
continental United States. 

The tour returns to Sears Point May 5 for the AMA Chevy Trucks U.S. 
Superbike Championship. As is the case with all AMA spectator racing 
packages, tour participants will receive full pit and paddock access 
during the Superbike weekend and an exclusive behind the scenes pit tour 
conducted by AMA Pro Racing officials. 

The Sonomafest West Coast Quest, planned with the assistance of Mad Maps 
(www.madmaps.com), joins the AMA's existing tours to the Canadian 
Maritimes, the Alps, England and the Isle of Man, the U.S. southwest, the 
Blue Ridge/Smoky Mountains, South Africa and New Zealand.  For 
information, contact AMA Tours at 800-AMA-JOIN, ext 1190 or 1196, or check 
out the "Travel & Tours" section of www.AMADirectlink.com.