Pro Championship Comes Down to the Final
Round at Ballance Moto X
Round fourteen of the ATVA MX
Nationals visits Kentucky on September 2 & 3
Top pros and amateurs will compete
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#7
Joe Byrd leads #55 Doug Gust in Points heading
into the final round |
Bowling Green, KY - (8/29/06) –
The journey started on February 5th in San Bernardino,
CA and has tracked the United States. West to East, South
to North the riders have traveled thousands of miles with
dreams and aspirations of being crowned the ATVA 2006
National Motocross Champion, and for many it comes down
to the final round of the racing at the Ballance Moto
X in Bowling Green, KY on September 2 & 3rd to determine
National Champion.
The most coveted titles of them of all is still up
for grabs, ATVA Pro Motocross Nationals Title, and Team
Honda’s Joe Byrd, of Tennessee, holds a slim points
lead over Yoshimura/Suzuki Doug Gust, from Wisconsin,
competing on the all-new Suzuki LTR450. For the first
time in years, the Pro Championship will come down to
the Final Pro Moto on Sunday, September 3rd, and it
will surely be one of the most exciting races of the
year with these highly talented and competitive racers
going after the number one plate.
The Ballance Moto X track will serve as the perfect
platform to crown the National Champions since this
will be the first time ever an ATVA Motocross National
will be held at this brand new facility, which is the
master mind of the Ballance racing family. Legendary
GNCC racer, Bill Ballance, played an integral role in
designing this custom-built track, which is anticipated
to be one of the most technical tracks of the year with
an action packed mixture of jumps, whoops, and high-speed
straight-aways.
This weekend’s festivities will kick off on Thursday,
August 31st, at Mike's Cycle World just two miles from
the track in Bowling Green, KY with Doug Gust signing
autographs from 4-6PM. For more information & directions,
visit www.mikescycleworld.com
Riders will practice on Friday, September 1, and amateurs
will race on Saturday and Sunday, September 2-3. The
pro racers practice on Saturday. Pro racing begins at
noon on Sunday, September 3rd.
Local riders are invited to race in one of the 31 classes
available for riders of all skill and experience levels.
Riders can sign up at the track.
Spectators are welcome Friday through Sunday, but if
you can’t make it for the entire weekend, be sure
to attend Sunday to witness some exhilarating Pro racing
action and amateur finals which will provide an action
packed day for the entire family for only $15.00 per
adult and children under six are free.
To get to the track, take I-65 to exit 28 "Corvette
museum exit". Take 31 west approximately 9 miles
to the track on the left. Be looking for Ballance County
Hams the road to the track is just prior to the entrance
to that business.
The ITP/Moose ATVA National Motocross
Championships, presented by Parts Unlimited, is the
nation’s premiere ATV motocross racing series.
The 14-round series is produced by members of the ATVA
Promoters’ Group, LLC (“ATVAPG”) and
is sanctioned by the 9,000 member ATV Association (“ATVA”),
the sister organization to the 260,000 member American
Motorcyclist Association (“AMA”). ATV racing
has experienced phenomenal growth at the rate of 25%
in the past two years alone, and continues to gain momentum
and support, as ATV outsell off-road motorcycles annually
3 to 1. Each round attracts 600-1000 racers who vie
for bragging rights to one of 31 national titles. ATVA
National Motocross feature sponsors include FMF, Scott,
Maxxis, Custom Axis, Hbomb/Division Four, ATV Sport
Magazine, and Moto-Tees. Associate sponsors include
Weekend Warrior, Houser Racing, Denton Racing, Outerwears,
Hinson Racing, FOX Shox, ATVriders.com,
ATV Source, and Terry Racing. For more information about
the series, log on to www.ATVMotocross.com
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