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Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio July 8-10, 2016 Pre-register for racing here... https://secure.tracksideonlineresults.com/amavintage/ New for 2016 - Mini road racing added to the program (non-national championship) www.ohiominiroadracingleague.com - Friday night Pit Bike Oval TT...

I don't disagree with the discussion with the 350. We have large amount of data on age, injuries, vs. bike sizes. I can't share that data. The line was drawn because of that data. We can talk horsepower, weight, mental side, but these type of rules have to based from data. Sometimes even...

Again, we added a clarification to the rulebook to clear any confusion. The clarification references the model of the motorcycle. Jeremy, you bring up a good point. We talked about this at congress. Do we want to set a age to ride a 450 or set a age to race the 450 class? Coming out of...

This rule does go into effect January, 2017. All technical rules are pushed out to give members the opportunity to get ready. We had all the OEMs in the room discussing this issue at AMA Congress. 100% of the OEMs supported this rule change. All of the OEMs what to develop athletes coming...

We added a example to the rulebook to clear any confusion on the interpretation... we reference the model motorcycle. NEW RULE: The minimum age for amateur riders is 12. In motocross events, a rider must be 14 or older to ride a 250cc 4-stroke/2-stroke motorcycle. In motocross events, a rider...

There is a ton of research happening about concussions in racing. Not really on the Amateur level which isn't right but either way. What some initial testing is showing, where football has consistent head impacts, they generally aren't at the impact level of consistent with racing Supercross...

The AMA has a process for a death at an event. At this time, there has not been any death reported. I not saying there wasn't a serious injury and I hope the rider life-flighted was for precaution reasons only. My heart and thoughts go out to that rider. I don't have the exact details.

The goal of the sportsman classes is to give our members what they are asking, we hear it all the time. It's a "amateur" national, we are trying to push those ex-pro's out of those classes for true amateurs. What's wrong with that? Vet riders make up large demographic of our sport, we want to...

Think about it... we're loosing tracks. Where are UTVs being used, on Bike/ATV tracks and trails. Could UTVs bring another type of demographic and revenue to our promoting partners? Maybe not the same weekend as bikes. A track owner could host an UTV event the same weekend as a Bike event, 5...

BTW... I've seen a bunch of UTV racing this year between GNCCs and these "expedition" races. I think it's awesome. I'm making a big push internally here at the AMA to adopt UTV racing more. I believe it's another way to generate revenue for track owners and get spectators through the gates...

Hey Knox... do the math per lap for the UTV guys with what they have invested. You won't feel so bad. It's all in perspective and it's about having fun and spending time with family. One day you'll look back and $40 a lap to watch your son have fun, it'll be worth it.

I know it's really hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel... so hopefully this helps show the AMA commitment to Vintage racing. Labor Day weekend only at Nickota... each participant at the event will have a chance to win TWO FREE tickets to the 2016 Indianapolis Supercross and pit...

I'm not saying this proposal will be approved. But there is a proposal going into our rules making body that basically says you must be 14 to ride a 250F and 16 to ride a 450F. If the proposal is passed in October, it wouldn't go into effect until 2017. So I would hold off on buying your 12...

Why does everyone think we are in the insurance business? I was having this discussion today ironically. We provide insurance, if needed. A business owner can decide what level of insurance they want, we do require the insurance to be a certain level to kind of protect the organizers from...

First, there is a big difference between a business partner and a franchise. Totally different... Our organizers are Business Partners, we can't tell them what to do, they can't tell us what to do, the goal is to be successful together. Basically what your saying is, how I feel about the...

Now Hershey you ask a great question... what are we doing to help this? Find me at one of the AMA Battle of Ohio events and I'll tell you. To be continued at a AMA event... Now that marketing...

Don't think of the riders numbers has LL's vs. Local racing. Think of it has there is 1300+ boys and girls with a dirtbike/ATV in their garage that have already raced atleast once THIS year that reside in Ohio... and all you need to do is get 1 out 4 that live in Ohio to have largest events in...

Here are the total amount of individual AMA racers that have competed in a AMA Motocross event by year... Keep in mind, you can see the decline of the economy and you can see the upward trend the past three years. This is consistent across the country. 2015 - 1330 (As of 7/28/2015 and we are...

I want to add two more business mistakes MX Track owner do the most (and no it's not track prep). They don't know how to give real value to their customer and they don't know how to market themselves.

I chalk this up to one of the big negatives of the internet. I've been around the sport my whole life, I've seen tracks come and go, happens all the time. Now that everyone is connected, we get overwhelmed with all this negative news of tracks closing. Then we immediately think the sport is...