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Mike Kidd to lead AMA Flat Track Programme
29 July 2008
AMA Pro Racing has hired Mike Kidd to lead the growth and development of the AMA Flat Track Championship. Kidd has had a long and successful career in motorcycling, first as a racer and then as a promoter. He began his 12-year professional motorcycle racing career in 1972 and earned factory support from a variety of manufacturers over that span. He was sponsored by the U.S. Army in 1979-80 and won the coveted AMA Grand National Championship title in 1981.
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Re-scheduled AMA Flat Track Date Announced
07 June 2008
Fans of the AMA Flat Track Championship who were disappointed by the heavy rains that shut down the Springfield Mile's scheduled Memorial Day run should circle Labor Day weekend on their calendars now. Labor Day, the other traditional weekend for AMA flat track racing in Springfield, Ill., will now feature two main events to make up for the cancelled race.
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AMA Announces Revisions to AMA Flat Track Championship
14 May 2008
AMA Racing announced today that two events have been removed from the 2008 Flat Track Championship schedule and a new event has been added. The races that have been cancelled are the GNC Twins half-mile scheduled at Volunteer Speedway, Bulls Gap, Tennessee, on June 7th and the TT and short track GNC Singles doubleheader scheduled at Castle Rock Race Park, Castle Rock, Washington, Aug. 8th-9th.
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AMA Racing’s Morgan Broadhead Relocated
16 November 2007
AMA Road Racing Manager Morgan Broadhead has been relocated to the University of Utah Medical Center’s Rehabilitation Ward to continue his recovery from injuries sustained while practicing for the WERA/AMA National Challenge Series at Jennings GP in Jennings, Fla., on Friday, Sept. 28. This according to his mother, Lee Broadhead.
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Broadhead Showing Signs of Improvement
09 November 2007
AMA Road Racing Manager Morgan Broadhead is showing signs of improvement yet remains hospitalized at Shands at the University of Florida, in Gainesville, Fla.
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2007 AMA Rookies Of The Year Announced
01 November 2007
AMA Racing is proud to announce the 2007 AMA Rookie of the Year winners - Ryan Dungey, Mike Rush and Luca Scassa. These top rookies will be honored at the 33rd Annual AMA Pro Racing Championship Awards Banquet at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino on Sunday evening, Nov. 18.
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Update On AMA Racing’s Morgan Broadhead
08 October 2007
AMA Road Racing Manager Morgan Broadhead remains hospitalized in critical, yet stable condition at Shands at the University of Florida, in Gainesville, Florida. Broadhead was injured Friday, September 28 while practicing for the WERA/AMA National Challenge Series at Jennings GP in Jennings, Florida.
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AMA Staff Member Morgan Broadhead Injured
30 September 2007
AMA Road Racing Manager Morgan Broadhead was injured Friday, Sept. 28, in a crash while practicing for the WERA/AMA National Challenge Series event at JenningsGP in Jennings, Fla. Broadhead has been hospitalized at Shands at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Fla, and is currently in the hospital's Intensive Care Unit.
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2007 AMA Racing Awards Banquet Returns To Las Vegas
11 August 2007
The 33rd Annual AMA Pro Racing Championship Awards Banquet will be held at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino on Sunday evening, Nov. 18. The celebration held each year wraps up AMA Racing’s professional championship season honoring the top riders in American motorcycle racing. Stars from AMA Motocross, Superbike, Flat Track, Supercross, Supermoto and Hillclimb will be honored. New for 2007, the evening will also see the recognition of the top riders from AMA Pro ATV Racing. As has become tradition, the evening will conclude with the presentation of the AMA Pro Racing SPEED Athlete of the Year Award. Last year Motocross/Supercross star Ricky Carmichael became the first rider in AMA history to win the award for the fifth time.
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Kopp Hoping For Three Straight At Greenville Half-mile
18 July 2007
Only one rider has tasted victory at Greenville, Ohio’s Darke County Fairgrounds Half-mile and that is Screamin’ Eagle/Latus Harley-Davidson rider Joe Kopp. Kopp, the 38-year-old former AMA Grand National Champion from Mica, Wash., will be gunning for his third straight national win at the 3rd Annual Annie Oakley Shootout in Greenville this Saturday, July 21, part of the AMA Ford Quality Checked Flat Track Championship.
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Mees Hoping to Build on Winning Streak
04 July 2007
Jared Mees has a two-race winning streak coming into this Saturday’s (July 7) rescheduled AMA Ford Quality Checked Flat Track Grand National Twins Championship race at Route 66 Raceway in Joliet, Illinois. Mees, who rides for Blue Springs/Screamin’ Eagle/Saddlemen Harley-Davidson, could become the first rider in six years to win three AMA Grand Nationals in a row should he earn victory in Joliet.
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Mees First Time AMA Grand National Leader Coming Into Joliet
19 June 2007
Jared Mees, the 2004 AMA Flat Track Rookie of the Year, leads the AMA Grand National Twins Championship for the first time in his young career as the series moves to Route 66 Raceway in Joliet, Ill., on Saturday, June 23. Even though the Pennsylvania native is excited to be leading the series, he’s realistic about what it means this early in the season.
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Volunteer Speedway Hosting Its First Ama Grand National
02 June 2007
PICKERINGTON, Ohio (May 30, 2007) – Volunteer Speedway is set to host its first AMA Grand National Championship race this Saturday, June 2. Round two of the AMA GNC Twins Championship and round five of the AMA Ford Quality Checked Flat Track Championship comes to Eastern Tennessee and the fast half-mile track in Bulls Gap, Tenn.
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Johnson Opens Title Defense In Grand National Flat Track Singles Series In Daytona
04 March 2007
Daytona Beach, Florida’s Municipal Stadium will be the site of the opening two rounds of the 2007 AMA Ford Quality Checked Flat Track Championship. The series will open with a pair of Grand National Singles rounds on Wednesday, March 7 and Thursday, March 8, with gates opening at 6:00 p.m. Suzuki’s Jake Johnson won the inaugural AMA Grand National Singles Championship last year and the rider from Franklinville, N.J., is hoping for a good weekend at Daytona to get his 2007 campaign off to a solid start.
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Ford Quality Checked Certified Pre-Owned Brand Renews Sponsorship Of Flat Track Championship
22 December 2006
AMA Pro Racing announced today that Ford Motor Company and the Quality Checked Certified Pre-Owned Brand have renewed the company’s title sponsorship of the AMA Flat Track Championship through the 2007 racing season. This is the third consecutive year of Ford Motor Company’s sponsorship of AMA Flat Track.
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Flat Track - Saillant Promoted, Broadhead Hired As Part Of On-Going Staff Restructuring
15 November 2006
The American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) and AMA Pro Racing are pleased to announce that Ken Saillant has been promoted to Flat Track Director and Morgan Broadhead will join the company as Road Race Manager. Saillant will oversee Flat Track racing activities in both the AMA’s professional and amateur racing programs. Flat Track Manager Bruce Bober will report to Saillant. Responsibility for the AMA Hillclimb Championship will also fall under Saillant.
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Kenny Coolbeth 2006 Grand National Twins Champion
17 October 2006
Kenny Coolbeth won the final round of the 2006 AMA Ford Quality Checked Flat Track Championship at Scioto Downs in Columbus, Ohio, on Saturday, Oct. 14, and in the process earned the AMA Grand National Twins Championship. It marked the first national championship for Coolbeth.
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Flat Track Twins Championship Finale Rescheduled To New Date And Time
25 September 2006
Fans of the AMA Ford Quality Check Flat Track Championship will have to wait a couple more weeks to see who captures the AMA Grand National Twins crown as last Saturday night’s scheduled finale was washed away due to heavy rains. The event, dubbed the Charity Newsies Hall of Fame Classic AMA Grand National presented by A.D. Farrow Co., has been rescheduled for Saturday, Oct. 14 with a rain date of Oct. 15 at Scioto Downs in Columbus, Ohio.
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Flat Track Twins Championship To Be Decided At Scioto Downs
19 September 2006
Scioto Downs, in Columbus, Ohio, will host the Charity Newsies Hall of Fame Classic AMA Grand National presented by A.D. Farrow Co., Harley-Davidsons oldest dealership on Saturday, Sept. 23. The event is the 2006 AMA Ford Quality Checked Flat Track Championship season finale and the AMA Grand National Twins Champion will be crowned.
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Flat Track And AMA Supermoto Rules Committee Meetings Held
16 September 2006
The American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) held the first meetings of the AMA Flat Track Rules Committee and AMA Supermoto Rules Committee at its corporate headquarters in Pickerington, Ohio on Wednesday, Sept. 13, and Thursday, Sept. 14, respectively. Participants in the AMA Flat Track Rules Committee meeting included team owner Ed Adkins, Pat Alexander of American Suzuki Motor Corp., rider Shawn Baer, rider/team owner Chris Carr, tuner Greg Crow, Kevin Crowther of AMA Pro Racing, technical consultant George Halyak, Michael Lloyd representing Aprilia, tuner Dale Lineweaver, Anne Paluso of Harley-Davidson Motor Co., Kurt Nicoll of KTM North America, and former rider/promoter Gene Romero. Keith McCarty of Yamaha Motor Corp., was not in attendance.
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