2008 AMA FLAT TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED PICKERINGTON, Ohio (December 10, 2007) AMA Racing has announced the tentative schedule for the 2008 AMA Flat Track Championship. 2008 season highlights include a return to the Indiana State Fairgrounds’ legendary Indy Mile on Sept. 13 for an event to be held in conjunction with the 2008 Red Bull Indianapolis GP at the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Additionally, visits to the mile track at Vernon Downs in Vernon, N.Y., on May 31 and Bedford Speedway’s half-mile oval in Bedford, Pa., on June 27 are also planned. The schedule features 23 total events, 14 of which are GNC Twins races and seven GNC Singles events. Two events are classified as TBD at this time and will be announced later. The 2008 season will kick off during Bike Week at Daytona Beach, Florida’s Municipal Stadium for a two-night GNC Singles double header on March 5 and 6. The series then moves out West to USA Race Park in Tucson, Ariz., on Apr. 5 before crisscrossing the United States towards the season finale which will take place on an all-new purpose-built half-mile track at Topeka, Kansas’ Heartland Park Topeka on Oct. 4. Last year Harley-Davidson factory rider Ken Coolbeth became the first to capture both the AMA Grand National Singles and Twins title in the same year. Coolbeth is expected to return to defend his dual championships and be joined by such series standouts as Jake Johnson, Jared Mees, Bryan Smith and Chris Carr, among others. 2008 AMA Flat Track Championship Schedule (Tentative) Date: Location; Type; Series Mar 5: Municipal Stadium, Daytona Beach, Fla.; ST; GNC Singles Mar 6: Municipal Stadium, Daytona Beach, Fla.; ST; GNC Singles Apr 5: USA Race Park, Tucson, Ariz.; Half-mile; GNC Twins May 24: Illinois State Fairgrounds, Springfield, Ill.; TT; GNC Singles May 25: Illinois State Fairgrounds, Springfield, Ill.; Mile; GNC Twins May 31: Vernon Downs, Vernon, N.Y.; Mile; GNC Twins Jun 7: Volunteer Speedway, Bulls Gap, Tenn.; Half-mile; GNC Twins Jun 21: Mountain Raceway Park, Maryville, Tenn.; Half-mile; GNC Twins Jun 27: Bedford Speedway, Bedford, Pa.; Half-mile; GNC Twins Jun 28: Allen County Fairgrounds, Lima, Ohio; Half-mile; GNC Twins Jul 4: Heartland Park Topeka, Topeka, Kan.; Half-mile; GNC Twins Jul 12: TBD Jul 19: Darke County Fairgrounds, Greenville, Ohio; Half-mile; GNC Twins Jul 26: Hagerstown Speedway, Hagerstown, Md.; Half-mile; GNC Twins Aug 8: Castle Rock Race Park, Castle Rock, Wash.; TT; GNC Singles Aug 9: Castle Rock Race Park, Castle Rock, Wash.; ST; GNC Singles Aug 17: Peoria Race Park, Peoria, Ill.; TT; GNC Singles Aug 24: TBD Aug 30: Illinois State Fairgrounds, Springfield, Ill.; ST; GNC Singles Aug 31: Illinois State Fairgrounds, Springfield, Ill.; Mile; GNC Twins Sep 6: Monticello Raceway, Monticello, N.Y.; Half-mile; GNC Twins Sep 13: Indiana State Fairgrounds, Indianapolis, Ind.; Mile; GNC Twins Oct 4: Heartland Park Topeka, Topeka, Kan.; Half-mile; GNC Twins Tentative-Subject to change About AMA Racing AMA Racing is the competition arm of the American Motorcyclist Association and is the leading sanctioning body for motorcycle sport in the United States. Its professional properties include the Amp’d Mobile AMA Supercross Series, the AMA Toyota Motocross Championship presented by FMF, the AMA Superbike Championship presented by Parts Unlimited, the AMA Ford Quality Checked Flat Track Championship, the AMA Supermoto Championship and the AMA Pro ATV Championship. In amateur and pro-am competition, AMA Racing sanctions over 4000 events in 24 different disciplines and supports over 110 thousand active members. For more information about professional racing, visit www.amaproracing.com.