About 300 linear feet of Airfence inflatable soft barrier is being deployed at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield, Illinois today, for use during the AMA Pro Racing Mile dirt track race this weekend.

The Roadracing World Action Fund made a soft-barrier deployment deal with the Illinois Motorcycle Dealers Association (IMDA), which promotes the race, after AMA Pro Racing declined an offer of soft barrier funding for dirt track use.

The deal between the Roadacing World Action Fund and the IMDA was brokered by AMA Grand National Champion Chris Carr, who is on the Board of Directors of the Roadracing World Action Fund.

The actual deployment of the Airfence soft barriers at Springfield is being directed by Dan Lance, who is being paid by the Roadracing World Action Fund.

The deployment is part of an educational program designed to demonstrate the safety and economic advantages of using soft barriers in front of walls lining racetracks.