SCminiGP go AMA for November Mark your Calendars for November 4th & 5th and start planning for your trip to Southern California where the first miniGP-only AMA event will go down as the last race of the season for many. SCminiGP will host an invitational at Race #9 of the 2006 Championship Series. The race will be held at CalSpeed Karting located inside California Speedway, Fontana, Ca. This will be an official AMA-Sanctioned Race. SCminiGP recently received their promoters Charter for the AMA and as promised will deliver an AMA event before the end of the season. The paperwork has been submitted and processed. The event will host a standard AMA sanctioning with hopes of supporting a national AMA event in 2007. “Our interest is to follow procedure and pull off a successful AMA event,” said Josiah Taulbee, SCminiGP President. “We want to make sure all goes to plan with the intentions of making a good impression on the industry for miniGP racing. With this format we can keep it cheap for riders but still give all a chance to collect AMA plates and promote their AMA title. This will be the first AMA miniGP-only event to go down in the U.S. before the end of the year, incorporating all elements of the miniGP community.” The event will be executed in a two-day format supporting session practice all day Saturday and races all day Sunday. If you are coming out, plan on getting your practice on Saturday as Sunday will only allow for short and quick warm-up sessions before the race-day event kicks off. Tech inspection of bikes and riders gear along with registration or pre-registration confirmation will also be held on Saturday. No registrations will be accepted on Sunday. Registration will open four weeks prior to the event via SCminiGP’s online registration system SpeedReg.com. The registration will go live and be made available to all riders. Riders are encouraged to pre-register. “SCminiGP already reports support from the Northwest, Southwest, and Canada. Josiah Taulbee said, “We have already started getting emails from people all over the U.S. and specifically Canada telling us they will be in So Cal, even before we got confirmation.” To help accommodate the growing interest of the community, SCminiGP is working to build a class structure that will give just about anybody a chance to race. The staff has agreed to support its existing structure along with the newly proposed classes, and even add one or two additional classes that other organizations across the U.S. and Canada offer. SCminiGP’s hopes are to do what it takes to give everybody a chance to race. More details will be provided shortly, and all inquires and suggestions or advice are welcome. Basically, if you want to come and you want to race, tell us what you want to race. Race Entry Fees are likely to be a total of $50 per rider. Each additional class will only cost riders $5 per class. However, riders will be required to hold an AMA license which can be purchased for as cheap as $15 if a member of the same household is already an AMA member, or the standard $39 annual membership fee. Saturday practice will be priced at $25. That’s only $115 for the whole weekend and a chance to be crowned an AMA champion. This even holds a great amount of significance to the success of building youth road racing in the states. SCminiGP takes pride in its program of developing a place for youth to progress but opens its doors to any rider interested in having fun on little bikes. More information will come on a weekly basis. Please email [email protected] or join the AMRA email list if you’d like to receive updated information. SCminiGP looks forward to showing off its favorite track and new-to-2006 layout at CalSpeed Karting. You can check out track layout #2 Nuovo Course at www.calspeedkarting.com. The track is fast and challenging but provides a wide base and many places to over-take. The best of the best will go back and forth for sure! If all goes as planned, SCminiGP’s Video Specialist will be out capturing the day’s event, races, and possibly winner interviews. Of course, more will be announced as we get closer to the showdown. If you or your organization has any questions regarding the event or are looking to get involved, SCminiGP encourages you to contact Josiah Taulbee President at 626-673-0145 or email at [email protected]. Supporting parties will be promoted on a weekly basis to help all see the potential this event holds. SCminiGP Staff Josiah Taulbee AMA Charter #08667 www.scminigp.com About SCminiGP As southern California’s family-oriented racing program, SCminiGP is dedicated to providing a professional and fun environment for riders of all ages, supporting a progressional advancement of skill and talent that will open the doors to a future in road racing for tomorrow’s champions. About American Motorcyclist Association Founded in 1924, the AMA has an unparalleled history of pursuing, protecting and promoting the interest of the world’s largest and most dedicated group of motorcycle enthusiasts. The AMA focus on the rights, riding and racing through its government relations work, by sanctioning road and off-road riding activities and overseeing professional and amateur racing events.