Bridgestone Posts Increase In Contingency For 2012 Chuckwalla Valley Motorcycle Association Season. Bridgestone announced a dramatic increase in contingency payouts for the 2012 Chuckwalla Valley Motorcycle Association season, with individual race wins now earning up to $450 in contingency money from the manufacturer and a total of $135,150 up for grabs. “CVMA did a great job in its inaugural season, and Bridgestone wanted to step up and really get behind the series,” said Tige Daane, the West Coast distributor for Bridgestone racing slicks and DOT tires. The 2012 contingency schedule released by Bridgestone today calls for a $450 payout for wins in the club’s Formula Open, Formula Middleweight and Formula Twins classes, with payouts of $150 for third in each class (contingent on the number of starters for a given race). Bridgestone also will pay $450 contingency for a win in SuperSport Open and SuperSport Middleweight, with third again paying $150. For Amateur racers at CVMA, wins in Amateur Formula Open, Formula Middleweight, Formula Twins, SuperSport Open and SuperSport Twins will pay $300, with the final podium spot earning $100. Bridgestone pointed out that these contingency payouts were per-race, and since CVMA holds sprint races on Saturdays and Sundays, the winner of the top-dollar races could take home up to $900 in contingency payouts in each class, every weekend. Bridgestone will continue to support each class that CVMA runs, including the Sunday-only Shootouts and the one-hour Team Challenge endurance race on Saturday evenings. Bridgestone offers DOT-approved race tires for a wide variety of road racing machines, and offers slicks for race bikes ranging from 125cc GP machines to literbikes. For more information on Bridgestone’s products, visit www.motorcycle-karttires.com/RoadRacing.aspx . The Chuckwalla Valley Motorcycle Association owned and operated by motorcycle racers and enthusiasts will host a six-round, doubleheader series in 2012 on the newest road circuit in Southern California. Easily accessible from the Los Angeles, Las Vegas and Phoenix metropolitan areas, the 2.68-mile Ed Bargy-designed course was created with motorcycle road racing in mind. For more information, visit the CVMA website at www.cvmaracing.com .