Formula USA Announces Grand National Series
The return of the motorcycle Grand National Champion
Aurora, Ill. – (Saturday, April 20, 2002) – Clear Channel Entertainment’s motor sports division announced today that Formula USA will crown a Grand National Champion, along with offering $150,000 in point funds for the Formula USA National Road Race Series, the Formula USA National Dirt Track Series and the new Grand National Champion Championship Series.
Formula USA will sanction eight National Road Race events along with twelve National Dirt Track events during 2002. Five events from each series will award Grand National Championship points, along with road race and dirt track Formula USA series specific championship points. Grand National Points will be awarded in the Pro Honda Oils 600 Sportbike class at the National Road Race series and the Pro Single class at the National Dirt Track series as follows;
1st place – 20 points
2nd place – 18 points
3rd place – 16 points
4th place – 15 points
5-18th place – one-point increments through 18 places.
A $50,000.00 National Road Race Series point fund will be awarded in the Pro Honda Oils 600 Sportbike class, with another $50,000.00 in the National Dirt Track Series Pro Single’s class. The Grand National Championship series will consist of an additional $50,000 giving riders a shot at over $150,000.00 in point funds. Each championship will pay $20,000.
Mike Kidd, vice president of Clear Channel Entertainment’s motor sports division, said, “This is the return of a classic winning combination, winning my championship back in 1981 consisted of both dirt track and road race points. If you look at most of the top road racers in the world, their background is dirt track. We will see new dirt track and road race talent making for great racing in both series.”
Bill Syfan, Formula USA road race director, said, “We have been inundated with road race guys who are interested in dirt track. This will certainly create even more excitement in our series.”
Bob Moran, Formula USA dirt track director, “I know there is a lot of road race talent each week at our dirt track races. Before now, they just could not afford to go road racing. You will now see new racers competing in both series.”
The Grand National Championship Series, tentative schedule stands as follows notated as GNC events.
Date Type City Venue
Mar 2-3 RR Daytona Beach, FL Daytona International Speedway
Apr 27 HM Baytown, TX Houston Raceway Park*
May 4 HM Mesquite, TX Devil’s Bowl Speedway*
May 24-26 RR Summit Point, WV Summit Point Raceway*
June 8 ST Plymouth, WI Sheboygan County Fairgrounds*
1. Jun 14 HM-GNC Rochester, NH Rochester Fairgrounds
2. June 14-16 RR-GNC Loudon, NH New Hampshire International Speedway*
3. June 22 TT-GNC Oklahoma City, OK State Fair Speedway
July 19-21 RR Toronto, Ont, B.C. Mosport International Raceway
Jul 20 HM Duluth, MN Proctor Speedway
4. August 1-4 RR-GNC Elkhart Lake, WI Road America*
Aug 7 HM Rapid City, S.D. Black Hills Speedway
5. Aug. 22-25 RR-GNC Long Pond, PA Pocono Raceway*
6. Sept. 5-8 RR-GNC Portland, OR Portland International Raceway*
Sept. 7 HM Boise, ID Les Bois Park
7. Sept. 14 M-GNC Sacramento, CA Cal Expo
8. Sept. 21 ST-GNC Tacoma, WA Tacoma Dome
9. Oct 5 ST-GNC Del Mar, CA Del Mar Fairgrounds*
Oct 6 M- Del Mar, CA Del Mar Fairgrounds*
10. Oct. 16-20 RR-GNC Daytona Beach, FL Daytona International Speedway
RR= Road Race
HM = Half Mile Dirt Track
ST = Short Track Dirt Track
TT = Moto TT event
* Select event tickets are already on-sale. For the latest information and updated schedules, visit www.formulausa.com.