OMRRA FURTHER EXPANDS SUPPORT OF JUNIOR ROAD RACING This past Saturday at the Oregon Motorcycle Road Racing Association (OMRRA) awards banquet, OMMRA club President Mike McDonough confirmed to the gathered crowd that the OMRRA board has approved the creation of an 85GP class for the 2007 season. This new class is intended as a stepping stone for OMRRA’s junior riders moving up from various MiniGP bikes. Final rules are still being worked out but the general picture is drawn and the 85GP class will be run with the 250 Vintage (160) class. “By creating an 85GP class it gives the kids that have come up through our pocketbike program a way to get on the big track before throwing a leg over the 125s.” commented McDonough. “We have some really fast kids here that we expect to make a good showing when they are big enough to run with the USGPRU.” McDonough knows that age isn’t a prerequisite to being a good racer. He was the OMRRA Novice School instructor that graduated then 11-year-old Elena Myers. He then watched from the seat of his RS125 as she won the first race she entered the next day. The 85GP class will also allow adult riders and will not have an age restriction of any kind. Riders that want to participate in the class will be required to go through the same Novice program that larger displacement riders do currently. Junior riders that complete the OMRRA Novice School will hold a restricted license (which initially limits them to running in the 85cc class). Parties interested are encouraged to plan ahead and attend the first of two Novice Schools offered during the 2007 competitive season. More information on OMRRA and its race program can be found at http:// www.omrra.com