2007 AMA Supermoto Schedule Changes

PICKERINGTON, Ohio (August 10, 2007) AMA Racing announced today that the AMA Supermoto Championship round scheduled for Sept. 9, at the Oklahoma Motorsports Complex in Oklahoma City, Okla., has been removed from the schedule and the Sept. 15, round at the Pacific Grand Prix in Seattle, Wash., will move to a new venue in Redmond, Ore., on Sept. 29.

In making the announcement, AMA Racing Vice President, Doug Neubauer noted that there will still be six rounds remaining on the schedule and combined with the four that have already run, the final event will become a double header keeping it a solid ten round championship. Neubauer added that
important news regarding the Troy Lee Designs-produced championship finale scheduled for Nov. 10 & 11, will be released in the next few days.

Neubauer acknowledged the challenges facing the young championship and confirmed the AMAs commitment to the series, now in its fifth year. Theres no doubt we continue to face many hurdles with professional Supermoto racing, commented Neubauer. However, in no way does that diminish our belief and support of the discipline. Our focus is to continue to seek quality promotional partners that have the ability to conduct an AMA Supermoto event with the support and presentation it deserves. We expect that and our teams and riders demand it.

Neubauer pointed to a number of recent organizational changes as an example of the moves the AMA is making to improve its management of racing. AMA Racing has just completed an extensive reorganization including a number of personnel changes, said Neubauer. As we have stated all along, these changes were made with the explicit goal of improving racing overall. For Supermoto specifically, we are looking at a number of possible changes for the 2008 season. Again, we are absolutely committed to the championship and we are exploring a number of different business models to keep it viable. In the short term, though, our primary objective is the successful conclusion of the current season.

The AMA Supermoto series resumes after a brief seven-week hiatus on Aug. 25. at Stafford Motor Speedway in Hartford, Conn. Mark Burkhart leads the points chase in the premier AMA Red Bull Supermoto class with David Pingree and Ben Carlson leading AMA Hot Wheels Supermoto Lites and AMA PPG Supermoto Unlimited presented by M&R Products, respectively.