Lexington, North Carolina based C&S Custom and Garwood Custom Cycles are to sponsor the 2016 drag racing ManCup Street E.T. series. Open to street legal bikes and run in an E.T. bracket racing format, the class is specifically designed for the novice racer to become competent and gain valuable racing experience. The 2016 schedule covers five races over the South and Southeast.
Construction of the long -awaited and (locally) controversial I-90 access road to the Sturgis Buffalo Chip has finally begun. The 1.5 mile route connects the northern and southern dead ends of Fort Meade Way through historic countryside. The freshly carved roadway will form the missing part of a 5.6-mile shortcut from I-90 exit 37 to the front gate of the Buffalo Chip.
The AMA Dirt Track Grand Championship is to take place July 1-6 in Du Quoin, Ill.
AMA National No. 1 plates are awarded to the racers in each class who have the highest point totals across all four disciplines of dirt track racing. Competitors ride both traditional dirt track motorcycles and DTX motorcycles, which begin as stock motocross bikes that are fitted with dirt track tires, suspension and other modifications.
Harley-Davidson has renewed its sponsorship for the 2016 AMA Pro Flat Track season - the Harley-Davidson GNC1 presented by Vance & Hines class. Over the course of the season, Harley pay out a per-race contingency totalling $96,000. The top five competitors in each race will receive a payout, regardless of the brand of motorcycle entered. As a bonus to motivate the top rider racing for the Milwaukee-based marque, the Harley mounted rider with the highest points total at the end of the season will receive a year-end bonus of $25,000. The series was formed in 1954.
Arctic Cat reported a net loss of -$2.4 million on net sales of $166.0 million for its 3rd quarter to the end of December 2015. For the 3rd quarter of its previous financial year it had made +$7.5 million on net sales of $193.7 million.
The 2016 AMA Hillclimb Grand Championship will be held July 29-31 in Neoga, Ill.
In addition to chasing AMA National Champion status, racers will contest for AMA Hillclimb Racer of the Year, AMA ATV Hillclimb Racer of the Year and Youth Hillclimb Racer of the Year. The King of the Hill award also will be given to the fastest competitor in a run-off. Hillclimb is one of the AMA's oldest racing disciplines, dating to the early 1900s.