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GNCC, Loretta Lynn's &
MX Sports Auctions Raised Nearly $8,000
2010 Racing Prodium Background
eBay Charity Auction
Morgantown, WV (1/3/2011)
- Through various fundraiser's and auctions
held throughout the 2010 season, events produced
by Racer Productions, MX Sports and MX Sports
Pro Racing raised nearly $8000 for charitable
foundations.
Special thanks goes to the racers, fans, friends
and family members who bid on items and donated
at events. Items included eBay auctions of the
official podium backdrops from the Lucas Oil AMA
Pro Motocross Championship, the Can-Am GNCC Racing
Series, the MotorcycleUSA.com Women's Motocross
Championship, the ITP Tires/Moose Racing ATVMX
Championship, and the AMA Amateur National Motocross
Championship at Loretta Lynn's. In addition, Team
FMF/Ma kita Suzuki auctioned off Josh Strang's
GNCC Championship winning Suzuki RM-Z450 at the
MotorcycleUSA.com Snowshoe GNCC in June.
The GNCC tour also raised funds for the Susan
G Komen Breast Cancer
Foundation and the Faith Alliance at the Ironman
GNCC pink race in October.
Donation totals include: RiderDown.org (GNCC
Racing and AMA Amateur
National Motocross Championship at Loretta Lynn
Ranch) $4,417.47; Susan G
Komen Foundation (GNCC Racing and the MotorcycleUSA.com
Women's Motocross
Championship) $1,417.49; Faith Alliance (GNCC
Racing) $1,029.16; Road 2
Recovery (Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Championship)
$539.51 and 88 Live to
Ride (ITP Tires/Moose Racing ATVMX Series) $374.32.
In total, the donations
raised $7,778 for the charities.
More fund raisers are planned for 2011, including
another round of eBay
auctions for each official podium backdrop at
the conclusion of the 2011
season. Fans are encouraged to save their money
and bid on the ultimate
Christmas gifts next year.
About the Lucas Oil
AMA Pro Motocross Championship:
The Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Championship is
the world's most prestigious motocross series.
The Series is managed and produced by MX Sports
Pro Racing, whose mission is to raise awareness
of motocross racing through the promotion of professional
championship racing events nationwide. The series
is also produced in conjunction with Alli, the
Alliance of Action Sports, a global business that
encompasses national and international action
sports events, multimedia production and a consumer-based
lifestyle brand. Alli is owned by NBC Sports and
MTV Networks and represents a vast network of
athletes, fans, brands and properties. The Lucas
Oil AMA Pro Motocross series is sanctioned by
AMA Pro Racing, the premier professional motorcycle
racing organization in North America. AMA Pro
Racing operates a full schedule of events and
championships across every spectrum of motorcycle
competition.
For more information on the
Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Championship, visit
www.allisports.com
About GNCC Racing:
The Can-Am Grand National Cross Country Series
is America's premier off-road racing series. Founded
in 1979, the 13-round championship is produced
exclusively by Racer Productions. Each event is
nationally televised on the Versus Network, and
consists of two race days: ATVs and side-by-side
machines on Saturday, and motorcycles on Sunday.
The grueling three-hour races draw as many as
1,800 riders, making it the largest off-road racing
series in the world. For more information, please
visit www.gnccracing.com.
About the ITP/Moose
Racing AMA ATV Motocross Championship presented
by Parts Unlimited:
The ITP/Moose Racing AMA ATV Motocross Championship
presented by Parts Unlimited is the nation's premier
amateur and professional ATV motocross series,
and competes at top motocross facilities nationwide.
The 11-round series features the Nation's best
racers, teams and sponsors, and is America's largest
and longest-running ATV National Motocross series
with more than 20 years of competition. The series
continues to expand and produce top talent from
the amateur ranks, while keeping close to the
grassroots fun that makes people love to go to
the races. For more information, please visit
www.atvmotocross.com.
About the AMA Amateur
National Motocross Championships:
Produced by MX Sports, Inc., the AMA National
Motocross Championships is the world's largest
amateur motocross race. Hosted annually since
1982 at the home of country music star Loretta
Lynn in Hurricane Mills, Tenn., approximately
25,000 racers attempt to qualify in 34 classes
for the 1,400 available gates at the finals. The
National event, christened "The World's Greatest
Motocross Vacation", is held the first week
of August annually. As proof of the significance
of winning an AMA Amateur National Championship
title, the biggest names in professional motocross
and supercross, including Ricky Carmichael, James
Stewart, Ryan Villopoto, and Ryan Dungey won championships
at Loretta Lynn Ranch. For more information, please
visit www.mxsports.com.
www.gnccracing.com
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