Europe (12/2/2008) - Following the November UEM Commission meeting held recently in Luxembourg, provisional dates for the 2009 GOLDSPEED EMX European Quad Championship have been released. The six round series has been combined with World Championship Sidecar GP's and will include two fantastic new venues for the four wheeled fraternity, with the format for the Quad races changed to three twenty minute plus two-lap motos. The dates and venues will be ratified by the UEM Management Council later in November and are as follows:

In addition to this 2009 will see the introduction of a Quadcross of Nations as a trial run. As it is unclear how many teams will enter, this event will be combined with the Sidecarcross of European Nations on the 26th/27th September at the fantastic Jauer circuit in Germany, with the aim of holding a stand-alone event in future years if the event is well supported by the Quad fraternity with sufficient entries to facilitate this. Although all the precise rules and details are yet to be finalised, the format will see each Country enter a three rider team with practice and timed qualification for gate position held on Saturday, with all three riders from each country taking part in two races of twenty minutes plus two laps on the Sunday, the best five results from each team determining the winner. The rules will be similar to those used for the sidecars when there are up to ten National teams present, with prize money for each team plus start money for each rider. The finalised rules and details should be available in three to four weeks.