White Bear Lake, Minn.
(06/07/2006) - Due to a recent decision
by the Perry, Fla. County Commission to reverse
their original decision to allow racing at the
new Blue Rok Raceway, the WPSA PowerSports ATV
Championship Tour is unable to hold its ATV
racing event in Perry, Fla., June 24-25. As
a result, the Tour will run double championship
events during the balance of its schedule, beginning
July 8-9 in Taylorville, Ill.
"We were looking forward to racing in Florida
on the new track there, and we were frankly shocked
the County Commission made this decision so close
to the event," said PowerSports Entertainment
president Scott O'Malley. "This event has been
on our schedule for several months, and the county
had granted permission to the track owner which it
has now chosen to revoke for reasons out of our control.
"After carefully weighing our options with regard
to TV production, event promotion and our competitors'
schedules, we've decided it's in the best interest
of all to run the next three events as double championship
weekends," added O'Malley. "This will not
affect our television schedule, and we think this
represents the best solution going forward. The balance
of our schedule is confirmed and we're looking forward
to hosting three more world-class double championship
weekends."
"We spent months working with the County Attorney
and the Commission, and we were told we had the approval
to go forward with the race," said Blue Rok Raceway
owner Donald Blue. "We performed our due diligence
to make this race happen. Then, on Monday, several
local landowners complained that the Commission hadn't
followed the letter of the law. So, the Commission
decided to reverse its original course, and pull the
plug on our race. The Commission's mistake, unfortunately,
has led to us having to cancel the event."
About the PowerSports
ATV Tour
The PowerSports ATV Tour is North America's
newest ATV racing tour. The Tour is North America's
premier form of ATV racing, with its jumps,
gyrations and dirt-slinging racing action. The
Tour is organized by the World PowerSports Association,
North America's largest and most respected snowmobile
sanctioning body, and promoter of ATV and snowmobile
racing on both the regional and national level.
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