White Bear Lake, MN (4/25/2006)
- The WPSA PowerSports ATV Championship
Tour released its 2006 Rulebook today. The Rulebook,
as well as the 2006 Supplementary Regulations,
can be downloaded in PDF format at PowerSportsTour.com.
The Tour kicks off the 2006 season May 20 at
the Daniel Boone MX in London, Ky.
Mirroring existing rules used nationally in ATV racing,
the PowerSports ATV Championship Tour Rulebook also
includes new rules governing both its QuadMX and QuadTerrain
Challenge Series. Both Series will run Championship
events throughout the United States, and will be telecast
on ESPN2.
The Tour will award Drivers' Championships in all
of its classes, including Professional, Amateur and
Youth, as well as Manufacturers' and Rookie of the
Year Championships for its Professional classes. There
are several other new rules aimed at improving competition
and safety.
"We are pleased to announce the availability
of our WPSA ATV rulebook online," said PowerSports
Entertainment, Inc. CEO Rick Murphy. "We believe
it is important that our rulebook be consistent with
other sanctioning bodies so that riders have more
opportunity to race their existing equipment. We also
think our fresh ideas will please the competitors
and the TV audience alike.
"Exciting racing action will be great for fans
at the venues and showcasing our Tour ATV professionals
on TV will help grow the sport. The WPSA rulebook
is an important step in that direction," added
Murphy. "We're looking forward to the start of
the season."
Operated by PowerSports Entertainment, Inc., the
Tour is sanctioned by the World PowerSports Association,
North America's largest and most respected powersports
sanctioning body, and promoter of ATV and snowmobile
racing on both the regional and national level. WPSA
also sanctions the ATV Tour's sister series: the PowerSports
Snowmobile Championship Tour.
The ATV Championship Tour will host 10 events this
season at seven venues. All 10 races will be telecast
on ESPN2 in midday, one-hour, weekend timeslots. The
television schedule represents a first for ATV racing,
and follows a successful run of Snowmobile Championship
Tour television events. Television shows begin airing
on June 3 and will run through Sept. 10.
The ATV Tour will operate two racing series at each
venue this season: the "QuadMX Series" and
the "QuadTerrain Challenge Series." QuadMX
will consist of professional and pro-am sport MX racing
on pro-style, big-air MX racing circuits. The QuadTerrain
Challenge comprises professional and pro-am sport
utility racing on purpose-built all-terrain racing
circuits. ATVs allowed to compete will include stock,
near-stock utility-type, and modified.
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.
