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2008 AMA FLAT TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED
December 10, 2007
AMA Racing news release
NEW!
AMA Racing has announced the tentative schedule for the 2008 AMA Flat
Track Championship.
2008 season highlights include a return to the Indiana State
Fairgrounds’ legendary Indy Mile on Sept. 13 for an event to be held
in conjunction with the 2008 Red Bull Indianapolis GP at the famed
Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Additionally, visits to the mile track at
Vernon Downs in Vernon, N.Y., on May 31 and Bedford Speedway’s
half-mile oval in Bedford, Pa., on June 27 are also planned.
The schedule features 23 total events, 14 of which are GNC Twins races
and seven GNC Singles events. Two events are classified as TBD at this
time and will be announced later.
The 2008 season will kick off during Bike Week at Daytona Beach,
Florida’s Municipal Stadium for a two-night GNC Singles double header
on March 5 and 6. The series then moves out West to USA Race Park in
Tucson, Ariz., on Apr. 5 before crisscrossing the United States towards
the season finale which will take place on an all-new purpose-built
half-mile track at Topeka, Kansas’ Heartland Park Topeka on Oct. 4.
Last year Harley-Davidson factory rider Ken Coolbeth became the first to
capture both the AMA Grand National Singles and Twins title in the same
year. Coolbeth is expected to return to defend his dual championships
and be joined by such series standouts as Jake Johnson, Jared Mees,
Bryan Smith and Chris Carr, among others.
2008 AMA Flat Track Championship Schedule
(Tentative)
Date: Location; Type; Series
Mar 5: Municipal Stadium, Daytona Beach, Fla.; ST; GNC Singles
Mar 6: Municipal Stadium, Daytona Beach, Fla.; ST; GNC Singles
Apr 5: USA Race Park, Tucson, Ariz.; Half-mile; GNC Twins
May 24: Illinois State Fairgrounds, Springfield, Ill.; TT; GNC Singles
May 25: Illinois State Fairgrounds, Springfield, Ill.; Mile; GNC Twins
May 31: Vernon Downs, Vernon, N.Y.; Mile; GNC Twins
Jun 7: Volunteer Speedway, Bulls Gap, Tenn.; Half-mile; GNC Twins
Jun 21: Mountain Raceway Park, Maryville, Tenn.; Half-mile; GNC Twins
Jun 27: Bedford Speedway, Bedford, Pa.; Half-mile; GNC Twins
Jun 28: Allen County Fairgrounds, Lima, Ohio; Half-mile; GNC Twins
Jul 4: Heartland Park Topeka, Topeka, Kan.; Half-mile; GNC Twins
Jul 12: TBD
Jul 19: Darke County Fairgrounds, Greenville, Ohio; Half-mile; GNC Twins
Jul 26: Hagerstown Speedway, Hagerstown, Md.; Half-mile; GNC Twins
Aug 8: Castle Rock Race Park, Castle Rock, Wash.; TT; GNC Singles
Aug 9: Castle Rock Race Park, Castle Rock, Wash.; ST; GNC Singles
Aug 17: Peoria Race Park, Peoria, Ill.; TT; GNC Singles
Aug 24: TBD
Aug 30: Illinois State Fairgrounds, Springfield, Ill.; ST; GNC Singles
Aug 31: Illinois State Fairgrounds, Springfield, Ill.; Mile; GNC Twins
Sep 6: Monticello Raceway, Monticello, N.Y.; Half-mile; GNC Twins
Sep 13: Indiana State Fairgrounds, Indianapolis, Ind.; Mile; GNC Twins
Oct 4: Heartland Park Topeka, Topeka, Kan.; Half-mile; GNC Twins
Tentative-Subject to change
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