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It all came down to the Mile. And when the dust settled on the
biggest week in dirt-track at the AMA Progressive Insurance Dirt Track
Grand Championships Saturday, Ricky Marshall came out on top in the
battle for the event's top honor.
Photo Albums
Transport yourself to sunny Springfield, Ill., for a behind-the-scenes
look at the Grand Championships: Photo Album
Photo Album 2
Photo Album 3
Points battles shape up for
amateurs
It was a long night on the
TT track at the AMA Progressive Insurance Dirt Track Grand Championships
Friday, but three racers managed to maintain a perfect score in one
class each, while two racers scored two individual wins apiece.
First Grand Champions Crowned;
Michael Martin named Youth Dirt Tracker of the Year
The AMA Progressive Insurance
Dirt Track Grand Championships drew to an end for half its entrants
after TT competition Friday, with six riders earning the overall
points battles that makes them Grand Champions — two of them earning
double championships.
Three down, one to go for
youth racers
With three of four events in the books Thursday for the
youth riders of the AMA Progressive Insurance Dirt Track Grand
Championships, the points battles firmed up, three riders held onto
perfect scores in one class each, and spectators were treated to a
show of sportsmanship among competitors separated by a single point
going into the final round.
Keeping the streak going
Big bikes took to the short-track
under the lights at the Grand Championships Wednesday, and four riders
ended the evening by keeping a perfect score intact — winning both of
the first two rounds in their classes.
The other three brothers
from Owensboro, Kentucky
It was short-track time at the
Grand Championships Wednesday, as the small bikes raced at one of the
nicest facilities in the country and one family went home with a trio
of National titles.
The
big bikes roll
Tuesday was the day for the big bikes to shine at the AMA
Progressive Insurance Dirt Track Grand Championships, and the fight
began for the event's top honor with one contender winning two
National titles on the half-mile.
A Horizon
Award winner rocks and young racers roll at AMA Progressive Insurance
Dirt Track Grand Championships
The AMA Progressive Insurance
Dirt Track Grand Championships launched into their first day Monday,
with the under-125cc bikes taking the track on a day that was capped
by a Pro Sport race where last year's Dirt Track Horizon award winner
nabbed an easy win.
The Grand Championships: How they work
The biggest week in dirt-track
racing is off and running under cool skies in Springfield, Illinois,
with the start of the AMA Progressive Insurance Dirt Track Grand Championships.
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Group 1 Series Points
Group 2 Series Points
Monday: Group 1 & Pro Sport Half
Mile
Tuesday: Group 2 & Pro Sport
Half Mile
Wednesday: Group 1 Short Track
Wednesday: Group 2 Short
Track
Thursday: Group 1 & Pro Sport
Short Track
Friday: Group 1 TT
Friday: Group 2 TT
Saturday: Group 2 Mile
Group 1 Classes:
1 - 50cc Peewee, 4-8 yrs stock
2 - 50cc Jr, 4-6 yrs stock
3 - 50cc Sr, 7-8 yrs stock
4 - 65cc DTX, 7-11yrs
5 - 65cc Mod 7-11 yrs
6 - 85cc DTX, 9-13 yrs
7 - 85cc Mod, 7-11yrs)
8 - 85cc Mod, 12-15 yrs
9 - 125cc Mod
Group 2
Classes:
10 - 250cc DTX
11 - 250cc Mod
12 - 400cc Mod
13 - 450cc Mod
14 - 505cc Mod
15 - 600cc Mod
16 - Vet 30+ Singles
17 - Senior 40+ Open
18 - Super Senior 50+ Open
19 - 18+ Open Twin
20 - Pro Sport 505
(Premier Classes in bold)
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