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American Flat Track is an American motorcycle racing series. [1] The racing series, founded and sanctioned by the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) in 1954, originally encompassed five distinct forms of competitions including mile dirt track races, half-mile, short-track, TT steeplechase and road races .
American Flat Track presents the 78th edition of the prestigious SC2 Peoria TT race, while Peoria Motorcycle Club celebrates 93 years of operation.
Jared Mees (born April 16, 1986) is an American professional dirt track motorcycle racer. He competes in the AMA Grand National Championship winning the GNC1 title in 2012, 2014, and 2015, [1] the Grand National Twins Championship in 2009, and the Grand National Singles Championship in 2012.
The DMG became responsible for the AMA Superbike Series, AMA Motocross Series, AMA Flat Track Series, AMA Supermoto Series, AMA Hillclimb Series and ATV Pro Racing. The sale did not include the AMA Supercross and AMA Arenacross Series, whose rights are currently owned by Feld Entertainment. DMG would license the AMA name and trademarks to ...
Motorcycle equipment rules were as per AMA Pro Flat Track GNC1 Singles, except that all machines were ha 19" Mitas tires. The track was designed by the 7-times AMA Grand National Championship winner, Chris Carr [ 5 ] who designated that the track have an American football-shape infield in order to produce multiple racing lines and therefore ...
Carr left the dirt tracks to go road racing for two years (1996 and 1997). [1] Carr won the 1992, 1999, and 2001-2005 AMA Grand National Dirt Track (Flat Track) championships, the 2000 Formula USA Dirt Track Championship and the AMA 600cc Dirt Track championship seven times (1988–1993, and 1995). [1]
Speedway racing takes place on a flat oval track measuring between 260 and 425 metres long, usually consisting of dirt or loosely packed shale. Competitors use this loose surface to slide their machines sideways into the bends using the rear wheel to scrub-off speed while still providing the drive to power the bike forward and around the bend.
He has 3 Grand National Flat Track wins. 2 half-mile , and 1 mile victory. As an amateur he had over 33 national championship wins, an AMA record. Pegram's wins in Superbike and Flat Track put him in a very small and elite group of riders.