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TOOELE VALLEY, UTAH — Miller Motorsports Park will host the inaugural Rockwell Watches Motocross Pro-Am event this weekend, March 20-22. This event will allow amateur and professional motocross riders to race on the same track that the Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship will use for the Utah National, scheduled for August 15.
"We have made a major commitment to motocross at our facility," said Brian Smith, General Manager of Miller Motorsports Park. "Since we hosted our first professional motocross event in 2013, we have had hundreds of inquiries from local riders who want to compete on our track, and this event was created to help accommodate that interest. We have made some adjustments to the track layout since last year, and we're looking forward to a fun and competitive weekend."
The Rockwell Watches Motocross Pro-Am is sanctioned by the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA), and all participants are required to hold an AMA membership. AMA memberships can be obtained on the track's website. There will be a total of 32 classes competing, with riders as young as four years old. Racers will be restricted from competing in more than three classes during the event.
The inaugural Rockwell Watches Motocross Pro-Am is a full three-day, double-header event, with a practice day on Friday and motos on Saturday and Sunday. The practice day is priced at $20 per rider, and class entry fees will be $30 per class entered. The gate fee will be $10 per person, per day, or $15 for the weekend. Kids aged five years old and younger will be admitted free of charge.
The Rockwell Watches Motocross Pro-Am will be the first of four motocross events to be held at Miller Motorsports Park in 2015. On May 23-24, the track will host a prestigious Super Area Qualifier for the Rocky Mountain ATV/MC AMA Amateur National Motocross Championship. On August 14, the second annual Rockwell Watches Amateur Motocross Showdown will be held, followed the next day by the Utah National, Round 11 of the Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship.
The next event at Miller Motorsports Park will be Round 1 for the Utah Region of the National Auto Sport Association (NASA Utah) on March 28-29.
For more information about Miller Motorsports Park or the Rockwell Watches Motocross Pro-Am, call 435-277-RACE (7223) or visit the track's website at www.MillerMotorsportsPark.com.
