PACE Motor Sports Launches Freestyle Motocross Competition Series

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  • AURORA, Ill. PACE Motor Sports, the largest producer and promoter of stadium motorsports events in the world,
    announced today that they will enter the new and exciting world of freestyle motocross (FMX).

    PACE, which delivers the most prestegious motorcycle racing tour on the planet – EA Sports Supercross – will launch a five
    city freestyle motocross series beginning in September of 1999. The Series will be sanctioned by the International Freestyle
    Motocross Association (IFMA). Joining PACE as a sponsor will be Vans, a footwear, clothing, retail and entertainment
    company. Vans will sponsor the Vans Triple Crown of Freestyle Motocross – a three-event series within a series to reward one
    lucky FMX rider with the highest purse to date in this cutting edge sport.

    "We have watched the growth of freestyle motocross over the last several years and are full-on into the sport’s participants and
    direction," said PACE Vice President T.D. Lovett. "We’re dialed-in on the potential of this cutting edge competition and are
    stoked to be able to deliver FMX to a much more mainstream and popular status." The dates are as follows:

                            Date    Site     City
     

                            September     24-25, 1999 - Selland Arena - Fresno, Calif.
     

                            October 15-16, 1999 - The Idaho Center - Nampa, Idaho
     

                            November 5-6, 1999 - The Sports Arena - San Diego
     

                            November 12-13, 1999 - Arrowhead Pond - Anaheim, Calif.
     

                            November 19-20, 1999 - The Cow Palace - San Francisco
     
     

    * Vans Triple Crown Event

    The Vans Triple Crown of Freestyle Motocross will be worth $50,000 in purse money to the competitors per event, with the other two
    events being worth $20,000 per event. Also, a $25,000 Series points fund has been established for the top three overall riders. The
    grand total purse of all five events will be approaching the quarter million dollar mark! In addition, PACE announced that espn2 will be
    the "official" broadcast network of the Vans Triple Crown FMX events.

    For more information on the PACE Freestyle Motocross Series and the Vans Triple Crown of Freestyle Motocross, contact Pat
    Schutte at (630) 566-6100. Also, keep an eye out for our upcoming freestyle motocross web site www.pacefmx.com.


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