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6/26/06

 

Florida Trail Riders
Motocross Committee Meeting Report

5/14/06

Called to order at 12:00 at Sand Mountain, Ft. Meade

In attendance:

MX Chairman — David Hall
Referee — John Collins
Scorekeeper — Michael Hall
A Rider Rep — absent
B Rider Rep — absent
C Rider Rep — Dalton Platt
Women Rep — Amanda Thomas
Quad Rider Rep — Brett Jones
Senior Rider Rep — absent

The meeting was called to order to discuss an Emergency Rule Proposal to implement 2 double points races for next season. The purpose of holding double points races is safety. With lower turn outs in later rounds tracks are not accepting sanctions or accepting a sanction but cutting costs by having less staff. The Emergency Rule Proposal will have the final round a double points race. A second race will also be double points, to be announced at the event in which it would be in effect. The MX Chairman will make this call the day of event. The motion to accept this rule proposal, after discussion, was accepted unanimously.

Emergency Rule Change

I propose to implement 2 Double Points races for the Motocross Series to be held during the second half of the season. The last round will be a Double Points race, the other to be announced at the riders meeting the day of the event.

After a season of scheduling and experiencing the concerns of the parents, riders, and track operators, as the numbers drop off, the large and small, well organized tracks, turn down later rounds. This causes concerns as they apply to potential loss of life, limb or property. As the season moves into the final rounds the numbers go from a high of 350 or 450 to 160 or 230. The tracks that take a sanction reduce their costs by cutting employees which may effect the safety of our members competing. This reduced turnout affects the economics and imposes a hardship on FTR and the track owner. I hope to improve our position with track owners/operators as we schedule the next season, if this change is approved.

Rule Proposal — Page 24 , Chapter X , B. Champion Points System, Line 3.

Insert to Line 3. FTR Motocross Championship Series will consist of 2 Double Points events. One to be the final round, and the second TBA (to be announced) at the riders meeting of the event that Double Points are to awarded.

Note move current line 3 to 4 and etc.

David Hall

 
             
 
 
     

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