Improve Your Supermoto Skills with X Games Gold Winner, Mark Burkhart, at BeaveRun Motorsports Complex

One-Day Class this Saturday, July 18, 2009

Advance, NC (July 16, 2009) - Mark Burkhart, owner of the Monster Energy Burkhart HMC Racing Team and 2008 Moto X World Supermoto Champion, 2007 X-Games Supermoto Gold winner, and 2007 AMA Supermoto Champion will be instructing another supermoto school this Saturday, July 18, 2009 at BeaveRun Motorsports Complex ( www.beaverun.com ).

The school will be running in conjunction with the 2009 Can/Am Series: Round 3 (ESMRA Race #8), which will take place on Sunday, July 19, 2009. It will be the last chance to get personal instruction from Mark Burkhart before he crosses the country to participate in the Summer X-Games in Los Angeles in early August.

Space is limited, so if you are interested in training with one of the top supermoto racers in the world register now.

The cost for the class and open practice is $275. Riders interested in attending the class can contact Sonja Lifsey at (443) 306-5412 or email her at sonja_esmra@comcast.net. For additional information see the ESMRA web site, www.esmra.com or the track web site. The track address is 201 Penndale Road, Wampum, PA 16157, phone number 724.535.1000

The next race for Mark Burkhart is August 1, 2009 when he will be competing at the X Games 15 in Los Angeles, California.

About Burkhart Racing

Burkhart Racing is a professional Supermoto team owned by Mark Burkhart. Mitch Hansen of HMC Racing is responsible for the preparing and maintaining the bikes along with crew chief Uli Toporsch. Mark Burkhart has won numerous supermoto championships including the 2008 Navy Moto X Games World Championships Gold, the 2007 X Games Gold, 2007 AMA Supermoto Championship, 2006 X Games Silver and 2005 AMA Supermoto Lites Championship. Team sponsors include Monster Energy Drink, Foremost Insurance, Arai, Scott, Dunlop, Sidi, KTM, Cycra, Vortex, Fuchs Silkolene Oil, DID Chain, Beringer Brakes, Akrapovic Exhaust, Millennium Technologies, EBC Brakes, Wiseco Pistons, Cometic Gaskets, Hot Cams, Pivot Works, VP Fuel. Additional information about Mark Burkhart can be found on his web site at www.markburkhart.com


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