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Thor Mega Series Opener This Week With Dunlop Day


Blountville, Tenn. DUNLOP Tires has a history rich in racing and over the years has helped riders win thousands of championships, amateur and pro. The 2009 THOR UNITED STATES MEGA Series presented by DUNLOP gets underway this weekend at Muddy Creek Raceway with DUNLOP Day on Sunday.


The season opener is always a special event and is one of the bigger events if the weather cooperates. For the past 12 years DUNLOP Tires has been the title sponsor of this opening weekend at Muddy Creek. The weather is still nasty and cold up north so hundreds of riders are looking for an escape and an opportunity to go racing. This event normally draws riders from Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and several other northern states.


This event will be the beginning of Kevin Walker’s charge for the 2009 Thor Mega Series Pro Championship. Walker was on the sidelines most of last year with injuries and wasn’t involved in the title chase. At the end of the season it was North Carolina’s Brad Modjewski beating out Georgia’s Auston Albers by one point.


This weekend all amateur class winners will win a DUNLOP rear tire for their bike to go along with the event awards and the factory contingency. Yamaha, Kawasaki, Suzuki, Husqvarna, and Honda are all paying factory contingencies for this event.


Saturday is a practice day 9:30am til 3:30pm then early signup til 5:30. Sunday practice starts at 8:00am with racing to get started at 9:30.


About the MEGA SERIES: The THOR UNITED STATES MEGA Series is a 16 race motocross series that runs in Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. The AMA sanctioned series starts the first of March and runs through the middle of October. The series offers 40 different classes of racing, 4 year old pee wees, to beginner classes, to 50 + senior men, to the pros.


About VICTORY SPORTS: Started in 1986 the company is based in Blountville, Tenn (Northeast Tennessee). Victory Sports produces motorcycle and ATV racing events in Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky, Georgia, & Alabama. Events include the THOR United States Mega Series, the PARTS UNLIMITED Carolina Ultra Series, the Southern All-Stars MX Tour presented by DUNLOP, the FMF INDOOR MX Winter Series, the DUNLOP Hot Summer Nights SX Series, the ATV Spring Nationals, the Bluegrass ATV Nationals, the ATV Southern Nationals, the KAWASAKI Tennessee State MX Championship, and the EXTREME Dirt Track ATV Nationals.




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