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The year 2020 has thrown
everyone a lot of curve balls
due to COVID-19, but we all
continue to adjust to the
changes the best that we can and
keep on rolling. We are excited
to get our first XDA event of
the season started at Maryland
International Raceway on June
19-21 with the FuelTech
Superbike Showdown. Even though
we are not allowed to have
spectators yet, we are permitted
to have racers, crew, families,
media and sponsors in attendance
at the event.
Looking ahead to the next couple
of XDA events in the summer, we
have the Bike Fest event on July
24-26 at Maryland International
Raceway and the Bike Bash event
on August 21-23 at Virginia
Motorsports Park. These events
normally have our full XDA
racing program plus additional
entertainment such as Live
Bands, DJ’s, Bikini Contests,
Freestyle MX, Sound Competitions
and Custom Bike Shows.
As of the writing of this press
release, Maryland and Virginia
are still not permitted to have
fans at racetracks. That could
change in the coming weeks and
we certainly hope it does.
However keeping all the Live
Bands, DJ’s, Bikini Contestants,
Freestyle MX team, Sound
Competition and Custom Bike Show
participants committed to July
and August dates to the last
minute in hopes that spectators
are permitted to attend these
events is something that we do
not feel is fair to the people
that provide this awesome
entertainment. We would rather
remove the entertainment
commitments for 2020 to allow
them to plan gigs in other
states that already allow these
types of activities.
WPGC has also suspended all
outdoor event appearances until
the fourth quarter, so they are
also unable to attend the Bike
Fest on July 24-26. We have been
in dialogue with WPGC for the
past couple of months regarding
this, and even though they
cannot attend in 2020 they are
excited to return in 2021 with
the WPGC Bike Fest.
Also, we will not be running the
Paint The 1/4 Pink program at
the Bike Fest in July this year
due to the restrictions in place
by the state. The fans who do
most of the donating are unable
to attend, and the charities are
not permitted to attend this
year either with the current
regulations in Maryland set
forth by the Governor and health
department. But we will have the
Paint The 1/4 Pink back in 2021!
I would like to thank WPGC, the
International Bikini Team,
Freestyle MX team, and Rickie
Will and his team at Team Money
Cycles for their effort and
consideration as we work through
these changes. They have also
graciously allowed us to apply
our 2020 entertainment deposits
toward the 2021 race season. We
could not ask for a better group
of people to work with.
For 2020, the July 24-26 XDA
event at Maryland International
Raceway has been renamed to the
Platinum Fleet Repair Bike Fest
since we were unable to complete
the April event that PFR
sponsored.
Also, the Aug 21-23 XDA event at
Virginia Motorsports Park has
been renamed to the MTC
Engineering Bike Bash since we
were unable to complete the May
event that MTC sponsored.
In short, all 4 of the remaining
XDA events in 2020 on June
19-21, July 24-26, August 21-23
and September 18-20 will be run
as racing only events. There
will be no additional
entertainment at these events.
We will still also run the DME
Racing Real Street Royal Rumble
5k at Virginia in August, and
the Orient Express Pro Street
Battle Royale 10K in Maryland in
September.
Even with the entertainment
modules removed for 2020, they
will all return in 2021. And we
still have one hell of a racing
season to run at XDA in 2020 -
see you at the track!
For more information about the
XDA, please visit
www.XDAracing.com.
2020 XDA SCHEDULE
Jun 19-21: MDIR
Jul 24-26: MDIR
Aug 21-23: VMP
Sept 18-20: MDIR
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