We all know how difficult this economy has been for the motorcycle racing community. At the USGPRU, we’re working hard to bring in more contingency money to help keep racers racing in 2010. As such, we’ve lined up over $310,000 in purse money, prizes, and contingency for our four race classes.

Special thanks goes out to our series sponsors who have stepped up to support our program again this year. Thank you to RoadracingWorld.com, Rising Sun Cycles, and Motion Pro Tools!

The biggest purse of the season is featured again in the Moriwaki MD250H class Powered by HONDA. This year, this class gets a boost in the form of a returning sponsor, Rev’it leathers. With up to $10,000 available every weekend, and paying out as far as 10th place, there isn’t a better contingency program available for these young roadracers.

The Pilot 125GP class starts out with a combined purse of almost $5,000 up for grabs each weekend. Racers on the 2-stroke 125GP bikes and the new 4-stroke Moriwaki MD250H’s can all earn money with payouts as far back as 7th place. New for this year, the Moriwaki purse is available for all MD250H riders in this class. So it’s not just the kids that can win big money in 2010!

The Moto-Liberty/RS-Taichi 250GP class stays the same as last year with almost $2,000 available for a full grid of 45 bikes! Thanks to these great sponsors for their continued support.

Our new Moto3 class features multiple sponsors, and a substantial purse for its inaugural season. 125GP riders in this class have $1,750 available to them, paying out to 7th place. Thanks to GPTech, 450cc bikes will have a similar $2,000 purse. Finally, HONDA again extended its Moriwaki MD250H program to include racers in this class with a purse of almost $3,000 per event. Like in the 125GP class, the Moriwaki money in this class is open to all eligible USGPRU racers that ride these bikes.

In addition to our purse payouts, we will be awarding prizes throughout the year thanks to our other great sponsors. Motion Pro Tools will lead the way as they again will provide top-grade tools each weekend. We have a set of RS-Taichi R300 leathers, Pilot custom leathers and chest/back protectors, Rev’it leathers, and product certificates from Hjelm Motorsports and Powerstands to award.

We will have contingency available from Dunlop, Bridgestone, and Michelin tires. EBC returns again with its contingency program and is joined this year by Silkolene.

Finally, we’re very pleased to see the return of Impact Armor and the Ethan Gillim ‘Chasin a Dream’ program. We will again give away free chest protectors to our young racers and provide substantial discounts to our adult racers looking to get themselves custom chest protection.

It’s nice to know that in this ailing economy, it is not all doom and gloom. The motorsports community has stepped up with strong support for GP racing in 2010. We encourage you all to come out and join us for some great racing and get yourself a piece of this outstanding contingency we’ve lined up!

Impact Armor has agreed to provide free custom chest protectors for kids that race with the USGPRU. Adult racers can also get a great deal on a new chest protector if they are a current USGPRU member. Contact Impact Armor at (916-725-2936) or visit their website at: http://impactarmor.homestead.com/

Special thanks to the Ethan Gillim 'Chasing a Dream' fund for making this happen again. It was an enormously successful program last year as we gave away over 30 units. If you're interested in helping to keep this program going for years to come, please contact the USGPRU and we'll let you know how you can help keep everyone a little bit safer.

“FOGI Racing” is a development motorcycle road racing team for youngsters, aged 12/16yrs to compete in the USGPRU 2010 season. The new team has been made possible by team manager and racer Angus Borland of the very successful RAT RACING who has taken Canadian racer Adam Roberts to two (2008 & 2009) USGPRU GP250 Championships and a Wild Card ride at the 2009 Red Bull Indianapolis MotoGP. RAT RACING also took Scot/Canadian, Ben Young to 3rd place overall in the GP125 Eastern USGPRU Championships in the 2009 season.

2010 Season Objectives:

FOGI Racing objectives are to focus on providing, up and coming youngsters the full team environment experience, too give them the opportunity to reach their goals. The riders will learn to work as a team through testing / race briefings, interact with mechanics, learn about suspension feedback etc.

The Experience:

FOGI Racing offers the full team experience. The team staff are ex racers who can pass on their valuable experience of setup and riding techniques. Making the rider a better racer through education, not just better machinery. The Rider arrives at the track and rides, so the rider can focus on his / her development and not wrench turning. All machine setup, work and maintenance are performed by the team’s mechanics.

Other News:

Ben Young has joined the FOGI Racing Development Team by moving up a class to contend in the GP250’s in 2010 on the teams Yamaha TZ250. Ben felt this was a natural move from the GP125 class and to treat the 2010 season as a further development year. The valued experience of the GP250 will continue in good stead for moving onto 600cc machines for 2011 season and beyond.

FOGI Racing is in discussion with a team who competes in Spain to arrange a European ride exchange programme. The objective is to invite a rider from overseas to race in the US with the team in exchange that one of our rider’s race in their championship. This will add to the experience of each rider and give them the insight in what racing is like away from their home country.

Interested:

If you would like the opportunity in being a part of FOGI machine for the new 2010 season, please contact Scott Young on 1-519-378-6567 or email scott-d-young@hotmail.com for further details, season costs and information.

http://fogi.us/index.htm

As the title says, we've just posted the new rulebook. Take a look at the highlighted changes from last year. New Moto3 class should be fun.

Click on the 'downloads, forms, & entries' link to the left.

The USGPRU conducted it’s fourth annual raffle this past weekend during the National Championship event in Florida. The following is a list of the winners and what they won. Congratulations to all of the raffle winners!

Motion Pro Tire Pressure Gauge - Miles Thornton

Motion Pro Grips/Work Gloves/Hat - Chris Dorn

Motion Pro Grips/Work Gloves/Hat - Christopher Garceau

Motion Pro Float Bowl Wrench/Gear Jammer/Work Gloves/Hat - Yukio

Motion Pro Cam Gear Holder/Work Gloves/Hat - David Sawyer

Hjelm 125 Rear Set Kit - Cameron Gish

Hjelm Handlebars - Max Flinders

Hjelm Crash Sliders - Jeff Burney

Hjelm Tank Funnel, Brake Reservoir, Tether Kit, Radiator Mount, Washer - Angus Borland

Pilot Helmet Bag - Mike Aboyoun

Pilot Helmet Bag - Michael Humphries

Vanson Leathers - Ryan Matter

Bridgestone 125GP Tires - Dane Walther

Dunlop 125GP Tires - Allen Hansen

Powerstands Work Table - Austin Medrano

Powerstands Rear Stand - Justin Sullivan

And the new Honda RS125 GP race bike from Rising Sun Cycles that was fitted with Marvic rims from Yoyodyne, Samco Silicone hoses, and EBC brakes goes to:

MIKE ABOYOUN!

Thank you to all of the great sponsors that stepped up to provide us with such great prizes to give away. We couldn’t ask for better supporters of GP racing!

If you haven’t been contacted yet to arrange shipment of your prizes, please email us at stewart@usgpru.net.