American Motorcycle Dealer AMD 251 June 2020 | Page 14

NEWS
BRIEFS
Registration has opened for the
2020 AMA Vintage Motorcycle
Days. Slated for the Mid-Ohio
Sports Car Course at Lexington,
Ohio, July 10-12, it is billed as a
five-competition annual
celebration of America's
motorcycling heritage.
Competition classes include hare
scrambles, motocross, trials, flat
track and road racing, with pit
bike and holeshot exhibitions
also planned. Class winners in
the trials, hare scrambles,
motocross and road racing
disciplines will receive AMA
National No. 1 plates. The flat
track race, which takes place on
July 11 at the Ashland County
Fairgrounds in Ashland, Ohio, is
part of the AMA Vintage Flat
Track National Championship
Series. In addition, two riders
will be named AMA Off-Road
Vintage Grand Champion and
AMA Senior Off-Road Vintage
Grand Champion for excelling in
their respective expert-leveleligible
classes.
Operational Changes at Tucker
In a letter to dealers and
vendors, Marc McAllister, the
recently appointed President at
Tucker Powersports, has
announced a next stage in his
plans to streamline the
business.
"We are making changes at
Tucker Powersports designed to
strengthen our company and
make us a better partner for
you and your business," he told
dealers and vendors.
"Two weeks ago, we announced
that we were closing our offices
in California and Arizona and
moving the product
development and purchasing for
our Apparel Group and
Dragonfire Racing into our Texas
office."
On May 15, McAllister went
further, announcing "an
organizational change which
realigns our product
management staff and also
eliminates two senior level
positions - the COO position,
which had been held by Danny
Anderson, and the CCO [Chief
Commercial Officer] position,
held by Greg Blackwell.
"We wish Danny, Greg and the
small number of other Tucker
employees who will not be
returning from furlough the
best and we thank them for
their contributions to our
company.
"I've asked all of our team
members to focus on being the
company that adds value to our
customers. We want to make
our dealers better because they
have chosen to purchase from
Tucker. This is a complicated
task, but my simplified recipe
for doing it is to assemble and
deliver the best collection of
high-demand products in the
industry and be operationally
great in all aspects of our
business.
"Our plan is to have employees
return to work by mid-June, but
obviously this is dependent on
the country's success in battling
the virus and relaxing stay-athome
orders. We've already
seen some positive signs
reflected in recent order volume
and optimism from our dealers.
"I hope you will see us getting
better and stronger with the
changes we have made. We will
continue to provide great sales
programs, great marketing for
our products and consistent and
efficient purchasing and
payment to our suppliers."
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