American Racing News Vol 1, Issue 2 Issue 8 | Page 61

DAYTONA BEACH, FL An exciting
change is happening to one of
Daytona
International
Speedway’s (DIS) most popular
Bike Week events. Daytona
International Speedway is proud
to announce that American Flat
Track will debut its 2017 season
inside the “World Center of
Racing” on a one-of-a-kind .6mile TT course. The DAYTONA TT,
scheduled on the evening of
Thursday, March 16, will feature
powerful,
twin-cylinder
motorcycles in the AFT Twins
class, while spirited singlecylinder machines will battle it
out in AFT Singles. With a racing
schedule that includes the
DAYTONA Supercross By Honda,
Ricky Carmichael Amateur
Supercross,
the
all-new
DAYTONA TT and the famed
DAYTONA 200, DIS will play host
to the ultimate festival of
motorcycle racing in 2017.

American Flat Track has been
re-envisioned and the DAYTONA
TT marks the dawning of a new
era for America’s most historic
form of motorcycle racing. The
championship features the
broadest spectrum of brands
competing in any form of
motorcycle sport, and will serve
as a battleground for the great
American war between HarleyDavidson and Indian Motorcycles
in 2017. The big factories will be
competing head-to-head on the
race track for the first time since
the 1950s, and the battle of the
brands will begin at Daytona.
“Daytona is the spiritual home of
motorcycle racing and we are
delighted to be bringing the
intensity of Flat Track racing and
the spectacle of a TT to complete
the show,” said Michael Lock,
CEO of AMA Pro Racing. “2017
marks the start of a new golden