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MX PRACTICE 8AM-1PM
2/27/2010

THE HISTORY OF CMC RACING AND THE EVOLUTION OF MX

CMC Racing has been sanctioning, promoting, producing and directing the sport of motocross with its influence felt by all motocross racing in the United States over the past 42years. CMC started in 1968. CMC Celebrates 42 years of Racing this coming year...CMC Motocross...Race with the Best.

Motocross has a rich and colorful heritage. Originating in Europe shortly after World War II, the sport rapidly gained a large following in the United
States, more specifically in the State of California.

Motocross competitors are athletes in the strictest definition of the word. They possess the strength to wrestle their 250-pound bikes around sharp turns and over near vertical hills. They must also endure numerous laps jockeying for position over ruts and bumps throughout the course.

The motocross bike has evolved into a highly specialized piece of equipment. Engines must be powerful enough to propel bike and rider up seemingly impossible inclines. Suspension and tires providing constant grip on the dirt-based track.

A motocross race is comprised of two heats called "motos". Bikes are divided by engine size into one of three categories - 125cc, 250cc and 500cc's. Overall results are based on a scoring system which combines the results of each of the two motos. Motocross racing is one of the few spectator sports that really give fans an unbeatable combination of sure-fire appeal. Thrills, excitement, color, speed, strategy and endurance are all presented in a natural panorama of nature.

CMC Racing's Major Race series include Golden State Nationals, Spring Classic Nationals, Copperstate Series, Trans-Cal Nationals and the Pac-West Nationals. We sanction events in Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Idaho,
Montana, Wyoming, California and Western Canada.

The "quiet giant", CMC Racing continues to develop motocross racing events, television programs based on CMC Racing motocross competition, special sportsmen award incentives, and has been the "grass roots" in motocross, in terms of launching many of sportsmen motocross riders onto their very profitable and rewarding careers of Professional Motocross Racers. Twenty-nine years down and twenty-nine years to go...CMC Racing's motto...has been, is now, and always will be... RACE WITH THE BEST!

CMC Racing has built and sanctioned many tracks throughout Southern California, such as... Carlsbad Raceway, Saddleback Park, Lions Dragstrip, Irwindale Raceway, Quail Canyon OHV, Glen Helen OHV, Sunrise Valley Raceway and many others. CMC Racing ran the first and last race at Saddleback Park, which closed in 1984.

The CMC Racing office is located in the city of Mission Viejo; in what is referred to as Southern California. We are centrally located between Los
Angeles and San Diego, which is approximately 60 miles South of Los Angeles.

CMC Racing mailing address is:
P.O. Box 3178
Mission Viejo, California.
92690-3178.
www.cmcmotocross.com