the date, but either way you look
at it, it's gonna happen.
Tell me about the race itself.
What's it going to look like?
The race will be very similar to
what an NGPC (Big 6) race looks
like. Obviously a little shorter.
Probably more along the lines
of what the Lake Havasu GP is,
as far as mileage. Somewhere
in that five-mile range. It'll have
jumps, it'll have some asphalt
sections, it'll be very similar prob-
ably to what it was in 2010. And
the process will be the same.
There's going to be a limited
amount of entries allowed. We
don't know what that exact num-
ber will be but we'll get to that.
You're going to have to get your
bike into the container and on the
boat and shipped over just like it
was in 2010. That will more than
likely happen the Saturday/Sun-
day/Monday before the event.
It'll be a massive effort but well
worth it!
How soon can people pre-
register?
We're working on that, too.
There is a Facebook and an
Instagram for the Catalina Island
Grand Prix (@CatalinaIslandGP),
so we will start pushing info out
on that first and then we'll follow
with NGPC and District 37 chan-
nels. We expect to have that stuff
out here pretty quick because we
know everybody's gonna want to
book rooms and all that.
Is there going to be a signifi-
cant pro class, or invitational?
We'd like to give pro racers a
good opportunity to come race.
We're working on putting together
a pro purse and we'll be making
an announcement on that soon.
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the event is going to be promoted
and handled by the island itself.
It's a standalone event. It's not
going pay GP points or district
points. It's just a standalone event
like it was in 2010.
And this might be a five-year
deal?
Yes, this could happen for the
next five years! We'll have this
year, the 2020 race in November.
But that does not mean that it
will stay in November in the next
four years. It could move around.
They have permits and stuff they
need to do and one of them was
the impact study. They anticipate
that they will get everything done.
It could be that we have to move
(Above) An aerial view of the
motocross section of the 2010
grand prix course. Promoters
say the 2020 layout will be
very similar.
