Alessi In For
Arenacross
M
ike Alessi says that he plans
to race the 2021 Kicker
AMA Arenacross Series as a
member of the Babbits Kawasaki
team.
"I am very excited to be joining
Team Babbitts for the upcoming
2021 season," Alessi said. "I feel
the team is a very strong and
successful team. I have watched
them for many years. I feel the
knowledge that they bring with
my skillset will make for a great
season. I am excited to try some-
thing different, and I'm looking
forward to putting on a good
show out there."
The first two rounds of the
series will be held at Mississippi
State University in Starkville,
Mississippi, January 8-9. The
series is scheduled to wrap up
in Amarillo, Texas with rounds 11
and 12, March 5-6. CN
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Mike Alessi will
compete for
the 2021 Kicker
AMA Arenacross
Championship.
2021 Isle of Man TT
Canceled
T
he 2021 Isle of Man TT races
have been canceled for the
second year in a row due to
Covid-19.
"We do not underestimate the
disappointment that this deci-
sion will cause to many people,"
Laurence Skelly, MHK, Minister,
Department for Enterprise, Isle of
Man Government, said. "How-
ever, we are making an early
and logical decision to provide
certainty and clarity to race fans
and everyone else involved in our
event. The TT relies on thousands
of volunteers and officials across
a wide range of organizations and
we could not move responsibly
towards operating to that date
and commit to welcoming tens of
thousands of people to the Island
in June, despite the progress
towards a vaccination program
globally and on the Island.
"We evaluated all possible op-
tions including moving the TT to
a date later in the year but there
are complexities and risks."
The Department will continue
to work with its partners towards
delivering the 2021 Classic TT
and Manx Grand Prix, which are
scheduled to run August 21-Sep-
tember 3. A final decision on
whether those events will take
place will be made in Spring
2021. CN
The plug has
already been pulled
for next year's Isle
of Man TT, which
annually takes
place in May.
