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NO CHICANE AT PEORIA
T
he Peoria TT AMA Pro Flat
Track National will not utilize
a chicane before the track's
famous jump, this according
to a statement from AMA Pro
Racing. In fact, according to
a source within AMA Pro Rac-
ing, they were caught aback
by some website reports that a
chicane would be used during
the national.
"We were aware that the Peo-
ria Motorcycle Club tested a chi-
cane during its amateur event,"
said AMA Pro's Gene Crouch.
"But there were no plans to use
that chicane during the AMA Pro
Flat Track event there."
AMA Pro Racing issued a
short statement that read:
Contrary to inaccurate
reports in the public domain,
the track configuration for the
Peoria TT will not have a chi-
cane when AMA Pro Flat Track
returns to Peoria, Illinois, for
round 9 on August 16, 2015.
All official information regard-
ing AMA Pro Flat Track events
is released solely by AMA Pro
Racing via press releases and
competitor bulletins. To sign
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A popular Flat Track Face-
book page featured video from
the amateur races at the Peoria
TT track with the racers going
through a chicane making their
path to the jump shorter and
straighter. Apparently somehow
those videos led some to be-
lieve AMA Pro Racing was going
to use that configuration for the
national.
When asked why a chicane
was used for the amateur event
Peoria Motorcycle Club's (PMC)
Scott Rendleman replied:
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FLAT
TRAK
PHOTOS/DAVE
HOENIG
Contrary to rumors,
the Peoria TT AMA
Pro Flat Track
National will not use
the same chicane
used in the amateur
event.
