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AMA Pro Racing press release

Round three of the AMA Red Bull Supermoto Championship will be held in Columbus, Ohio on Sunday, Oct. 5, marking the first urban setting for the exciting new series. And while the nation's top supermoto racers will be doing battle in the downtown of Ohio's capital city, race fans will be able to catch the action on their computer screens as AMA Pro Racing's popular @theWire LIVE! lap-time viewer will be tracking lap times all day.

AMA Supermoto is the latest AMA Pro Racing discipline to receive the popular website feature that displays lap times of each timed session, from practices to final races. The same web technology has been featured in the AMA Chevy Trucks U.S. Motocross Championship and the AMA Chevy Trucks U.S. Superbike Championship, where transponder-based timing is used.

"Racers and teams aren't the only ones who stand to benefit by using transponders for scoring races - fans also get a treat," said AMA Pro Racing Web Development Manager Matt Ringlien. "The short lap times in supermoto racing should lead to some fast-changing data on @theWire LIVE! Watching AMA Supermoto racing online should be very exciting."

@theWire LIVE! is available in two formats, Flash and standard HTML. The more-robust Flash version, which updates itself about every 10 seconds, notes when riders have just crossed the finish line, whether a rider's most recent time is an improvement from a previous time, tracks a rider's best time, and can state a rider's status on the track. Flash users can also arrange the columns of information to their liking.

This technology is a benefit from AMA Pro Racing's relationship with the Indy Racing League, which uses the same transponder technology in its open-wheel car racing series.

About AMA Pro Racing
AMA Pro Racing is the leading sanctioning body for motorcycle sport in the United States. Its properties include the AMA Supercross Championship, the AMA Chevy Trucks U.S. Motocross Championship, the AMA Chevy Trucks U.S. Superbike Championship, the AMA Progressive Insurance U.S. Flat Track Championship and the AMA Red Bull Supermoto Championship. Nearly 2 million race fans attended AMA Pro Racing events during the 2002 season. For more information about AMA Pro Racing, visit www.amaproracing.com.