Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson Series Continues $60,000 XR Showdown
Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson Series Continues $60,000 XR Showdown2013 Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson SeriesWith a season opener at Daytona that saw the top nine riders cross the line within one second of each other, the AMA Pro Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson Series has never been more exciting.
Adding a strategic element to that mix along with a $60,000 boost to the prize money up for grabs, the XR Showdown returns for the 2013 GEICO Motorcycle AMA Pro Road Racing season.First introduced in 2012, the XR Showdown is a special year-end points fund award to be battled for by the top ten competitors in the final four races of the season, beginning with the Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson Series doubleheader at the Red Bull Indianapolis GP.Riders compete for the XR Showdown by being in the top ten in the point standings at the conclusion of the fifth race at Miller Motorsports Park. After the Miller round, each of the riders in the top ten will have their championship points reset to 1,000 points, putting the them back on a level playing field. The rider with the most points at the end of the season takes home the championship and $25,000 in Showdown prize money, with the remaining $35,000 paid out to second through tenth in the final points standings.The XR Showdown is a separate and supplemental $60,000 prize money fund in addition to the $10,000 purse awarded at each of the nine races in the 2013 Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson Series. All riders are eligible to compete in all nine races and thereby are also competing for the $10,000 purse awarded for each race.Paul Langley (Vance & Hines President) says: “The Harley-Davidson class offers the best opportunity for a rider to demonstrate their ability by making talent and racecraft the only variables. And the prize money support from Harley-Davidson and Vance & Hines ensures more young riders and privateers can have a chance to show what they can do at the AMA Pro level.”Keep up with all the latest on the AMA Pro Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson Series by going to amaproracing.com, www.vanceandhines.com/xr1200, and www.harley-davidson.com.
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This week, in the first segment Editor Don Williams talks to us about the new Kawasaki Versys 650 LT. It’s the middleweight ADV style machine that uses the same 650 parallel twin motor as the Ninja 650, so it’s an excellent performer in a user-friendly, good looking package.
In the second segment, I chat with one of my dearest industry friends—now retired Honda PR executive, Jon Seidel. Jon’s fascinating career spans some 30 years with Big Red, and gave him some great experiences with some incredible machines. I was fortunate enough to be invited on many of the press launches that he organized. His new project is documenting and saving many of the old archives from years gone by—and incidentally, if you have anything that may be of value to the project, please contact us by email at producer@ultimatemotorcycling.com and we’ll pass it all on to Jon.
So on that note, from all of us here at Ultimate Motorcycling, we hope you enjoy this episode!
