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About Us:
MI-TRALE is an ATV club located in the western Upper Peninsula
of Michigan.
It is a non profit organization that promotes safe trail
riding of ATV's.
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Much more news and events can be found at
our events page.
ATV/Truck XTreme Challenge Class Sponsors
As "Challenges" of all names are now becoming popular
around the nation in the ATV Sport, Mi-TRALE takes pride in
knowing that their organization was the first in the nation
to begin an ATV Challenge. They did this in Watersmeet in
October of 2001. Then a few years later this active club built
the first permanent ATV/Truck XTreme Challenge track at the
Ontonagon County Fairgrounds in Greenland.
This year Mi-TRALE has added a Pro Class to it's venue. The
class will be called TOP DOG Pro. This allows ATV Riders to
build a special ATV to compete on the challenging track. The
club is also looking at adding other classes, depending upon
registration. What the volounteers of Mi-TRALE hope for is
to find business's to sponsor a class by paying for the 1st
thru 3rd trophies, and putting $100 into the cash purse for
that class.
It was 3 years ago that Mi-TRALE added a Truck class to the
XTreme Challenge competition. The Shoot-out will be renamed
the "Joe Beebe Shoot-out." Beebe competed in the
first two XTreme Challenges. He was fatally injured this past
winter helping another person out.
The ATV's will open the competition with qualifying races,
and the finals. After the ATV Competition is done, the Trucks
will try to conquer the track. The track will once again have
more improvements to provide better competition for both the
ATV's and the trucks.
The track consists of a series of hills, mud holes, water
pits, and tight turns. The ATV portion of the competition
has two ATV's racing against each other in side by side action.
The ATV's also have the fun-to-watch 'stop box.' The Trucks
will go against the clock. The top 3 trucks then advance to
the Joe Beebe Shoot-out.
"Mi-TRALE is proud to do our part in supporting the Ontonagon
County Fair. Over the years we have heard how this event is
one of the top attractions of the fair, and we're hoping this
year that the ATV/Truck XTreme Challenge will be even more
exciting...and have more competition," commented Mi-TRALE
President Skip Schulz.
"We're not asking business's to do a lot in showing their
support of Mi-TRALE and the fair, we just want 5-6 business's
to help us by picking up the costs of the trophies and putting
a little bit of money into the purse," concluded Schulz.
The ATV/Truck XTreme Challenge will take place on Saturday,
July 26th at the Ontonagon County Fairgrounds in Greenland.
Hot Runs to start at 3:00 pm EST.
If you're business is interested in being a sponsor of one
of the Mi-TRALE ATV/Truck XTreme Challenge Classes, please
contact Schulz at 884-9101, or by e-mail at: sschulz@jamadots.com
Meetings are held the first Monday of each month around the
area at 7pm est.
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