Chris Carr Retires from Professional Flat Track Racing

Seven-time AMA Flat Track champion Chris Carr recently announced he has decided to make the upcoming 2011 season his last effort at pursuing an overall AMA Twins title. Carr, who plans a “Farewell to Flat Track” tour, will transition from competitor to team owner of Chris Carr Racing Motorcycles for 2012, racing several ‘select’ events in the coming years.

“It is never an easy decision to give up doing something you truly love to do,” said Carr. “I look forward to my last full season of competition. Beyond 2011, I wish to continue the winning tradition of Chris Carr Racing with one of the many up and coming racers on the circuit. I may decide to run a few selected events in the future, but only if I really need to scratch that racing itch.”

Title sponsorships for the Chris Carr Farewell to Flat Track Tour are available in four blocks of five races on the 2011 AMA Flat Track Championship calendar. Each block includes two races slated for television on MAVTV, ex. Daytona, Springfield, etc.

Two races will be ones proven over time to have an upside potential for marketing possibilities (ex. Lima, Indy Mile, etc.). One new race on the 2011 AMA schedule will be included in each block. Following the initial title investment sponsorship, each sponsor automatically converts into the prominent associate sponsorship status for the balance of the racing season.

“I can only retire from the AMA Flat Track Championship chase once. So all-in-all the Chris Carr Farewell to Flat Track Tour offers a unique marketing and branding footprint for an entire race season at a fraction of the cost of a full season’s title sponsorship,” added Carr.