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FIM TO OBSERVE WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY AT MILLER MOTORSPORTS
PARK
TOOELE VALLEY, UTAH (May 27, 2008) –The Federation International De Motocyclisme
(FIM), the international sporting body for motorcycle racing, in conjunction
with the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), will observe World Environment
Day during the HANNspree Superbike World Championship® StriVectin-SD® USA Round
and Honda Summit of Speed AMA Superbike Championship weekend at Miller Motorsports
Park.
The UNEP has launched a worldwide tree planting campaign. Under the Plant for
the Planet: Billion Tree Campaign, people, communities, business and industry,
civil society organizations and governments are encouraged to enter tree-planting
pledges online with the objective of planting at least one billion trees worldwide
each year. This program has successfully completed its first wave and the goal
was recently updated to plant 7 billion trees by 2009. This would achieve the
UNEP's worldwide goal of one tree per person.
“Without a doubt, one of the main characteristics or our century is the increasing
global awareness towards the World Environment,” said FIM President Vito Ippolito.
“From all parts of the world, innumerable private and public institutions are
trying to elevate environmental consciousness. Our planet's welfare depends on
each and every one of us whether it's a small daily task, or the development
of a complex technology geared towards the same goal.
“The FIM has its undivided attention focused on the unfolding evolution of ideas
to solve this global problem, and calls upon all its followers and stakeholders
to contribute with all of our efforts towards the preservation of the World Environment.”
As part of the FIM’s observance of World Environment Day, six ash trees will
be planted in a circular pattern on the lawn adjacent to the new AdministrationBuilding
just inside the Main Gate at Miller Motorsports Park at 5:15 pm MT on Friday,
May 30. Top World Superbike riders Troy Bayliss, Carlos Checa and Max Neukirchner
are scheduled to attend the ceremony, along with officials from Miller Motorsports
Park, FIM and FGSport, the organizers of the HANNspree Superbike World Championship.
Fans, riders, team members and media are invited to attend.
After signing a Memorandum of Cooperation between the FIM and the UNEP in 2006,
the FIM has decided to commemorate World Environment Day which is held on June
5 each year. The FIM has taken responsibility upon itself to encourage and promote
environmental consciousness within the racing community. All FIM events that
take place on the weekend prior to June 5 will be participating in a symbolic
planting of trees to commemorate World Environment Day.
“We are very pleased to help the FIM observe World Environment Day,” said Alan
Wilson, CEO/General Manager of Miller Motorsports Park. “The six new ash trees
will nicely complement the 300 trees we planted around the facility last year.”
The HANNspree Superbike World Championship® StriVectin-SD® USA Round and Honda
Summit of Speed AMA Superbike Championship weekend will be the biggest event
ever staged at Miller Motorsports Park, and may well be the biggest international
sporting event in the State of Utah since the 2002 Winter Olympics. The Superbike
World Championship races will be broadcast live on 95 television networks to
173 countries and an estimated television audience of 120 million. Advance ticket
sales have already exceeded any other event in the track’s history.
The event will be four days of on-track action, plus a myriad of off-track entertainment
for fans including stunt bikes, freestyle motocross exhibitions, live bands,
helicopter rides and sky diving. Fans are also invited to the Zantrex-3 Insta-Shot
Bike Bash at Gallivan Center in downtown Salt Lake City at 6:00 pm on May 29,
featuring live music from the band “Chevelle,” BMX and freestyle motocross exhibitions,
plus an autograph session with many of the top World Superbike and AMA Superbike
riders.
For more information on the HANNspree Superbike World Championship, visit the
series website at www.WorldSBK.com. For more information on the AMA Superbike
Championship, visit their website at www.AMASuperbike.com.
For event or facility information, or to purchase tickets, call (435) 277-RACE
(7223) or visit www.MillerMotorsportsPark.com.
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