AMA
racers can propose rules online
(AMA Pro Racing Release)
Effective immediately, anyone holding an AMA Pro Racing
credential will be able to use the internet to propose new
rules. A just-completed section on the AMA Pro Racing website
enables AMA credential holders to suggest a new technical
rule or a revision to an existing technical rule.
Once an idea for a rule is submitted online by a qualified
individual, an e-mail alert will be sent to all credential
holders in that particular discipline who have an e-mail
address on file. A comment period will begin allowing
credential holders to comment on the proposed rule. At the
conclusion of the comment period, all relative information
will be placed in a report for presentation to the respective
AMA Rules Committee at its next regularly scheduled meeting.
As announced earlier this year, and as part of a series of
changes made to the rules making process, discipline-specific
Rules Committees have been formed for each of AMA Pro
Racing’s professional racing series. Meeting biannually,
these Rules Committees are responsible for the development of
technical rules. All rules proposals are ultimately approved
by the AMA Board of Directors.
“This is another important step in the path towards our new
rules-making objectives,” said AMA CEO Patti DiPietro about
the online rules submission. “During the last several months
we have created an all new Racing Committee to set the
strategic direction for AMA Championship Racing and five new
Rules Committees to help develop rules for each series. Now,
with this project complete, we have added the infrastructure
that will allow anybody holding an AMA credential to be part
of the process.”
Specific details are located in the Rules and Bulletins
section of
www.amaproracing.com.
Participants can log on by typing in their AMA membership
number (found on their AMA credential) and ZIP code. To
submit a new technical rule or a revision to an existing
technical rule, participants must be credentialed for that
specific discipline. The status of submitted proposals will
be posted online at the conclusion of the next
regularly-scheduled Rules Committee meeting. For additional
information contact AMA Pro Racing Director of Technical
Development, Kevin Crowther at 614-856-1900.
