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Subject: lady riders refused the right to ride

Author:
tammy

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Date Posted: 11:28:47 05/03/05 Tue

Sunday May 1st was the worst racing experience i have ever had in the past 3 years of competeing. I went to a track that i had run at the past 3 years, to hear the words ladies are not allowed to compete, we will not honor your class, and we will not let you run, and we will not refund your money. Not only was i told this, but several other female riders, and the head of our d-6 points. The reasonings that Luke Zechman, the track owner, gave us were: "Ladies increase my insurance, are a waste of time, make the day longer, and i don't have trophies for the class." We told Luke that we were the top 2 riders in our district and that we wanted to run against each other for our points that we were not concerned about prizes, just the fun of competetion. But still we were refused. We finally were allowed to race in men's classes after being given a hard time. I ended up in the men's 25+b class, which i have run before, and Alyssa ended up in the 85cc class, which she runs as a second class.

To be bold faced told we can't run, and that he didn't care if AMA reconizes the class was the most humiliating thing i have had to go through. And it is my hope that you will end this discrimination at this track. My family and i refuse to return because we were treated so poorly then by the owners. We will miss the friends their, but this has to stop, all other tracks in our district allow women to run, no matter how many of us there are.

And to add to all of this, we had atleast 2 riders trying to register, we were told this wasn't enough to justify a class, but in the men's quad vet class, and the men's bike vet class, there was 1 rider only entered, and they ran the class, and didn't give the men any hassle.

This track has long discriminated against not only the ladies, but many other riders, by refusing them the right to ride and race.

Please help us. We are also letting the media know who follow our season what has happened, and our sponsors.

Lady riders need to join together to end tracks being able to act like this towards us!!

PLEASE HELP US!

Spread the word, we will gladly reveal the track, but i am sure you will all be able to figure it out, it is also listed on our website. Families should have the right to ride and race at the same track. This track discriminates against many things.

www.againstalloddsmotocross.com

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Subject	Author	Date
Re: lady riders refused the right to ride	HC	16:34:07 05/04/05 Wed
Re: lady riders refused the right to ride -- tammy, 03:17:50 05/06/05 Fri