The week of the Walton TransCan is finally here!

Courtesy CMRC Head Office

Walton Ontario, August 15, 2005 - Some out of province riders have already dropped in for a quick look before heading off to acclimatize. A few dozen intrepid souls even mixed up their dates and showed up to inadvertently watch track prep this past weekend. They were astonished to take in the all new features such as the start gate and approach (fast, wide, sweeping and watchable) the Machine Racing tower (dominates the landscape ), the Two Wheel Kawasaki Mountain ( it is huge ) and the Hully Gully street bike park and hospitality area (it was empty - but that will change!). They will have to come back when Honda presents the real action in a few days.

Should a 'Furious''Dirty Girl' wear a 'Chinjock', 'Shok-SpotR' and 'Tech Sox'? You can find out after over forty vendors, service crews and exhibitors complete setup Monday. They are followed by the amateur riders who will come pouring in Tuesday morning. They will sign up and prepare for Wednesday's practice and opening ceremonies of the 14th annual Wiseco Amateur GNC.

Coverage of this year's event will be of unprecedented variety. In addition to the one hour SPI television production (Sportsnet, Speed, Global, RDS, Xtreme) Dave Hatch's 'Motorcycle Experience (TSN) will prepare two features and Final Cut Productions will produce a DVD documentary ready in time for Christmas. On radio 94.5 The Bull will be broadcasting live from the event and the www.waltontranscan.ca website will webcast all the action, all day. Results will be posted daily to www.cmrcracing.com. The Heidi's RV / Mostly Digital Media Centre will encourage all riders to post their personal reports on www.waltontranscan.ca as well allow media professionals to submit on-the-fly.

After the Yamaha demo rides, freestyle demos, paintball and helicopter rides you may want to relax. Food service has been expanded and there are some new wooded spectator areas to kick back in or you can grab a Budweiser in the Bull Pit and listen to the lineup of bands such as the Mudmen, Ictus, Never Seems Happy and Scarlet Sins .

Amateur rider excitement is high for Sunday when the week culminates with the IMX Canada Cup competition. With most of the top riders confirmed to attend the MX2 East/West shootout will be a barn burner as these rising stars clash one time time only to establish national supremacy. Jean Sebastien Roy may have clinched the MX1 series title but the battles continue unabated back through the pack for series standings and national numbers for '06. With nothing left to hold back for you can be sure that nothing will be held back in pursuit of the sword claimed each year by the 'King of Walton'.

The buzz from added promotions such as the billboard campaign in Kitchener Waterloo, the 'Sweet Summer Steals' give away on A-Channel and the support of The Bull 94.5 and strong advance ticket sales give every indication that last year's 25,000 attendance record will be shattered, especially since the weather outlook remains near perfect!

For more information contact http://www.waltontranscan.ca