— UPDATED WITH AN AUDIO INTERVIEW AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POST —

(News Release)

Seven-time AMA Flat Track champion will transition from competitor to team owner for 2012, racing several ‘select’ events in the coming years

This coming season will be the last as a full-time rider for Chris Carr, the all-time wins leader among active AMA Grand National riders.

FLEETWOOD, Pa., (Dec. 10, 2010) –

Winding down one of the greatest careers in AMA Flat Track Championship racing history, seven-time champion Chris Carr has decided to make the upcoming 2011 season his last effort at pursuing an overall AMA Twins title.

“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.”

Transitioning from the seat of his XR750 to race team owner, Carr will call 2011 his final full time year as a racer. Beyond 2011, Carr’s plan is to continue running his team with a selected young racer under his tutelage and launch a new chapter in his storied motorsports career – Chris Carr Racing Motorcycles.

With this Carr’s developed the Chris Carr Farewell to Flat Track Tour. And, given the publicity Carr’s final competition season stop at each AMA Flat Track Championship event this will generate, Carr’s developed a unique approach to sponsors wishing to get on board with this last of its kind program. 

• 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.

Carr is still a major threat to win despite being the oldest regular in the championship.

“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. Note: The Chris Carr Farewell To Flat Track tour kicks off at the Southern Illinois Fairgrounds in DuQuoin, Jan. 1^st and 2^nd, 2011, at the Steve Nace Winter Indoor Series.

For more information feel free to reach out to Chris himself at (610) 944-3016.

Seven-time AMA Flat Track champion and one of the fastest men in the world on two wheels at 367.382  miles per hour, the Chris Carr legend continues. For more information on Chris Carr, visit his website at www.chriscarr.com.

For more information on the 2011 AMA Flat Track Championship schedule, link to: www.amaproracing/ft/

Carr on 2011 

Carr talks with Larry Lawrence about his retirement announcment, his racing career, and beyond.