The new venue is at Wildcat Creek MX located in Rossville, Indiana. Rossville is a rural community with a population of 1,513. We are located at the intersection of State Roads 26 and 39 in the northwest corner of Clinton County. The Town is within short driving distances of Lafayette, Frankfort, Delphi, Kokomo, and Indianapolis, which allows area residents easy access to employment, entertainment, education, and‚ health care services.

I don't know why but for some reason I did a little reading up on this community and found out that this place may be a lot like home for a number of the participants that will be attending this one. It seems many of the early settlers to inhabit this area originally came from Pennsylvania, Kentucky, and Virginia. Rossville was dense wilderness until March 1828 and at that time a tribe of Miami Indians inhabited the area. Their leader was Chief Little Turtle (Meshekunnoghquoh). I realize useless information for the purpose of ATV motocross racing, yet interesting none-the-less.

One may take note that the heart of the season presents a back-to-back weekends of racing at Steel City and Unadilla. Two of the premier tracks on the schedule will test not only skills but also the dedication it will take to be able to have yourself and equipment ready to go so quickly for national competition.

Even though it may seem like such an obstacle to go back to back like that, there was a lot of consideration in making these decisions. It honestly should work out better financially and travel wise in the end. You ask how? Simple answering is that a number of folks will be traveling from the Midwest and Southlands of America and since Steel City is located somewhat in the middle of it all it will make the trip shorter to New York and save miles, fuel and wear and tear on the teams transporters.

As plans can now be finalized for the 2013 season, I expect to hear a lot more of what teams have planned. If you happened to be at the banquet then you know that things are really looking positive with Mt. Dew announced as the new title sponsor of the series. That was exciting to say the least.

I am not sure people realize the actual impact the news of the sponsorship means to our industry. The recognition just from the association with such a business will be a boost the sport may just need now more than ever. It's the first step hopefully to creating something better. If you want to hear more about it, I spoke with Rich Gillette who helped make it all possible. Rich is the team owner for Root River Racing who won this year's 2012 AMA ATV Motocross Team of the Year.‚ Click here to listen.

I have a number of friends on the popular social network Facebook, quite a number that continues to grow each day. I have friends from every aspect of the industry to friends completely out of the industry. Some I know, most I don't. Some I have met face to face and don't recall and others I have met face to face and do recall. Interestingly enough I happened to chat this past evening with a young man that actually breathed even more life into my passion for this sport.

Brandon said he will be racing the nationals in 2013 and that he was busy working out and working to save money. He said a lot of time and hours are spent at work laying tile right now just so he can realize a dream that he has had for a while now. Brandon told me, "I been working my butt off all winter to save enough money for all the nationals this year and been training very hard in the gym and staying focused on the set goals I want this year."

Brandon is 20 years old from Manitowoc, Wisconsin. He plans on riding the new YFZ450R in the Production A and 450A classes with hopes of stepping up to a Pro Am class at some point in the season. Brandon says right now he will be doing it on his own with some support from FLY Racing, Fox Shox and his family. Good luck Brandon and it will be exciting to see how your dream plays out.

On a programming note, be sure and catch AMA Pro ATV Motocross from Red Bud this Sunday at 5:00pm eastern on NBC Sports.