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ERX has donated the use of their property to the YMCA of MN for their summer youth motorcycle training program, NYPUM. • ERX will encourage development. Since the beginning ERX has hosted events designed to promote improved skills and safety. These events include ERX Learn To Ride Clinics, Motocross Clinics, YMCA Youth Motorcycle training, Avalanche Awareness Classes, Youth Snowmobile Safety Training and much more. Current State Racing: The ERX Grassroots Snocross Series, entering its eighth year in 2015, is the largest regional snocross series in existence. The Thursday night format, which is focused on first -time, amateur and youth racers, commonly features over 225 registrations, with over 160 individual competitors. The largest classes are youth - oriented, with the largest specific group being the 120cc class, featuring riders from four to 12 years old. Competitors follow the six race series with hopes of capturing the ERX Season Points Championship, and it's not uncommon to have competitors traveling from great distances such as Ontario, Manitoba, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Iowa and Ohio. Spectator counts continue to grow for the Grassroots Series, with an average Thursday night attendance during the 2014 -2015 season of approximately 1000 people. Building Champions: Since opening the doors in 2008, ERX has served as a feeder system to ISOC, the top national snocross series. Riders who were introduced to the sport of snocross at ERX are now winning national championships and are recognized as some of the best emerging racers in the world. As a direct result, ERX is quickly acquiring a reputation for a facility which develops and builds champions. Testing /Training: ERX professionally builds and maintains their snocross track, and the focus is to produce a safe, yet challenging, track which replicates the national snocross tracks faced by racers when traveling the ISOC Championship Snocross Series. ERX has developed a reputation for their consistent track, which is meticulously maintained. As a result, ERX is the chosen training and testing facility for most of the top professional snocross athletes and teams. Demand for season practice passes at ERX has increased, and additional teams are making commitments to ERX —and the Elk River community —as the home for their racing operations. Teams are renting and purchasing homes and shop space in the area so they are able to maintain close proximity to ERX. Summer Beater -X Series: The ERX Beater -X Series, which features compact cars, light trucks, ATVs and UTVs competing on an all -dirt track. The track layout consists of rolling jumps, elevation changes and tight corners, providing an exciting and challenging extreme form of racing, with a focus on low - budget racing for amateurs and first -time racers. 211';i�ik'