Flat Track Motorcycle and Quad Races

Tyler Clark July 14, 2013

The Warm Up®

It is almost news…if things go as planned, we will be hosting the first of The Warm Up® events on Thursday night July 18, 2013 as an AMA All Star National Flat Track race.  The professional motorcycle and quad flat track event will be held at the Billings Motorsports Park, approximately 6 miles north of Billings on Highway 87.  The last time motorcycles ran on the wide 3/8 mi track, AMA Pro Flat Track star Stevie Bonsey was in town to take the win. The BMP track is a 50′ wide dirt track, just a bit longer than 3/8 mi.  With the width, the new track surface, grandstands and permanent lighting system installed, it is expected that a number of the AMA Grand National Flat Track Expert and Pro-Singles competitors will be stopping in Billings on their way to the west coast.  The classes are not set yet, but there is a chance that we will see both singles and twins (including the throaty Harley twins!) on the track. As we have seen in the past, the combination of a big pro purse and the BMP track makes for some wild racing, with bikes and quads going 3 and 4 abreast. Fast and furious racing, and the only national level motorcycle racing event in 2013 in the surrounding 6 state area.  For more information about The Warm Up®, please call Mike at (406) 656-9960, e-mail Mike Marsh .

Directions to Billings Motorsports Park…North on Main Street through Billings Heights, turn left on Highway 87 (north towards Roundup, MT)…proceed approximately 6 miles..Billings Motorsports Park is on the west side of the road.

We are scheduled to run the second The Warm Up® at Billings Motorcycle Club on the short track on Saturday night, August 3, 2013.  This is a club race, but will have many of the local favorites on the track once again.  It’ll be a beautiful Hot August Night!

Directions to find the short track at Billings Motorcycle Club:

The Billings Motorcycle Club is actually pretty easy to find.  For those of you that have GPS in your vehicle and depend on it for finding your racing spots.. SIMPLY TYPE IN:  Casey’s Corner, 2007 Blue Creek Road, Billings, MT 59101

BMC PROPERTY ADDRESS (*may not show on some GPS systems): 
3630 Old Blue Creek Rd
Billings, MT 59101

Detailed Directions: Take Interstate – 90 to Billings, take the South Billings Boulevard Exit, turn south on S. Billings Boulevard. Proceed approx 2 miles, across the Yellowstone River.  Look for a sign on the right side of the road for Billings Motorcycle Club, then turn left  immediately before Casey’s Corner convenience store onto gravel road.  Continue on the road going east following the Yellowstone River (which will be on your left) approximately 1 –  ½ miles to the white entry gate

Video of the race held at BMC August 2011 at BMC.

Some History

AMA Grand National Singles in Montana in 2008
The AMA Grand National Flat Track series made a stop in Billings, Montana in 2008. Since 2003, The Warm Up, held the weekend before the Sturgis Rally each year, has included hundreds of profesisonal and up-and-coming motorcycle and quad flat track racers. In 2008, the best athletes in the sport of professional flat track came to Billings to compete on the MetraPark 1/2 mi dirt track. AMA pro racers from the US, Canada, Australia and Japan were on hand to battle it out under the beautiful Montana Big Sky. The two day event was the first of its kind for Montana, and the only AMA GNC race west of the Mississippi in 2008.

Video of the 2008 GNC 1/2 mi event held in Billings.

Congratulations to Kenny Coolbeth for winning the first ever GNC Singles race in Montana, and moving on to win his 3rd consecutive GNC Twins Number One plate in 2008. Great Job Kenny!

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