Cycle News Staff | December 21, 2020
The AMA announced the 2021 U.S. ISDE Club Team Qualifier schedule. The West will start in March and end in May, while all three of the East rounds will take place in April and May. The schedule was updated on December 21, 2020, after the Full Gas Sprint Enduro Championship announced its closure.
AMA Release:
Two American Motorcyclist Association-sanctioned International Six Days Enduro Qualifier Series will be used to determine which amateur off-road racers will represent the United States at the 2021 FIM International Six Days Enduro in Italy.
The 2021 AMA East Region ISDE Qualifier Series and the 2021 AMA West Region ISDE Qualifier Series each consist of three rounds, beginning in March and ending in May. The 95th edition of the ISDE is scheduled for Aug. 30-Sept. 4 in Lombardy-Piedmont, Italy.
The U.S. ISDE team won the World Trophy and Women’s World Trophy championships at the 2019 ISDE, as well as the Club Cup title. The American Junior World Trophy team placed second in its class. The 2020 ISDE was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
“With the World, Women’s and Club Trophies still held by the U.S. ISDE Team, and after missing a year of racing, our riders are very excited to return to represent the country in international competition,” AMA Off-Road Racing Manager Erek Kudla said. “The qualifying process has been very successful in getting our fastest riders from either coast onto our Club teams, and we are looking forward to another great year at the world championship event.”
In the 2021 qualifiers, riders receive an overall score for each day of competition and will be ranked by their four highest scores at the end of each series.
Selected riders will be organized into seven three-member U.S. Club teams, which include the overall top seven riders from each of the two qualifier series, as well as the top 40-plus rider from each qualifier series. Five riders are selected by the AMA ISDE Advisory Committee, which also selects the U.S. ISDE Trophy teams.
The seven American Club teams compete alongside the three U.S. ISDE World Trophy teams at the event.
For more information, call (614) 856-1900, ext. 1245, or visit americanmotorcyclist.com/isde.
*(Schedule Update on December 21, 2020)
AMA West ISDE Qualifier Series
| March 20-21 |
Red Mountain, Calif., |
Desert MC and Prospectors MC, AMA District 37 Sprint Enduro |
| April 17-18: |
Campwood, Ariz., |
Arizona Trail Riders, AMA AMRA |
| May 22-23: |
Craig, Colo., |
Enduro Colorado, AMA RMEC |
AMA East ISDE Qualifier Series
| April 10-11: |
TBC, N.C. |
AMA SXCS |
| May 1-2: |
Battlecreek, Mi. |
AMA Michigan Sprint Enduro |
| May 29-30: |
Plantersville, Ala. |
Perry Mt. MC |
