The week of the Walton TransCan is finally here!

Some out-of-province riders have already dropped in for a quick look before heading off to acclimatize. A few dozen intrepid souls even mixed up their dates and showed up to inadvertently watch track prep this past weekend. They were astonished at all the new features, such as the new starting line and approach [fast, wide, sweeping and spectator friendly],  the Machine Racing tower [dominates the landscape], the Two Wheel Kawasaki Mountain [it is huge], and the Hully Gully street bike park and hospitality area [it was empty but that will change!]. They will have to come back when Honda presents the real action in a few days.

Should a 'Furious' girl wear a 'Chinjock', 'Shok-SpotR' and 'Tech Sox'? You can find out after over forty vendors, service crews and Exhibitors setup Monday. They are followed by the amateur riders who will come pouring in Tuesday morning. They will sign up and prepare for Wednesday's practice and opening ceremonies of the 14^th annual Wiseco Amateur GNC. 

Coverage of this year's event will be unprecedented. In addition to the one hour SPI television production [Sportsnet, Speed, Global, RDS , Xtreme] Dave Hatch's 'Motorcycle Experience on TSN will prepare two features and Final Cut Productions will produce a DVD documentary ready in time for Christmas. On radio 94.5 FM, The Bull will broadcast live from the event and the www.waltontranscan.ca website will run a live webcast all day. Results will be posted daily to www.cmrcracing.com . The Heidi's RV/ Mostly Digital Media Centre will encourage all riders to post their personal reports on www.waltontranscan.ca, as well allow media professionals to submit on-the-fly reports.

After the Yamaha demo rides, freestyle demos, paintball and helicopter rides you may want to relax. Food service has been expanded and there are some new wooded spectator areas to kick back in or you can grab a Budweiser in the Bull Pit and listen to the lineup of bands such as the Mudmen, Ictus, Never Seems Happy and Scarlet Sins.

Amateur rider excitement is high for Sunday when the week culminates with the IMX Canada Cup competition. With most of the top riders confirmed to attend the MX2 East/West shootout, it will be a barn-burner as these rising stars clash one time only to establish national supremacy. Jean-Sébastien Roy may have clinched the MX1 series title but

the battle continues unabated back through the pack for series standings and national numbers for 2006. You can be sure that nothing will be held back in pursuit of the King of Walton sword.

The buzz from added promotions such as the billboard campaign in Kitchener-Waterloo, the 'Sweet Summer Steals' giveaway on A-Channel and the support of The Bull 94.5 and the strong advance ticket sales give every indication that last year's 25,000 attendance record will be shattered, especially since the weather outlook remains near perfect!  

For more information contact http://www.waltontranscan.ca