The American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) divides the United States and Puerto Rico into 45 districts, grouped into six regions. Your district is where your local AMA racing is organized: district organizations run the local series and championships, keep district points for youth and amateur classes, set district race numbers, and classify riders AMA has not classified yet. Find yours on the map below.
Last checked November 3, 2026, against AMA's 2026 Racing Rulebook, AMA's own club and event records and each district's website.
Sources: AMA Charter & Event Search: the district AMA assigns to each chartered club and sanctioned event (read 2026-11-03); AMA district map, 2014 (archived); AMA district map, 2012 (archived); AMA 2026 Racing Rulebook; District 3's county map of New York, 2014 (archived). Tracks are the ones we list on the Full Throttle track map. Races are AMA-sanctioned motocross events from AMA's event search, read daily, in the district AMA gives each one. Check with the organizer before you travel.
What an AMA district does
AMA sanctions the races and writes the national rules. Your district runs the local side:
- Series and championships. District points in youth and amateur classes, and one district championship per category a year.
- Your class. AMA ranks riders A, B and C. A rider AMA has not classified yet gets a class from the district.
- Your number. Where a district runs numbering, your bike shows your district number.
Before your first race
- Get an AMA membership or a one-event pass. Every rider in an AMA-sanctioned race needs one.
- Check the district's own rules. Some districts require their own membership too. Pick your district above for its website.
For clubs and track owners
- Claim your track's listing on the Full Throttle track map, free.
- TrackPass runs waivers, passes and gate check-in online.
- Ayo! texts your whole list from your own phone when rain moves a race.
- The Motocross Track Association (MXTA) tracks inherent risk legislation state by state.
Questions riders ask
How many AMA districts are there?
45, numbered 1 to 45, grouped into six regions: Northeast (10 districts), Southeast (8), North Central (8), South Central (6), Northwest (5) and Southwest (8). Together they cover every state, Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico.
Which AMA district am I in?
Use the explorer above: it opens on the district your connection places you in, and you can pick your state or use your exact location. If your state is split, it shows which part each district covers. AMA will also give you your district office's address at (800) 262-5646.
Do I need an AMA membership to race?
Yes, or an AMA one-event pass. AMA's rulebook requires one or the other for every rider in AMA-sanctioned competition. An AMA associate membership does not count.
Can I race in a district other than my own?
Yes. AMA's standard meets are open to all AMA members in good standing. But a recognized district organization may require its own membership for the meets it manages, and it does not have to accept another district's membership, so check the district's website before you go.
What do the A, B and C classes mean?
They are AMA's rider classifications. A is the highest, B comes before A, and C before B. Riders move up through AMA's National Advancement System, based on their results. A rider AMA has not classified yet is classified by the district, or by the meet referee where there is no recognized district organization.
Does AMA publish a district map?
Not today. AMA's website has no district map, and its 2026 Racing Rulebook explains what districts do without listing them. Our map is built from AMA's own records of where its clubs and events are, its 2012 and 2014 district maps, and the districts' own words.
Why are some borders on the map dashed?
Eight states are split between districts. New York's and Michigan's lines come from published county lists, so they are solid. In Pennsylvania, Ohio, Florida, Illinois, Texas and California nobody publishes the line, so we drew it from where AMA files the clubs and events in each county. Those borders are dashed, and they match AMA's records about nine times in ten.
AMA publishes no district boundaries, so we built the map from what it does publish: the district its Charter & Event Search gives 905 clubs and 1,601 events of 2026, its 2012 and 2014 district maps, District 3's county map and the districts' own websites. Every AMA record in a whole-state district or a published county list matches the map (1,214 of 1,214); the dashed estimated lines match 91% to 100%. Rules are from AMA's 2026 Racing Rulebook. Checked November 3, 2026, and re-checked every month.
Find a track in your district
Every track we list is on the Full Throttle track map, and the pro series are on our season schedules.
