AMA Announces Award Nominees For 2014 AMA Championship Banquet

The American Motorcyclist Association is
announcing the nominees for 2014 year-end awards, which recognize
individuals and organizations that excelled in AMA competition and
recreational activity during the previous 12 months.
All AMA members are invited to help select the winners of the
competition categories, including the prestigious AMA Athlete of
the Year honors.
The awards will be presented at the 2014 AMA Championship Banquet
on Saturday, Jan. 17, at the Aladdin Shrine Event and Conference
Center in Columbus, Ohio.
"AMA-sanctioned events are the gold standard of motorcycle and
all-terrain vehicle racing," said AMA Chief Operations Officer Jeff
Massey. "These are the greatest grassroots motorsports disciplines
in the world. The racers and organizers nominated for these awards
have all exhibited poise, dignity and excellence, while helping to
advance the AMA's mission to promote and protect motorcycling."
AMA members can vote at www.americanmotorcyclist.com/Racing/RacerVote.aspx
through Sunday, Dec. 7. All AMA members who vote will be entered in
a drawing for AMA-branded gear.
The AMA's highest competitive honor, the AMA Athlete of the Year,
recognizes two categories of outstanding AMA racers. One award
honors an athlete who stands atop an AMA National Championship
Series. Another recognizes one of the amateur racers who has
excelled at an AMA Grand Championship event.
All honorees will be announced at the 2014 banquet. The program --
which includes dinner, door prizes, refreshments and a bike show --
will recognize hundreds of top competitors in disciplines ranging
from land-speed racing to motocross to woods racing and everything
in-between. An open house the day before the banquet at the AMA
Motorcycle Hall of Fame in Pickerington, Ohio, will be free for all
attendees.
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Class champions will receive medals and No. 1 plates at the
banquet, while second- and third-place finishers also will receive
awards.
Columbus' Aladdin Center, located a short distance from the
expansive Easton Town Center shopping complex and only 20 minutes
from AMA headquarters and the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame, offers
free parking, easy access to Interstate 270 and is a short drive
from Port Columbus International Airport.
For event and registration information, see www.americanmotorcyclist.com/Racing/RacingBanquet.aspx.
2014 AMA Rider of the Year Nominees
AMA Athlete of the Year: National Championship Series
- Tyler Bowers, Champion, AMA Arenacross
National Championship Series
- Ricky Brabec, Champion, AMA Hare & Hound
National Championship Series
- Andrew DeLong, Champion, AMA National
Enduro Championship Series
- Billy Janniro, Champion, AMA Speedway
National Championship Series
- Kailub Russell, XC1 Champion, AMA Grand
National Cross Country Series; Top American, International
Six Days Enduro
- Pat Smage, Champion, AMA/NATC MotoTrials
National Championship Series
- Cody Webb, Champion, AMA EnduroCross
National Championship Series
AMA Athlete of the Year: Grand Championships
- Logan Cipala, AMA Hillclimber of the Year,
AMA Hillclimb Grand Championship
- Hunter Edwards, AMA Dirt Track Horizon Award
Winner, AMA Dirt Track Grand Championship
- R.J. Hampshire, AMA Motocross Horizon Award
Winner, AMA Amateur National Motocross Championship
- Anthony Mazziotto, AMA Road Race Horizon Award
Winner, AMA Road Race Grand Championship
- Allen Rabinette, AMA Ice Racer of the Year,
AMA Ice Race Grand Championship
ATV Athlete of the Year
- Chris Borich, XC1 ATV Champion, AMA Grand
National Cross Country Series
- Walker Fowler, XC1 ATV Runner-Up, AMA
Grand National Cross Country Series
- Brad Riley, Pro and Pro-Am Champion, AMA
ATV Extreme Dirt Track National Championship Series
- Samuel Rowe, 450 A and Open A Champion,
AMA ATV Motocross National Championship
Series
AMA Female Rider of the Year
- Hannah Hodges, Girls Sr. (12-16) Champion,
AMA Amateur National Motocross Championship
- Erin Hunter Sills, Land-speed competitor and
AMA and FIM world record holder, AMA Land Speed Grand
Championship
- Megan Manshack, Women's Champion, AMA ATV
Motocross National Championship Series
- Kacy Martinez, WXC Champion, AMA Grand
National Cross Country Series
AMA Veteran/Senior Rider of the Year
- Steve Bromley, 750 Hotshoe, 250 Hotshoe and
50+ Open Champion, AMA Vintage Dirt Track National Championship
Series
- John Grewe, 40+ and 45+ Champion, AMA
Amateur National Motocross Championship
- John Nunes, AMA Vet/Senior Rider of the Year,
AMA Dirt Track Grand Championship
- Mike Wheeler, Five class champion, AMA
Vintage Motocross National Championship Series
AMA Youth Rider of the Year
- Dallas Daniels, AMA Youth Dirt Tracker of the
Year, AMA Dirt Track Grand Championship
- Jordan Jarvis, Girls Jr. (9-13) Champion,
AMA Amateur National Motocross Championship
- Garrett Marchbanks, Mini Sr 1 and Mini Sr 2
Champion, AMA Youth Motocrosser of the Year, AMA Amateur
National Motocross Championship; Team World Championship,
FIM Junior Motocross World Championship
- Bode O'Neill, AMA Youth Hillclimber of the
Year, AMA Hillclimb Grand Championship
- Cole Sepesi, Schoolboy Jr and Schoolboy Sr
Champion, AMA ATV Motocross National Championship
Series
2014 AMA Organizer of the Year Categories and Nominees
AMA Motocross Organizer of the Year
- 2X Promotions, Porterville, Calif.
- Freestone MX, Wortham, Texas
- MX Sports, Morgantown, W.Va.
AMA Off-Road Organizer of the Year
- East Coast Enduro Riders Association
- Motorcycle Racing Association of Nevada, Las
Vegas
- Racer Productions, Morgantown,
W.Va.
AMA Track Racing Organizer of the Year
- Bonneville Speed Trials
- Industry Speedway, City of Industry,
Calif.
- Steve Nace Racing, Paducah, Ky.
AMA ATV Organizer of the Year
- Iowa ATV Hare Scrambles Series
- Western New York Off-Road Association
- ATV Promoters Group
AMA Recreational Road Riding Organizer of the Year
- Dixie Dual Sport, New Port Richey, Fla.
- Family Off-Road Adventures, Stockton,
Calif.
- Tri-County MC, Hibernia, N.J.
AMA Club of the Year
- Blue Comet MC, Skippack, Pa.
- San Jacinto High Rollers, Houston, Texas
- Square Deal Riders, Port Crane,
N.Y.
AMA Media Award
- Cycle USA
- Thunder Roads Magazine
- Vurb Moto
About the American Motorcyclist Association
Founded in 1924, the AMA is a not-for-profit member-based association whose mission is to promote the motorcycle lifestyle and protect the future of motorcycling. As the world's largest motorcycling rights and event sanctioning organization, the AMA advocates for riders' interests at all levels of government and sanctions thousands of competition and recreational events every year. The AMA also provides money-saving discounts on products and services for its members. Through the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame in Pickerington, Ohio, the AMA honors the heroes and heritage of motorcycling. For more information, visit www.americanmotorcyclist.com.