AMA Announces 2017 Professional Competition Numbers For Supercross And Motocross Series
There have a been a few changes in regards
to professional racing numbers for Monster Energy Supercross riders
and Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross riders with today's announcement
from the American Motorcyclists Association (AMA). The biggest
change that my raise an eyebrow or two by hardcore fans is Cooper Webb
dropping his number 17 and picking up number 2 as his new career
number. Previously the number 2 was carried by racing icons Jeremy
McGrath and Ryan Villopoto who announced his retirement in
2015.
Another bit of interesting info gleaned from today's announcement
for professional competition numbers for pro-licensed riders in the
AMA SX and MX series for the 2017 season, was that Joey Savatgy
dropped his 37 and picked up Webb's old 17 number. Aaron Plessinger
and Alex Martin were both up for career numbers, however both chose
to stick with their current numbers, 23 and 26 respectively.
The 2017 season will see Cooper Webb move up from the 250cc series
and join teammate
Chad Reed aboard a factory Yamaha YZ
450F.
Below is a list of 2017's Top 100 and Career Pro Numbers for AMA
Supercross and Motocross
*Career Numbers **New Career Number for 2017
| 1 - 450SX | Ryan Dungey | 51* | Justin Barcia |
| 1 - 250MX | Cooper Webb | 52 | Tyler Bowers |
| 1 - 450MX | Ken Roczen | 53 | Cole Martinez |
| 1 - 250SX West | Cooper Webb | 54 | Gannon Audette |
| 1 - 250SX East | Malcolm Stewart | 55 | Jessy Nelson |
| 2** | Cooper Webb | 56 | Kyle Peters |
| 3* | Eli Tomac | 57 | James Decotis |
| 4* | Blake Baggett | 58 | Chris Alldredge |
| 5* | Ryan Dungey | 59 | Noah McConahy |
| 6* | Jeremy Martin | 60 | Tristan Charboneau |
| 7* | James Stewart | 61 | Vince Friese |
| 10* | Justin Brayton | 62 | Jesse Wentland |
| 11* | Kyle Chisholm | 63 | Alexander Frye |
| 12* | Jake Weimer | 64 | Hayden Mellross |
| 14* | Cole Seely | 65 | Paul Coates |
| 15* | Dean Wilson | 66 | Michael Leib |
| 16* | Zach Osborne | 67 | Jimmy Albertson |
| 17** | Joey Savatgy | 68 | Heath Harrison |
| 18* | David Millsaps | 69 | William Hahn |
| 19* | Justin Bogle | 70 | Dakota Alix |
| 20* | Broc Tickle | 71 | Justin Starling |
| 21* | Jason Anderson | 72 | Cole Thompson |
| 22* | Chad Reed | 73 | Marshal Weltin |
| 23** | Aaron Plessinger | 74 | Bradley Taft |
| 24 | Austin Forkner | 75 | Nicholas Schmidt |
| 25* | Marvin Musquin | 76 | Scott Champion |
| 26** | Alex Martin | 77 | Ben Lamay |
| 27* | Nicholas Wey | 78 | Nick Gaines |
| 28 | Mitchell Oldenburg | 79 | Darryn Durham |
| 29* | Andrew Short | 80 | Cade Clason |
| 30 | Martin Davalos | 81 | Henry Miller |
| 31 | RJ Hampshire | 82 | Luke Clout |
| 32 | Weston Peick | 83 | Jackson Richardson |
| 33* | Joshua Grant | 84 | Daniel Herrlein |
| 34 | Benny Bloss | 85 | Thomas Hahn |
| 35 | Arnaud Tonas | 86 | Trevor Reis |
| 36 | Adam Cianciarulo | 87 | Chris Howell |
| 37 | Phillip Nicoletti | 88 | John Short |
| 38 | Shane McElrath | 89 | Austin Howell |
| 39 | Colt Nichols | 90 | Dillan Epstein |
| 40 | Fredrik Noren | 91 | Jacob Williamson |
| 41* | Trey Canard | 92 | Jason Brooks |
| 42 | Kyle Cunningham | 93 | Joshua Cartwright |
| 43 | Matthew Bisceglia | 94* | Ken Roczen |
| 44 | Jordan Smith | 95 | AJ Catanzaro |
| 45 | Mitchell Harrison | 96 | Vann Martin |
| 46 | Justin Hill | 97 | Ryan Sipes |
| 47 | Malcolm Stewart | 98 | Matthew Babbitt |
| 48 | Christian Craig | 99 | Chase Marquier |
| 49 | Anthony Rodriguez | 377* | Christophe Pourcel |
| 50 | Luke Renzland | 800* | Mike Alessi |
