VOL. 55 ISSUE 44 NOVEMBER 6, 2018 P27
DANIELS WINS NICKY HAYDEN AMA
ROAD RACE HORIZON AWARD
D
allas Daniels, Kayla Yaakov, Greg Melka and
Blake Davis were the big award winners as
the 2018 AMA Road Race Grand Championship
that came to a close last week.
Daniels was named the 2018 Nicky Hayden
AMA Road Race Horizon Award winner.
Yaakov won the 2018 AMA Novice Road
Racer of the Year Award, Melka was named the
2018 AMA Vet/Senior Road Racer of the Year,
and Davis captured the 2018 AMA Youth Road
Racer of the Year Award.
Yaakov and Davis also were among the 12
riders who won AMA class championships at the
event.
Daniels, of Mattoon, Illinois, won the 2018 Nicky Hayden AMA Road Race Horizon Award and is the
first person to win two AMA Horizon Awards. He won the Nicky Hayden AMA Flat Track Horizon Award at
the AMA Flat Track Grand Championship in June. Daniels finished sixth in the AMA Lightweight Twins Su-
perstock and 13th in the AMA Lightweight Twins Superbike Expert races on Saturday aboard a Kawasaki
Ninja 400. He scored a top-10 finish in the AMA 600 Superbike Expert race on Sunday on a Yamaha
YZF-R6, and finished the AMA 600 Superstock Expert race in 13th place. Daniels' father Nick worked as
a mechanic for Nicky Hayden early in Hayden's career.
"I had a goal to win two horizon awards, since no one has ever done that before,"
Dallas Daniels said. "I wasn't expecting to win it though. It means so much to me because my dad
worked for the Haydens, and Earl [Hayden] helps me out now." CN
Dallas Daniels (left),
with his father Nick
Daniels, celebrated
winning the 2018
Nicky Hayden AMA
Road Race Horizon
Award.
ALEX HUNTER NAMED AMA
MOTOCROSS MANAGER
T
he AMA announced a change up in the racing department with Alex Hunter
being moved to the position of motocross manager. Hunter will now oversee
AMA Motocross sanctioning and featured event designations in his new role. He
will also work closely with AMA districts, promoters and organizers.
"The passion and dedication for the sport of motocross that Alex brings to the
department is just what we need in this ever-changing landscape of competi-
tion," said AMA Director of Racing Kevin Crowther. "I am confident that, with
his experience and expertise, Alex will help the AMA continue to elevate and provide the best motocross
sanctioning services possible."
Hunter has been with the AMA for six years. He originally was hired as the motocross assistant man-
ager. For the past three years, he has served as the Racing Department project manager.
Alexandria Reasoner continues as the motocross coordinator. CN
