VOLUME 58 ISSUE 6 FEBRUARY 9, 2021 P33
AMA Honors Slavik, Young For Their
Contributions To Motorcycling
T
he AMA Board of Directors has selected two
recipients for its 2021 national awards, which
recognize outstanding contributions in the world
of motorcycling and acknowledge support of the
AMA mission to promote the motorcycle lifestyle
and protect the future of motorcycling.
AMA Charter Life Member Paul Slavik, a long-
time employee of American Honda and advocate
for off-road motorcycling, is the recipient of the
2021 AMA Dud Perkins Lifetime Achievement
Award, which acknowledges the highest level of
service to the AMA in any area of activity.
Brittany Young, founder of the B360 (b360bal-
timore.org) nonprofit that teaches science,
technology, engineering and mathematics skills
to youths using dirt bikes, is the recipient of the
2021 AMA Bessie Stringfield Award. The AMA
Bessie Stringfield Award acknowledges an indi-
vidual who has been instrumental in introducing or
promoting motorcycling to emerging markets. CN
(Above) B360 founder
Brittany Young is the
recipient of the 2021 AMA
Bessie Stringfield Award.
(Left) Off-road motorcycling
advocate Paul Slavik has
been honored with the 2021
AMA Dud Perkins Lifetime
Achievement Award.