AMA Announces 2022 Hall
of Fame Inductees
T
he AMA announced the 2022
Hall of Fame inductees,
which includes Speedway World
Champion Greg Hancock, Su-
percross/Motocross Champion
James Stewart, AMA Superbike
and WorldSBK Champion Ben
Spies, GNC champ Kenny Cool-
beth, Effie Hotchkiss and Sandy
Kosman. The six inductees will
be honored during the 2022
AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame
Induction Ceremony on October
28 in Pickerington, Ohio.
"The Class of 2022 includes
men and women who have
excelled in competition, engi-
neering, design, motorcycle
adventure and more," said AMA
President and CEO Rob Ding-
man. "Some are champions in
many of our premier racing disci-
plines—motocross, road racing,
dirt track and speedway—while
others excelled in limit-expanding
adventures, or helping riders and
teams reach their on-track poten-
tial. We are honored to recognize
these motorcycling greats this
October 28 at the AMA Motor-
cycle Hall of Fame."
The induction ceremony will
include a cocktail reception
at the AMA Motorcycle Hall of
Fame followed by dinner and the
induction ceremony at the nearby
Violet Township Event Center on
Friday evening, with the following
day to include an Open House
and Class of 2022 installation
exhibit in the AMA Hall of Fame
Museum on the AMA campus.
Tickets for the 2022 AMA
Motorcycle Hall of Fame Induc-
tion Ceremony are now available
to the public at https://services.
americanmotorcyclist.com/ho-
freg/.
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James Stewart is one of six who
will be inducted into the AMA
Motorcycle Hall of Fame in October.
GasGas Launches New-
Gen Trials Bikes
G
asGas introduced its line of 2023 TXT Rac-
ing and TXT GP trials bikes. Six models—four
TXT Racing and two TXT GP—in all will be avail-
able. The TXT models will come in four engine
displacements: 125cc, 250cc, 280cc and
300cc. The GP will be available in two dis-
placements, 250cc and 300cc.
Both models feature a long list of up-
dates, including new frames, and engine
and suspension updates.
The Racing range will be available in late
August, and the GP range "shortly after."
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GasGas' top-of-the-line trials bikes, the TXT
GPs, feature a host of changes for 2023.
