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Nominees For 2022 AMA Racing Awards Announced T he AMA recently announced the nominees for the 2022 AMA Racing Awards, which recognize individuals excelling in AMA-sanc- tioned competition and recreational activity from the past year. AMA members are invited to help select winners in competition categories, including the presti- gious awards for AMA Athlete of the Year in their respective cat- egories. Members may cast their votes for the 2022 AMA Racing Awards by visiting SurveyMonkey. com. Voting will end on January 17 at midnight. 2022 AMA Racing Award Nominees AMA ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Jordan Ashburn — Grand National Cross Country XC1 Open Pro Bike Champion Grant Baylor — National Enduro Pro1 Champion (5 wins) Billy Janniro — AMA Speedway National Champion Dante Oliveira — National Grand Prix Championship Pro Class Champion Kyle Peters — Arenacross National Championship Series Pro Sport Cham- pion Dalton Shirey — National Hare & Hound Pro Class Champion Pat Smage — NATC MotoTrials Pro Cham- pion (6 out of 6 wins) AMA ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP Caden Braswell — Motocross Horizon Award Winner, National Motocross 250 Pro Sport Champion, 2nd in Open Pro Sport Class Alessandro Di Mario — Road Race Horizon Award Winner; North America Talent Cup Champion; Road Race Grand Championship 400cc Superstock Expert, Lightweight Twins Superbike Ex- pert, and Lightweight Twins Superstock Expert Champion Trystan Hart — Tennessee Knockout Extreme Enduro Champion Clarke Morian V — Flat Track Horizon Award Winner, Flat Track Grand Cham- pionship 250cc Open Singles (12+) 2nd Place Chris Spoonogle — Vintage Grand Champion Cullen Vice — Hillclimb Racer of the Year, Hillclimb Grand Championship 125cc Class Champion AMA VETERAN/SENIOR RACER OF THE YEAR Jason Braun — Vet/Senior Hillclimb Racer of the Year, Hillclimb Grand Cham- pionship Masters 40+ Class Champion Michael Brown — National Motocross Vet/Senior Racer of the Year Fred Hoess — Two-time FIM Interna- tional Vintage Trophy Overall Champion (29 ISDE Career Events) Dallas Mayer — Flat Track Grand Cham- pionship Vet/Senior Racer of the Year, Flat Track Grand Championship Masters (60+) and Senior (40+) Class Champion Steve McSwain — National Enduro 50+ Class Champion (6 Overall Wins) Lightning Weppler — Senior Vintage Grand Champion AMA YOUTH RACER OF THE YEAR Casey Cochran — National Motocross Youth Racer of the Year; 5/6 Moto Wins, National Motocross 125 Jr. (12-17) B/C and Schoolboy 1 (12-17) B/C Class Champion Sam Drane — Flat Track Grand Champi- onship Youth Racer of the Year; 85cc Modified (9-11), 85cc Modified (9-13), and 85cc Production (9-13) Class Champion Nathan Gouker — FIM North America Mini Cup Champion Kaidin Tvergyak — ATV/MX Schoolboy Jr. (12-15), 90cc Open (8-13), and 90cc Shifter (8-13) Class Champion Junior Motocross World Champions — Tace Morgan, Maddox Temmerman, Car- son Wood, Seth Dennis, Landon Gibson, Casey Cochran, Collin Allen AMA FEMALE RACER OF THE YEAR Rachael Archer — Grand National Cross-Country Series WXC Bike Class Champion Brooklyn Caudillo — National Hare & Hound Jr. Girls Class Champion, Na- tional Grand Prix Championship Girls Jr. (9-12) Class Champion Madeleine Hoover — NATC MotoTrials Women's Pro Champion (4 out of 4 wins) Mackenzie Tricker — National Enduro Women's Elite Champion (5 wins). CNt IN THE WIND P36 The AMA announced the nominees for the 2022 AMA Racing Awards. Now it's time to vote.