AMA Announces Racing & Organizer
Award Winners
T
he AMA announced the win-
ners of its 2022 AMA Racing
and Organizer Awards, given
to the standout individuals and
organizations from AMA-sanc-
tioned competition and recre-
ational endeavors.
AMA members participated in
the selection process of certain
racing categories while AMA
staff selected recipients of the
organizational awards.
The AMA Athlete of the Year
Awards went to Kyle Peters
(National Championship Series),
Trystan Hart (Grand Champion
-
ship) and Brycen Neal (ATV).
The AMA Veteran/Senior
Racer of the Year was Steve
McSwain, who was the National
Enduro 50+ Champion.
The AMA Youth Racer of the
Year Award was given to the
members of the Junior Mo
-
tocross World Championship
Team—Tace Morgan, Maddox
Temmerman, Carson Wood, Seth
Dennis, Landon Gibson, Casey
Cochran and Collin Allen.
Rachael Archer, the Grand
National Cross-Country Series
WXC Bike Class Champion, was
named the AMA Female Racer
of the Year.
Unlimited Sports MX Inc. (Mo
-
tocross Organizer of the Year),
National Hare & Hound Associa-
tion (Off-Road Racing Organizer
of the Year), Southeastern Short
Trackers Ltd. (Track Racing
Organizer of the Year) and Mid
East Hare Scramble (ATV Orga
-
nizer of the Year) won Organiza-
tional Awards.
The Pediatric Brain Tumor
Foundation was named the
Recreational Road Riding Orga-
nizer of the Year, and Tri-County
Sportsmen MC Inc. earned the
Recreational Off-Road Organizer
of the Year Award.
The AMA Sportsman of the
Year went to David Eller for his
work rebuilding Loretta Lynn
Ranch, the home for the AMA
Amateur National Motocross
Championships, after it was
devasted by flooding in August
of 2021.
Aztalan Cycle Club Inc. (AMA
Club of the Year) and Michael
Antonovich (AMA Media Award)
were also honored.
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Kyle Peters was
named AMA
Athlete of the
Year in a National
Championship
Series.
