Wentzel
Crowned AMA
Vintage Grand
Champion
V
intage racing sits at the
heart of the event schedule
at Permco AMA Vintage Motor-
cycle Days presented by Turn
14 Distribution, which was held
at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
in Lexington, Ohio, July 24-26,
as thousands of racers com-
peted for the AMA Vintage Grand
Championship and AMA Senior
Vintage Grand Championship
during the event.
The AMA Vintage Grand
Championship is decided by
the combined point totals from
motocross, hare scrambles and
trials competition throughout
the weekend. Capturing the AMA
Vintage Grand Championship
was Quinn Wentzel of Canfield,
Ohio, while Dennis Burnett of
Augusta, Kansas, rode his way to
the AMA Senior Vintage Grand
Championship.
Both Wentzel and Burnett
took home AMA Vintage Grand
Champion honors for the second
consecutive year.
Wentzel earned his fourth-
straight AMA Vintage Grand
Championship at 2026 AMA
Vintage Motorcycle Days, his
eighth overall, including addition-
al championships in 2015, 2017,
2018, 2023, 2024 and 2025.
Wentzel enjoyed podium finishes
in all three disciplines, including
victories in the Open Motocross
class and Vintage Factory Expert
in trials.
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Quinn Wentzel was crowned this year's AMA Vintage
Grand Champion at Mid-Ohio.
"I enjoy the atmosphere; it's
just cool to have all of those races
going on in one place," Wentzel
said about racing at AMA Vintage
Motorcycle Days. "I have a long
background in hare scrambles,
motocross and trials for the last
20 years, so it's all of the three
things I'm good at in one place."
Burnett also claimed his sec
-
ond consecutive championship
thanks to podium finishes in all
three disciplines, including a
victory in the Vintage Old School
Expert class in trials.
"I've been doing it for years.
I've raced a lot of hare scram
-
bles, a lot of motocross and
grew up riding trials. I always
like to do every discipline," Bur
-
nett said. "There's a lot of good
competition."
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