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Wheel 112cc 2t/150cc 4t Champion, AMA West Hare Scramble Championship Series
Zack Davidson - Supermini Senior (14-15) Champion, AMA Grand National Cross Country Series
Sebastian Palmese - 250 Youth Champion, AMA Speedway National Championship
Tyler Scott - 65cc Modified (7-11), 85cc DTX (7-11) and 85cc Modified (7-11) Champion, AMA Dirt Track Grand
Championship
AMA Female Racer of the Year
Tayla Jones - WXC Champion, AMA Grand National Cross Country Series; Women's Pro Overall Champion,
AMA Full Gas Sprint Enduro Championship Series; Women's Elite Champion, AMA National Enduro
Championship Series
Kayla Yaakov - AMA Youth Road Racer of the Year, AMA Road Race Grand Championship
Tayler Allred - Girls (11-16) Champion, AMA Amateur National Motocross Championship
Kacy Martinez - Women 85cc-Open A Champion, AMA National Hare & Hound Championship Series
Click here for the complete list of nominees. CN
DAYTONA TT RACETRACK GETS
IMPROVEMENTS
T
hanks to a thorough track
redesign made possible by
utilizing the NASCAR pit road at
Daytona International Speedway
as part of the racing surface,
the American Flat Track (AFT)
says that the 2018 Daytona TT
racetrack will be bigger, better
and significantly faster when
it launches the 2018 season,
March 15, 2018.
By extending the track design
from the tri-oval and taking over
pitlane, seven-time Grand Na-
tional Champion Chris Carr and
his design team gained over 40
feet of width and were able to
double the radiuses of the two
bookend corners. The result,
AFT says, will be faster corner-
ing speeds, more passing op-
portunities for competitors and
more excitement for fans.
AFT says that the higher
cornering speeds will obviously
result in faster straightaway
speeds, which means nego-
tiating the six-foot-high jump
incorporated into the second
straightaway will be pivotal to the
success of the racers that night.
Carr's redesign of the jump
section will make it the largest
jump the competitors will face all
season long. CN
AFT has more room to work
with when it comes to designing
the 2018 TT event at Daytona
International Speedway.
