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Year. She was the 2017 WXC
Champion from the Amsoil AMA
Grand National Cross Country
Series, the Women's Pro Overall
Champion from the AMA Full
Gas Sprint Enduro Champion-
ship Series, and the Women's
Elite Champion from the AMA
National Enduro Championship
Series.
The 2017 AMA Vet Racer of
the Year is Destry Abbott, who
dominated his class in the 2017
AMA EnduroCross National
Championship Series.
The 2017 AMA Youth Racer
of the Year is Ty Masterpool,
who is the Supermini 1 (12-15)
Champion and Supermini 2 (13-
16) Champion from the Rocky
Mountain ATV-MC AMA Amateur
National Motocross Champion-
ship.
Top-three finishers were
recognized from six regional
championships and 21 national
championships, representing all
disciplines of AMA-sanctioned
competition.
In addition to the competition
awards, in many years the AMA
recognizes the AMA Sportsman
of the Year. AMA Sportsmen of
the Year may be ambassadors,
competitors, promoters or oth-
ers who go above and beyond to
elevate the sport or demonstrate
exceptional fairness or selfless-
ness in AMA-sanctioned activity.
The 2017 AMA Sportsman
of the Year went to Jody Barry.
At the Daytona 200 in March,
a fellow rider crashed and was
trapped under his burning motor-
cycle. Barry stopped, lifted the
crashed bike and freed the rider.
Other award winners an-
nounced at the banquet were:
(Left) Rose Hayden presented the Nicky Hayden AMA Dirt
Track Horizon Award to Hunter Brooks. (Below) Australian
Tayla Jones is the 2017 AMA Female Racer of the Year.
