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First-ever
AMA Pro ATV Championship Awards Banquet in Las
Vegas
Top Three To Receive Awards
Joe Byrd took 75% of the 2007 holeshots,
including this one at Loretta Lynn's |
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (October
9, 2007) - For the first time ever, the
top three finishers from the AMA Pro ATV
Championship will be recognized on November 18
at the 33rd Annual AMA Pro Racing Championship
Awards Banquet in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The celebration will honor the top three in
points following the 2007 series, which belonged
to Joe Byrd with his 18 out of 24 holeshots and
six of twelve wins on the season.
Byrd will receive the first-ever AMA Pro ATV
Championship No. 1 Plate. “It would be an honor
to just go there and have a lot of fun, who
doesn’t mind going to Vegas?” Byrd said.
As the first-ever AMA Pro ATV champion, Byrd
also acknowledged the AMA for elevating the
sport of ATV motocross. “The AMA has made things
a lot more consistent,” Byrd continued. “There’s
a lot more professionalism here at the
racetrack. We’ve been wanting it for a long time
to be actually Pros and AMA guys. It’s here and
it’s only going to get better and better every
year.”
Along with Joe “The Professor” Byrd, Jeremy
Lawson and Patrick Brown will be recognized on
stage as well with specialty awards for earning
second and third place in the inaugural year of
AMA Pro ATV Racing, according to AMA Pro ATV
Series Manager Harv Whipple.
Jeremy Lawson looks forward to Las Vegas |
“I am extremely proud of all three and can’t
wait to showcase them on stage amongst the other
athletes in all disciplines of AMA Pro Racing,”
he said.
Jeremy Lawson was a proven race winner with
three wins on the season, and five runner-up
finishes behind Byrd. Lawson took second
overall, just 29 points out of first place.
Third place’s Patrick Brown will also be in
attendance as Brown took his season best finish
of second place at Red Bud, before grabbing
three consecutive third place finishes.
Brown went on to take his first-ever win at
the Inaugural AMA Pro ATV Open Invitational at
Steel City, and was honored with the first AMA
Pro ATV Open Champion No. 1 plate at the event.
Patrick Brown is invited to Las Vegas |
Honda will be presented with the first-ever
AMA Pro ATV Manufacturers Cup at the AMA Pro
Racing Championship Awards Banquet.
“Winning the manufacturer's cup is a
testament to the TRX450R being the best platform
for creating a winning ATVA ride,” said the
American Honda press manager, Jon Row.
The Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino will
present the AMA Pro Racing SPEED Athlete of the
Year Award in addition to hosting the 5th Annual
AMA Sports Banquet, which recognizes the
nation’s top amateur racers on Friday, Nov. 16.
For more information, call (614) 856-1900, ext
1232.
About the ITP/Moose
ATV National Motocross Championship Series
Presented by Parts Unlimited:
The AMA ITP/Moose ATV National Motocross
Championship Series Presented by Parts Unlimited
is the nation’s premier amateur and professional
ATV motocross series, and is hosted by many of
America ’s premier motocross facilities. The
12-round series includes stops all over the
nation, drawing the top racers, teams and
sponsors in the sport, and making it America ’s
largest and longest running ATV National
Motocross series. After over twenty years of
growth, the ATVA series gained AMA Pro
recognition in 2007, crowning Joe Byrd as the
first-ever AMA Pro ATV Champion. The series
continues to expand and produce top talent from
the amateur ranks, while keeping close to the
grass-roots fun that makes people love to go to
the races.
Series sponsors include title sponsors
ITP Tires and Moose, and presenting sponsor
Parts Unlimited. Premiere and Feature
sponsors include ATV Sport, Moto Tees, Scott
USA, Maxxis Tires, Elka Suspension and H-Bomb
Films/Division Four. Associate sponsors
include Weekend Warrior Trailers, Denton Racing,
and Hinson Racing. Media partners include
ATV Insider, ATV Rider and ATVRiders.com.
About AMA Racing:
AMA Racing is the competition arm of the
American Motorcyclist Association and is the
leading sanctioning body for motorcycle sport in
the United States. Its professional properties
include the Amp’d Mobile AMA Supercross Series,
the AMA Toyota Motocross Championship presented
by FMF, the AMA Superbike Championship presented
by Parts Unlimited, the AMA Ford Quality Checked
Flat Track Championship, the AMA Supermoto
Championship and the AMA Pro ATV Championship.
In amateur and pro-am competition, AMA Racing
sanctions over 4000 events in 24 different
disciplines and supports over 260,000 active
members. For more information about professional
racing, visit www.amaproracing.com. Accredited
media outlets can also access an on line Press
Room at www.amaproracing.com/pressroom. For
amateur racing information visit
www.amadirectlink.com/amrace/amasports.asp.
About the ATVA:
The ATV Association (“ATVA”) is the official
sanctioning body of the amateur division of the
ATVA ITP/Moose ATV National Motocross
Championship Series Presented by Parts
Unlimited. The 9,000 member ATVA is the
sister organization of the 260,000 member
American Motorcyclist Association (“AMA”). ATV
racing has experienced phenomenal growth at the
rate of 25% in the past two years alone, and
continues to gain momentum and support,
outselling off-road motorcycles annually. Each
round attracts hundreds of racers who compete
for bragging rights to one of 31 amateur
national titles. For more information about
ATVA, visit
www.atvaonline.com.
About the ATVPG:
The ATVPG is comprised of the 12 individual
promoters that host the AMA ITP/Moose ATV
National Motocross Championships, presented by
Parts Unlimited. The goal of the ATVPG is to
raise awareness of ATV motocross through the
production of professional and amateur
championship racing events. For more
information on the ATVPG and the ATV National
events they produce, go to
www.atvmotocross.com.
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