Toyota AMA AX Awards
AURORA, Ill., (Feb. 22, 2007) – Capping off ten rounds of one of the most competitive and memorable Toyota AMA Arenacross Series seasons on record, the racers, mechanics and officials that bring the great racing to the fans were honored by Live Nation win an awards banquet this past weekend in Nashville, Tenn.
“It take so many people putting forth an amazing amount of effort each and every weekend to pull off the Toyota AMA Arenacross Series,” said Robert Hansen, director of arenacross for Live Nation. “With that we’d like to invite the motocross industry press to recognize the efforts of these racers, mechanics and officials on the Toyota AMA Arenacross Series tour.”
Award Recipient
AMA Recognition Harv Whipple
Unsung Hero Award “Dirt Bike” Mike Lambert
Mechanic of the Year Robert Reynard
Team Manager of the Lizabeth Cartwright
100-percent Award Keith Johnson
Rookie of the Year Travis Sewell
Team of the Year TUF Racing
Lifetime Achievement Award Pat Alexander/Suzuki
Toyota AMA Arenacross Series Champion Danny Smith
Pictures of the season ending awards banquet can be viewed at the following link: Toyota AMA Arenacross Series Banquet Photos
In addition to TUF/Cernic’s/Honda’s Danny Smith, the Toyota AMA Arenacross Series would also like to recognize the 11 other racers that make up the top 12 overall in the AMA Arenacross class standings:
2nd Robbie Reynard
3rd Kevin Johnson
4th Keith Johnson
5th Teddy Maier
6th Brock Sellards
7th Jim Neese
8th Justin Buckelew
9th Matt Barnes
10th Chad Johnson
11th Vincent Blair
12th Scott Metz
This weekend the Toyota AMA Arenacross Series wraps up with its Eastern Lites championship round in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. For more information catch the action in this down-to-the-wire title chase, the current series’ point standings and results, or the latest news on the series are all available at www.arenacross.com.