Reason For Being

No sooner had the 2020 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship come to an end than the AMA’s director of racing, Mike Pelletier, found himself with two burning questions: As newly crowned 450 MX Champion, would Zach Osborne trade in his career #16 for one of the available single-digit numbers? And would new 250 Class MX Champion Dylan Ferrandis trade in his career #14 for the same chance at a single digit? Until both riders answered, Pelletier could not get on with the business of issuing the 2021 numbers for AMA Supercross/Pro Motocross—and for anxious bench racers and moto geeks like myself, Jason Weigandt, Steve Matthes, and pretty much everyone else who follows the sport, the new numbers are a big deal!