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Motocross Scholarship Races

The AMA and On Track School team up to support continuing education through scholarships for racers June 29, 2021 By Joy Burgess In 2018, the AMA and the On Track School discussed the need for continuing educational support for racers, and together came up with a program to award scholarship funds at approved sanctioned races.

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Supercross Champion Cooper Webb Nominated for First ESPY Award

Vote for your favorite athlete from now until July 9 at ESPYS.com      June 23, 2021 By Kali Kotoski Two-time Supercross Champion Cooper Webb has been nominated for his first ESPY Award in the Best Athlete, Men’s Action Sports Category. Webb had an amazing Supercross season winning 8 of 17 races including the final race

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The 30th Annual Ride to Work Day

June 16, 2021 By Joy Burgess Ride to Work Day is an annual event created with the mission of “advocating and supporting the use of motorcycles and scooters for transportation, and providing information about everyday riding to the public.” The very first Ride to Work Day event took place on July 22, 1992, and the

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Red Light Blues

The ongoing struggle with non-motorcycle-friendly traffic signals continues… June 15, 2021 By Joy Burgess The red light blues. If you’re a street rider, you’ve probably had ’em. You ride up to a red light and you wait, expecting the light to turn green eventually. But when it doesn’t, or it cycles without giving you a

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Travis Wyman Joins Harley-Davidson Screamin’ Eagle Team to Race Baggers

Brothers Travis and Kyle Wyman to Race Factory Road Glide Special Bikes at Road America’s King of the Baggers Series By Kali Kotoski Racer Travis Wyman has joined Harley-Davidson’s Screamin’ Eagle factory racing team for MotoAmerica’s King of the Baggers road racing series. Wyman will race a factory-prepared Harley-Davidson Road Glide Special powered by a

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Colorado Pulls OHV Funding U-Turn

Robbed by the pandemic, Colorado returns $5 million to OHV fund By Kali Kotoski The governor of Colorado has signed a bill to return $5 million to the State Parks’ Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Fund after fears that the state’s revenue would take a drastic hit by the COVID-19 pandemic were overblown. The bill represents a

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Widowmaker, Then and Now

June 7, 2021 By Mitch Boehm These days, when you go to Widowmaker, it’s hard to imagine the crazy scene portrayed so well in AMA Hall of Famer Bruce Brown’s On Any Sunday documentary. In place of scrub, dirt, dust, haphazardly-parked cars and motorcycles of all kinds, there are nicely landscaped houses, a meandering lane

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Welcome Back, AMA Staff!

AMA Headquarters reopens fully and welcomes back staff after COVID-19 closure June 2, 2021 By Joy Burgess After months of AMA staff displaying flexibility working remotely due to COVID-19 guidelines, AMA Headquarters fully reopened on June 1, 2021, welcoming back all non-remote AMA staff. At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, AMA Headquarters closed to

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A Half-Mile Thriller in Chi-Town

American Flat Track returns to Route 66 Speedway and thrills fans, with Briar Bauman, Max Whale and Cory Texter grabbing wins June 1, 2021 By Joy Burgess Photos: Kristen Lassen and Scott Hunter It had been nearly 14 years since American Flat Track (AFT) racers had thrown down laps in anger at the Dirt Oval

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Remembering the Fallen on Memorial Day

AMA staff and members pause to recognize and remember those who died in service to their country May 31, 2021 By Joy Burgess “Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt From the beaches of Normandy, to the fields

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