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The AMA has announced the Hall of Fame ' Class of 2023 ' inductees to be honored on September 15 during the AMA ' s Hall of Fame Days event in Pickerington , Ohio . Rita Coombs was one of those responsible for the creation of the AMA Amateur National Motocross Championship at Loretta Lynn ' s in 1982 . From 2007 to 2017 , Ryan Dungey forged great success in AMA Supercross and Pro Motocross , tallying four 450SX and three 450MX titles . Dungey is one of only seven riders to have more than 30 450SX wins . With 98 national championship event wins , Barry Hawk cemented himself as one of the most successful off-road riders ever . Showing his versatility , he stands alone as the only rider to ever win AMA GNCC national titles on both an ATV and a motorcycle . Grant Langston is the only rider to win a World Motocross Championship , an AMA Motocross Championship and both AMA Supercross Regional Championships - East and West - in the 125 / 250 cc classification . A racer turned daredevil , Travis Pastrana used motorcycling to build himself into a mainstream star . At the competition level , Pastrana won the 2000 AMA 125 cc National Motocross Championship , becoming the youngest rider ( 16 years , 10 months , 26 days ) to win an AMA Pro Motocross title . He also added a 125 cc East AMA Supercross Championship and 17 total medals at the X Games to his resume . 2024 will mark the 100th anniversary of the AMA .
Two-time Grand National Champion Briar Bauman ( No . 3 Parts Plus / Jacob Companies KTM 790 Duke ) took an emotional and historic victory in the Lima Half Mile presented by Indian Motorcycle and Drag Specialties at the Allen County Fairgrounds in Lima , Ohio ( June 24 ).
Mission SuperTwins Presented by S & S Cycle Following a first half-season spent developing an all-new racebike for an all-new team , Briar Bauman kicked off the second half of 2023 by claiming the first premier-class victory for a KTM twin in the history of Progressive American Flat Track , sanctioned by AMA Pro Racing . Bauman , who earned the crown in 2019 and 2020 , took the inaugural KTM SuperTwins win in a final that had seen him embroiled in a non-stop dogfight with the rider who currently has the inside track on this year ' s title - Dallas Daniels ( No . 32 Estenson Racing Yamaha MT-07 DT ). Bauman and Daniels alternated high and low lines , swapping the lead , with reigning king Jared Mees ( No . 1 Indian Motorcycle / Rogers Racing / SDI Racing FTR750 ) lurking one second back and just waiting for a chance to strike . Finally , with less than minute to go , Bauman seized the advantage then refused to allow Daniels a last gasp bid to steal away his hard-earned win for Rick Ware Racing , with Daniels in second and Mees third . Last year ' s Lima HM winner , Brandon Robinson ( No . 44 Mission Roof Systems Indian FTR750 ), outlasted JD Beach ( No . 95 Estenson Racing Yamaha MT-07 DT ) as the two finished fourth and fifth , respectively , just over eight seconds behind the fight for the win .
Sixth went to Bronson Bauman ( No . 37 Fastrack Racing / 2 Wheelz KTM 790 Duke ), who quietly earned his best result yet aboard the Fastrack KTM . Just behind in seventh and eighth were Davis Fisher ( No . 67 Rackley Racing / Bob Lanphere ' s BMC Racing Indian FTR750 ) and Jarod Vanderkooi ( No . 20 JMC Motorsports / Fairway Ford Indian FTR750 ). Kolby Carlile ( No . 36 G & G Racing / Yamaha Racing Yamaha MT- 07 ) finished ninth , while Johnny Lewis ( No . 10 Moto Anatomy X Powered by Royal Enfield 650 ) completed the top ten - making it a four-manufacturer top-10 with four Indian FTR750s , three Yamaha MT-07s , two KTM 790 Dukes and a Royal Enfield 650 taking the top-10 spots .
Parts Unlimited AFT Singles Presented by KICKER KTM made it a two-win double in round 10 of the 2023 AFT season with reigning Parts Unlimited AFT Singles
presented by KICKER champ Kody Kopp ( No . 1 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 450 SX-F ) notching up a timely victory on a night that proved to be a huge boon for his title defense . Kopp came to Lima as the odds-on favorite due to his performance here a year ago , along with his general Half-Mile mastery , but this one did not come easily . Kopp took the holeshot but soon found himself in second and losing ground to rising Australian star Tom Drane ( No . 59 Estenson Racing Yamaha YZ450F ). Kopp eventually established a convincing lead for his fourth season victory with James Ott ( No . 19 1st Impressions Race Team / Husqvarna Racing FC450 ) taking third , with the second factory KTM pilot Max Whale ( No . 18 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 450 SX-F ) to register his second trophy-earning ride of the season . Drane ' s teammate , Trevor Brunner ( No . 21 Estenson Racing Yamaha YZ450F ) was fifth . www . americanflattrack . com