The AMA (American Motorcyclist Association) ATV Athlete of the Year was hardly a contest this year. Walker Fowler, the most dominant ATV rider of the year, recently received the honor at a star-studded event in Las Vegas just before Thanksgiving.
At the AMA Visa Card from Capital One Racing Championship Banquet on November 20th at the Red Rock Casino, Fowler accepted the AMA ATV top honor. Fowler, who is only eighteen years old, won the award after winning every round of the XC2 Pro-Am Series this season. That is somethign no other rider can boast to have done. Fowler has remained grounded throughout it all, however. According to ATV.com, Fowler was quoted as saying, “I don’t think I’ll ever be able to do it again. It’s every racers’s dream to be able to do something that no one else can. But there are a lot more goals in front of me that are the same thing, and that’s what keeps us racers going. I just want to thank the AMA for giving us all these series to compete in and letting us go out and do what we do.” That’s not too shabby for a young gun with a lot of sparks and skill surrounding him.
Other awards on the night went to The Cheaha Trail Riders of Alabama for AMA Club of the Year. Advocates of off-highway vehicles (OHV), the group promotes the sport and safety of off-highway riding. ATV Organizer of the Year went to Racer Productions for their Can-Am Grand National Cross Country Series. Reporter, Shane Moore, also received an award for his devotion to the sport through photography and reporting. He received the AMA Racing Media Award.
All and all, the banquet was a beautiful affair. Filled with industry competitors, personalities and their families, the AMA Championship Banquet was a smash of a success. For Fowler, it was a happy ending to a fairy tale season. For the rest of us, it was a sign of good things to come from the powersport series.
Tyler Baker; OSM Writer
( Source : ATV.com )
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