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Series producer
Live Nation Motor Sports, Inc., brings this gala event back to Planet
Hollywood Resort and Casino for the second-consecutive year and its’
beautifully appointed Theatre of Performing Arts, which provides a
wonderful backdrop to award the champions. “This year’s
awards ceremony will put the finishing touches on another great and
exciting season of racing in Monster Energy® Supercross,” said Todd
Jendro, sr. director of supercross, Live Nation Motor Sports, Inc.
“Planet Hollywood is such a fine venue, as we experienced last year. The
Monster Energy® Supercross Awards Ceremony has become an event all its
own, where the riders, teams and sponsors can dress up, have fun and
share memories of another season of racing.” Torco Fuels Honda’s Trey
Canard clinched his first-ever Western Regional AMA Supercross Lites
class championship
as a rookie and will formally honor his championship on May 4. The remaining
championship in the AMA Supercross class is down to a two-man battle.
Yamaha’s Chad Reed, who holds a 10-point lead going into Sam Boyd
Stadium, will have to hold off the late charge of Honda’s Kevin Windham, Yamaha’s Jason
Lawrence, of There are a host
of other awards that will be announced on Sunday night, including Team
Manager of the Year; Comeback of the Year; Walker Garrison Lifetime
Achievement Award; and the Mechanic of the Year, which awards the series
top mechanic with a 2007 Toyota Tundra.
Awards to be
Presented AMA Recognition Team Manager of the Year Transport Driver of the Year 100% Award Entertainer of the Year Team of the Year Rising Star Western Regional AMA Supercross Lites class Champion Eastern Regional AMA Supercross Lites class Champion AMA Supercross Champion class Mechanic of the Year Dave Coombs Sr. East/West Shootout Champion Rookie of the Year U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company Top Privateer Award Lifetime Achievement |
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