by: Chelsea Taylor
Wednesday, August 12, 2015 | 4:20 PM
Rodney Smith to be Inducted into AMA Hall of Fame on October 17
Five-Time GNCC Champion to be Recognized for Off-Road Endowment
On Saturday, October 17 in Orlando, Fla., the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) will welcome the Class of 2015 including five-time AMSOIL Grand National Cross Country (GNCC) champion Rodney Smith into the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame. The museum was founded in 1990 to provide a permanent home to the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame, which celebrates and preserves the rich tradition of motorcycling in America through the recognition of the sport's greatest heroes.
Smith will be welcomed in the off-road category of inductees and has earned this esteemed award through his various accomplishments in the racing industry. Smith first earned recognition as an international contender finishing third in the 1988 Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme 250cc World Motocross Championship before returning to America in 1990 where he continued his dominance in off-road racing claiming 13 AMA-sanctioned National Championship Series, including five GNCC, along with three AMA National Hare Scramble titles, and five AMA National Reliability Enduro Championships.
Smith still continues to make his presence known, recently competing in the 2015 Rocky Mountain ATV/MC AMA Amateur National Motocross Championship, presented by AMSOIL, at the historic Loretta Lynn Ranch in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee, where he finished an impressive second overall (2-2-1) in the Masters 50+ division. The Loretta Lynn Amateur National is deemed the world’s largest and most prestigious amateur motocross championship.
The AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame induction ceremony is open to the public and tickets may be purchased here for $25 per person. For the second consecutive year the AMA Induction will take place in conjunction with the AIMExpo, which brings together consumers, dealers and manufacturers in one location for global product launches, demo riders, motorcycling seminars and much more. VIP tickets are also available that include an exclusive reception, reserved seating and the AIMExpo show admission for the price of $90 per person.
The 2015 AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame ceremony will take place Saturday, October 17 in Orlando, Florida For more information please click here or call (614) 856-2222.