Written by:
AMA Communications
American Motorcyclist Association
05/18/2009
Pickerington, OH
The American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) is pleased to announce the first member of the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame Class of 2009, each of whom will be revealed in random order over the next few weeks. Among the honorees who will take to the stage at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas this Dec. 5 will be seven-time AMA National Enduro Champion Randy Hawkins.
"In the world of off-road racing, one of the toughest sports on the planet, there are few who can match the stellar accomplishments of Randy Hawkins," said AMA President and CEO Rob Dingman. "From the late 1980s through the '90s, Randy made it look easy, dominating the AMA National Enduro Championships, while carrying the flag proudly in international competition."
AMA Motorcycle Hall of Famer Jack Penton, co-chairman of the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame Off-road Committee, added: "Randy is one of the most worthy off-road riders, and his record and the amount of time that he's contributed to the sport are just phenomenal. Most fans know that Randy's a seven-time AMA National Enduro Champion, but he's also an 18-time rider at the ISDE (International Six Days Enduro), many of those times on the Team USA Trophy Team. That puts Randy in the top 10 in the world in ISDE appearances, and it's part of the reason he's successfully mentored so many other riders over the years."
Hawkins grew up in Travelers Rest, S.C., where he still lives today. His first race was a motocross event in 1976 in River Falls, S.C. That race launched a career that would see Hawkins win multiple AMA National Enduro Championships, 13 ISDE gold medals and 73 AMA national victories. Today, Hawkins is the team manager of AmPro Yamaha, which competes in the AMA National Enduro Championship, the Grand National Cross Country Series, EnduroCross and AMA Regional Hare Scrambles Championships.
