ATV Sport Magazine Announces
People’s Choice Awards
Flat Track/Super Moto ATV Racers of the Year
Zac Willet, Brandon Hill, Joel Hetrick
Maple Grove, MN (1/2/2007) -
Zac Willett, 22, has earned the 2006 ATV Sport People’s
Choice Award for Flat Track/Super Moto Pro Rider of
the Year. Brandon Hill and Joel Hetrick were other flat
track/super moto racers honored in the eighth annual
awards, which are hosted by ATV Sport magazine.
Zac Willet - Flat Track/Super Moto Pro
ATV Racer of the Year
Willett, of Henderson, Ky., competed in the Pro class
on a Honda 450R in both the ATVA Extreme Dirt Track and
the North American Super Moto series. He earned ninth
overall in the EDT series and won one round of NASMOTO
racing in Wisconsin. First runner-up: Harold Goodman,
Romulus, Mich.; Second runner-up: Tim Farr, Massillon,
Ohio
Brandon Hill - Flat Track/Super Moto Amateur
ATV Racer of the Year
Hill, of Cana, Va., won the 265A ATVA Extreme Dirt Track
National title aboard a Honda and posted four overall
class wins in 2006. At the final two rounds of the EDT
series, Hill moved up to the Pro-Am ranks. He was chosen
as the 2006 ATV Sport People’s Choice Award for
Flat Track/Super Moto Amateur Racer of the Year. First
runner-up: Marc Noreuil, Delavan, Ill.; Second runner-up:
Candace Lee, Four Oaks, N.C.
Joel Hetrick - Flat Track/Super Moto Youth
ATV Racer of the Year
Hetrick has made a name for himself over the last several
years competing in the ATV youth classes. He excels
in motocross racing and the votes say he’s not
too shabby in the world of dirt track ATV racing either.
The Seneca, Penn., racer was selected as the winner
of the 2006 ATV Sport People’s Choice Award for
Flat Track/Super Moto Youth Racer of the Year. Last
year, Hetrick finished second in the 90 Mod (8 to 15)
class on the EDT tour. First runner-up: Ryan Harness,
Bebe, Ark.; Second runner-up: Kendall Webb, Branson,
Mo.
The 2006 People’s Choice Awards had the most number
of votes cast in their eight-year history.
“All nominated racers deserved to win an award,
however, our voters had their own favorites, and there
can only be one winner, as in racing,” explained
ATV Sport Editor Jerrod Kelley. “We respect the
decisions made by ATV Sport magazine readers and www.atvsport.com
Web site visitors.”
ATV Sport has attended the Grand National Championship
MX/TT (ATVA) postseason awards banquet since its inception,
in 1997. A new publication in 1998, ATV Sport gladly
took over the awards portion of the program from banquet
organizer Byron Goggin, per his request. Goggin created
the banquet awards to reward riders for their successful
season and further recognize this growing sport. As
Goggin intended, the awards were voted on by the people,
hence the name. ATV Sport maintained Goggin’s
vision and continued to award the “eagles”
at the postseason banquet through 2005.
In their eighth year, the ATV Sport People’s
Choice Awards were altered to better accommodate various
racing disciplines. For the first time, awards were
created for motocross, utility, flat track and cross-country
racing. The awards were also taken online to coincide
with our magazine redesign as well as to allow both
online visitors and magazine readers the opportunity
to vote for their favorite racers.
About ATV Sport
ATV Sport magazine is published 10
times a year – March, April, May, June, July/August,
September, October, November, December and Buyer’s
Guide – by Ehlert Publishing Group Inc., 6420
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Sport is the No. 1 sport quad magazine that captures
the pulse of the industry, racing scene and everything
sport-quad related. For more information, contact Editor
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