Nicky Hayden AMA Horizon Award, originally the AMA Horizon Award, is given annually to promising amateur riders in motorcycle racing. The inaugural AMA Horizon Award was presented to Nicky Hayden in 1997. In 2017 the award was renamed in honor of Nicky Hayden who was killed in a bicycling accident while training in Italy. The award is presented annually to outstanding amateur riders in flat track, motocross and road racing.
+AMA Horizon Award RecipientsYearFlat TrackMotocrossRoad Racing 1997 Nicky Hayden Nick Wey Eric Wood 1998 Roger Lee Hayden Billy Payne Tbd 1999 Bryan SmithTony Meiring Travis Pastrana Jason DiSalvo 2000 Cory McDermitt Ben Riddle Ben Spies 2001 Jared Mees James Stewart Jr. Doug Duane 2002 Nick CummingsLogan Myers Evan Laughridge Chris Caylor 2003 Ricky Marshall Davi Millsaps Brian Stokes 2004 Johnny Lewis Mike Alessi Logan Young 2005 Stevie Bonsey Ryan Villopoto Blake Young 2006 Matt Weidman Josh Hill Cory Burleson 2007 Jeffrey Carver, Jr. Trey Canard Zac Chapman 2008 Brad Baker Darryn DurhamPJ Larsen Christopher Clark 2009 Mike Avila Dean Wilson Miles Thornton 2010 Briar Bauman Jason Anderson Hayden Gillim 2011 Dan Bromley Justin Bogle Jake Lewis 2012 JR Addison Zach Bell Andre Ochs 2013 Jeffery Lowery Matt Bisceglia tbd 2014 Hunter Edwards RJ Hampshire Anthony Mazziotto III 2015 Kevin Stollings Benny Bloss Xavier Zayat 2016 Jarred Brook Chase Sexton Jody Barry 2017 Hunter Brooks Justin Cooper Joseph Blasius 2018 Dallas Daniels Derek Drake Dallas Daniels 2019 Trevor Brunner Jalek Swoll Blake Davis 2020 Kody Kopp Stilez Robertson Gabriel Da Silva 2021 Chase Saathoff Levi Kitchen tbd 2022 Clarke Morian V Caden Braswell Alessandro Di Mario 2023 Evan Renshaw Daxton Bennick Trenton Keesee 2024 Walker Porter Drew Adams 2025 Bodie Paige
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