The Team to Beat Looks to be Defending Champs Danny Smith (’07) and Chad Johnson (’06) with the TUF Racing/Honda Team
AURORA, Ill. (Nov. 2, 2007) – Fans of Toyota AMA Arenacross Series would be hard press to name a year when the field of racers starting the prestigious arenacross season was so deep. In fact, it’s safe to say that this year’s starting lineup – set to kick off tonight in Des Moines (Iowa) – may very well be the greatest cast of racers in the Toyota AMA Arenacross Series ever assembled.
With nearly a dozen racers returning that have been on top of a Toyota AMA Arenacross Series podium in the past couple years, fortified by another five or so racers coming in from AMA Supercross that have the potential to win, it’s going to be a moral victory for some athletes just to make the 16-man main event starting gate beginning tonight at Des Moines and running for another 18 races through the season finale in Green Bay, Wis.
Here’s an up-to-date look at the teams and racers that make up the 2007-’08 Toyota AMA Arenacross Series.
Team | Riders |
TUF Racing/Cernic’s/Honda | Danny Smith, Chad Johnson |
Monster/Babbitt’s/Kawasaki | Brock Sellards, Kelly Smith, Patrick Boyle |
Team Ti Lube | Teddy Maier, Brad Ripple, Kurt McCabe, Colt Humphrey |
Reynard Mods/Rockstar /Suzuki | Robbie Reynard, Corey Green, Brandon Jones |
GPS Racing | Jimmy Nelson, Dennis Jonon |
Team Faith | Kevin Johnson |
Team Triple Effect/Kawasaki | Gray Davenport, Beni Williams |
Moore Racing | Tom Hoffmaster, Keith Johnson, Ryan Beat |
GPF/Babbitt’s Online | Zack Ames, Shane Sewell, Dave Ginolfi |
Carolina Xpress | Jim Neese, Tyler Bright |
Team MDK Speed Equipment | Billy Jurevich, Tiger Lacey |
Johnson Racing | Kevin Markwardt, Colin Hickman, Ryan Simonton |
Rusty Ott’s/Pro Source | Travis Sewell |
About Toyota AMA Arenacross Series
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