ATV Sport Magazine Announces
People’s Choice Awards
Cross-Country ATV Racers of the Year
Bill Ballance, Traci Cecco,
Brayden Shick
Maple Grove, MN (1/4/2007) -
Bill Ballance, the 2006 Grand National Cross Country
series Pro class champion, has earned the 2006 ATV Sport
People’s Choice Award for Cross-Country Pro Rider
of the Year. Ballance’s Yamaha teammate Traci
Cecco and youth racer Brayden Shick were also honored
with an award, which are hosted by ATV Sport magazine.
Bill Ballance - Cross-Country Pro ATV Racer
of the Year
Ballance, Oakland, Ky., started off the season slowly
in Florida, but recovered to record 11 podiums in 12 rounds,
and yet another championship. It was his seventh consecutive
GNCC Pro class title, which tied Barry Hawk for the most
ATV titles in GNCC history. Ballance also wrapped up 2006
with a victory at the Elsinore GP in California. First
runner-up: William Yokley, Tompkinsville, Ky.; Second
runner-up: Chris Borich, Sunbury, Penn.
Traci Cecco - Cross-Country
Amateur ATV Racer of the Year
Cecco, of Shamokin, Penn., was selected as the 2006 ATV
Sport People’s Choice Award for Cross Country Amateur
Racer of the Year. Cecco had one of her best seasons ever,
with 10 class wins and eight GNCC morning overalls aboard
her Yamaha YFZ450. The 2006 championship was her fifth
Womens class title. First runner-up: Brandon Sommers,
Millersburg, Ohio.; Second runner-up: Ryan Morphew, Cookeville,
Tenn.
Brayden Shick -
Cross-Country Youth ATV
Racer of the Year
Shick competed on the GNCC series in the Youth ATV 70
Prod (6-11) class, where he finished second. He earned
three class overalls, and finished in the top five in
his class at eight rounds. The Cranberry, Pa., racer was
voted the winner of the 2006 ATV Sport People’s
Choice Award for Cross Country Youth Racer of the Year.
First runner-up: Walker Fowler, Rogers, Ohio.; Second
runner-up: Buddy Williams, Blythe, Calif.
“Bill Ballance and Traci Cecco are two of the
biggest names in our sport and well deserving of these
awards,” explained ATV Sport Editor Jerrod Kelley.
“Along with Brayden Shick, a talented young rider,
we are honored to award these racers with the first
official ATV Sport People’s Choice Awards in the
cross-country discipline.”
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
Sycamore Lane, Suite 100, Maple Grove, MN 55369. ATV
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
Jerrod Kelley at jkelley@ehlertpublishing.com, or Managing
Editor Chris Vogtman at cvogtman@ehlertpublishing.com.
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