2018 AMA ARENACROSS CHAMPIONSHIP STARTS SATURDAY IN DAYTON

Arenacross is tight, fast and intense. It is just like Supercross—only in an enclosed ring, It features the most promising riders on two wheels competing on man-made dirt battlegrounds inside the country’s most well-known arenas. The 2018 series starts on January 6, 2018, at the Wright State University Nutter Center in Dayton, Ohio. Here is a list of the teams.

Gavin Faith was the 2017 Champion.

TEAM BABBITTS/MONSTER ENERGY/KAWASAKI
Team Manager: Denny Bartz
Riders: Gavin Faith, Jacob Hayes

ROCKFORD FOSGATE/TILUBE HONDA
Team Manager: David Eller
Riders: Jace Owen, Chris Blose, Heath Harrison and Jared Lesher

GPF/BABBITTS/MMCR/MONSTER ENERGY KAWASAKI
Team Manager: Josh Woods
Riders: Isaac Teasdale, Richard Jackson

WCMC WOODSTOCK KTM
Team Manager: Kurt Jennison
Riders: Daniel Herrlein, Cody Vanbuskirk, Hunter Sayles

Travis Sewell.

SPORTLAND 2/TZR KAWASAKI                 
Team Manager: Tom Zont
Riders: Travis Sewell, Shane Sewell, Justin Wolf

TEAM DIRTBIKE MIKE    
Team Manager: Mike Lambert
Rider: Zach Butkiewicz, Justin Hernandez, Douglas Manhire, Kieran Doherty

CUSTOM POWER SPORTS/TILUBE KAWASAKI
Team Manager: Randy Bellaw
Riders: Ezra Hastings, Jake McKinney, Lane Staley, Christian Telker

TEAM FAITH/FLY/ ATLAS/ PIRELLI/ MX-TECH KTM             
Team Manager: Brian O’Rourke
Riders: Dawson Newby, Dylan Rouse

JOPLIN RACING
Team Manager: Heather Joplin
Riders: Parker Fleming, Hunter Hilton

TEAM CAREY
Team Manager: Mike Carey
Riders: Tanner Ward, Mason Kerr

MOTOSPORT HILLSBORO   
Rider: Gared Steinke

2017 AMSOIL ARENACROSS TOP TEN
1. Gavin Faith……………….196
2. Jace Owen……………….186
3. Chris Blose……………….179
4. Daniel Herrlein………….144
5. Travis Sewell…………….123
6. Gared Steinke…………..113
7. Cody Van Buskirk………109
8. Ben Lamay……………….106
9. Matt Goerke……………….40
10. Josh Osby………………..37

2018 AMSOIL ARENACROSS CHAMPIONSHIP
Jan. 6-7………………………….Dayton, OH
Jan. 13-14………………………Worcester, MA
Jan. 20-21……………………….Wilkes Barre, PA
Jan. 27-28………………………Greensboro, NC
Feb. 10-11………………………Madison, WI
Feb. 17-18………………………Florence, SC
Mar. 17-18………………………Denver, CO
Mar. 24-25………………………Nampa, ID
Apr. 7-8…………………………..Wichita, KS
Apr. 21-22……………………….Portland, OR
Apr. 28-29……………………….Reno, NV
May 4-6………………………….Las Vegas, NV

Photo: Josh Rud, Kyoshi Becker, Arenacross