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.[1] The award is presented annually to outstanding amateur riders in flat track, motocross and road racing.[1]
| Flat Track | Motocross | Road Racing | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Nick Wey | Eric Wood | |||
| 1998 | Billy Payne | tbd | |||
| 1999 | Bryan Smith Tony Meiring | Jason DiSalvo | |||
| 2000 | Cory McDermitt | Ben Riddle | Ben Spies | ||
| 2001 | tbd | ||||
| 2002 | Nick Cummings Logan Myers | Evan Laughridge | Chris Caylor | ||
| 2003 | Ricky Marshall | Brian Stokes | |||
| 2004 | Johnny Lewis | Logan Young | |||
| 2005 | Blake Young | ||||
| 2006 | Matt Weidman | Josh Hill | Cory Burleson | ||
| 2007 | Jeffrey Carver, Jr. | Trey Canard | Zac Chapman | ||
| 2008 | Darryn Durham PJ Larsen | Christopher Clark | |||
| 2009 | Mike Avila | Dean Wilson | Miles Thornton | ||
| 2010 | 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 | Anthony Mazziotto III | |||
| 2015 | Kevin Stollings | Benny Bloss | Xavier Zayat | ||
| 2016 | Jarred Brook | Jody Barry | |||
| 2017 | Hunter Brooks | tbd | |||
| 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 | tbd | |||
| 2022 | Clarke Morian V | Caden Braswell | Alessandro Di Mario | ||
| 2023 | Evan Renshaw | Daxton Bennick | Trenton Keesee | ||
| 2024 | Walker Porter |