2016 AMA National Speedway Championship

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2016 AMA National Speedway Championship
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The 2016 AMA National Speedway Championship Series was staged over four rounds, held at Costa Mesa (May 22), [1] Ventura (June 25), [2] Industry (August 13) [3] and Auburn (September 16). [4] It was won by Billy Janniro, who beat Max Ruml and Dillon Ruml. It was the seventh title of Janniro's career, and his fourth in-a-row.

The AMA National Speedway Championship is an annual speedway championship to decide the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) USA national speedway champion.

Billy Janniro is a professional motorcycle speedway rider

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Event format

Over the course of 20 heats, each rider races against every other rider once. The top eight scorers then reach the semi-finals, with first and second in those semi-finals reaching the final. Points are scored for every ride taken, including the semi-finals and final.

Classification

Pos. Rider Points Flag of the United States.svg Flag of the United States.svg Flag of the United States.svg Flag of the United States.svg
1 Billy Janniro 77 21 18 17 21
2 Max Ruml 63 12 18 16 17
3 Dillon Ruml 46 6 15 12 13
4 Gino Manzares 43 18 6 8 11
5 Aaron Fox 42 8 7 16 11
6 Luke Becker 41 4 15 10 12
7 Bart Bast 40 14 10 7 9
8 Broc Nicol 40 9 13 9 9
9 Austin Novratil 31 12 9 10
10 Tommy Hedden 25 9 4 5 7
11 Charlie Venegas 22 6 9 7
12 Gage Geist 19 3 4 6 6
13 Kurtis Hamill 18 4 5 6 3
14 Mike Faria 11 4 2 3 2
15 Eddie Castro 8 8
16 Bryan Yarrow 7 7
17 Shawn McConnell 6 6
18 Ryan Bast 5 1 4
19 Dalton Leedy 4 0 1 3
20 Tyson Talkington 3 3
21 Rick Valdez 0 0 0
22 Charles Ermolenko 0 0

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The 2010 AMA National Speedway Championship Series . The title was won by Billy Janniro, his second in total.

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The 2013 AMA National Speedway Championship Series was staged over three rounds, which were held at Ventura, Victorville and Auburn. Billy Janniro took the title, his fourth in total, winning two of the rounds in the process.

The 2012 AMA National Speedway Championship Series was staged over a single round, which was held at Auburn on September 28. Billy Hamill took the title, his fifth in total, dropping just one point in his opening ride.

The 2011 AMA National Speedway Championship Series was staged over a single round, which was held at Auburn on September 30. Billy Janniro took the title, his third in total, scoring a maximum in the process.

The 2007 AMA National Speedway Championship Series was staged over three rounds, which were held at Costa Mesa, Auburn and Auburn. Billy Hamill took the title, his third in total, winning two of the rounds in the process.

The 2006 AMA National Speedway Championship Series was staged over three rounds, which were held at Costa Mesa, Auburn and Auburn. Greg Hancock won the title to equal Mike Bast's all-time record. It was also Hancock's fourth successive AMA title.

The 2008 AMA National Speedway Championship Series was staged over three rounds, which were held at Costa Mesa, Auburn and Auburn. Defending champion Billy Hamill only raced in the opening round. In his absence, Billy Janniro won the title for the first time, winning all three rounds in the process. It was the first time neither Greg Hancock or Billy Hamill had won the title since Mike Faria in 1997.

The 2005 AMA National Speedway Championship Series was staged over three rounds, which were held at Auburn, Industry Hills and Auburn. Greg Hancock won the title for a sixth time, and for the third time in succession.

The 2004 AMA National Speedway Championship Series was staged over three rounds, which were held at Auburn, Victorville and Auburn. Greg Hancock won the title for a fifth time, and for the second time in succession.

The 2003 AMA National Speedway Championship Series was staged over two rounds, which were both held at Auburn on July 25 and September 26. Greg Hancock won the title for the fourth time, his first since 2000.


The 2002 AMA National Speedway Championship Series was staged over three rounds, which were held at San Bernardino, Auburn and Auburn. Billy Hamill successfully retained the title.

The 2015 AMA National Speedway Championship Series was staged over four rounds, which were held at Costa Mesa, Ventura, Industry and Auburn. Billy Janniro took the title, his sixth in total, winning two of the four rounds.

The 2017 AMA National Speedway Championship Series was staged over four rounds, held at Ventura, Santa Maria, Industry and Auburn. It was won by Billy Janniro, who beat Max Ruml and Broc Nicol. It was the eighth title of Janniro's career, and his fifth in-a-row.

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