The Dud Perkins Lifetime Achievement Award was established by the American Motorcyclist Association in January 1970. Among several AMA awards established for "significant contributions to American motorcycling",[1] the Dud Perkins Award holds the top honor for "the highest level of service" to motorcyclists.[2] It is named for the first awardee, Motorcycle Hall of Fame inductee Dudley "Dud" Perkins.
- 2016: Craig Vetter
- 2014: Mike and Margaret Wilson
- 2013: Andy Goldfine
- 2012: Jerry Abboud
- 2004: Dave Despain
- 2002: Patty Mills
- 2000: Jim Hutzler and Carl Reynolds
- 1998: Jim Nickerson
- 1997: Trevor Deeley
- 1996: Woody Leone Sr. and Bill Boyce
- 1995: Dick Mann
- 1994: Dave & Rita Coombs and Mike Farabaugh
- 1993: Charlie & Joan Watson and Chuck & Sharon Clayton
- 1991: Bob Frink
- 1990: Roger Hull, Harold Farnam & Roxy Rockwood
- 1989: Stan & Dorothy Miles
- 1988: Joe Christian
- 1987: Bee Gee & Duke Pennell and John & Bonnie Burnside
- 1986: Hap Jones and Floyd "Pop" Dreyer
- 1985: Bill Bagnall
- 1984: Jim Davis
- 1983: J. C. "Pappy" Hoel & Earl & Lucille Flanders
- 1982: Al Eames
- 1981: Lin Kuchler
- 1980: Horace Fritz
- 1979: Earl and Dot Robinson
- 1978: Reggie Pink
- 1977: J. R. Kelley
- 1976: John Harley
- 1975: Bruce Walters
- 1973: William S. Harley
- 1972: Tom Sifton
- 1971: Soichiro Honda
- 1970: Dudley "Dud" Perkins
References
edit- ^ "AMA Awards That You've Never Heard Of & Greg White's New Honor", Motocross Action, February 20, 2006
- ^ AMA Awards Program, American Motorcyclist Association, archived from the original on 2013-08-06, retrieved 2014-05-20