The AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame selection committees have put forward 16 nominees from eight areas of influence: Ambassadors & Industry, Design & Engineering, Dirt Track, Leadership & Rights, Motocross & Supercross, Off-Road, Road Racing and Specialty Competition.

“The AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame nominees for 2023 include a diverse and accomplished group of men and women who’ve demonstrated exceptional achievements in competition, advocacy and promotion of the sport of motorcycling,” said AMA President and CEO Rob Dingman. “They have contributed significantly to the advancement of motorcycling in various areas, from excelling in dirt track, motocross and road racing competition, to advocating for motorcyclists’ rights, to creating enduring events that have helped grow motorcycling, to creating innovative motorcycle designs. We’re honored to recognize this year’s nominees and eagerly anticipate announcing the Class of 2023 soon.”

Bob Coy has been nominated in the non-competition category as an Ambassador & Industry leader.
Bob is best known as a pioneering vintage racing organizer, racer, and vintage car and motorcycle collector. He dove into two-wheeled competition in 1965, and throughout his 45-plus year racing career competed in scrambles, flat track, roadracing, AMA Superbike, AMA National Sidecars and more. Coy helped organize the first vintage motorcycle road races in North America in the 1970s, and in 1980 founded the United States Classic Racing Association — which he continues to run today as Director. Additionally, Coy started the Vintage Sidecar Racing Series in 1990 and revived the AMA Gypsy Tour from Laconia to NHMS for vintage races.

Voting for the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame Class of 2023 is now open. Eligible voters include previous Hall of Fame inductees, members of the AMA and AMHF Boards of Directors, and members of the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame Category Selection Committees. AMA Life Members with at least 25 years of consecutive membership are also eligible to vote but should update their contact information to receive the latest updates and announcements pertaining to the voting process.

If you are a lifetime member of the AMA, we encourage you to vote for Bob Coy. Voting ends Sunday, June 18 at 11:59 p.m.

Loudon, New Hampshire, May 1, 2023 – The United States Classic Racing Association (USCRA), the oldest vintage motorcycle road racing organization in the U.S., announced Founder and Director, and AMA Hall of Fame nominee, Bob Coy as Grand Marshal of the 21st annual FIM North America Vintage Road Racing Championships, June 10-11, 2023 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire.

More information on the event, which kicks off the 100th Annual Laconia Motorcycle Week, can be found at www.race-uscra.com.
       
“I have been extremely fortunate that motorcycle racing has been my passion for the past 58 years. I have been very lucky to have raced all over the world. I was the only American to have ever raced the Cuba Cup races through the city streets of Havana, Cuban on the Canadian team in the 1976 and 1977. I have always said that I wasn’t a great racer but I was good enough to be there racing among and against world champions.
 
Running and developing the USCRA as a club has been my passion for the past 43 years, It has provided FUN and safe racing to hundreds to riders over the years for riders from sixteen to 85+ years of age.  The USCRA embodies the concept of fun and competitive racing in a family atmosphere of people helping people enjoy the sport. Make no mistake, the USCRA states the concept that racing motorcycles can be a very dangerous sport that one must enter it on his own terms. Volunteerism is the backbone and strength of the club. Unbelievably, n 43 years there has never been an official protest registered at an event. That speaks volumes of the participants and their willingness to promote fun, safe and competitive racing.”
 
Born in 1945, Robert Coy grew up in a racing family in Chappaqua, N.Y., first getting the racing bug when he attended his first sports car race in the back luggage well of his father’s 1949 MG TC at the age of five.
Coy began his competition career racing go-karts in 1958, and went on to race motorcycles beginning in 1965, getting started racing scrambles and flat track and, later, road racing with the AAMRR organization. and CMA of Canada. He progressed to professional status in the late 1960s, in AMA racing. Through his 45-plus years of racing he raced TZ Yamahas, AMA Superbikes, AMA National Sidecars, AMA Battle of the Twins, competing in international races in Canada, South America, the Caribbean, Cuba, Italy, and Japan.

In 1976, Coy founded and organized the first vintage motorcycle road races in North America at Bridgehampton NY with fellow enthusiast Rob Ianucci. In 1980, he formed the United States Classic Racing Association (USCRA), for which he is still the Director. The USCRA conducts vintage road racing events, including the FIM/NAMU North America Vintage Road Race Championships.

In addition to the USCRA, Bob’s achievements in classic racing are numerous:
• Started the Vintage Sidecar Racing Series in 1990 building 10 outfits to promote the class,
• Revived the AMA National Gunstock Road Races on the original course (Laconia Classic)
• Developed and initiated the FIM Vintage Trials series
• Resurrected the AMA Gypsy Tour from Laconia to NHMS for vintage races
• Founded, organized and promoted Motogiro USA, the Streets of Laconia Vintage Road Races, and the
  Vintage Invitational Tower Hill Climb 

 *Organized a team and took 14 USCRA members to race in Philip Island, Australia in 2014.

Through his years as a race and event promoter, Coy also sponsored several notable riders, including Todd Henning, Frank Camilleri, and even put Gary Nixon back on his Kawasaki KR750 a few times when the bike was part of his collection.

Coy was appointed to the AMA Track Racing Commission in 2019, the AMA Specialized Sports Commission. He was nominated for the AMA Hall of Fame in 2022 and 2023..
In recent years Coy has focused on recording and maintaining the history of the sport. A fixture of New England motorsports, he serves on the Board of Directors for the New England Racing Museum and is also a nominating and voting committee member for the Motorsports Hall of Fame in Daytona.

About the United States Classic Racing Association (USCRA) www.race-uscra.com
The USCRA is the oldest vintage motorcycle road racing organization in the United States and includes over 400 active members. The club promotes four general types of events: Road racing on both proprietary built road race circuits and real roads courses (Gunstock® and the Streets of Laconia®), as well as Observed Trials, Motogiro USA® and Pewter Run® touring events held on open public roads.

About the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) www.fim-live.com
The FIM (Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme) founded in 1904, is the governing body for motorcycle sport and the global advocate for motorcycling. The FIM is an independent association formed by 113 National Federations throughout the world. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) recognizes it as the sole competent authority in motorcycle sport. Among its 50 FIM World Championships the main events are MotoGP, Superbike, Endurance, Motocross, Supercross, Trial, Enduro, Cross-Country Rallies and Speedway. Furthermore, the FIM is also active and involved in the following areas: public affairs, road safety, touring and protection of the environment. The FIM was the first international sports federation to impose an Environmental Code in 1994.

The United States Classic Racing Association (USCRA) is excited to announce the club's events scheduled for the 2023 Laconia Motorcycle Week (June 10-18, 2023).

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the rally and the USCRA will be kicking off Laconia Motorcycle Week with the 2023 FIM North America Vintage Road Racing Championships on June 10 and 11th at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. This two-day event, sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM), the world governing body for motorcycle sport and the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA), features the very best in solo and sidecar motorcycle racing. Gates open each day at 8am and admissions is only $20 for the weekend. All racing is rain or shine.

Additionally, the USCRA will be hosting the Tower Hill Climb on Tuesday, June 13th in downtown Weirs Beach. This exciting event challenges our riders to beat the clock in their attempts to climb Tower Hill. The event begins at 11am and ADMISSION IS FREE!

Our full road racing schedule for 2023 is listed below. Hope to see you there!

Link to Roadracingworld.com

Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the USCRA has shortened our racing season. Our fist event will be the 2020 FIM North America Vintage Road Racing Championships at new Hampshire Motor Speedway on August 22nd and 23rd. Complete details on the event will be announced in the next few weeks.

The club will also hold it's annual Granite State Championships race on Labor Day, September 7th. Details of that event will also be made available soon.