2003 National numbers announced

PICKERINGTON, Ohio - AMA Pro Racing has announced today the top National Numbers for 2003 AMA Supercross and AMA Motocross competitors. Noteworthy in the list this year is that both current national champions, Ricky Carmichael and James Stewart Jr., will not be wearing No. 1. Carmichael will continue to use his trademark No. 4, and James Stewart will again carry No. 259.

The National Number list is determined based on five criteria. Current National Champions can carry No. 1. Former National Champions can choose numbers 2-9. Riders ranked in the top-10 in combined Supercross and Motocross points can choose a Career Number from 10-999 (as indicated below). Riders outside the top-10 in combined points are assigned consecutive numbers through 99 based on year-end points. And riders outside the top-99 can keep their 2002 racing numbers by renewing their AMA Pro Racing licenses for the 2003 season before Nov. 20.

Visit USMotocross.com for the complete list of National Numbers as they are assigned after the Nov. 20 deadline. <pre> 2003 AMA Supercross/Motocross National Numbers

NO.       RIDER NAME, HOMETOWN         NO.        RIDER NAME, HOMETOWN 2         Jeremy McGrath, Encinitas, CA        54        Jason Thomas, Melrose, FL 3         Michael Brown, Piney Flats, TN        55        Steve Boniface, France 4         Ricky Carmichael, Havana FL     56        Kelly D Smith, Ludington, MI 5         Mike LaRocco, South Bend, IN   57        Greg Schnell, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 6         Steve Lamson, Camino, CA       58        Bobby Bonds, Bakersfield, CA 10*       Larry Ward, Florence, SC         59        Casey Johnson, Lake Elsinore, CA 11*       Ezra Lusk, Acworth, GA         60        Travis Elliott, Alvin, TX 12*       David Vuillemin, Corona, CA   61        Joshua Woods, Flint, MI 13*       Sebastien Tortelli, Los Angeles, CA  62        Rodrig Thain, France 14*       Kevin Windham, Centreville, MS        63        Darcy Lange, BC, Canada 15*       Timmy Ferry, Largo, FL         64        Tyler Evans, Canyon Lake, CA 16*       John Dowd, Chicopee, MA         65        Derrick Shae Bentley, Ellenwood, GA 17*       Robbie Reynard, Oklahoma City, OK    66        Blair Morgan, Prince Albert, CAN 18*       Brock Sellards, Sherrodsville, OH    67        Jeff Gibson, Thornville, OH 19*       Doug Henry, Torrington, CT         68        Michael Brandes, Lake Elsinore, CA 20*       Damon Huffman, Valencia, CA         69        Isaiah Johnson, Albuquerque, NM 21*       Stephane Roncada, Menifee, CA         70        Kevin Crine, Lothian, MD 22*       Chad Reed, Australia         71        Joe Oehlhof, Wapakoneta, OH 23*       Kyle Lewis, Henderson, NV           72        Troy Adams, Brooksville, FL 24*       Ernesto Fonseca, Costa Rica         73        Evan Laughridge, Forest Ranch, CA 25*       Nathan Ramsey, Menifee, CA         74        Dustin Nelson, El Cajon, CA 26        Brandon Jesseman, Palmdale, CA        75        Wally Silva, Shirley, MA 27        Nicholas Wey, Dewitt, MI         76        Ted Campbell, Apache Junction, AZ 28        Heath Voss, Mico, TX         77        Scott Sheak, Corona, CA 29        Danny Smith, Middleton, ID         78        Tyson Hadsell, Hudson, FL 30        Matt Walker, McRae, GA         79        Barry Carsten, Bayville, NJ 31        Buddy Antunez, Temecula, CA         80        Lance Smail, Kent, WA 32        Michael Byrne, Australia         81        Brian Mason, Columbia, IL 33        Sean Hamblin, Sun City, CA         82        Brad Hagseth, Centralia,WA 34        Travis Preston, Hesperia, CA         83        Nathan Woods, Atascadero, CA 35        Keith R Johnson, Albuquerque, NM      84        Randy Valade, Howell, MI 36        Jean-Sebastien Roy, PQ, Canada        85        Ty Wallace, Phoenixville, PA 37        Ryan Clark, Albuquerque, NM         86        Bruce Stratton, Clifton Springs, NY 38        Paul Carpenter, Ithaca, NY         87        Ben Riddle, Campbellsville, KY 39        Chris Gosselaar, Juniper Hills, CA    88        Michael Treadwell, Enfield, CT 40        James Povolny Jr., Mendota Hgts, MN   89        Anthony Amaradio, Temecula, CA 41        Andrew Short, Colorado Spgs, CO       90        Marco Dube, Dewitt, MI 42        Grant Langston, S Africa         91        Jeremias Isreal, Chile 43        Josh Demuth, Fort Worth, TX         92        Mike Craig, El Cajon, CA 44        Keith S Johnson, Pembroke, MA         93        Josh Hansen, Elbert, CO 45        Paul Currie, Wesley Chapel, FL        94        Chris Wheeler, Spring Valley, CA 46        Damien Plotts, Millmont, PA         95        Jimmy Wilson, Willis, MI 47        Clark Stiles, Athens, AL         96        Ryan Mills, Clintondale, NY 48        Justin Buckelew, Riverside, CA        97        Jeff Northrop, Concord, CA 49        Guy Cooper, Stillwater, OK         98        Casey Lytle, Saugus, CA 50        Billy Laninovich, Ramona, CA         99        Turbo Reif, Atascadero, CA 51        David Pingree, Temecula, CA         199*        Travis Pastrana, Davidsonville, MD 52        Ivan Tedesco, Temecula, CA        259*        James Stewart Jr., Haines City, FL 53        Craig Decker, Palm Desert, C A 54        Jason Thomas, Melrose, FL

* Career National Numbers

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