Mid-Season Review: Battery Tender RC Hard Charger Award

Friday, July 12, 2019 | 4:30 PM

As longtime partners of the Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship, it's fitting that Deltran Battery Tender serves as the title sponsor of the series specialty award that embodies the company's products. As a manufacturer of the world's most trusted and reliable household commercial battery chargers, jump starters, inverters, and other accessories for vehicles, Battery Tender is a lot like the most accomplished rider in the history of American motocross, Ricky Carmichael.

With more than 100 career wins and 10 career championships in the Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship, Carmichael is the standard bearer of success, and it's why he's affectionately known as the G.O.A.T. (Greatest of All Time). Exactly 10 years ago, Pro Motocross cemented Carmichael's legacy in American motocross with the introduction of the Ricky Carmichael Hard Charger Award. This award recognizes the one competitor at each of the 12 rounds of the championship who overtakes the highest number of his fellow racers in either moto of the 450 Class.

The RC Hard Charger Award is a testament to the never-give-up attitude Carmichael displayed over the course of a dominant career that will likely never be duplicated. Each recipient of the Deltran Battery Tender RC Hard Charger Award is recognized at the riders meeting at the following national, where he is awarded with a custom-designed trophy.

The second half of the 2019 season has arrived, and the first six rounds produced some inspired rides from a long list of riders. In total, nine different athletes have earned the RC Hard Charger Award, showing the kind of resilience that defines the award and embodies the mental fortitude of the G.O.A.T.

2019 Deltran Battery Tender RC Hard Charger Award Recipients

Hangtown:
#929 Taiki Koga / Japan / Kawasaki
+15 positions in 450 Moto 1 (38th to 23rd)

*Taiki Koga, +15 positions* Shintaro Urashima

Fox Raceway:
#477 Todd Waters / Australia / Husqvarna
+18 positions in 450 Moto 1 (34th to 16th)

*Todd Waters, +18 positions* Jeff Kardas

Thunder Valley:
#25 Marvin Musquin / France / KTM
+19 positions in 450 Moto 1 (27th to 8th)

#101 Fredrik Noren / Sweden / Honda
+19 positions in 450 Moto 1 (34th to 15th)

*Marvin Musquin, +19 positions* Rich Shepherd

*Fredrik Noren, +19 positions* Jeff Kardas

High Point:
#101 Fredrik Noren / Sweden / Honda
+15 positions in 450 Moto 1 (30th to 15th)

*Fredrik Noren, +15 positions* Jeff Kardas

Florida:
#29 Benny Bloss / Oak Grove, Missouri / KTM
+15 positions in 450 Moto 1 (28th to 13th)

#49 Henry Miller / Rochester, Minnesota / KTM
+15 positions in 450 Moto 1 (32nd to 17th)

#647 Mathew Hubert / Riverside, California / Husqvarna
+15 positions in 450 Moto 1 (38th to 23rd)

*Benny Bloss, +15 positions* Rich Shepherd

*Henry Miller, +15 positions* Rich Shepherd

*Mathew Hubert, +15 positions* Rich Shepherd

Southwick:
#63 John Short / Pilot Point, Texas / Honda
+17 positions in 450 Moto 1 (32nd to 15th)

#88 Chris Canning / Coventry, Connecticut / Kawasaki
+17 positions in 450 Moto 1 (38th to 21st)

*John Short, +17 positions* Rich Shepherd

*Chris Canning, +17 positions* Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship