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 heat of August was in full effect at the GEICO Motorcycle Budds Creek National, and on a track that is already challenging enough without the adversity of a bad start, being forced to come from the back of the field is not something any rider would want to face. Unfortunately for Swedish rider Fredrik Noren, that's exactly what happened in the opening 450 Class moto. Noren faced misfortune off the start and completed the opening lap in 36th place, but the JGRMX/Yoshimura/Suzuki Factory Racing rider went to work and made an impressive march through the field.

By the time the moto ended, Noren had battled back to 15th place, passing 21 riders to earn some hard-earned points.

Budds Creek: 
#101 Fredrik Noren / Sweden / Suzuki
+21 positions in 450 Moto 1 (36th to 15th)

2019 Deltran Battery Tender RC Hard Charger Award Recipients

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

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

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)

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

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)

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)

RedBud: 
#25 Marvin Musquin / France / KTM
+31 positions in 450 Moto 1 (38th to 7th)

Spring Creek: 
#21 Jason Anderson / Edgewood, New Mexico / Husqvarna
+20 positions in 450 Moto 1 (32nd to 12th)

Washougal: 
#56 Lorenzo Locurcio / Venezuela / Kawasaki
+19 positions in 450 Moto 1 (37th to 18th)

Unadilla: 
#29 Benny Bloss / Oak Grove, Missouri / KTM
+14 positions in 450 Moto 1 (23rd to 9th)

#41 Ben Lamay / Wasilla, Alaska / Honda
+14 positions in 450 Moto 1 (30th to 16th)