The Take Back The AMA reform slate of Kevin Schwantz, Jeff Nash and John Ulrich topped regional nominations, the first step in election to the AMA Board of Trustees.

In the Southeast Region, Schwantz drew 190 nominations compared to incumbent Carl Reynolds’ 32 and one each for Robert Woodruff, Alan Mayes and Guy Young.

In the South Central Region, Nash drew 59 nominations to incumbent Ron Widman’s 29 and 1 each for Kevin Schwantz, Joe Robb, Jim Wilson, John Rubida, Dan Martin and Jay Weber.

In the Southwest Region, Ulrich drew 165 votes to incumbent Ellis Robertson’s 74 and 1 each for Advian Samberson, Chris Ulrich, Daniel Stevenson, Tom Royston, Bob Reichenberg and Mike Osborn.

The nomination results mean that the election will be a straight two-man contest in each region, with each of the Take Back The AMA candidates facing off against the incumbents.

Election ballots will be included in the January issue of the official AMA magazine, American Motorcyclist, which will be mailed at the beginning of December.

Schwantz’s opponent, Carl Reynolds, was a key figure in the AMA vs. Edmondson debacle and resultant lawsuit, which the incumbent AMA Board settled for $3 million of members’ money earlier this year.

A campaign mailer for the Take Back The AMA slate of Schwantz, Nash and Ulrich stated “It’s time for a change. It’s time for new blood on the AMA Board of Trustees. It’s time to reject deception, deceit and inaction and vote for HONESTY, INTEGRITY, ACTION. It’s time to TAKE BACK THE AMA!”

The Take Back The AMA slate promises to, according to the campaign mailer:

“Fight strongly for full access to public lands for motorcyclists.

“Fight for the rights of all individual motorcyclists, including street riders, off-road riders and racers.

“Strengthen government relations programs to fight unfair legislation and regulations.

“Fight discrimination against motorcyclists in the area of health care coverage.

“Give members a true and accurate accounting of the total cost of the Edmondson vs. AMA debacle.

“Restructure AMA Pro Racing so it is directly accountable to the AMA membership, with rider safety as its first concern in all disciplines, including road racing and dirt track.”