AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame Legend Malcolm Smith was presented with the 2019 AMA Dud Perkins Lifetime Achievement Award on May 4 by AMA President and CEO Rob Dingman at The Quail Motorcycle Gathering in Carmel, Calif.

Smith gained notoriety for his accomplishments in the Baja 1000 and for his gold-medal-winning rides in the International Six Days Enduro competitions.

His fame reached well beyond the motorcycling community when he starred in the influential 1970s motorcycle film, “On Any Sunday.” The movie helped launch an explosion in the popularity of off-road motorcycling in America.

Smith went on to become a successful businessman with Malcolm Smith Motorsports motorcycle dealership in Riverside, Calif. He also organized numerous fundraising rides in Baja, Mexico, that have raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for an orphanage in Valle de la Trinidad, Baja California.

Smith was inducted into the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 1998 and declared a Hall of Fame Legend in 2012.

Throughout Smith’s storied racing career and subsequent business and philanthropic ventures, he has been an advocate for the AMA mission and its programs.