MOTOCROSS
AMA AMATEUR NATIONAL MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP AT LORETTA
JULY 31-AUGUST 4, 2018
LORETTA LYNN RANCH / HURRICANE MILLS, TENNESSEE
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by a throng of riders from seemingly
every corner of the country: Preston
Kilroy (Wyoming), Aiden Tijero (Cali-
fornia), Gage Linville (Georgia), Levi
Kitchen (Washington), Cullin Park
(Florida), Chandler Baker (Okla-
homa) and Ethan Mann (Texas). Bad
starts almost doomed Masterpool's
title bids in the first motos in either
class, and he had to come from
deep in the field to salvage a win
and a runner-up finish. From there
he gave up just one moto win to
KTM rider Mann as he marched to
his pair of titles.
The most dominant rider of the
week was Tennessee's own Nate
Thrasher. The KTM rider was the only
undefeated rider of the week, winning
all six of his Supermini motos and
Joseph Tait, who went 3-3-1.
Monster Energy/Yamalube/
Star Racing Yamaha rider Ty
Masterpool racked up his fifth
and sixth career titles at Lo-
retta Lynn's by winning both of
his 125cc Schoolboy classes.
Masterpool, who hails from
Paradise, Texas, was challenged
Factory Connection Honda rider
Carson Mumford of California,
who won all three motos in 250 B
Limited, and a pair of fast Texans
on KTM's in Cristian Fernandez,
winner of the 450 B class, and
Parker Mashburn, who topped
450 B Limited. And the College
(18-24) title went to Connecticut's
