Bakersfield, California rider
never buckled.
"Wow, a six-moto sweep;
I didn't think I could do it,"
said DiFrancesco.
TLD Red Bull KTM's Nate
Thrasher ran away with the fi-
nal moto of the 250 B class,
but it was LeBlanc who
walked away with the title,
turning a 1-2-5 into a Loretta
Lynn's championship.
Thrasher ended the day
in second overall with a 9-1-1
tally, and perhaps missed
out on a national champion-
ship when he tangled with
a lapper at the end of moto
one. Meanwhile, Monster
Energy Team Green Kawasaki's
Chance Hymas went 2-5-4 for
third overall.
TLD Red Bull KTM's Maximus
Vohland won all six of his motos
in the 125cc (12-17) B/C class
and Schoolboy 1 (12-17) B/C
classes.
"I worked real hard all year
and the goal coming in here was
to sweep all six motos and we
accomplished that," said Voh-
land.
LeBlanc ruled the B classes,
going 3-1-1 to win the 450 B divi-
sion and 1-2-5 to win the 250 B
class.
LeBlanc got good starts all
day, except in the final 250 B
moto. "My plan was to go out
there and get the holeshot and
win," said LeBlanc said of the
final moto. "Turns out, I didn't
get the best start, but I worked
my way through the pack pretty
quick. But then I got arm-pump
on the third lap and started think-
ing about it and started making
mistakes. So after that, I just had
to reset and start thinking about
myself."
The B classes were stacked,
with Thrasher and Hymas finish-
ing second and third in the 250
division, and Luke Kalaitzian and
KTM's Matthew Curler finish-
ing second and third in the 450
division.
Haiden Deegan was another
rider with a hot hand at Lo-
retta Lynn's. The KTM Orange
Brigade rider swept all motos in
both the Mini Sr. 1 and Mini Sr. 2
classes, going 6-0 to win a pair
of titles.
This year marked the a historic
first for Loretta's; the debut of
the Mini-E Jr. division AMA Na-
tional Championship; the electric
motorcycle class in the history
of the Loretta Lynn AMA Amateur
National Championships.
Oklahoman Kade Nightingale
turned in a 1-1-2 score on his
KTM to win the first-ever title in
the new division.
Other winners included
Yamaha-mounted Brandon
Scharer, who topped the Junior
25+ division with a 2-1-1 fin-
ish; Kris Keefer (Yamaha), who
went 1-1-2 to claim the title in the
Senior 40+ class; and Orange-
Brigade KTM's Luke Fauser,
who squeezed the 85cc (10-12)
championship out of a 2-3-2
moto tally.
Team Babbitt's Team Green
Kawasaki's Jordan Jarvis domi-
nated the Women's division by
winning all three motos. KTM's
Tayler Allred finished second at
3-2-2, while multi-time GNCC
champion Tayla Jones was third
on a Rockstar Energy Husqvarna
with a 6-3-4 finish.
Shan Moore
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Haiden Deegan
was another
racer who went
undefeated. Photo:
MX Sports
