VOL. 50 ISSUE 31 AUGUST 6, 2013
P59
PHOTOGRAPHY BY LISSA MARSOLEK
SHIP, PRESENTED BY AMSOIL
Mackenzie
Tricker overcame
a scary first-moto
crash to win the
Women (14+)
title.
Briefly...
smart and sat out the rest of the
week.
For the first time ever, a portion of the Loretta's event was
broadcast live on network
television. As part of the Red
Bull Signature Series, the final
motos of the 250 and 450 A
were shown on NBC Saturday
afternoon. In addition, most of
the event was broadcast live on
RacerTV.com.
(Below) Georgia's Mitchell Harrison helped
give Suzuki a sweep in the Super Mini class
after going 1-2-1 in the (12-15) division.
Jerry Robin, qualified for Loretta Lynn's on a "vintage" 1985
Honda CR250R for the TwoStroke B/C (16+) and 250cc
B classes. The bike, however,
blew up in practice on Monday and had to borrow a 2007
machine to compete in the
Two-Stroke class, where he
captured the National Championship with a 1-5-1 tally. He fixed
and rode the 1985 Honda (with
the number 85 on the side panels) in the 250 B class and finished a remarkable 11th overall.
The guy has skill.
Two-time Motocross World
Champion in both the 125 and
250cc classes, Trampas Parker got back to business at Loretta's. He came away with the
Senior 45+ Championship but
finished third to winner Keith
Johnson and Loretta fixture
John Grewe in the 40+ class.
Former Suzuki, Yamaha and
Kawasaki factory rider Tim Ferry won the Junior 25+ title and
might've had another title had
he not crashed twice - once
while leading - in the second Vet
35+ moto. He went into the final
moto tied on points with Robbie Reynard. After an exciting
battle that saw the two cross the
finish line nearly side by side,
Reynard came away with the
win and title. Ferry was awarded Vet Rider of the Year. Ferry's
son, Evan Ferry, placed 18th in
the 51cc (7-8) Limited class.
Kevin Foley captured his 10th
Loretta's title after duking it out
with longtime rival David Hand
in the Masters 50+ class. Foley, who won the first moto over
Hand, pretty much secured the
title in the second moto after
passing Hand on the last lap of
the second moto for the win.
Hand won the final moto, but all
Foley needed to do was finish
second to claim the title, which
he had no problem doing.
Australia's Mackenzie Tricker
won the Women (14+) title despite suffering a horrendous
crash in the first turn of the first
moto. Hannah Hodges topped
the Girls (12-16) division and
Jassmyn Canfield the Girls (911) class.
According to MX Sports, nearly
20,000 racers attempted to
qualify in 36 classes for the
1,446 available positions for this
year's Loretta Lynn's event.
FMX star Brian Deegan and his
family had reason to celebrate
on Thursday when son, Haiden
Deegan, won the second moto
of 51cc (4-6) Limited class. Little
Deegan went on to finish third
overall with an 8-1-3 score.
