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THE
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HAMPSHIRE STARS AT LORETTA'S
F
lorida's RJ Hamp-
shire closed out
his days as an amateur
racer on a winning
note at the 33rd Ama-
teur National Moto-
cross Championships
at the Loretta Lynn
Ranch in Hurricane
Mills, Tennessee, July
29-August 2.
The Factory Con-
nection/AMSOIL Hon-
da rider was perfect
en route to the Open
Pro Sport and 250 A
Championships. He
won all six of his motos
(three motos in each class) and
was honored afterward with the
AMA Horizon Award, the award
given to the rider who shows the
most promise coming out of the
amateur ranks. Hampshire will
begin his new chapter as a pro
rider this weekend at the Lucas
Oil Pro Motocross Champion-
ship round at Unadilla in New
Berlin, New York.
Both Kawasaki and Yamaha
had a good run at Loretta's with
Kawasaki claiming 13 titles and
Yamaha 12.
Some of the big winners for
Kawasaki were Monster Energy
Kawasaki Team Green riders Jett
Reynolds (65cc 7-9 Limited and
7-11), Stilez Robertson (85cc 9-11
and Limited) and Garrett March-
banks (Mini Sr. 1 12-13 and Mini
Sr. 2 12-14), with each rider com-
ing away with two titles. Sean
Cantrell (Super Mini 1 12-15) and
Austin Forkner (Super Mini 2 13-
16) also came away with class
titles.
The standout rider for Yamaha
was New Jersey's Luke Ren-
zland, who was a front-runner
in both the 250cc and 450cc A
classes and came home with the
title in the 450cc division.
Yamaha-mounted Bradley Taft
went back to Missouri with a
hard-fought win in the ultra-com-
petitive 250cc B Limited class
with 1-1-3 moto finishes.
Tristan Charboneau also gave
Yamaha a title in the 250cc B
division with 2-1-2 moto scores,
as well as in the 450cc B class,
while Lorenzo Locurcio gave Ya-
maha another number-one tro-
phy in the 450cc B Limited class.
KTM grabbed four titles, three
of them coming in the small-bore
classes, with Wyatt McGrath win-
ning the 51cc 4-6 Special Limited
title, Nicholas Romano the 51cc
7-8 Limited Championship and
Joshua Varize the 65cc 10-11
Limited number-one trophy. The
lone KTM big-bike title went to
Ricky Renner in the Junior 25+
division.
Hannah Hodges gave Suzuki
its only Loretta's title riding an
RM85 in the Girls 12-16 class.
She won all three motos.
Yamaha's Mackenzie Tricker
took the Women 14+ title with 1-2-
5 moto finishes.
Kit Palmer
Florida's RJ Hampshire earned
this year's AMA Horizon Award at
Loretta Lynn's.
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
KIT
PALMER
