MOTOCROSS
36TH ROCKY MOUNTAIN ATV/MC AMA AMATEUR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
AUGUST 1-5, 2017
LORETTA LYNN RANCH / HURRICANE MILLS, TENNESSEE
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banks, who took the Amateur
Rider of the Year Award; and
2001 125cc National MX Champ
Mike Brown, who was given the
Vet Rider of the Year Award.
The standout rider about to
turn pro each year at Loretta
Lynn's is awarded the AMA's
Nicky Hayden Horizons Award,
and this year's top graduate was
T
he 36th Annual Rocky
Mountain ATV/MC AMA
Amateur National Cham-
pionships concluded at Loretta
Lynn's Ranch in Hurricane Mills,
Tennessee, and 35 new cham-
pions were crowned over the
course of five days of racing,
each class using a three-moto
format. A total of nearly 1500
finalists were on the starting
gates at Loretta Lynn's, having
emerged from a total of more
than 20,000 entries at the Area
and Regional qualifying levels.
Among the top individual
standouts were double-class
winner Ty Masterpool, who was
named the Youth Rider of the
Year by the AMA; Garrett March-
The 250 B class was one of the 35 packed
class at this year's running of the Amateur
MX Championships at Loretta Lynn's Ranch.
Thirty-five
champions crowned
at Loretta Lynn's
PHOTOGRAPHY BY KEN HILL
MAKING
THE
GRADE
