MX Sports Congratulates Trey Canard
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (April, 21 2008) – MX Sports, producers of the 2008 AMA Air Nautiques Amateur National Championship Finals are proud to congratulate 2007 AMA Horizon Award winner Trey Canard on his first professional championship, the 2008 AMA Eastern Region Supercross Lites Championship. Canard is only eight months removed from winning the MX Lites A and MX Lites A Pro Sport classes at Loretta Lynn’s. The young Oklahoma native won the first three supercross main events of his career and then won the final round in St. Louis, defeating 2005 AMA Horizon Award Winner Ryan Villopoto to take his fourth main event win of the season and claim the highly coveted AMA #1 plate.
MX Sports Director, Tim Cotter, added, “We could not be more impressed with Trey’s performance. He and his family are one of the most incredible stories to ever come through our program and we all felt that win when he took the checkered flag. I would like to offer my personal congratulations to Trey and his team.”
The qualifying season for the 2008 AMA/Air Nautiques Amateur Nationals got underway February 22, and the (52) Area Qualifiers will conclude on May 18. Step two of the qualifying process will be the (12) Regional Championships which will run from May 24 through June 22. The 27th Annual Air Nautiques AMA Amateur National Motocross Championship will be held July 27 through August 3 at Loretta Lynn’s Ranch.
About the Air Nautiques/AMA Amateur National Motocross Championships
Produced by MX Sports, the Air Nautiques/AMA National Motocross Championships is the world’s largest amateur motocross race. Hosted annually since 1982 at the home of country music star Loretta Lynn in Hurricane Mills, Tenn., the event is the premier amateur motocross race in the world. In 2007, more than 25,000 entries attempted to qualify in 33 classes for the 1,386 available gates at the National. In 2008, the National event, christened “The World’s Greatest Motocross Vacation”, will be held July 27–Aug. 3. As proof of the significance of winning an AMA Amateur National Championship title, most of today’s top motocross and Supercross stars, including Ricky Carmichael, James Stewart, and Ryan Villopoto, won championships at Loretta Lynn’s. Sponsors include Air Nautiques, Amsoil, Cobra, Honda, Kawasaki, KTM, Suzuki, Yamaha, Gatorade, Parts Unlimited, Red Bull, Thor, Toyota, AGV, Alpinestars, Boyesen, Cti, DC Shoes, DeCal Works, FMF, Kicker, Moto Tees, Ogio, Renthal, Scott, Twin Air, Wiseco, and Racer X Illustrated. For more information, please visit www.mxsports.com.
About MX Sports
MX Sports is a Morgantown, West Virginia-based motocross production company. The group coordinates the Air Nautiques/AMA Amateur National Motocross Championships, which includes a national qualifying program consisting of 52 Area Qualifying races held annually from February through May and 12 Regional Championship races conducted in June at select motocross facilities across the country. Less than five percent of the Area Qualifier entries actually qualify for the national championship event, held during the first week of August at the home of country music star Loretta Lynn in Hurricane Mills, Tenn. For more information, please visit www.mxsports.com.
