The 2023 Monster Energy AMA Amateur National Motocross Championship at Loretta Lynn’s Ranch is in full swing. Following Monday's practice, the first motos began bright and early Tuesday morning at 7:30 a.m. CDT in Tennessee and we will pickup today with the remainder of the first motos. Then around halfway through the day we will shift to the second motos. If you are at the Ranch, have fun. If you are at home—or at work—you can still enjoy the action live and for free via the RacerTV.com live stream. Not able to watch every moto but want to stay up to speed with the results? We have you covered! We will post updates and results here throughout the day, so check back in and refresh this post for more updates. And make sure to follow both Racer X and Loretta Lynn MX accounts on all social media for more updates.
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Wednesday (August 2) Full Race Schedule
Note: these times are local to Hurricane Mills, Tennessee, which is in Central Daylight Time zone.
Halfway through the day we will shift to our second motos.
18 | Supermini 1 (12-15) | 7:30 am |
19 | 65cc (7-9) | 8:00 am |
20 | 250 C Jr. (12-17) Limited | 8:30 am |
21 | 450 B Limited | 9:00 am |
22 | 85cc (10-12) Limited | 9:30 am |
23 | Schoolboy 1 (12-17) B/C | 10:00 am |
24 | Senior (45+) | 10:30 am |
25 | 250 C Limited | 11:00 am |
* | 250 Pro Sport | 11:30 am |
26 | Schoolboy 2 (12-17) B/C | 12:00 pm |
27 | Girls (11-16) | 12:30 pm |
28 | 65cc (10-11) | 1:00 pm |
Intermission | 1:30 pm | |
29 | Supermini 2 (13-16) | 2:00 pm |
1 | Vet (30+) | 2:30 pm |
2 | 450 B | 3:00 pm |
3 | 125 C | 3:30 pm |
4 | 85cc (10-12) | 4:00 pm |
5 | 65cc (7-9) Limited | 4:30 pm |
6 | Senior (40+) | 5:00 pm |
* | Open Pro Sport | 5:30 pm |
7 | Mini Sr. 2 (13-15) | 6:00 pm |
8 | 450 C | 6:30 pm |
Wednesday Moto Results
Race 18 – Supermini 1 (12-15)
Moto 1 winner: #93 Seth Dennis (KTM)
Tuesday's racing started off with the first Supermini 1 (12-15) moto. #93 Seth Dennis (KTM) claimed the race win over #19 Deacon Denno (Husqvarna) and #4 Landen Gordon (Kawasaki). It's still early in the week, but Dennis' fast lap of 1:53.361 is the second-fastest lap in a moto so far this week. Only Broc Peterson's 1:52.412 from race one (Vet 30+) moto one yesterday was faster. Gordon charged from 28th (!) place on the first lap to finish third. Check out the top 20 results below, or view the full race results here.
Race 19 – 65cc (7-9)
Moto 1 winner: #42 Jaydin Smart (Cobra)
#42 Jaydin Smart (Cobra) claimed the race win over #16 Gavin McCoy (Cobra) and #74 Anderson Waldele (KTM). Check out the top 20 results below, or view the full race results here.
Race 20 – 250 C Jr. (12-17) Limited
Moto 1 winner: #19 Kyle Paleologos (Yamaha)
#19 Kyle Paleologos (Yamaha) claimed the win over #16 Robert Weiss (Husqvarna) and #37 Walker Alfano (GasGas). Check out the top 20 results below, or view the full race results here.
Race 21 – 450 B Limited
Moto 1 winner: #75 Jeremy Fappani (KTM)
#32 Leum Oehlhof (Yamaha), who won the 250 B Limited first moto on Tuesday, got the holeshot officially but got shuffled back early as #75 Jeremy Fappani (KTM) jumped into the race lead. Fappani was leading the field over #84 Wyatt Creighton and #9 Jadon Cooper (Yamaha) as Oehlhof was sixth. Oehlhof charged up to second place and found himself about seven seconds back of Fappani. But the #32 was not done as he charged to the checkered flag. He got the gap down to about five seconds but Fappani opened it up again to seven seconds, until Oehlhof went three seconds faster (a 1:57 to Fappani's 2:00) late in the race and cut the gap to four seconds. Fappani managed to hold on for the race win as Oehlhof never got close enough for a pass attempt. Fappani came through to take the checkered flag as Oehlhof came through just 2.344 seconds back. #94 Alvin Hillan (Honda) mounted a charge that ended up on the final step of the podium after a last-lap pass on #84 Wyatt Creighton (KTM). I believe Fappani is on a KTM 250 SX-F competing against mostly 450F machines in this race.
Oehlhof's 1:55.624 on the fifth lap was the fastest lap of the moto.
Look for these two to battle more this week in this class & 250 B Limited, as Oehlhof and Fappani finished P1 and P2 in that first moto on Tuesday. Check out the top 20 results below, or view the full race results here.
Race 22 – 85cc (10-12) Limited
Moto 1 winner: #4 Wyatt Thurman (KTM)
#4 Wyatt Thurman (KTM) claimed the race win over #44 Nolan Ford (KTM) and #99 Wyatt Duff (KTM). Check out the top 20 results below, or view the full race results here.
Race 23 – Schoolboy 1 (12-17) B/C
Moto 1 winner: #43 Tiger Wood (GasGas)
#43 Tiger Wood (GasGas) claimed the win over #5 Landon Hartz (Yamaha) & #95 Carter Malcolm (GasGas). Wood also won the 125 Jr. (12-17) B/C first moto Tuesday, so his week is off to a great start. Check out the top 20 results below, or view the full race results here.
Race 24 – Senior (45+)**
Moto 1 winner: #53 Ronnie Renner (KTM)
#53 Ronnie Renner (KTM) claimed the race win over #2 Gregory Pamart (Kawasaki) and #26 Gary Benton (Yamaha). Check out the top 20 results below, or view the full race results here.
Race 25 – 250 C Limited
Moto 1 winner: #79 Chase Haynes (Kawasaki)
#79 Chase Haynes (Kawasaki) grabbed the holeshot and led wire to wire, as the #79 machine took the checkered flag. Haynes took the win by 10.326 seconds over #15 William Barrett (KTM) and #41 Emeric Perron (Yamaha). Haynes claimed the 450 C moto win yesterday, as he starts of his week with two straight moto wins. Check out the top 20 results below, or view the full race results here.
250 Pro Sport
Moto 1 winner: #29 Julien Beaumer (KTM)
#15 Gavin Towers (Yamaha) positioned himself ahead of the field when the gates dropped on the second pro sport class first moto. #29 Julien Beaumer (KTM) took the early lead in the back storyland and never gave it up. Open Pro Sport moto one winner #41 Daxton Bennick (Yamaha) was tenth after the first lap as he battled and fought forward. #25 Trevin Nelson (Yamaha) and #75 Evan Ferry (Yamaha) were up battling for third in the beginning stages before being shuffled back. The #24 of Brad West (Yamaha) found himself in third at one point, getting by Nelson and Ferry. Eventually, #51 Mark Fineis (GasGas) made his way into the top ten...then the top five...then all the way to third...then second! #76 Avery Long (Yamaha) made his way into the top five as Bennick engaged in a battle with #4 Jayden Clough (Kawasaki) in fifth place. Out front, Beamuer had a 7-second lead over Towers, but Fineis cut down a five-second gap from Towers and made a pass. Beaumer still had an eight-second advantage over Fineis, although the GasGas rider charged to the checkered flag.
Beaumer held on for the race win, taking the checkered flag by 4.988 seconds over Fineis as Towers, Long, and Clough rounded out the top five. #12 Parker Ross (Honda) charged from outside the top 15 to come home in fifth place (he was officially 18th after lap one!). Bennick lost tow late and came through seventh ahead of Nelson, Ferry, and #14 Matti Jorgensen (KTM).
Fineis' 1:54.732 on the sixth lap was the fastest lap of the race as he charged forward after coming through 11th on the first lap.
Check out the top 20 results below, or view the full race results here.
Race 26 – Schoolboy 2 (12-17) B/C
Moto 1 winner: #66 Casey Cochran (Husqvarna)
#27 Krystian Janik (Kawasaki) got the early race lead ahead of his Team Green Kawasaki brandmate #81 Enzo Temmerman (Kawasaki) and #72 Gavin Betts (KTM). Moto one 250 B race winner #66 Casey Cochran (Husqvarna) was eighth early in the race. Cochran then made his way into fifth place and continued to charge. #26 Logan Best (Yamaha) joined the front Kawasaki duo and we eventually saw a great battle for the race lead between Janik, Temmerman, and Best. Then suddenly, the three-way battle for the race lead became a four-way battle as Cochran joined the party! Best and Temmerman swapped the race lead for a few laps, with Best taking over P1 two consecutive laps by using the inside line in the second turn as Temmerman went used wider lines. Cochran quickly got by Janik then went from third to first in one lap as he placed his Husqvarna FC 250 in the race lead. The Rockstar Energy Husqvarna rider then blasted out to a slight gap of his own, as he would take the race with by 4.759 seconds over Best.
Afterwards, Cochran said he pulled the 42nd gate pick ahead of the moto. His 1:56.012 on the seventh lap was the fastest lap of the moto. With his win in the 250 B class on Tuesday and this moto win, Cochran started off his week with two straight moto wins.
#30 Drew Adams (Kawasaki) rounded out the top five behind Janik and Temmerman. It is still early in the week, but this was probably the best moto of the week so far as we had all the contenders up front and we saw constant lead changes, not from mistakes but just from great speed and line choices.
Check out the top 20 results below, or view the full race results here.
Race 27 – Girls (11-16)
Moto 1 winner: #19 Mayla Herrick (Husqvarna)
Ahead of the first Girls (11-16) moto of the week, we saw some brief track maintenance. Country singer Craig Morgan, who performed on Sunday night, joined Mikey Waynes on the RacerTV broadcast to chat for about five minutes.
Craig Morgan has joined Mikey Waynes on the @racertv live stream from Loretta Lynn's Ranch. @LorettaLynnMX #RoadToLorettas #LLMX #Motocross #AmateurMotocross #2023LLMX pic.twitter.com/4lPpxVhFmA
— Mitch Kendra (@mitch_kendra) August 2, 2023
#19 Mayla Herrick (Husqvarna) grabbed the holeshot and checked out to take the race win. #99 Lachlan "La La" Turner (KTM) claimed second place, 4.309 seconds behind Herrick, and #4 Madison Kazimir (Husqvarna) took third place. Taylor Allred and Jordan Jarvis helped the Racer TV broadcast crew announce that race, providing insight throughout the moto. Check out the top 20 results below, or view the full race results here.
Race 28 – 65cc (10-11)
Moto 1 winner: #31 Easton Graves (KTM)
#31 Easton Graves (KTM) claims the race win over #70 Jackson Vick (KTM), who charged to second on the last lap, and #89 Whalyn Ballenger (GasGas). Check out the top 20 results below, or view the full race results here.
Our next race - Race 29 Supermini 2 (13-16) - is the final first moto of the week.The Vet (30+) will be the first second moto here shortly.
Race 29 – Supermini 2 (13-16)
Moto 1 winner: #3 Landon Gordon (Kawasaki)
#3 Landon Gordon (Kawasaki) grabbed the holeshot and lead until he tucked the front end by the billboard section, handing over the race lead to #93 Seth Dennis (KTM). #16 Canyon Richards (KTM), #43 Cole Timboe (KTM), and #19 Deacon Denno (Husqvarna) were all ripping as well inside the top five! Richards took over the lead as he fought off Timboe and Gordon. Gordon eventually got back to the lead and held off Richards for the race win.
#87 Grayson Townsend (Kawasaki) finished 14th, after coming through the first lap in 34th. Impressive charge for the #87.
Great battles for the top five positions all race long. Check out the top 20 results below, or view the full race results here.
Next up are the second motos!
Check out some stats on all 36 first motos:
With all first motos of @LorettaLynnMX complete, here are some stats from all 36 classes:
— Mitch Kendra (@mitch_kendra) August 2, 2023
Fastest lap: 1:52.412 by Broc Peterson in Vet (30+)
Largest gap at checkered flag: 30.125 seconds by Jeff Emig in Masters (50+)#RoadToLorettas #LLMX #Motocross #AmateurMotocross #2023LLMX pic.twitter.com/CBiha6px8c
Race 1 – Vet (30+)
Moto 2 winner: #48 Carlos Badiali (Yamaha)
#48 Carlos Badiali (Yamaha), who had a big issue in the first moto on Tuesday, claimed the race win over #2 Broc Peterson (Honda), who claimed the moto one win. #37 Tracy Cloy (GasGas) claimed third. Check out the top 20 results below, or view the full race results here.
Race 2 – 450 B
Moto 2 winner: #70 Jadon Cooper (Yamaha)
#70 Jadon Cooper (Yamaha) takes the race win over #51 Dilon Blecha (Yamaha) by 5.415 seconds. Moto one winner #90 Nicolas Israel (GasGas) had a crash late in the race (while running third), which resulted in a 27th place finish. Cooper's 2-1 finishes put him in a good spot heading into the third and final moto. Check out the top 20 results below, or view the full race results here.
Race 3 – 125 C
Moto 2 winner: #83 Makai Olerich (KTM)
#83 Makai Olerich (KTM) repeats his performance from the first moto, so he will enter the third moto with 1-1 race finishes. Olerich's 2:06.122 on the third lap was the fastest lap of the moto. Check out the top 20 results below, or view the full race results here.
Race 4 – 85cc (10-12)
Moto 2 winner: #74 Wyatt Thurman (KTM)
#74 Wyatt Thurman (KTM) takes the race win by 17.532 seconds over #58 Darren Pine (GasGas), who won the first moto.Pine goes 2-1 in the first two motos, Thurman goes 1-2. Check out the top 20 results below, or view the full race results here.
Race 5 – 65cc (7-9) Limited
Moto 2 winner: #4 Jaydin Smart (Cobra)
#4 Jaydin Smart (Cobra) shuffled his way into the lead by the time the field hit the ten commandments section and he never looked back, taking the win by 7.201 seconds over #74 Anderson Waldele (KTM) and #26 Nico Verhoeven (KTM). #10 Kade Nightingale (Yamaha), who claimed the race win in the first moto, finished fourth place in the second moto. Check out the top 20 results below, or view the full race results here.
Race 6 – Senior (40+)
Moto 2 winner: #1 Mike Brown (KTM)
#1 Mike Brown (KTM) got out front of #33 Kris Keefer (Yamaha), as #47 Jeff Emig (Husqvarna) made his way into the top five. Emig and Keefer battled #96 Robert Fitch (Yamaha). Brown had checked out as Emig made his way into second place. Brown cruised to his second moto win of the the class, so he will enter the final race with 1-1 finishes over Emig's 2-2 finishes. Keefer game through sixth. Check out the top 20 results below, or view the full race results here.
Open Pro Sport
Moto 2 winner: #41 Daxton Bennick
When the gates dropped on the second Open Pro Sport moto, it was #41 Daxton Bennick (Yamaha) who grabbed the holeshot ahead of #15 Gavin Towers (Yamaha). #26 Ben LaMay (KTM), #34 Bryce Shelly (Yamaha), and #12 Parker Ross (Honda) were inside the top five early. LaMay dropped back as #90 Jacob Hayes (Kawasaki) and #29 Julien Beaumer (KTM) mounted a charge, Beaumer from ninth place on the first lap. #51 Mark Fineis (GasGas) was right behind Beaumer until a tip over in the turn cost him to drop from seventh to outside the top 15.
Bennick's 1:56.367 on the third lap (which was the fastest lap of the race) helped him get away from the field. Beaumer made a pass on Ross to take over fourth place behind Bennick, Towers, and Shelly. Out front, Bennick opened up an 11-second advantage over Towers. Beaumer then made a move on Shelly, but Towers had a handful of bike lengths on the #29. Beumer was sending it over the tunnel jump after the finish line and downsiding one of the two big breaking bumps, which appeared to be a smoother line than hitting both bumps. He did this a few laps in a row, and he used it to closed the gap up on Towers, almost too close! It almost resulted in a collision between the two, but Beaumer stayed up and made a pass a few sections later to move into P2. By the time the #29 KTM machine got into second place, Bennick had an 11-second gap. Beaumer cut the gap to 7.59 seconds, but the KTM rider was not close enough to attempt a pass. Bennick took the race win with a 8.134-second gap over Beaumer and let out a big celebration rev. Towers, Shelly, and Ross came through to round out the top five. Still impressive what Towers has been able to do this week in two stacked classes. The Pennsylvania native broke his collarbone earlier this summer, had surgery and raced—and won—his regional qualifier about five days later. He might be lacking a little bit towards the end of these long motos, but GT15 said he will regroup and get ready for his final three motos of the week.
#4 Jayden Clough (Kawasaki) mounted a charge from 21st on lap one to finishing sixth. Clough has been charging every moto so far. Fineis finished ninth after charging back from his tip over.
Bennick enters the final race with 1-1 finishes, as Beaumer has 6-2 finishes after going down a few times in the first race on Tuesday afternoon. Check out the top 20 results below, or view the full race results here.
Race 7 – Mini Sr. 2 (13-15)
Moto 2 winner: #13 Jayce Wolf (KTM)
#13 Jayce Wolf (KTM) snagged the early lead and went on to take the race win by 7.934 seconds #27 Vincent Wey (Husqvarna), after Wolf got out front and Wey was battling back and forth with #95 Cole Blecha (KTM). Wey enters the final race with 1-2 finishes, as Wolf enters with 5-1 race finishes and Blecha has 3-3 finishes. Check out the top 20 results below, or view the full race results here.
Race 8 – 450 C
Moto 2 winner: #83 Makai Olerich (KTM)
#83 Makai Olerich (KTM), winner of the first two 125 C motos, took the race win over 450 C moto one winner #79 Chase Haynes (Kawasaki). Haynes fought up to second place and charged, putting down the fastest lap of the race on the seventh and final lap, but it was too little too late. Olerich held on for the race win by just 0.793 seconds between the two at the checkered flag. Olerich is competing in both the 125 C and the 450 C clasees aboard his KTM 125 SX two-stroke! Olerich's 2-1 and Haynes 1-2 have them in a tie heading into the final moto of the week. Check out the top 20 results below, or view the full race results here.
Thursday morning, we will resume the second motos, starting with the 250 B Limited, followed by the 65cc (10-11) Limited, Mini Sr. 1 (12-14), and Masters (50+) classes. View the full race order for the week here.