Loretta Lynn’s is a timeless race. Things rarely change, except the names—sometimes—and the lap times
WORDS: Jason Weigandt & Davey Coombs PHOTOS: ALIGN MEDIA
Every day starts the same: At 6:30 a.m., the familiar guitar chords and high, flinty voice of Loretta Lynn’s “Coal Miner’s Daughter” echo through the massive campground. It’s a wake-up call and an anthem for the racers and their families who fill every available spot of the Ranch, home of the late country singer who first lent her home and name to the biggest amateur motocross race of all, the AMA Amateur National Motocross Championship, in 1982. Since then, the fastest youth and amateur riders in the country have descended upon Hurricane Mills, Tennessee, every summer for a week-long competition/vacation. When they hear that song on the morning of each race day, they know they are about to be part of the biggest motocross happening of all.
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