Local racer earns spot at motocross national championship
HURRICANE MILLS, Tenn.– Edmeston New York’s Tyrick Wheeler just made his dream come true. The 8-year-old dirt bike racer qualified in the 50cc stock 7-8-year-old class for the largest amateur motocross race in the world, the 31st Annual Red Bull AMA Amateur National Motocross Championships at Loretta Lynn’s Ranch. Wheeler took on over 20,000 hopefuls from across America to earn one of just 1,386 qualifying positions.
“The Amateur Nationals at Loretta Lynn’s is the event every motocross racer in the country wants to compete in,” said Event Director Tim Cotter. “A win at the Amateur Nationals gives a rider instant national notoriety, and can serve as a springboard to a lucrative professional motocross career.”
Most of America’s top professional motocrossers, including James Stewart, Ricky Carmichael, Travis Pastrana and Jeremy McGrath, have won AMA Amateur National Championships at Loretta Lynn’s. The race is so prestigious that in 2009, teenage stars Dean Wilson, from California, and Eli Tomac, from Colorado, were awarded premier professional contracts for the 2010 season.
Wheeler has been riding since he was four years old. With the help of sponsors such as Aqua Valley Springs and The Water Bottle, LLC who help pay his way to the races, Wheeler has had the opportunity to pursue his dreams. He has competed in and/or won hundreds of races in the last four years, and competes nearly every weekend at CNYMRA district motocross tracks, including Thunder Ridge and Unadilla. Wheeler also competes every Wednesday night at Royal Mountain’s Monster Energy Supercross Series in Caroga Lake.
Wheeler will make the long journey to Tennessee along with his parents, Mike and Becky Wheeler, and his sister Cayla. The race runs July 29 - August 4, 2012.
“The Amateur Nationals at Loretta Lynn’s is the event every motocross racer in the country wants to compete in,” said Event Director Tim Cotter. “A win at the Amateur Nationals gives a rider instant national notoriety, and can serve as a springboard to a lucrative professional motocross career.”
Most of America’s top professional motocrossers, including James Stewart, Ricky Carmichael, Travis Pastrana and Jeremy McGrath, have won AMA Amateur National Championships at Loretta Lynn’s. The race is so prestigious that in 2009, teenage stars Dean Wilson, from California, and Eli Tomac, from Colorado, were awarded premier professional contracts for the 2010 season.
Wheeler has been riding since he was four years old. With the help of sponsors such as Aqua Valley Springs and The Water Bottle, LLC who help pay his way to the races, Wheeler has had the opportunity to pursue his dreams. He has competed in and/or won hundreds of races in the last four years, and competes nearly every weekend at CNYMRA district motocross tracks, including Thunder Ridge and Unadilla. Wheeler also competes every Wednesday night at Royal Mountain’s Monster Energy Supercross Series in Caroga Lake.
Wheeler will make the long journey to Tennessee along with his parents, Mike and Becky Wheeler, and his sister Cayla. The race runs July 29 - August 4, 2012.
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