Amateur Athletes to Help Raise Money at Loretta Lynn’s Lapathon Event

ELLENTON, FL / MORGANTOWN, West Virginia – July 23, 2024 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) – The SuperMotocross League, in partnership with MX Sports, is excited to announce that the Monster Energy AMA Amateur National Motocross Championship will become an annual fundraiser to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Supercross athletes, team members and partners on the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital campus during a recent visit and Love Moto Stop Cancer patient reception. Photo courtesy of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

This year will mark the 43rd running of the amateur national championship, affectionately referred to simply as Loretta Lynn’s, which has become the largest motocross event in the United States and arguably the world. More than 1,400 amateur racers will converge on Loretta Lynn’s Ranch in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee, for a non-stop action-packed week of 36 classes of competition starting on Sunday, July 28. Each competitor will compete in three separate races (motos) throughout the week, culminating on Saturday, August 3, when each division champion will be crowned. In total, 108 combined motos will be covered, totaling more than 36,000 laps, each of which will provide a major opportunity to raise money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

This year marks the 43rd annual Monster Energy AMA Amateur National Motocross Championship, affectionately known as Loretta Lynn’s, and is the largest motocross event in the United States. Photo Credit: Align Media

“I was able to visit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital with the Supercross team in April and was really impressed to see the work they do firsthand,” said Tim Cotter, MX Sports Chief Operating Officer. “I knew right away that we could make an impact through Loretta Lynn’s amateur national championship that our amateur competitors and their families would want to be involved in. At the end of the day, it’s kids helping kids.”

Contestants can sign up to be one starting today Love Moto Stop Cancer St. Jude fundraiser where campaign vehicles will be provided for donors to support the number of laps they will complete during the race Loretta Lynn’s Lapathon to Benefit St. Jude Children. Each athlete who signs up to be a fundraiser will receive a St. Jude sticker to be placed on their official Loretta Lynn license plate to recognize that they are competing for a greater cause – the St. Jude Mission: Finding a Cure. Saving Children.

For the first time, amateur athletes will be able to participate in the Love Moto Stop Cancer campaign and raise funds for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, just like their professional heroes.
Photo Credit: Align Media

Monster Energy AMA Supercross has been a primary partner of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital for eight years and has raised more than 1,000 donations. 1.5 million dollars through various annual campaigns, Love Moto Stop Cancer text campaign for donations, the annual Supercross-St. Jude online auction and Love Moto Stop Cancer a race dedicated entirely to St. Jude. Last year, new programs were created with Ken Roczen and the Progressive Insurance ECSTAR Suzuki team, giving away a race bike in a national raffle. Additionally, Rocky Mountain ATV/MC donates all proceeds to Love Moto Stop Cancer offer.

MX Sports Pro Racing and the Pro Motocross Championship will join forces with the Monster Energy Supercross Championship and SuperMotocross World Championship Finals in 2025 and beyond. Love Moto Stop Cancer Support the campaign while maximizing fundraising opportunities across all 31 events.

Athletes who want to participate in this year’s competition Loretta Lynn’s Lapathon to Benefit St. Jude Children Learn more at http://fundraising.stjude.org/lorettalynnlapathon.

Media Contacts:
Sean Brennen
Feld Motor Sports, Inc.
Public Relations Director – Supercross
(703) 448-3664
[email protected]

Brandon Short
MX Sports Professional Racing
(951) 203-2605
[email protected]

About Feld Motor Sports, Inc.:

Feld Motor Sports, Inc. is a global leader in producing and presenting specialty arena and stadium-based motorsports entertainment. Features include Monster Jam^®Monster Energy AMA Supercross and SuperMotocross World Championship. Feld Motor Sports, Inc. is a subsidiary of Feld Entertainment, Inc.

For more information, visit monsterjam.com, SupercrossLIVE.com and feldentertainment.com.

MX Sports Pro Racing, Inc. About:

MX Sports Pro Racing, Inc. operates and produces the world’s most prestigious motocross series – the AMA Pro Motocross Championship and the SuperMotocross World Championship. An industry leader in off-road powersport event production and management, the company’s mission is to showcase the sport of professional motocross competition at events throughout the United States. Through its various racing facilities, partnerships and affiliates, MX Sports Pro Racing, Inc. produces events for thousands of action sports athletes and attracts millions of motorsports spectators each year. Visit www.mxsportsproracing.com.

About the Monster Energy AMA Amateur National Motocross Championship:

The Monster Energy AMA Amateur National Motocross Championship is the largest and most prestigious amateur motocross racing program in the world. The national qualifying program will consist of over 50 Regional Qualifiers (February through May) and 13 Regional Championships (May through June) held at select motocross venues across the country. The qualifying system culminates in the National Finals (first week of August), held annually since 1982 at the home of country music star Loretta Lynn in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee. “The World’s Greatest Motocross Holiday”The national event serves as a launching pad for some of the biggest names in professional motocross and supercross, including Ricky Carmichael, James Stewart, Ryan Villopoto and Ryan Dungey. The national program is produced by MX Sports, Inc., a West Virginia-based race production company, and is sanctioned by the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA). For more information, visit www.mxsports.com.

About St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital^®

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital leads the world in understanding, treating and defeating childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases. Its purpose is clear: Find cures. Save children.^® It is the only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center dedicated solely to children. Treatments developed at St. Jude have helped raise the overall childhood cancer survival rate from 20% to more than 80% since the hospital opened in 1962. St. Jude will not stop until no child dies of cancer. St. Jude shares the breakthroughs it makes, and every child saved at St. Jude means that doctors and scientists around the world can use that knowledge to save thousands more children. Thanks to generous donors, families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, lodging or food, so they can focus on helping their child live. Visit St. Jude Inspire to discover powerful St. Jude stories of hope, strength, love and kindness. Follow us on Instagram at stjude.org , like St. Jude on Facebook , follow St. Jude on Twitter, LinkedIn and TikTok , and subscribe to our YouTube channel. Join the St. Jude mission.

Source: SuperMotocross League

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