Five of the area’s fastest kids on wheels have qualified for the 28th annual Amateur National Motocross Championships next week in Tennessee.
Dirt-biking heroes Carson Mumford, 7, of Simi Valley; Tyler Weyman and Sean Cantrell, 10, of Thousand Oaks; Zac Commans, 12, of Camarillo; and Dillan Epstein, 14, of Agoura Hills will compete in the world’s top race for amateurs Aug. 1 through Aug. 8 at a track built on ranch property owned by country music star Loretta Lynn in Hurricane Mills, Tenn.
“I’ve been dreaming about this for the last year-and-a-half and been working so hard for three to four days a week,” Tyler said. “To have it come true is so cool.”
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It’s Tyler’s first year going to the Loretta Lynn ranch and Sean’s fifth year.
Most of America’s top professional motocrossers, including James Stewart, Ricky Carmichael, Travis Pastrana and Jeremy McGrath, have won AMA Amateur National Championships at the Lynn track The race is so prestigious that last year’s teenage stars—Justin Barcia, P.J. Larsen, Darryn Durhman and Blake Wharton—were awarded pro contracts after the race.
Tyler, who attends Ascension Lutheran Elementary School, has been riding since he was 7 years old and Sean, who attends Cypress Elementary School, has been riding since he was 5. Both kids have at least a 3.5 grade average and qualified in the 65cc class.
Both riders have won several races in the last two years on their way to the national event, competing nearly every weekend both in and out of California. Tyler and Sean traveled to Texas earlier in the year and competed in the Spring Nationals, where Sean took home the number one plate at Oak Hill.
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