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Navy SEALs Storm Loretta Lynn AMA Nationals‏


AMA Motocross Battle Royale!
Navy SEAL Stacey Virgin Fights For National Titles At Loretta Lynn's sans-serif" size="3">

Stacy Virgin

August 2, 2010 Coronado, CA - Nearly 1,500 of the
nation's best motocross racers have blown into Hurricane Mills,
Tennessee this week for the AMA Amateur National Motocross
Championships. Held at the historic Loretta Lynn
Ranch, the talent for the field has never been deeper, setting the
stage for the next generation of superstars to emerge from a battle
royale. In addition to the crop of up-and-coming kids, there are also
some experienced veteran motocross
racers taking to the track as 35 classes will be contested in a total
of 99 motos during this epic event.










Stacy Virgin


One rider
returning to Loretta Lynn's 25+ and 30+ age classes is Navy SEAL Stacey
Virgin - a man not unfamiliar with overcoming seemingly insurmountable
odds and accomplishing
things that most of us only read about in adventure novels or watch on
the silver screen. A 12-year SEAL Team veteran, Virgin currently serves
as an Operations Chief for SEAL Team 5 based in Coronado, California.
Never knowing where the
next call to action may take him and his men, you can count on the fact
that SEAL Team 5 is well prepped and always ready to go.


The good news for Virgin this week is that his sole mission is to test
himself against other top racers rather than storming a beach or
landing in a hot LZ somewhere. "I thought SEAL training was tough, but
getting ready to race back
here in Tennessee has been a real challenge," he jokes. Of course in
customary over-achieving fashion Virgin scored 3rd overall in both the
25+ Area and Regional Loretta Lynn's Qualifiers against much younger
riders and was 2nd
overall in the 30+ class in both preliminary rounds.



Logistics
for Virgin's assault on Loretta Lynn's were another hurdle to overcome.
First his SEAL Team command had to allow him to schedule leave time to
coincide with this week's
racing after which some of the biggest names in motocross stepped up as
a salute to this SEAL. In place of Virgin's own thoroughly worn out 450
motocrosser, Kawasaki's Tom McGovern came up with a new 2010 Kawasaki
KX450 which immediately
was placed into the capable hands of those patriots at Pro Circuit
Racing. The new machine received engine and suspension work and an
assortment of factory level mods. With a nod from Mitch Payton, the Pro
Circuit troops were led by
Mitch's brother Jim, himself a Navy Reservist helicopter pilot, who
made sure Virgin's new KX450 was in top form.


Putting that Pro Circuit power to the ground are fresh Dunlop knobbies,
thanks to Dunlop's own Broc Glover. Troy Lee Designs then stepped in to
supply Virgin's racing "uniforms". "Naturally when we heard about
Stacey Virgin,
we wanted to become part of the effort," says TLD GM Bob Weber. "We are
honored to be able to participate in his campaign and wish him luck at
Loretta's."







Others who
rallied to Stacey Virgin's cause on a moment's notice were former AMA
Golden Wrench factory tuner Chris Haines, Virgin's motocross instructor
Ricky Johnson, and Tim
Miller who transported the KX450 to Loretta's. THANK YOU shout outs are
also much deserved by MX Sports' Tim Cotter, Racer X's Davey Coombs and Scott Wallenberg, AMA Director of Operations Jack Penton, TLD's Tyler Keefe, and Jack
McCormick.


Ever since Dave Coombs Sr. and Paul Shlegel founded the AMA National MX
Championships back in 1982, the race has honored the all-American goals
of fairness, safety and fun, delivering a priceless motocross
experience to thousands of
families each summer, according to AMA Director Of Racing Joe Bromley.
"The AMA Amateur National Motocross Championships have represented the
pinnacle of amateur motocross for nearly 30 years. They are the proving
grounds for
tomorrow's motocross superstars... the future of the sport will
literally be on display in the Tennessee dirt for the next week,"
believes Bromley.


Stacy Virgin



Perhaps nobody said it more succinctly than Pro Circuit's Mitch Payton,
"Thanks to good men like Stacey Virgin and his fellow SEAL Team members
making the sacrifices they do, motocross racing is still something we
can enjoy as
Americans."


For additional information and biography on Stacy Virgin (
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Photos: Scott Cox l
Resmarket.com



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