Provided by Samantha Marquis

Luke Marquis, nine years old, of Bedford Wyoming, recently qualified during Motocross Regionals in Rancho Cordova, California for the 2025 Monster Energy AMA Amateur National Motocross Championship. The event will commence from Loretta Lynn’s Ranch in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee, from Monday, July 28, through Saturday, August 2, with six days of action featuring the finest amateur motocross talent on the planet, across 36 classes of competition.

Luke qualified on his GasGas 65, 2-stroke, in the limited division. He is one of 42 riders to make it to the nationals in this class/age group and looks forward to representing Star Valley! Luke, the son of Benjamin and Samantha Marquis of Bedford, is their youngest son. He started riding dirtbikes when he was 7 years old with his older brother, Wesson. Participating in motocross in Wyoming can be challenging with the shorter riding season, but Luke persevered through hard work and training and riding in the winters in Mesquite, Nevada and riding the RMX Series.

About the Monster Energy AMA Amateur National Motocross Championship

The Monster Energy AMA Amateur National Motocross Championship presented by AMSOIL is the world’s largest and most prestigious amateur motocross racing program. The national qualifying program will consist of over 50 area qualifiers (February through May) and 13 Regional Championships (May through June), hosted at select motocross facilities across the country. The qualifying system culminates in the National Final (first week in August) hosted annually since 1982 at the home of country music star Loretta Lynn in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee christened “The World’s Greatest Motocross Vacation”, the national event serves as a launch 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.

The race will be broadcast via RacerTV and the schedule to be published as it gets closer.