Local Racer Earns Spot at Motocross National Championship from

Orting’s Darian Sanayei just made his dream come true. The 13-year-old dirt bike racer has qualified for the largest amateur motocross race in the world, the 29th Annual AMA Amateur National Motocross Championships at Loretta Lynn’s Ranch. Sanayei 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.” Sanayei will make the long journey to Tennessee. The race runs August 2-7, 2010.