Streit Family Recipients of Ray Lang Good Neighbor Award

Contact: Rachel Fluharty
RachelF@mxsports.com

For Immediate Release

Streit Family Recipients of Ray Lang Good Neighbor Award

Morgantown, W.Va. (September 4, 2009) - The family of Broc Streit are the recipients of the first ever Ray Lang Good Neighbor Award, an award established for the families that attended the 2009 Air Nautiques AMA Amateur National Motocross Championships at Loretta Lynn Ranch in Hurricane Mills, TN. The award is designed to honor those who embody Ray Lang's characteristics at the ranch. Lang, who passed away during the 2008 running of the event, was known as a good neighbor to those who raced with him.

The winning essay nominating the Streit family was written by Rae Ann Niebel, whose family has made the trip to Loretta Lynn Ranch with the Streits several times over the years.

"This is awesome," Streit, who raced the 450 A and 4 stroke classes, said. "I think it's definitely an awesome award. It's something to look forward to. It's good you have good friends out there in the motocross family. They should keep on doing the award."

Niebel's essay detailed the years the two families had helped each other, including their 2009 visit, which included situations such as the Streit's truck getting stuck in a ditch, to the Niebel's forgetting their pit board. The families have shared meals, water bottles and encouraged each other through their years at Loretta's.

"They've just always been there if we needed help with a bike or if Broc needed help with a bike we were there for them," Niebel said. "We've been at the tracks together and no matter what we always helped each other. I thought they were a great candidate for the award. It just started the first day at Loretta's and when I found out about that essay I thought about what happened and wrote it all down."

Because of Niebel's essay they will be able to continue being neighbors at Loretta's in 2010 with a free electrical hookup and side-by-side spots for their motorhomes.

About the Air Nautiques/AMA Amateur National Motocross Championships
Produced by MX Sports, Inc., the Air Nautiques/AMA National Motocross Championships is the world's largest amateur motocross race. Hosted annually since 1982 at the home of country music star Loretta Lynn in Hurricane Mills, Tenn., the event is the premier amateur motocross race in the world.  Approximately 25,000 racers attempt to qualify in 33 classes for the 1,386 available gates at the finals.  The National event, christened "The World's Greatest Motocross Vacation", is held the first week of August annually.  As proof of the significance of winning an AMA Amateur National Championship title, most of today's top motocross and Supercross stars, including Ricky Carmichael, James Stewart, and Ryan Villopoto, won championships at Loretta Lynn's. For more information, please visit www.mxsports.com.

About MX Sports
MX Sports, Inc. is a Morgantown, West Virginia-based motocross production company. The group coordinates the Air Nautiques/AMA Amateur National Motocross Championships, which includes a national qualifying program consisting of 52 Area Qualifying races held annually from February through May and 12 Regional Championship races conducted in June at select motocross facilities across the country. Less than five percent of the Area Qualifier entries actually qualify for the national championship event, held during the first week of August at the home of country music star Loretta Lynn in Hurricane Mills, Tenn. For more information, please visit www.mxsports.com.