Michael McLing earns fourth trip to motocross national championship

Wetumpka resident Michael McLing, 16, qualified for the 40th annual Monster Energy AMA Amateur National Motocross Championship to be held in August. 

For the fourth time in the last six years, Edgewood Academy junior Michael McLing will race for a national championship. 

The 16-year-old McLing has qualified for the 40th annual Monster Energy AMA Amateur National Motocross Championship, the largest amateur motocross race in the world. The event, which is located at the historic Loretta Lynn Ranch in Hurricane Mills, Tenn., spans from Aug. 2 to Aug. 7.