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Overall Champion Jay Mann
(21~)
leads the 250cc Expert start in the Supercross event.
Kawasaki -mounted Jeff Dement (27) topped the 85cc Stock (14ยท15)
class in both the motocross and TT scrambles races .
AMA Winter National Olympics
Windham, Steel
find gold at Winter
National Olympics
By Mike and Anne Adair
GAINESVILLE, FL, NOV. 21-25
A record-setting 3100 class entries represen ting riders from 33 states battled in four
discip lines to earn Olympiad Champ ion ships awards in 12 divisions at the 18th
Annual AMA Winter National
Olympi cs at Gatorback Park.
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rmm bike nder Kevin Wmd-
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ham , who recorded an amazin g
pe rfect reco rd in th e event , was
a wa rded the Bronze Bike Award . The
Louisiana rid er sa id , "T h is was m y
last year in the (Min i) class and m y
best cha nce to win it. I just co ncentrated o n o ne race at a tim e a nd it
worked o u t grea t for me."
Ohio rider ' Jo sh Steel rod e h is
Honda/Barrs/Hondaline-sp onsored
Honda CR I25 to earn the Scott USA
Golden G og gl es Award for be st
perfo,rman ce by a n ama teur . Scott
US A s Bevo Forte presented th e
troph y a nd a flash y Scott USA
mountain bik e to th e winner.
Steel sa id, " My dad (Charl ie) kept
th e hik es working and m y mom
(Vic ky) kept me emotio na ll y u p
wh en I wasn't riding well."
After five da ys of intense competit ion in TT, stad iu m motocross,
motocro ss a nd gra nd prix even ts,
Ol ymp iad Champi on ships wer e
aw arded to Mik e Kann , Ri cky Carmi chael , Kevin Windham , Robie
Reynard , Ezra Lusk, Bill y Schlag,
