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..GNC InternatiOnal MX Finals
Lake Whitney Cy~le Ranch
(Left)
Roy
Schellenberger
(63) gets
the jump
on the
12Scc
Expert
class .
Tocco had a severe case of "ants in the
pants." Tocco stood on a colony of fireants before the race and was stung more
times than could be counted .
Shimp p o s te d another mota win
for the overall victory . "This track
owes me," Sh imp said after the race.
"Last year I broke my collarbone riding m y bicycle in th e pits here so this
year I needed to make up for last
year."
Chase Reed charged hard a ll moto
and earned the secon d spot, while Tocco
crossed the line thir d then made a bee- .
line for th e ambu lance w here he was
treated for insect bites over 60 percent of
his body.
The Super Mini (7-16) class sa w too
ma ny riders for just one gate w h ich
caused the class to be split into two divisions.
Division one Saw a Team Green runaway thanks to Shay Bently , while
Suzuki ace Jimmy Vari s was second
fastest.
(Left) Jonathan Shimp and
Chris Tocco battled in the
Mini Mini ~enlor (9-11)
class. Shimp came out on
top.
(Left) Case y
Jo hnson was
unbeatable in
the 250cc
Expert class.
(Right) Shae
Bentley (121)
ballled Ricky
Carmichael and ยท
ended up
second in the
Mini Open (716) class.
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The se co n d di v isi on had another
Team Green sensation Ricky Carmichael
pull the holesh ot and leave them in the
dust.
In route to Carm ichael' s victory,
he ex p e rience d a rare mi stake when
he fell comin g int o a s a n dy ;
w hooped- o u t turn. " It w as a squ irre l
m o v e , " sai d C armi ch a e l. " I lai d it
o ve r and fel l. " Carm icha el didn 't
ha ve mu ch to w orry abou t, th ou gh,
af ter p ick in g up h is machine he still
h ad m ore than a 10-second lead over
th e rest of th e fie ld an d went on for
the ea sy w in .
In the fin a l, Team Green took control with the Ricky and Shae sho w as
both rid ers went 1-2 in the ov era ll, with
Carm ich ael taking th e wi n over Bentley, Vari s and 12-year-old Johnny Ma rley .
Carmichael re tu rned fo r two mor e
class championships in both 80cc Stock
and Modified (14-16) classes whil e displayin g the n ow -famou s Carmichael
ca ke walk w it h a fo u r- mo te romp of
those classes.
Th e Pee Wee class saw Sea n Collier
in his last appearance in the 50cc (7-8)
class. Collier did n ot di sappoint and
went out with a bang by piloting his Pax
Racing-tuned Yzin gers to ove rall victories in the 50cc (7-8) Stock and Modifi ed
classes.
