Lake Whitney Cycle Ranch
(Above) Ricky Carm icha el won three classes in the Mini divi si on.
By Tony Alessi
LAKE WHITNEY, TX, MAR. 17-19
ix teen- yea r -old Charlie
Bogard ha d a lot to celebrat e in Texas. When all
was sai d a n d don e, the
Suzuki rider had stor me d
to an awesome eight-m ot o sweep o f
the 125cc Stock and Mo d ified Intermed iate, 125cc Open and 125cc Schoolboy
classes durin g th e three-day runnin g
of the 19th annual GNC Internation al
MX Fi nals a t Lak e Wh it n e y C ycl e
Ran ch.
Bogard 's success came after a year of
great d isappointments. " It all starte d
before this race last year when I was a
Min i rid er," Bogard said. "I brok e my
femur three days before the '94 GNC
race. That's when I decided 1 would
(Above) Charlie
Bo gard (10) was the
undisputed king of
the Intermediates at
Lake Whitney Cycle
Ranch. He topped
four class es, winning
all eight motos he
competed in.
(Right) Michael
Brandes (1) leads
Scott Sheak en route
to the 125cc Expert
cl ass win.
move up to 125cc motorcycles. Then in
November, at the Mini O's, I broke my
lower leg. Heck, I just go t my cast off
last month."
Bogard ' s ne ve r-gi ve-up a tt it u de
pulled him thro ugh in the end, as many
of the 1546 en tran ts lined th e track to
witness the teenage Su zu ki se ns a tion
pull one holeshot after the other and to
fina lly capture th e che ckered flag in
eigh t out of the eigh t motos he competed in.
Perha ps Bogard ' s most mem or able
race of the weekend came in the 125cc
Open class where he faced off against
