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(Above) There was no stopping Shane
Bess In the 60cc Junior Stock (9-11) and
Junior Cycle Modified (6-11) classes. He
topped both classes.
Lynn' s in August," said Ca rmi ch ael.
"I ' rn goi ng to miss the minis, but not
too much." He has an intelligent game
plan fo r his future in motocross. "In
1996, I will rid e the 12Scc Intermediate
cla ss and Schoolboy cla sses; in 1997
I will race expert and by 1998 I will
be 18 and will turn pro, " said
Carmichael. " I had fun o n the minis
but I'm ready for big-b ike power and
the new ch allen ge of big -bik e
competition ."
"He needs to grow a littl e," sa id
Mitch Payton of Pro Circuit. "But we
have built bik es for sm aller rid er s."
Ca rm icha el added four m ore
Na tional Ch ampionships at th is year's
World Mini GP b y raci ng uncha l lenged in eight out of eight motos he
entered. He used his now infa m o us
formula for su ccess in ea ch race . " I
would pull the hol eshot and race hard
for two laps , then cru ise ." Sound
familiar?
But Carmichael had one close call .
In practice, he crashed while jumping
(Above) Josh Tarantino (56) leads Eric •
Schnell (40) In the 125cc Modified
Intermediate race. Tarantino finished
second behin d Charl ie Boga rd.
(Left) Michae l Willard took home the big
bucks in the Pee Wee Stock (7-8 ) class .
a l a rge tri p le w hen h is rea r wh ee l
b roke. "After that, I knew I had to pl ay
it smart in the races beca use here , a
smart rider, instead of a fast rider, will
win the race."
James St ewart, the nine-year-old
rider from Winterhaven, Florida, who
was th e odds on favorite in th e 60cc
(9-11) clas ses had another di sappointing year in Vegas . Crash es cause d by
unkind track conditi ons an d a bad
case of trying too hard left Stewart on
the ground m ore oft e n th a n in th e
saddle.
In th e e n d, n e w ly s ig ne d Team
Green support rid er Shane Bess took
home hi s firs t-ever Nation al titles by
postin g ove r a ll w in s in b oth 60cc
(9-11) Stock and Mod ified classes. . .
Bes s was unstoppable in the 60cc
Modified cla ss riding h is fine-tuned
CEF-prepared KX60 to wins in both
heats and an undisputed vict ory in the
run-off wh er e he topped Texa n Chase
Reed, Stewart, Brandon Lay to n and
son of form er Super cross Ch ampion
Donnie Hansen, Josh Hansen .
Bess had an equally easy victory in
the Stock race where he topped las t
