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EVENTS
(Left) Ryan Orr led the pack through both
125cc Novice motos at Edwards Air Force
Base, California.
(Below left) Troy Tlttlemeier (66M) had the
holeshot and Ryan Roybal (11) led for a
while in llOcc Beginner sec:ond-moto
action in Palmdale, california, but Ricky
Hemme (26) took the moto and overall will.
Texas Cross Country
Bryson, Texas
Results: November 3, 1996
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Going into the 250cc Amateur-class
finale, Danny Souder already had
clinched the class championship while
. Clinton King was 20 points behind Jeff
Chauza in second. King was looking to
move up and, with a good start, Souder
and King controlled the pace.
King chased Souder for four laps
before taking over the lead and pulling
away to win by nearly two minutes on
the tight, rocky Bryson circuit. King's
win, coupled with Chauza's DNF for
not starting on the line, gave King the
runner-up honors for the year. King's
pace also was good enough to earn !tim
the overall. Coming in four minutes
behind Souder was Robert Bates.
Waco's Matt Panter never finished
outside of the top five en route to claiming the 200cc Amateur crown, except for
the final round, when he chose not to
compete. That opened the door for John
Bryant to take home his fourth win of
1996.
The other 200cc class, the Experts,
looked like it was going to die early in
the year. Some midseason transfers and
new members late in the season seemed
to rejuvenate it. Barry Stanley got the
win at Cougar Gulch after dicing it out
with Todd Holder for five laps.
Stanley stuck Holder on the final goaround to get the win. Timothy Gillis
was the big winner of the year, though,
taking the class ti tle on the heels of his
seven first-place finishes.
To some, Todd Hutson may have
looked like a crazy fool this year. Others
may think he is one of the bravest. The
250cc Intermedjate rider broke his foot
in round 11, down at south Bryson. He
had a comfortable points lead at that
time after rackjng up six victories, but
his foot was so bad, surgery left him
with pins sticking out of every toe.
Hutson was not content to give up on
his championship, so he rode the following two races with a modilied boot. He
just cruised to get some finishing points
and ended with a seventh and eighth. It
was enough to retain his lead, but just
barely. After having the pins removed,
he got back up to pace with a third, and
then wrapped up the year with two
,more wins.
Runner-up Tommy Smith and class
winner Glen Eiland were settled in with
their year-end results in the Over 30
Amateur class, so the duo tried out the
Intermediates at Bryson. Smith was first
while Eiland came in third behind
Charles Fulton. [t looks as if they will fit
in nicely in their new class next year
after getting bumped.
The last race of the year decided the
Over 38 Amateur champion. Sonny
Jones held a 10-point lead over Eddie
Kinder coming into the race, but Kinder
had the advantage;seeing how the race
was being held on his property. Kinder
looked as if he wanted it outright by
battling with Roy Songy and William
Martin for the lead early on, Jones was
back in fifth and 35 points was the difference between him and a Kinder victory.
Jones never made any progress
toward the front while Kinder fell off
the pace on lap four. Kinder's slide baclc
to third, where he finished, meant that
he made up the 10 points on Jones. An
equal amount of points left the championship to be decided by a tie breaker.
Kinder got the nod by having two race
wins as opposed to Jones only having
one.
A similar situation brewed in the
Over 38 Intermediates. Glenn Barajas
was in the lead with 915. Rkk Hinton
was seven points behind with 908 and
Scott Winn sat with 900. Hinton knew a
win would seal the title for !tim so he
went out and led every lap. Barajas
struggled home with a fifth, but he held
on to second on the year. Winn came
home third on the day to leave !tim five
points shy of second.
AA 250+: 1. David Culpepper (Suz); 2. Tom
Robinson (Suz); 3. Jeremy Ahlman (Suz); 4. Ric.ky
lAmbert (Kaw); 5. Sa>tt Fll6teT (Yam).
AA 200-: 1. Jeremy Butler (Hon); 2. Tod Myers
(Yam); 3. joey Houghton (}Ion); 4. Glen Boyett (Yam).
PRO: 1. Clay Hoenshell (Kaw); 2. Dcan Lane
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