Besides their winning bikes, Kawasaki
riders share other green commoditiescash and track-side support. In addition to
putting up more than $4.0 million in
contingency money, Team Green'" provides
Off-Road Racing and Amateur Motocross
rider support, track-side technical service
and emergency track-side parts support at
nearly 300 events per year. For d~tails,
see your local participating Team Green
dealer.
Ill.. C1996 ~ -
ZiUerkopf leares Hare
aid Houlld pursuers barking up the wrong tree.
TUTlling pro turns
Carmichael into Rookie
of the Year.
A ho/esbot Ial1lldted Greg Zitterltopf
I"to the "otorlou. "1110011 rock."
terral" .o""east of Rello, Nerada.
And by the tI.e he retumed to
Eart", hi. hard-fou,"t battle for
two .Imulmuou. rlctories
complete. Hurlillg "I. USIIII
throu,h the Nrrort, dust-cholred
lIIashes alld rocJrr """,hills of this
IIIlld and tech.lcalII challe.ging
course, Zitterlropf opened up .ear·
Iy a fire-minute lead orer fellolll
Tealll Gree. racer and title contender Paul Krause. Capturing not
Just the even', but the best-fireof-seren-races AMA Hare and
Hound Natlon.1 Championship. The
,uys .t the b.ck of the p.clr thlnlr
there oug"tta be • le••h '.111.
He alre.q
the AMA Am.teur
Athlete of the Ye.r, IIIith more
AMA Amateur N.tloll.1 titles th.II
.01 rlder ill hi.tory. Alld IIIlthl.
rreeIrs of joining the ranlcs of the
pros, Ricky Carmich,,' nOli h.s
••other hOllOr to ",. CIfIIIlt as well.
By early Norember, the 16-yearold motocross ace ".",. H.nn.,
Rorida h.d beell UIIIed one of the
1996 AMA Pro Roold.. of the Year.
Becomill' the ftftll cOllsecutire
Te.m Green rider to e.ro thl.
recognition for dolll' IIIhat he does
best. Blow alrlY the competltlo••
1rI.
Corp.. USA. Nways _ . _
and oppropriaIe apparel. For oIf-road
1rI.
Team Green twists Baja
1000 into 9th straight win.
Enn • IIIheel full of bame" lllire
could"" cut the unstoppable trio
of Ty Davl., Paul Krause and Greg
Zitterltopf out of yet another Team
Greell rlctory III the grueli.g
SCOREfleca,e Baj. 1111111. Thi.
ninth win i" a rOil for Team Green
iriS the fourth coueclltlre rlctory
for D.ris, the third for Krallse and
a first for Zitterlropf. At the end of
14 hours ..d 11 ./outes of raciog,
they finished with a 14-",ioute
margin. Despite a stop barely 211
miles I.to the race to uorallg/e
their USIIII from the prlclrly
obstacle, the Green riders already
had recaptured the lead before the
first pit. And those behi.d them
c/e.rly got the poiot.
raceo. Kawasaki KX mocorcycteo are modItiad lD ...- applicable off-road _
noiaa and sport< anester
_itaments.
