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caug ht Hadsell and we re sw ap ping for
the lea d . I mad e a m is ta ke and Bobby
Bonds go t by us both for the win."
Bonds reeled in Hadsell o n th e seco nd la p of mota two and pulled aw ay
for the cla ss w in . Raci ne kep t his act
toget her in bot h 125cc A Mod ifi ed
motes, and held Reed a t bav fo r bo th
125cc A Modified mota wins. After leading the firs t 250cc A mota,
Racine sa id , "All of a sudden my front
e n d washed out , a n d I was on m v
head." Bonds, w ho took over the m oto
for the win, said, "I almost hit Brett ."
Reed led mota two, but Bond had
found his specialty in MX and rolled to
another wi n.
Rober t Farnell paced the fir st 250cc
Mod m ot a , scored h is firs t m ot a wi n
a hea d o f Bond s a n d Reed , and
ex plained, "1 w as almost too cautious,
and let Bonds get close at the end ."
M ota two s a w Re ed h o lding off
Ra cine an d Bond s fo r two la ps, th en
Bonds moved to th e fro n t fo r an other
win. Ze b Smith an d Ian Trettel each w on
51cc (4-6) motos an d ended in a tie, the
cham pion s h ip go ing to Sm i th in an
ex tre mely clos e class. Le s Smi th
w ra p ped up th e 51cc (4-6) cha mpi ons hip by topping Colt on Bail ey in th e
final mota. Ricky.Renner won both 65cc
(7-9) m otocross class es, but tied w ith
Za ck Osborne for the title. The tie-breaker had to go back to the first qu alifier fo r
Osborne to finally be d etermined the
winner.
Mik e Al essi add ed four p e rf e ct
m o tos to his 65cc (l 0-11) victories and
wrapped u p t he cha m pions hi p a n d
Bronze Boot award . "My whole family
always enjoys Thanksgiving week in
Florida," said Alessi.
Davi Milsaps had broken his collarbone just a week before the event, yet was
able to finish the event with bo th 85cc (711) class wins, and edged Kyle Chisholm
in a tiebreaker for the champions hip .
Stewart rolled to six more m ota wins in
the SScc 02-13) and Superm ini classes .
Dyl an Lo rd and N ic holas Vau ghn
each wo n 85cc (1 4- 15) cl a s ses in
m ot ocro ss, Lord ta kin g th e titl e y 12
points. Morais earned th e 125cc 02-15)
a nd 125cc B champ ionship s but h ad
some of his close ra ces in M X. Morais
and Joshua Summey each w on qualifyin g 125cc Mod motos, but Morais led
Summy flag to flag in the final ou tin g. .
Th e 250cc B dominator, R.J. Thom pson , had w on every class in TT and
Supercr oss, but he broke both wrists in
MX.
"I caught the lip on a jump, came off
th e bike and p ut my hand s d own," he
ex p lained . Bu z z M a y field wo n b oth
250 cc B classes , and th e tit le w ent to
Brian Gerth.
Jim Faulkenberg an d Barry M a y o
di vided Plus-40 mota wi ns, Fa ulkenbe rg
taking the cha mpionship and Mayo ge tting the nod in the Plus750 set. Vetera n
racer Barry H iggins, w ho m ad e a second-place a ppearance in mo ta one sa id,
"I plan to come back for the 30th year of
the Florida Winter AMA Series."
Cody Rheinlander swept .the 125cc C
Stock motos, but fell w hile leading the
fina l modified mota. The young Texan
sa id, "My bike just w ashed ou t on th e
fa st sweeper, and I broke my collarbone." Rh ei n land e r re moun ted and
sa ved secon d pl a ce riding with one
hand . He still had en ough points to ea rn
both 125 cc C a n d 25 0cc C champi ons hips .
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Gato rback Cycle Park
Gainesville, Florida
Results: Nov ember 22-27,1 999
OVERALL CLASS C HAMPIONS
50 (4-6): Jeb Smith (Co b)
50 (7-81: Les Smith (Cob)
& (7-9): Za ck Osborne (KTM )
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(Above) Supe rm in i cha mp ion James Stewart (259), wh o says he's eager to get on a 125, giv es cha se to Josh Hanse n (104). (Below) The
250cc A pack pursues Breit Racine (499), who won that class, and 125cc A as we ll .
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Mike Alessi (KTM )
85 (7-11): Dave Mils ap s (Suz )
85 (12-13): James Stewart (Ka w )
85 (14-1 5): Dy lon Lord (Suz)
SIMINl: Ja mes Stewa rt IKaw)
125 (12-151: Ryan Mo ra is (Yam)
125 C Cody Rheinl ander (Hen)
1258: Ryan M orais {Yam}
125 A:. Brett Racin e IKaw)
250 C: Cody Rhe irda nd er (Hon)
250 B: Brian Gerth (Suz)
250 A:. Brett Racin e (Kaw )
JR WO M: Kristi Meyers (Kaw)
SR WO M: Jessica Patterson (Kaw)
+25: Marcu s Pedrero (Yam)
+30: Matt C ro wn (Ka w )
+35: Jim Marsack (Hen)
+40: Jim Faul kenbu rg
+50: Barry Mayo (Suz)
A WA RDS
FOX BRO NZE BOOT: Mike A lessi (KTM)
SCOTT GOLDEN GOGGLE: Rva n Morais (Yam)
DUNLOP S ILVER TIRE: Brett Racine (Kaw)
PRO CIRCUIT I' LATINUM PIPE: Ryan Morais (Yam)
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P /W STK (4·6) : 1. Z e b Smith (Cob) ; 2 . Jimmy
Knisley (Cob); 3. Care t Toth (Cob); 4. Grant Randesdell
(Cob); 5. Tyle r Moo re (Co b).
PIW STK (1~8 ) : 1. Ado mo nic lzzi (Cob) ; 2. Colto n
Bailey (Co b); 3. Les Smi th (Cob); 4. Rod olflo Fernandez
(Kaw): 5. Ben Dent on