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Colo me r a nd Ada m Ra g a a nd an in cred i ble fiv e by A lbert Cabest an y . an obs erv er p un i sh ed F r e i x a f iv e p o i n t s aft e r hi s rnin d er , who d i s o beyed an orde r to st ay out o f t he sec tio n a l to ge t he r , m o v e d som e roc k s in o rde r to make it ea sier for his rid er! After a half-hearted p rot est ( i n th e s ec t i o n s th e r e were m an y m e m b e r s of t h e F ed era tion ) , the Spa nish team co ncent ra te d its efforts o n th e c om pet itio n and reserv ed t he p rot est for th e end of the day . So after th e first lap . Gr eat Br itain led with nine point s. T hen ca me Sp ain w ith 13 (five of them in section two). Ja pa n w ith 16 and Ita ly wit h 22 . On the sec o nd loo p , Sp ai n scored o nly t hree marks. but th e Brit ish ke pt their cool an d scored six, keeping the lea d by one point. A pr ot est b y the Sp an ish team wa s d isallowed. i M~ ~r He has produced or ig i n al artwork fo r event programs at t h e M ilwaukee M ile and Road Amer ica as we ll as specia l art pro jects fo r Watk i n s Gle n ,Me mph is M o tor s p o r ts Par k , Gat eway In terna t ional Raceway, the Gran d P r ix Asso c ia tion o f L o n g Beac h , Kimber ly -C lark, Toy ot a , Mill er B rew i ng Co m pa n y, an d Ra lph Marlin T ies . MO TORS PORTS A RT He has al so cr e s t ed a number o f com mission s l or r ace r s and team s in all form s o f moto r s p orts . Th e s e Limited Edition stu n nin g color m o torcycle i mag e s a re each p ar t 01 r un of 2 50 prin ts . Th e y are s igned & n umbered b y the artist, a n d a uto g ra p h e d by the ra c e r . Ea ch incl u de s a certifica t e 01 a u th e n ticity w ith a photo 0 1 t he r ace r s igning the print. They are pri nted o n h igh q u ality pap er a nd h a ve gener o us borders for fra ming . Image s i z es vary an d a re l isted with e ach . LADIES TON Judgin g by the female c om petit ors . it is ti me to sp lit the Ladies' teams int o t w o gro ups a lso. beca use the gap betw een th e level o f so me nations and others is bec om ing too large. and it is more difficult to fit t he rig ht hazards that satisfy eve ryone. Laia Sanz , th e Wo rld Champi on for the fourth co nsec ut ive y ear . is dominating the wom en's field th at Dougie Lamp k in ha s do ne with t he m en in the p ast. Sanz rides in the Junior World Cham pion ship and h as demons trated he r ability to fac e very d iffi cu lt sec t io ns. But she is th e o nly o ne . Iris Kramer. t ho ug h she is nu mber t wo . is one bi g step below Sanz o A ll th e others . li k e t he new Briti sh g en er ation of Ma ria Conwa y and Donn a Fox. the o ld Norweg ia n gen erati on of Linda M ey er and Kj esty Fla , as we ll as th e Fr en ch group , drag g ed b y number three in th e world Claire Bertrand , ar e st i ll on e st ep above all th e ot he rs. German y go t o f f to a good st a rt and was so on leading aft er t he firs t lo o p with 12 p o in t s, o ne l es s t h an N or way a n d tw o l es s than G r eat Br it ain . In fo ur t h . Spain and Fran ce wer e tied wi th 17 points. On the sec ond lap . Germany and Sp a in were the best , with n in e m ist akes ea ch , wh ich meant th at Ge r ma ny wo uld get th e wi n . Great Britain sc o red 10 po int s on th is loop to va ult the team past Sp ain to second pl ace. Spa in fi nished t hird. with No rw ay and Fran c e. both on 14 , fini sh in g in fo urt h and fifth res pectivel y . In the i n d i v i d u a l sco res, Sa nz clea ned all t he sectio ns in both th e loo ps. T he U .S. t eam . which co nsist ed of N icole Bradfor d , Kerrie Br okaw and Andrea D avis. fi n ished ah ead of all th e Italians . whic h is a sign th at eN th ey are improving . Trial des Natio ns ....varo ne. Italy Results : Septe mber 27-2 8. 2003 fina l Standings GRO tlPA: t . Great Br itai n ( 15); 2 . Spain ( 16 ); 3. Japa n (24) ; 4. Italy (42) ; 5. France (46); 6. Czech Republic (117); 7. Germ any ( 189) ; 8. Sweden ( 190) ; 9. Norway (291 ). GROUP B; I . Finl and (22) ; 2. Belgium (23) ; 3 . Ireland (2 6) ; 4 . USA (29 ); 5 . Au strali a ( 47) ; 6 . Canada (50); 7. And orra (56); 8. Switzerland (67); 9. Neth erl and s (78 ): 10 . Au stria (2 0 6) ; 1 1. Latv ia (233 ); 12. Venezuela (28 0) . LADIES TON: 1. Ge rmany (2 1): 2 . Great Brita in (24) ; 3. Spain (26 ); 4 . Norwa y (27) ; 5. France (31) ; 6 . Canada (53); 7. USA (76) ; 8. Italy (85); 9. J apan ( 159); 10. Portugal ( 165). 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