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32nd Annual Tho r Winter Nati ona l Olymp ics presented b y Pro Circuit G a to r b ack C y cl e Park Boal Feasts A knee injury can't stop the up-and-comer Adam Clanclarulo w on the Olympiad in the 4 -6 division. By JEFF th e Pro Circuit Plat inu m Pipe, the CTI Iron Ma n, and th e Scott Gol den Gogg le awards . O nly Kyle Chishol m kept B on i fro m ge tting a ll thr e e Olympiad ti tles he competed fo r, edging o ut hi s Kawasak i teammate for the top overall honors in the 250cc B d ivi sion. Washington State resident Ryan Vill o pot o to ok the Fox Bronze Boot awa rd, given to the top -scoring youth rider, and Teddy Ma ier made it a cl ean sweep of the spe cial awards for Team Green by winning th e Dunlop Silver T ire award f or scoring the most points in the Expert d ivisions . The U n lim i t ed Sports-promoted event, no w in its 32nd year, is o ne of the largest attended amateur ra ces in the wo rld , attracting riders from as far away as En gland and South America . LAYMAN PHOTOS BY TI M EG GERS . CO M GAINESVILLE, FL, NOV. 24·29 Th a n k sg i v i n g holiday is all • about tr ad itio n , and Team Green's bu ddin g star Matt Bon i starte d what he ho ped w il l become a winning trad itio n of his own at t h e Wi nter O lympics, held T hank sg iving week at his to ric Gatorback Cycle Park . The 15 - y e a r - o l d Florida rider backed up hi s recen t AMA Amateur Nat ional Championship title at Loretta Lynn's by capturing Olympiad titles in the highly competitive 125cc Youth and 125cc B divisions , and also took home the lio n 's share of the presti gious sp ecia l awa rds that are g iven out at the end of the event - win ning ~e 60 JANUARY 7,2004' cue I e nevvs It' s u nique f orm at wh ich co m bi nes results f ro m bo th m ot o c ross an d supe rcross d isc ip lines to determ in e t he Ol ym piad Cha mpio ns - allows to p Amate ur an d E x p ert ra cers t he opportunity to showcase thei r versati lity to potential sponsors. The Winte r Olympics is a lso an immensely popular Tha n ksgiving destina tion for rac ing families from all over the co untry , with a full slate of aft er- rac e activities that take p lace each evening - highlighted by T hursda y's Parts Unlimited T h an k sg ivi ng Feast. It has grown so much in recent yea rs tha t Wyn Ke rn - who purchased Unlim ited Sports almost two years ago - was fo rce d to make a change in the format, t his year d roppin g the Grand Prix rac e fro m the program. "I t was getting t o the point where we couldn't get all the racing done in the six days we have for it , and we really want our riders to get their m oney's worth - so we decided to do away with the Grand Prix," he said . " It doesn' t seem like many peop le reall y missed it , es p eci ally sin ce th ey got more ti me on t he super cross a n d motocross tracks." In spite of having on e le ss even t, entr ies were still well in excess of th e 4000 m ark for th e week . Bo n i ruled the headlines w ith hi s perfo rma n ce, but he w as al m o s t forced to sit o ut th e eve nt d ue to a recen t injury - having suffered a to rn A CL in h is left knee ju st two week s prior to the race . He bravely gutted it