Apr. 14 -1 S , 2004
MOTOCROSS
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33rd Annua l NMA
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M ini Grand Prix
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~• • • • •he Hill brothers of La Center, Washington, topped tbe charts at the 33rd running of the NMA World Mini Grand Prix. Joshua Hi I, the older of the two ,
rolled the dice in the 125cc 5tock, Modified Intermediate and 125cc Open
while younger brother Justin pulled out a roy fl ush in the 65cc Stock and
Modified 6-8 events .
Playing craps in the Pro ranks was Mike Alessi, the former minibike phenom making his
Pro-class debut. Alessi played the role of "shooter" in his d' ion races and I25cc Stock
odified ranks.
and Modified out ings but "crapped out " in the 250cc Stock an
Sticking to slot machines was KTM's Zach Osborne. Osborne it the prog ressive payout
in the 85cc Stock, Modified 14-16 and 85cc Open but only got bars in the Supennini against
American Suzuki's Nico Izzi of Michigan. lzzi's win in the Supennini garnered triple diamonds, havingwon both the 85cc Stock and Modified 12-13 earlier in the day.
Ohio 's Shawn Rife played his best poker hand to take the 65cc Stock and Modified 9- 1I
classes, in addition to the 65cc Open , batt ling with the likes of Colorado' s Eli Tomac and
New Mexico's Jason Anderson . As it was, both Tomac nQ Anderson claimed individual
championships for themselves. Tomac won the 85cc Stock
rough I I while Anderson
