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EVE-NTS r eally wasn't a lot of r oo m for me to pull over," she said, "so he whee lied onto a boulder tha t was on the edge of the ridge - there must have been a IOO-foo t d ro p on th e other side - and jumped from one rock to ano ther to get around me . It was aw esome! I've neve r seen anything like it before." Kozlik too k the overall from Fou r-St rok e Expert rider Joe l Ray by a narr ow 13 sec o nds, with Kyle Besh aw from the Four -Stro ke Limite d class coming in a close thi rd . Kozlik is n o s t r a ng er to t o ug h ra cing con dit ions . He has placed in both th e Best In T he Desert and WO RCS and says t hat AMRA is qu ickly rai sing t he bar fo r desert racing in t he future. " T his race definitely was com parable if not excelling th em w ith th is co urse ," Kozli k said . " My fort e has bee n the t ight and tech nical stuff. T hey did a great jo b wit h th e d iverse terrain; it seemed ev ery one cou ld excel in their own sections." Koz lik admi tte d h e ha d been out to Sycamore Creek yea rs ago to watch his father ri de in t he last d esert ra ce he ld t here by ADRA in 1978. "It was neat that I could race there, knowi ng I used to wa tch it as a kid: ' he said. Th e co urse co ns isted of 17 miles of hard a nd t ech nical sing le -t rac k. T hro ughou t t he two- ho ur rac e , Ko zlik's ave rage s pee d wa s ar ou nd 24 mph. "I fou nd mysel f in th e le ad after Bryan Bruning lost his transmission, but I slacked the last lap, not know ing who was beh ind me ," he admitted. "I should have pushed a little harder to get that margin diminished . It taught me a le sso n , t o kee p it up th e la st la p . I wou ld abso lutely race AMRA again. I'm going to try to ride a litt le more, t ho ugh ; this mot ivates me to kee p the young kids at bay for at least a co uple more years." Don Ho od , the re prese ntati ve (o r AMA Dist rict 31 in Arizo na and pre side nt of t he Arizona Trail Riders, had no t hing but po sitive things to say abo ut th e new o rganization. "The hare scram bles was a great success, and no t on ly just th e race ," Hood explained . "This was the first competitive dirt-b ike even t in the Tonto Nat ional Fo rest in over 15 years! AMRA an d t he Tonto N atio nal Fores t Me sa Ranger District dese rve all the kudos they can get (o r making this eve nt happe n." AM RA is a no npro fit o rg a niza ti o n (sanctio ned by the AMA) formed by a gro up of avid racers w ho a re lo oki ng t o ad d mo re o pp ortun itie s to race th rou ghout Arizo na on slower, more technical courses. There are plans to hold a co mplete series in 2005 , with at leas t five races in Arizona . Higgins (KTM); 4. Gary Mee ker (KTM); S. Michae l Becker (KTM). 50 + AM : I. James Hall. OP EN NOV: I. Dave Cook (KT M); 2. Scott Sanders (Han); 3. James Rob inson (Ha n); 4. l eonard Baa; S. Bill He ndricks (Han ). 25 0 NOV: I. Andy Griffin: 2. Matthew McGowen (Han ). 30 + N OV: I. Cra ig Saxe (Kaw); 2. Bill Hk key (Hus). 4-STRK NOV: I. Bret War d; 2. Hea th Brown {Y am); 3. Dan McDona ld Sr.; 4. Tom Late te : 5 . David Miles (Han). 35 + NOV: I. Mike lupnacca ( Ho n) ; 2. Fra nk To w ns end (Ha n); 3. Vance Ke nned y; 1. Michae l Rasp; 5. l yle leslie (KTM). LT D 4 · ST RK N OV: I. Rob e rt Bruce Jr. (Ho n); 2. Trea Jo hnsto n (Y am). 125 NOV: I. Max Gerston ; 2. Andre w Kupfer (Hen ). 40 + NOV: I. Marshall Gerston; 2. Jo hn Ryan; ] . Rand y Hausch ild; 4. BillAre ns. 45+ NOV: I. Jim Conner (Ha n); 2. Bradley Mathe rs (Ho n); 3. Fran k She lton (Kaw). 50 + NOV: I. Rick Walker ; 2. Terry Hall (Ho n). 55 + N OV: I. Doug Sein (K'TM): 2. Jeff Do nalds (KTM). BEG: I. james lester ; 2. Mar io Pissas (Yam ); 3. Ste ve Cha mb er s (KT M); 4. Ryan Chri stens en (Ho n); S. Jim Nash . RESULTS O/A : I. Ken Ko zlik (Yam); 2. Joe l Ray (Hon) ; 3. Kyle Beshaw (Kaw); 4. Erik Smith (Ha n); S. Alex Smit h (KTM). O P EN EX : I. Daytan Raper (Kaw); 2. Travis Schultz. 250 EX: I. Ken Kozlik (Ya m); 2. Er ik Smith (Han ); L Alex Smith (KTM); 4. Tim Wussow : S. Jeff Schneider (Kaw). ]0+ EX: I. Brad Fuhnnan (Kaw); 2. John Uttle (KTM). 4-STRK EX : I. Joel Ray (Ho n); 2. Dan King. 35+ EX: I. Geo ff Brownell; 2. Greg Mace (KTM); 3. Eric Brown ; 4. Pan-ek Burns. 4-STRK LTD: I. Kyle Beshaw (Kaw). 40 + EX: I. Matt Berau lt; 2. Scott Sedivy (Han) ; 3. Trace Stan ton (Han ); -t. Harry Nevel ; S. Mar k Buck holz . 50 + EX : I. Alle n Poore; 2. Gr ego ry Smith (KTM). O PEN AM: I. Jack McCormick; 2. Jeff Miller (Han) ; L Mike Crawford (Hon) . 3 0 + AM: I. Chris Watso n (Han) ; 2. Rick Cps (KTM). 35 + AM: I. Kyle Krause (Kaw); 2. Brenda Jan kows ki: ] . Mike Fo lvarsky (Ha n). LTD 4· ST RK AM: I. Dan ie l McDon ald Jr. (Han); 2. Kale Stately (Yam) . 40 + AM : I. l o uis Mazza (Ha n); 2. Jim C rowe ll (Kaw): 3. Ri har d Galaska; 4. Phil Broo ks (Han) : S. Ernie Allsup (KTM). c 45 + AM : I. Jim Nord brock (Y ; 2. Robert Cole ; 3. Kevin am) Ke n Koz lik rounds the co rner before th e ho me stretch to take first in his class a nd overall at th e ina ugu ra l AMRA hare scramb les at Arizo na's Sycamore Creek. Tra ns-Ca na dia n Invita tio na l freelin MX Crown King Once Againl By BART NEWMAN MARLETTE, MI, NOV. 6 A Iter a long spe ll on the disabled list due to a /"""\ruptured ankle te ndon , Matt Crown is back o n a bike , and appa rently he hasn 't lost any speed , as he gra bbed big wins in bo th the Ove r 30 and Ove r 3S classes at Freel in MX's annual Trans-C anad ian Invitatio nal. Whe n the gate dr op ped for the first O ve r 30 mo to , Cro wn , Kreg Bigelow and Tim Martin left the line like a sho t. C ro wn was leading the way before the pack was out of sight . Wit h the lead in hand , C rown was ted little time checking out fro m the field aboard his Inglis Cycle/MC R Suspen sion -b ac ked CRF4S0R. Bigel o w an d Mart in waged a tight batt le over second th at la st e d a ll mot o lo ng . Da nie l Wh it ney and Damian Sw ige rt had to run a good pace to stay in the top five. Crown had the track dialed in, and his MCR-suspe nded Ho nda was working to pe rfect ion; it was go ing to take a big mistake (o r anyo ne to make a ru n at C row n. Bigelow had his hands full with Mart in; the tw o Ho nda riders we all o ve r ea c h oth e r and the t rac k, each try ing to ga in the adva ntage . Whitney was holding his own in his battle with Swigert , who appeared to be faster in the rhythm section but co uldn 't close the de al. C ro w n took th e win without breaki ng a sweat. Bige low keep Mart in at bay, grabb ing th e r unne r-u p spot. Marti n, Gaze at celebrity UmbrellaGirls in this 13 month extraordinary pinup calendar. 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