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Kirkpotrick's
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TORO -
T€xas Off-road
Racing Organization
Round
5: RFC
Ministri€s
CRAFION,
TX, JAN.
I5
Ft iders For Chnsr
Flinistries
olaved
host
to
KTexas
Otfroaa
Rncing Organrzation\
fifth
round of
action in Crafton,
Texa5.
RFC
put
a
lot
of
eflort
into makine lhe
rrack differenr
than
in
years
past
at this
prop€rty, and the
extra
effort
was
appre.iat€d
by all
who
raced. With
drought
conditions
in
Texas. dust has
been a
factor all
season-
Fortunately,
there
was a
breeze
swe€ping
the dust
to
the right of the
track
all day; howeveG
a
Sood
start would
still
prove
critical.
ln AA
action, l8
year-old, KTl4/Moose
Racin&/Enduro
EnSineerint-sPonsored
Cole
Kirkpatrick
took
that all-important
lead at
the start.
.When
I sav/ some
of the
toP
Suys
lined up
on the inside
on the
stan, I thought,
'They are
really
going
to
have to slow
way down
to make
thar
turn,'" Kirkpatrick
re.ounted.
"So
I
decided to line
up a
littl€ wide, and
man,
did it
pay
offl
I was very fortunate
and
8ot
the
holeshot
and went all
out on
the first laP to
get
a nice lead.
The layout
of the
course
was
awesome.
There were
sections
you
could
really op€n
it up, as
well as
some titht trees,
ruts and roclq
uphills
with ledges that
made
it
challenging.
After
buildint a
nice lead,
I slow€d
down some and rode a
smart
race. I kicked
it
up again
after
I pift€d to make
lure
no one was
creeping
up on me.
I
could
hear
Matt
lcrouch]
charging
on the
last
part of the linal
laP, but
I
iust
kept it steady
until the end
"
YamahtMsR/Scott
UsA-sponsored
Crouch
was runner-up,
and
third
Place
went to SMS
Racing's
Brian
Storrie. Kirkpatrick's
brothe(
16
year-old Carneron,
finished
sixth in his
first
with three
rounds remaining
in the
series, only
four
points separate
fifth
lrom
first
in AA action!
ln
other
racinS on Sunday,
.lason
Lehman
(2s0cc
C),
losePh
Sutherland
(Mini
C), Allen
Rhoden
(Over
45 C),
Adam
Kasparek
(200cc
C), Scott
Armel
(Over
45 B)
and
Terry
Harmon
(Over 40
C)
all caPtured
their
first
Colorado's
lan
glythe
- who,
like the
Kirkpatricks,
was
in town
for the TSCEC
(Texas
State
ChampionshiP
Enduro
Circuit)
year-end
banquet
'
)
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