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Cycle News 2006 Issue 25 June 28

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Sporro, KY OFF.ROAD Round A June I l, 2006 Suzuki Gnand National Cross CountFg s€ri€s an T ,A it' l t a V I :t(! ; , I N t v t) \ A I I I ) ? a ,"t. I.-t *ttt fi*- - H Li .!1?. I t r'a rlI (- l: t it ri,+' sh q, ,-'i ! Mullins (41 gets off to onother good stort, thi. time oheod of Howk (2), Noth.rn Konney (14) ond Ryon Voose (l | 7), (Left ro righr) Howk, Solminen ond i/lullins .elebrote on the podium. Whibley, the New Zealander who is living in Kenrucky and traininS with five-time GNCC Champion Scott Summers. Whibley took his Parts Unlimited/Moose Honda to fourth, while Summers himself came out and raced, finishing l2th overall and winning the Vet A class. KTM's Robbie Jenk linished fifth, witlr Andrews Suzuki's Jimmy Jarrett in sixth and Justin Williamson in seventh. FMF Suzuki's Glenn Kearney finished eighth, and amateur riders lesse Robinson and Thad Duvall rounded out the top lO overall, Gf,l SPARTaN GNCC SPARIA, KENIUCKY RrsutTs: JuNr I l, 2006 (RouND 8 or t3) \ k I 'l t , t Mv Oww F[nce 19 lesse Robinson 9th Place The Team Green-backed 250 A rider notched top Amateur honors after surviving a battle with Am Pro Yamaha s Thaddeus Duvall. He also flnished in the top l0 overall. "l lust dug down deep," Robinson said. "l wanted it bad. With three to 80 I felt really stronS, and then I caught Thad. I guess he got his second wind, because we locked up and had a 8r€at battle. Then he fell on the last lap; I guess I lucked into that one!" t l4 ttathan Kanney l6th Place Nathan Kanney, who was second in the AMA National Hare Scramble Series comint into the raae, was looking forward to a Sood day in K€ntucky. and he go! a Sood start, too. Bur hallway throuth rhe flr.t lap, a wire came off of his spark-plug cap - the vi.tim ofa one.in-a-mil- lion rhot from a stick. By the time Kanney got the wire back on, he was way back ia the pack, but mana8ed to light back ro l6th overall. "This is like I wenr back to the old dq,s when I would have the

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