VOL. 50 ISSUE 48 DECEMBER 3, 2013
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Briefly...
the awards ceremony on Saturday
night, and they included the Jantz
Grodzicki Diamond Award that
went to Bryce Mauldin for his four
C-class titles, the Mechanic Award
that went to David Walls, who is the
busy mechanic of Triangle Cycles
Yamaha's Keith Tucker, and the Asterisk Ironman Award that went to
Hannah Hodges, who raced in six
classes and won three titles in the
Women and Girls classes.
B/C 16-24 class.
"It's been a great week," he
said. "But I wish I would have got
at least one more title for a half
a dozen. I know I sound a little
greedy, but who doesn't want to
win more? But yeah, I'm happy
with five, I can't complain about
that."
Tucker was new to the 450s
and wasn't even going to ride the
big bike at Gatorback.
"I just got on this 450 about
two weeks ago, and we weren't
even going to ride it," he said.
"But we said let's just go for it and
it definitely paid off. These Yamaha's are great and I love them."
The Answer/Scott-supported
rider, Tucker, added, "I barely got
this last title, but it feels great and
I couldn't be happier. I had a tight
race with Benny Bloss. I made a
big mistake once and almost lost
it over a basic single jump, but
I'm on a high right now."
Tucker says he will move up to
the A classes in 2014.
One of the big awards that the
younger riders always battle it out
for is the Fox Bronze Boot Award,
which is designated for the rider
that earns the most points in the
youth classes. This year's recipient was Yamaha GYTR/MSR's
Chase Sexton. He piled on the
points by earning four titles. He
also took a second, two fifths
and a seventh in the eight mini
classes that he raced.
The Illinois-native, Sexton,
who won titles in the 85 (12-13)
and Mini Sr. classes in both Supercross and motocross, said, "I
had some crashes, but overall it
