VOL. 52 ISSUE 33 AUGUST 18, 2015 P107
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and trying to choke me. I punched a
couple of guys back trying to defend
myself. Then the AMA came over
and said I was going to be kicked
out for fighting, but some of the girls
at the tech tent saw the whole thing
going down and told Ronnie (Jones)
what happened and that I was just
minding my own business and these
guys came after me." AMA Pro offi-
cials indicated that Hittle and some
of his buddies were ejected from the
facility.
In addition to becoming the all-time
AMA Pro Grand National TT wins
leader with 16, Henry Wiles now has
a career total of 27 AMA Grand Na-
tional victories putting him just one
win away from tying the legendary
Bart Markel for ninth on the all-time
wins list. Wiles has the second-most
national wins among active riders
behind Kenny Coolbeth who has 34
career wins.
There was much talk of the tire dop-
ing controversy as reported on
by leading motorcycle racing blog-
ger Mark Gardiner at Bikewriter.
com. No one wanted to talk on the
record about the tire-doping allega-
tions and the Jared Mees camp de-
nied chemically modifying their tires
at Du Quoin, as has been alleged
by other competitors. Gardiner re-
ceived the following statement from
AMA Pro Racing on the controversy
that emerged after the Du Quoin
Mile, where Mees' tires seemed
considerably more worn than others:
"AMA Pro did not have consistent
custody of the tire between com-
petition and testing. Without being
able to conclusively determine that
the chemicals were on the tire dur-
Turn one; lap one,
and this is as
close as the field
will ever get to
Wiles and Mees.
"I WANT TO THANK
JARED FOR COMING OUT
HERE AND GIVING ME
A CHALLENGE," WILES
JIBED. "HE CAME HERE
TO RACE AND SO DID I."
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