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was off he decided to try his hand at the Pikes Peak Inter- top of the food chain for a long time. Last year Scott did national Hill climb, and won! Travis spent a lot of time just enough racing to work his way into the 20A position racing the WORCS series and can really haul the mail despite being injured during the ISDE in Germany. At when the terrain opens up. If he can keep that old 450x to- times Scott shows amazing speed and is proof that the gether for another season he should do great! older guys can still put a beat down on the young pups. 17A- Jim Koch. 2012 6th 20A- Keith Novello. 2012 7th overall. Unfortunately, I overall. Jim is consistent, smooth, and never seems to least consistent of have a bad day. Jim transi- the top ten guys. tioned last year from Jim Koch am probably the Having been raised Yamaha to Kawasaki and in the NETRA se- appears to be digging his ries, I���m not a big new ride as he seems to have found a new level of speed. Jim will again be in the hunt all year! fan of using 6th Keith Novello gear in a enduro! 18A- Bryce Bingham. 2012 8th If we had more east coast style races I would probably rate overall. Bryce is fit and very re- myself a little higher, however with the 2013 schedule laxed. The guy looks like he could looking a little fast for my liking, I think I���ll barely make fall asleep at any point in time. Bryce Bingham the cut. Bryce is another rider that just never seems to have a bad day! He too, is The RMEC has no shortage of talented riders, and there smooth, fast, and rides mistake free. really should be a top 20 ranking to give credit to all the Personally, I would like to see him other guys that are getting it done. Any of the following ride a little angry to see what happens. Bryce is such a riders could easily make it into the top ten if things go chill dude that I won- their way. Here are the guys to keep an eye on: Ray der if riding with Barnard, Loren Christensen, Steven Gerber, Justino more aggression Ochoa, Brad Hendry, Jeremy Shoning, Nate Haney, Ben would help him get Wagenman, Daniel Olana and Ryan Banister. With that to that next level? the Season already has one event under its belt. Read 19A- Scott Bright. about it in the March Digital Edition. 2012 10th overall. Scott Bright. Like Ron Schmelzle, Scott has been at the 20 Trail Rider www.TrailRider.com