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Photos By Jeff Cox Photography and Awesome Shots Photos By Jeff Cox Photography and Awesome Shots 24 Trail Rider www.TrailRider.com AHRMA T&S Cross Country National AHRMA T&S Cross Country National Henryetta, Oklahoma Henryetta, Oklahoma By Suzy Moody By Suzy Moody Stunning! Is the best word I can use to describe the weather we had all weekend. Sunny and mid-70s; throw in a nice soaking a few days prior and I have to say the good Lord was indeed blessing us with perfect condi ons to finish off a terrific year of Cross Country racing. Packed into the schedule this year where 21 days of events, from East Tennessee to Louisiana, Maryland, Ohio, Arkansas, Illinois, and finishing up in Oklahoma. There were a lot of races and some championships going down to the wire and would be decided over three days in Henrye a. An cipa on was high and so was the excitement as a huge crowd rolled into Nichols Park. On Friday they ran both Vintage and Post Vintage racing. Saturday would be Post Vintage only and Sunday would be Vintage only. Team Parker did a great job of juggling mul ple events and making sure everyone could a end the events they needed to a end. Friday Vintage Cross Country: As I lined up on the first row for the Vintage event, I looked behind me and was ckled at the number of Vintage bikes in the field, well over 50 beau ful bikes were revving up for a great race. Flagging off the race was none other than Zhan Lewis and Craig Hayes. As the engines quieted we heard the call for 10 seconds! It was silent, then the green flag waived, and all pandemonium broke out. Bikes wheelieing, dirt is flying, bars are banging, and we are off. A er a quick li le trip on the grass track riders were dropped into the dark, loamy woods. A few twists and turns and we come to a nice li le creek crossing. No big deal, but as the weekend wore on, that li le creek crossing be- came a favorite spectator site as it turned into an ugly, messy, greasy crossing to traverse. In my book, it was great! as was all of the course. A no-stop run through scoring, a li le more grass track and we were off into the rest of the course which was almost 6 miles long. The course was reversed from last year, which is nice because I can't remember a thing, so it was like an all- new course! Trampas and the team did a great job of clearing some of the unnecessary obstacles, opened it up a bit, and created a perfect, nice flowing course. I am glad they le in some of the ghter, twisty trail, just to get some fun wiggling in while leaving it wide enough for MX wide bars to do just fine.

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