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AMA GRANDNAOONAL CROSS COUNTRYSERIESI!'-·
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HARE SCRAMBLES SERIES
By Jim Talkington
HURRICANE MILLS, IN, APR. 5
our seconds was the difference
] } between finishing first or third at
the 1998 Loretta LYlm's combined
AMA Grand National Cross Country
and National Hare Scrambles event in
Hurricane Mills. Team Kawasaki/
Andrews Racing's Fred Andrews
claimed the win with just a breath to
spare - no mean feat considering that
there were two current National Champions in his draft w hen the checkered
flag fell.
Hot on Andrews' heels were ational Hare Scrambles champ Rodney Smith
and reigning G CC king Scott Summers in second and third, respectively,
For the final three of five laps, the trio
waged war on each other, none giving
any quarter.
"They didn't give (the win) to me
and I wasn't going to give it to them,"
Andrews said afterward. "We went at it
tooth and nail and we weren't giving
anything to anybody. A lot of people
thought that my first win (at round one
at Okeechobee) was too easy, so today I
wanted to show everyone that I was for
real,"
Indeed, Andrews is for real, having
won two of three GNCCs thus far and
topping the series pain ts total heading
into round four. The 1993 GNCC champion's current tally is 58 points 'to
Smith's 56 and Summers' 55.
Fourth place went to Team Suzuki's
Steve Hatch, who overcame a torn fuel
line and a high-speed get-off en route to
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his first finish of the year. Still battling
P-. the effects of a broken back suffered last
