A t the star t of t he Ex per t cla ss, Tope ka
Cy cle' s Mike Kr u ge r took the holesh ot , w it h
Leigh Letellier, on a new-ou t-of-the-crate KTM
300, in seco n d . Sha n e Dip as q uale: aboard a
250cc Gas Gas, blitzed past Letellier a nd Krug er
o n th e grass tra ck to ta ke th e lead . Le tellie r
. dropped his bike in a tum and restart ed in fifth .
W hile Dipas qua le was en joying a comfo rtable
lea d, Klirnm wa s flying thro ugh the pack. By the
third lap , Dipasquale, Kruger an d Ran dy Weekley a ll slowed the ir pace a little, and Klimm an d
Le te llier we nt sm o k in g pas t them . Le telli er
stayed glued to Klimm un til the one-hour mark,
and the n suddenly pu lled off the tra ck.
"I was getting rea l fatigu ed ou t the re," Letellier sa id la te r. " I w as wo rried I would take
my self ou t and cras h . I'v e been bus y this year
ge tting my suspens ion business goin g - Midwest
Race Prod ucts . I just need to spend a lot of tim e
riding m y new bike."
With Letellier ou t of the race, Klimm enjoyed
a 2 \ ..minute lead by his final lap arou nd the Carbondal e circuit, ahead of Kruger . YZ4DO-mounted
Jim Brown er batt led with Dipasqual e in the final
laps to finish third . Randy Weekley finished filth
over all, just 40 seconds ahea d of Intermediateclass winner Oak Williams.
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