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Cycle News 1992 11 11

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Gilliland on the gas at Santa Fe Hare Scramble By Phil Ellsworth CARBONDALE, KS, OCT. 18 Terry Gilliland scored the overall win at the two-hour hare scramble held at Santa Fe Trail Cycle Park. Sixty-degree temperatures and clear skies made perfect racin~ weather for the 60 entrants. Leigh Letellier put his KTM250 into the lead at the first comer. He was followed by Paul Weber, Terry Gilliland, Bruce Korbelik, Jeff Schneider and Mike Patterson. Gilliland and Patterson moved into second and third, but were still more than a minute behind at the halfway mark. Letellier suffered a flat front tire on lap five and pitted for a change, rejoining the race in sixth place. Gilliland kept the gas on aJ;ld led the final lap. Letellier moved up to challenge, but as he was setting up the other KTM rider on the motocross grass track section, a lapper fell across his rear wheel and took him out. The Letko Cycles/Dyno-PortiScottUSAlWD-40supported Gilliland completed eight laps for the win, followed by Letellier, with Patterson in third. Farther back in the pack, Weber topped the Open class on his Honda CR500 despite numerous challenges by Tom Doherty. Perry Keegan got a great start from the third wave of four-strokes and 125s, while Mike Stanfield was held up by a 125cc rider on the initial lap, allowing Paul Dipasquale to catch up and pass. They had clear sailing on the second lap, and caught Keegan on the fourth circuit. DIpasquale and Stanfield finished 20 seconds apart, ill 14th and 15th overall. r TSUBAKI CONGRATULATIONS TO TSUBAKI CHAIN WI NERS * DOUG POLEN * Fast By Ferracci Ducati 1991 World Superbike Champion 1992 World Superbike Champion u.s. Tsubaki again looks forward to a DOUG POLEN'S Winning Form u.s. TSUBAKI,'NC winning season with Fast By Ferracci in 1993! Ask your dealer for Tsubakl ••• the chain more racers use and win on by choice! Results EX: I. Terry Gilliland (KTM); 2. Leillb Letdlier (KTM); 5. Mike Patterson (KTM); 4. Jeff Schn..d

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