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year -old El Caj on , CA rider. la ke control on la p two and lead the pack to th e fin al checke re d flag. Keep ing Glover honest a ll da y -was T eam Su zuk i's Mark Ba rnett . Barnell tota lled a strong, steady 2·2 a ftern oo n fo r second o n his Mark J o hn so n -tu ned bik e. Third went to Danny "Magoo" Chandler. Bob " H u rrica ne" H anna h top ped bo th 250cc races by approxima tely one m inu te ove r the second place rider:,55 seconds in round one and around one mi nute, five seconds in the fina l moto. H a n na h's Keith McCarty-t uned works Yam a ha never missed a beat'J,all aftern oo n . n Team H onda 's J im Pomero y put in t he second best ride in th e 250cc event. log ging a 3 ·2 tall y o n h is Arne Beamon -tuned works bik e . T hird was Chuck Sun on his Eric C rip pa -tun ed Husq va rn a . 125cc National By the ti me th e firs t 125cc Nation al m ot o m ade the lon g charge up R aci n ~ W orld 's sta rt ing ch u te hill , mo st of th e tr ack su rface had d ried to tra ction~ delive r ing cons iste ncy . It was a far cry fro m t he o pe n ing laps of prac ti ce wh ere gnbs nf sticky cl ay had ja m med be tween rea r ti res a nd swinga rms . act ua lly sta lli ng th e eig ht h -liter m ot ors, Jeff Ward 1 3361 leads the start of the opening 125cc moto. Hot on his trail are Danny Chandler 1631. Broc Glover 11). Gayton Mosier 112). Brian Myerscough (51) David Taytor (86) and Jim Lesniewski (529). . AMA/Mr. PiSS 125/250cc National Championship MX Series - Round 2/2 Glover, Hannah make it two-for-two with Racing World wins By Brian George and Charles Morey TRAB UCO CAN YO N, CA , APR . 16 8 For the second week in a row , Team Yam a h a ri ders Broc Glover a n d Bob Hannah stole the show in the American Motorcyclist Associa tio n / Mr. PiBB 125 /250 cc N ationa l Cham pionship MX Seri es eve nts, this one hosted I by R ac ing W orld. The DC Spring N ationals. round two in both I lu- 12:> and 250cc se r ies . sa w G lover a nd J la nna h d om in ar e the ir respe-ctiv e c1asst·s. 1 ~5 , G lo ve r th e H annah th r ~ 5 0 with do u bl e rn or o vic to r ies . Broc Gl nvrr . rid ing his Jim Felt tun ed wnrks Yamaha , tnn k co m m a nd nf t hr- first mntn nn la p ei,l(ht and was neve r led a,l(ain . Mo ro two saw rhc 17· . . . D an n y C h a n d le r imm edi at e ly an no u nced his intentions by snagging the ho lesho t an d lead ing the National field throug h t he first la p . At t he completinn of the lap, Chan dl er had a fair -sized lea d o ver Kaw asak i's Ga ylo n Mosier wh n was tryin ,l( tn hnld off a fast -movi ng fo ursome: J rff W a rd . Su zuki's Brian Myerscou gh, Yama ha 's AMA 125cc Na tio nal Cha mp Bn Gl o ve r and Suzu ki's runner-u p ro Glov er in the prt'St'nt series st a ndi n,l(S Mark Ba rncu . ~ Cha ndl er m ai nt a ined his lea d wh ill' sh u ffling in ti lt" next few pl aces kr p t th e crowd o n the g r assy hill s,dl' entert ai ned . In th e next hal f lap , bOl" Myer scough a nd Glover fo und a way around W ard and moved in to harass Mosier . » Team H onda 's Sreve W ise, 'w III wo uld eventu all y wind u p fift h ovr ral l, was trying to recover from a inc redi bl y had sta rt , rid ing in 33rd place . I Glov er had d ia led " win" on his ~, m Felt -tun e d Yam aha a cu rin us hyb rid of Eu ropean works style W alt.,-coo led cases with a n American a ir coo le-d lOp end bo lted on - a nd ,l(ot a ro u n d MyCTscou g- h t o m ov e o n Mos ie r . Wh il.. Glover's cyc l.. see med 10 have pow er to spa rr , Felt wasn 't e n rire ly ha ppy. "Not enoughl" he s~id in t h,' Pll~ la ter . " I ke r-p po urIng wa te r nn it . . . mOfe horsepower .. . I want rrmre horse po we r!" Whi le t hr- Am ..riean Yamaha team has the same u-chnolo (wa ter-cooling , in this case) available' to them as th,' European rae.. t..a!" , ti ll' AMA clai ming r ule kee ps th ..m from usin,l( ir . " W e can't keep ' e m if w{gl't '.. rn ." J im shr ugg.. d. Glnv.. r's machine uses t he trick cases . but without coo la nt and radiator syst,'n ,. I t is , nonct hr-lr-ss , a wi nning combination . '1 Three and one -ha lf la ps into ,t h,' rn oto , Da n ny "Magoo" Chand l..r hdd a n imp ressive -loo king five -second h-ad ov..r G love-r, Mosie r , Myt'rscoU,l( h . W a rd , Barncu and Dann y T urnl'r. · "', In t lu- ur-xt II",'t' laps, Myt'rscnu g I . then W a rd , ;lIlt l fina lly Ba rn ..lt dnst'll , o n and passed Mosier. Then, after 10 m in u tes of whit tli ng d o wn t he ,l(ap, Bro c G love r ~t't' I ,'d in Danny C han d l ~'[ a nd ,1(01 past I11! O t he k-ad . ~ L et ppi n~ slowcr rid ers . "l\-lago()'" lu-Id o n 10 t il(' r ha rn p for a ft-w laps , hut cveru ua lly Glover ,'ast ,t! awa y, Brian MV t'rst'o ug h , J t'ff Wart! and Ma rk Ba ~nr t t f;,lIowt'd a t il1lt'fva l ~. Cavlou T\1nsicr he ld a secu n - k-nd on a ligill t lm-e-wuv bar-hurn pr-r a m n n~