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Da nn y: Turn;r. Patrid j a c(,bso n' atl d Koj i Masuda whil e Jim Les n iewsk i a nd Ron T u rner ba n led over 10t h p lace . Ma rk Ba rn ell bega n his m id -more m ove fo r the front . closing in on Ward . W a rd responded , dia ling u p ' the wic k a nd puu ing up an all-out offense tha t lasted th rou gh several la ps of in tense d ud ling before Barne t t fina lly wo n out and m o ved into third . T he ir st r uggl;' had ca rr icd j lu- pair to wit hin striking d istance of second place ho lder Ch a nd lcr. ':J< Ma rk J o hn so n . Barn e ll 's Team Su zuki m ech a nic sig na lled . "3 Magoo " ' 'with three la ps rema ining in t he m or o . Ji m Felt , now th at Glover was sa fe ly in ' l he lead sig nal led to C hand ler . " Go Magno!" Bu t wh en t hey ca me arou nd '" on th e next la p . Ba rn ell r c ce ivcd the " P 2" sign: s.. co nd place , ...... ..... l-< 0.. . -e On the fina l la p. C handler drop p"d hac k as Glov er ro lled a cross t he fin ish lin.. in co mmand . and Mark Ba rn ell ~o n'd seco nd . Fourt h was J l'ff W a rd . [ o ll o we d h y B r ia n M y,· rscou gh . Gay lon Mosie r. Danny T urner . Koji Masu d a . Ste ve Wi se a nd Ron Turne-r . V1 I W ard . G love r a n d B a r nr-t r spea r headed t he second m ot o start. By \he hal fwa y point o f t he o pe ning la p . Glove r Ie d hou nded hy a p e rsist eru Barnett. I.W a rd he ld down third under pressure from Chan d le r . D a n n y Turner . Steve W ise. W a rren Reid and Marty Moat es . David Ta ylor rode nimh followed by Gay lon Mos ier . l . Ma rk Ba rn e ll ja m med pas t Broc Gl over . held t he I ead fo r a f(·w 'j;j:ime nt s a t t he end of la p on e . t hen l;',,! ,it aga in. By th e ",HI of th e second h p' Magoo had ove rta ke n W ard . ?tn-e. Wis e was pressu ring W a rd . th e Jo r"n ..r m inib ike c ha m pi o n . for "u rt h. He go t it o n th e next lap when W ,rd a p pa re nt ly slip pe d I"ll in'g Ma rt y Myates a nd W arre n Re id pas t a lso. Sa men p u rs ued G lover for t he ne x t to eig ht m inu tes. then sudden ly dr pped back. H e'd b c e n m om e nt arily b in~lrd by the low·lyi ng sun . lost concentration . a nn wou nd up in a slow U1'I"J.' in th e wrong gear. T he Suz u ki ~ laJ l ,·d . a nd by t he time lu - got it ~.. in d led , he was over hal f a min ute be hi nd th e lead er . Broc G love r. in f~url h p la ce. W ise a nd C ha nd " ;r held I!owo sec ond an d th ird . Ma rty Mo ates he'I ,!. off Brian Mye rs coug h {or fift h . J eff W a rd . David Tay lo r. W arre n Rdd and Da n n y Tu rner ro unde-d o ut th e top 10 . , It too k Ba rn c ll m ost of Ihe ncx I '~gl H to 10 min utes 10 regain his plan' in secon d . and some exci ting racing e nsued as he mad e his mOVNi on Chandler. rhr-n \ 'V ise . \'Vi th th ree la ps remaining . he got a signa l t ha t 20 "'('(Ullls separated him from the lead er . It was too much . Bro r G lover rod e in vicioriouslv. t lit' wi nner (;.f t h m otos a nd :,0 im portant AMA rl,o ! ~~ cc Na tio na l C ha m pion shi p MX t-. ~(:.r i l's pOi IHS . Ba rru -u f oi led in seco nd with Steve Wise 14· 1:, seconds hack in ;I d . .\ir 250cc National ~.' P u ll i n g 10ge rher two fantastic rides a nd disp layi ng th e ski ll t hat has ~ a rn e d him t he nic kname the ·;H u r rica ne.'· Tr-am Yama ha's Bo b H a n nah domina led t he 250cc N~ tional. ma king it IW overa ll wins in o a row . .1\ Vh,·n t he first moto shot up th e rJ':ar. vert ica l sta rt hill. the Ca n- Am of Gn'g Rob ert so n fo und its way to the turn Iirst . O n h is ora ng(' fan ny were H an nah , Eddie Co le . Tea m Honda 's Jimmy Ellis and l lusqva r na 's Chuck SO ' n. ' Ro bert so n held a st ro ng first for th e beg inning o f t lu - motu , hut was soon b lown int o ti lt' grass hy th .. H u rr ica ne . H o nd a tr-arnmau-s Ellis , who rode so re a ll d a y. and J im Porn..ro y loc k..d into a lian lr- fo r third . hu t Ell is put For the second time in as many weeks. Bob "Hurricane" Hannah got his Yamaha up on the pipe and flat ran away with the whole 250cc National program. He aced both motos with a one minute margin over the second place rider. Yamaha mechanic Jim Felt gives his rider Broc Glover some heartfelt adv ice.