Team Suzuki's Mark Barnett topped the 125cc National field. catching series leader Broc Glover and putting a slim four-point marg in between them .
Bob Hannah puts a move on Jim Pomeroy in the Rio Bravo round of the
AMAIMr. PiBB 250cc National Champ ionship MX Series.
AMA/Mr. PiBB 125/250cc National Champ
Barnett takes 125cc po
By Jim Gianatsis
HOUSTON , TX , APR. 23
Nothing could stop him . Bob Hannah crashed
in a horrendous fifth gear endo that left him
bleeding and bruised, but he remounted his
Keith McCarty-tuned OW works Yamaha jn
time to hold onto his winning
strea k . Hannah racked up his
10 h
t
.
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t S Talg t race w~n sll!ce is
D a llas Su percross victorres, as
he dominated both motos at Rio
Bravo Cycle Pa rk in the third round of
the AMA/Mr. Pi BB 250cc National
MX Series.
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Teammate Brae Glover tried to give
the Yamaha camp another clean
sweep this week , but a jumped start in
the opening 125cc moto left Brae with
a one lap penalty that couldn't be
mad e up. Even without the penalty- it
,
was q uestionable that Broc could have
caug ht a charging Mark Ba rnett who
posted his first Na tio nal win for Team
Suzuki wit h the Ma rk Johnso n
wrenched RA-125 -78 racer.
125cc National
" I didn't think I jumped the gate. I
fee l terrible!" moaned AMA 125cc
National Champion Broc Glover after
the first moto incident.
Glov er was caught along with
Danny Chandler in running the gate ,
and b~th w.ere penalized a lap. Brae
went with hIS holeshot and led. ~alfwa y
around the first lap before bailing off.
" My front end washed out ," Glover
explained lat er .
Suzuki's
Brian
Myerscough
inherited the lead ahead of Ga ylon
Mosier. Mark Barnett, Marty Moates ,
Warren Reid a nd Glover who was
back up on two wheels ahead of Steve
Wise. Wise was nursing a sprained
ankle suffered in the previous week 's
National in southern Calfiornia.
Within five laps Glover had left the
field in his wake as he slammed back
up front to retake the lead (albeit a
penal ized lap down). He ma in ta ined a
stronghol d on first Over Myerscough as
the other Tea m Suzuki rookie , Ma rk
Barn ett moved up to join the ruc kus .
Ba rn ett soon caught hIS teammate and
was closing on Glover.
"T his new works bike feels good . It 's
fast and it handles. I followed Broc for
a lap and then just zapped himl" sa id
Ba rn ett after the race .
Zap him he did as Barnett took the
lead and th e win on the last lap.
