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- -~. -- -= " III ~ E CO [-.. en 1""""1 0 1""""1 ~ ~ ~ turn w ith Team Honda cha llenger Marty Tripes on his tail. IBelow) Gaylon ; ~ia n Myerscough (51) finished 5-DNF. Honda's Jimmy Ellis leads Can -Am's Rich Eierstedt through some Nebraska whoopdees. Ellis took a 3-2 second place in the 250cc Nat'l. • Ins unbeaten clutch on h is factory Husky wit h j ust two laps to go . Between motos, Merl e Anderson replaced a possibly defective COl unit on T ripes' Hon da . Ma rt y said th e stoc k Honda motor wasn 't as quick as Hannah's works Yamaha , but you cou ld n't prove it by th e start. T he second rnot o hesi tated a seco nd behind the ba ckward -fa llin g ga te, ' t he n t hey wer e on thei r wa y with T ripes th ro ttl ing t he holesho t a head of Eier stedt , Ellis, H annah , Theiss , Gibson , Sun, Parry Klassen and Jim Weinert. Everyon e in th e crowd knew nothi ng wou ld hold back H annah as he made quick work of Ellis and Eierstedr , setting out after Marty's 10second lead to cu t it d own a t a rat e of one seco nd a lap . As th e hal fway flag was shown by the sta rter, H annah had caught T ripes . T he cro wd tore down th e fenci ng border in g th e course as th ey waved th e two on . Bob tried to edge a wheel around Marty, hut cou ld n't . Tripes was making good his prom ise to give H an nah hell in t he second race , ~u t befor e a nyt h ing more cou ld lieco me of th e battle Marty began slowing down a nd Ha n nah was disappearing with the lead . 'It seized ," Marty sai d as he pushed his way back to the p its. The crowd began filing th eir way home , kn owing t he real rac e was over. They d id mi ss a good battle betw een Chuck Sun a nd Jim Gibson for th ird and betwee n W ein ert and Karsmakers for fifth , but t hey knew the real racing was over. At least until t h is co m ing week end at Southw ick Massachuse ts where the New Marty Tripes pla ns to. rem od el Bob Ha nna h wit h a little sa nd blasting a nd put a halt to th e rec ord setti ng win st reak now tot aling eigh t straight Nationa l moro victories or 16 straight wins if you include th e T oyota Supercross Series races a nd its qual ifiers. Ca n Tripes do it? 125cc National In th e features, th e racing ran hot and co ld . The first rnor o saw Broc Gl over tak e the lead a nd d isappear in a n a ttem p t to m ak e up for th e loss of the series points lead th e week be fore in Hou ston . Strung. ou t behind Bro c wer e Su zuki 's Mark Barnett, Danny " Magoo" Chandler , FMF's J eff W a rd , Warren Reid , Ga ylon Mosier , Myerscou gh , Moates, T u rner a nd J ohnson . It co uldn't even be ca lled a race as tha t's how th ey ran fr om start to finis h. never ge tti ng close a nd never passing . The on ly cha nge in the roster was Re id d ropping out two laps from th e finish with a broken countersh aft on his RCI25 Honda. T he second m ot o looked like a Xerox co py guaranteed to put th e crowd to sleep. Glover dea lt 'ou t a not he r holesh ot with th e J im Fel t wrenched racer as Barnett took u p seco nd again ahead of Chandler and Ward . At a bo u t th e halfway point . somethi ng ha p pe ned. Mark Barnett got a b urr u nder his sadd le and began closing on Glover a t a steady pace t ha t ha d him ridi ng th e yellow Yamaha 's rear fender with two laps to go . Ma rk was ready to m ak e his cha llenge for th e lea d . " I got tired on th e next to last lap . a nd missed a gear go ing into thi s tight turn ." sa id Barnett . " My bik e lost spee d a nd fell over .,That got me reall y mad to b low it ju st th en , so I jumped up a n d went after Broc. " With on ly a lap and a half to go and some 12 seco nds behind Gl over , Barnett ha d nothin g to lose as he banzai 'd his wa y a fte r Gl over a nd th e lead . In a wild rid e that even Hannah would have a hard time duplica tin g . Mark a nd his Mark J oh nson -tuned Suzuki RA -125-78 were teari ng the track a pa rt as he ca ugh t and pa ssed Glover for th e mot a and th e overa ll win fo r the second week in a row. The fans went wild again . Team Suzuki went wild . Certain members of Team Yamaha were shaki ng their heads in d isbel ief. The 17-yea r -old rookie from Ill inois was making it look like Suzuki jus t might win a National Cham p ionshi p titl e after all . • Resu lts 125cc NA nONAL: 1. Mark Barnett 2-1 lSUlI. 2. a-ce Glover 1·2 IYaml . 3. Gayton M osier 4 -4 IKawI. 4. Jeff W ard 3-5 ISUlI. 5. Danny Chandler 6-3 ISUll. 6. Danny Turn er 8-0 (Yam ). 7. Marty Moates 7-9 (Suz). 8 . David Jones 9 ·12. 9 . Randy Kirschbaum 13-11 lVaml. 10 . Bill Joyce 12·13 ISUlI. 11. M ike Guerra 16-10 lVaml. 12. Tom Benolkin 11-15 (Suz). 13. Glen Johnson ' -16. 14. Brian M yerscoug h >ONF (Suz ). 15 . W arren Reid DNF·7 IHan l. 16. Dav;,j Taytoo- DN F-8 lSUlI. 17. Tad Perkin. 18-14 (Yaml. l B. James Rice 15-18 ISUlI. 19 . Kirk .. Pierce 14-22 (Yam l. 20. Danny Wei r 22 ·17IKawl. 250cc NAT IONAL: 1. Bob Hanna h 1·1 (Yaml. 2. J im Ellis 3-2 (Hon) . 3. Pierre Karsmakers s.6 (Yaml . 4, Rich Eiee sted t 4-8IC·A). 5. J im Pomeroy 6-7 IHonl. 6. Jimmy Gib son 13-4 (Yaml. 7. Greg T heiss 8-10 (Hanl. B. Tad Gumbmann 7·12 IM ai). 9. Marty Tripes 2·0 NF (Hon). 10, C ~uck Sun ONF-3 IHus). 11. Parry Klassen 11-13 IM ai)' 12. Tony W ank et 9·15 (Yam). 13. J oh n Savitsk i 14·11 (Yam). 14. James W einert 24-5 tl(aw l. 15. Mark Rakestraw 12·16 (Ma il. 16. Don Kudalski 36-91H·DI. 17. Bill Grossi l Q-DNF (Carl. 18. Kirk 8 ig elow 15-17 1 Yaml. 19. Charles Coo p", 22·14 IKawl . 20 . Scott Lester 18-18 . AMAiMR. PiBB 125cc NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP MX SERIES POINT STANDINGS: 1. M ark Barnell 11 851. 2. Broc Glover 11 811. 3. Danny T urner 11 301. 4. 6. Danny Gaylon M osier 11221 5. Stev e W ise . non Chandl er (97). 7. (Three-w ay tie) Brian Myersco ughl M arty M oates/Jeff W ard (91), 10. mel David Taylor! Warren Reid (811. AMA MR . PiBB 250cc NA TIONA L CHAMPIONSHIP M X SERIES POINT STANDINGS: 1. Bob Hannah 1200). . 2. Jim Pomer oy (147). 3 . J immy W einert (1441 4. Pierre . Karsrnakers 11 401. 5. Rich Eierstedt 11 081 6 . Chuck Sun 1 1061. 7. J imniy Ellis 1 . 8. J o hn Savitski 1911. 9. J im 991 Gibson 1 . 10. Greg T heiss 1 801 791. 7