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Ii • • ~ E lLeftJ M" Bel'. ateIIdy ride brought en overIIH win to the Vamahll camp.1Above1 Chuck Sun returned to 8C1Ion. took tI*d. lBeiowI 0 TheIaa 1231 .... Mickey K 1101. By Jim Gianatsis BINGHAMTON, NY. AUG. 12 Hilly and rocky natural terrain greeted riders contesting the 125/500cc National Championship MX Series event at Broome-Tioga Sports Center. Suzuki's Mark Barnett took his Doug-Grant prepared RA-125-79 works bike to the overall win in 125cc action, defeating reigning , National champ and current 8 point I.~ad~r Broc Glov~r in a ~ond moto t1~·br~ak~r. In th~ 500cc National. it was Mik~ B~II Df T~am Yamaha who put t~th~r solid fourth and third plac~ fmishes to cap th~ ov~rall win on his 490cc works OW-41 lun~ by Dav~ Osterman. This was th~ w~k~nd for privat«n who n~arly stol~ th~ show, particularly i,:, th~ 500cc class wher~. six factory rtd~rs w~r~ out of action du~ to injuries.. Includ~ in .this w~k's list along with Marty Smith and Gaylon Mosi~r, w~r~ Rick Burg~tt. Darr~ll Shultz and Tommy Crofl suff~ring from minor injuri~s incurr~d th~ p~ious w~k in T~xas. Last w~k's winner, Ra Stat~n. was brui~d and balt~r~d from a mid-w~~k practic~ crash al hom~ and too sore to rid~ com~titiv~ly. Team LOP scor~d Ih~ slrongesl prival~~r Ihr~at of Ih~ w~~k~nd: Richard Coon took Ih~ highnt non- factory placing in ~ 125cc class with fiftb o~aU and tb~n Greg Theiss turned in a spectacular ride in tb~ ~ class, collecting tM fIrSt moto victory and leCond ov~rall in tb~ results behind Bell. cla1m~d 125cc Nationel ~ second moto kicked off with a wild battl~ between holelhot winner Reid and a cloeely pursuing Glover. Wh~n Glover crash~d again and quickly piclr.ed ~lf up. M found Bam~tt had slip~ past for ~ond plac~, Broc quickly ~~ Mark and th~ two tucked in behind R~id in a freight train which st~am~ its way almost through th~ rnnaining moto, With 10 minutes to go, th~ ra~ b«am~ a w~l to wh~1 battl~. But w~n R~id and Gl~ ~ ~ to w~ar th~msetves down. Bam~tt cam~ up with th~ ~11fiID' to blast around both, R~id buckled from being passed 10 quickly, l~tting Gl~ past as w~. th~ o~ning 125cc moto DG Performanc~'s Randy Hes grabbed a short·liv~.J~ad befor~ being sb~ back by Suzuki's Brian M~ncough, Glov~r, Cantaloopi, Bam~tt. Taylor ~nd Ward. Pushing his way quickly mto th~ l~ad n~xt was Glov~r, but it only last~ thr~ laps wh~n h~ f~ll in a turn and found hlm~lf restarting in In fourth. From th~r~, M~ncough l~ th~ rest of th~ way to th~ finish as Glo~r pa~ his way back by Bam~tt for s«ond and tri~ withoul success to rnak~ up th~ rnnaining distanc~ to th~ flying My~rscougb. Warr~n .Rc;i.d fourth as Moto-X Fox's Donnie Cantaloupi drop~ his Yamaha to let LOP's Richard Coon and Moto·X Fox t~ammat~ Pat Maroney aMad of him with two lapl to go. . ~ .. '" ..