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IAbove) Danny "Magoo" Chandler took a dive and came up with a sprained
wrist. (Below) Andre Malherbe maneged a third despite some bad breaks.
IAbove) Greg Theiss made it two for two in the National portion of the series.
lBelow) La Porte. Belland Weinert share soma yuks between motos.
oy devastates Buchanan
lead bad increased to 20 seconds.
Malherbe dropped his bike again, this
time breaking tbe front brake lever
and had to pit to have the broken lever
removed on his RC·450. Glover inherited
a well deserved second place as he
continued to pull ground on Bell,
Lackey, Shultz, Malherbe, ahead of a
heavy clash between LaPorte, Sun and
Barnett.
With 10 minutes to go the gap for
the lead between Howerton and
Glover narrowed slightly as Kent eased
up to conserve what little energy he
had left. Lackey was hoping for a
second overall finish with his fourth
spot behind Bel1. but a crack..d
fiberglass tank on his Kawasaki which
had been leaking gas since the first
laps of the race finally ran dry. Brad
was left marooned out on the track
with three laps left to go.
Maico's Danny "Ma/{oo" Chandle.r
bailed off. spraining his wrist after a
six lap battle to pass Honda's Steve
Wise on the new 400cc RC lever shock
AIE·H works bike. Barnett wobbled
into the pits with a broken front wheel.
The undisputed winner for the
second moto in a row was Howerton,
who never thought he was well enough
to race until he tried - never thought
he was well enough to win until he
raced. The Rhinestone Cowboy had
roped his way around Buchanan
looking more stylish and in control
than he had in years. He should be sick
more oftenl Team Yamaha's Mike Bell
finished out the moto in third place
behind teammate Glover to claim
second overal1 for the day ahead of
Honda's Andre Malherbe.
National class
For the second week in a row Team
LOP rider Greg Theiss of Omaha,
Nebraska pul1ed out the overal1 win in
the National class to take a
commanding lead in the Series. The
"Incredible Hulk" manhandled his
426cc kitted YZ Yamaha around the
rollercoaster Red Bud track as he
secured third in the first moto then
backed it up with a win in the final
race.
The first 30-minute moto was won
by Team Honda's Jimmy Ellis on a
new 1980 production CR·250 R3 bike
featuring the new twin downtube
frame and center port exhaust engine.
Ellis had worked up from the middle
of the pack to battle with Suzuki's
Scott Gillman at the 20-minute mark
for the lead. Behind were Theiss. CMS
Honda rider Darren Rbotten. first lap
leader Jeff Surwal1 and David Hollis.
Previous week's winner Mike Guerra of
Team Husky suffered sticking throttle
problems which put him back two
laps,
The second moto saw Scott Gil1man
nailing the holeshot, only to be passed
on the second lap by Rhotten as
KTM's Boo Stichter dropped into
tbird ahead of Theiss and Kris
Bigelow, one of the three Bigelow
brothers in the class. Ellis and Suzuki's
Myerscough were mid·pack. Guerra
fell at the start and was working up
from last position.
A few laps into the race Gillman
crashed at the bottom of the big ski
jump, putting himself out of the race,
luckily without inj\!ry, as Stichter
moved up to clash with Rhotten for
the lead. The Trans·USA Series was
proving 250cc bikes to be just as
competitive as Open machines as
Stichter on the 250cc KTM traded the
lead back and forth with Rhotten.
riding Marty Smith's 360cc Mugen
from Team Honda.
In a bid to repass Rhotten at one
point, Stichter crashed his KTM into
the rear of Rhotten's Honda in a tight
left-hander and the two leaders both
went down. While they were
remounting Greg Theiss blasted his
way past to take the lead. Stichter held
on to finish the moto in second spot.
Moto·X Fox rider Larry Wosick,
hampered by a bent foot peg and rear
brake lever in the first moto, worked
his 440 Maico up from mid pack to
pass Husky's Ron Sun and Suzuki's
Myerscough for third place.
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Results
INTERNATIONAL: 1. Kent Howerton (Suz) 1-1; 2.
Mike Bell lVern) 4-3; 3. Andre _
IHenI ~; 4.
Btoc GIo.- lVernl 6-2; S. Arlo Englund (YomI U; 6.
Jim Weinert IKowI 10-9; 7. Oorrolt Shultz ISuzl 1~; 8.
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