Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

o ClO 0) Sun. Glover, Werd and Raid vie for third In Sunday's final. (Abovel"B11 GroaI. meet LOP's Mn Grepon,"CBelowl Jimmy Ellis (86) .... Jimmy W.." CButbftl1) Set. nlght's second qualifier haa Reid (8) In front. Werd C111, Sun. BeI.net Ron Pomeroy 1&01 In hot pursuit. 20 Sunday In Sunday's alternate qualifier, it was Oveland who topped the field again, followed by Michlitseh and Duane Marker's Suzuki. Bell won the first qualifier over early leader Howenon who looked surprisingly fast, though he had trouble hanging on over jumps due to his injured arm. He put up a game fight when Bell passed him, but killed his motor in the turn after the bridge. He barely held off Barnett at the flag, Reid took the second qualifier ahead of Wise, Weinert. PDQ:s Arlo Englund and Team Yamaha's Rex Staten. Marty Moates escaped a large firsttum pile up in the third lJualifier and took an unchallenged WID ahead of Jim Gibson andJeff Ward, Sun looked like had had his rhythm back if his wire-to-wire win in the last qualifier was any indication. Trailing him . in were Shultz. Myerscough. GI"055I and LOP-sponsored Gary Semics. Glover passed Hansen halfway through the first semi as they took transfer spots while Tnpes and LOP's Mark Lawrence snared the top places in the second semi. The consolation went to Burgett who went untroubled the whole way, unlike Ellis who. while going for the lead on the first lap, endoed in the whoops. his bike smashing him spectacularly, especially on tbe replay on the Kingdome screen. Though he claimed the track was "totally different" from Saturday, Bell had no problems adapting to it as he motored solitarily in front the whole race for his second win in less than 24 hours at the site of his only Supercross triumph of1979. "It w~ ha:d leading for so long; it seemed hke It took forever." he said afterward in reference to the mental strain of not knowing if he was pushing the pace enough. It was enough to make watching the leader an almost hum-drum affaiT, however. Had be looked behind him, though. Bell would have seen quite a bit including Shultz getting off heavily in tum one. Though he laid at the track's edge quite a while. he was reportedly just badly shaken. Sun held second for the first half of the race while Barnett and Gibson went at it for third until Gibson feU. Ba!""ett. riding with a taped ankle (spramed when he stuck it in a berm the previous night). then set out after Sun. but his charge came to a halt when he ate a hay bale coming off the bridge while malting his move. This put WJse in third and he .Hot Sun. just after the halfway mark.' staYJng a secure second to the finish. Behind the frontrunners, a battle for third developed between Reid, Sun, Ward and Glover. Each rider did time there, but Reid and Ward eventually pulled away to make it a private contest. Ward had looked like a yo-yo as he moved up and down in the standings. He explained later, though, that he'd been taking bad lines. When he saw the good lines others were taking. he decided to use them and consequently moved up. On the last lap, Ward was in close enough to zap Reid, but time was running out. Going into the final corner. though. he saw a hint of an opening and squeaked his bike underneath Reid to snag third. Glover fell late in the race where Barnett did. letting Staten and a perservering Howenon finish fifth and sixth. • Results SATURDAY .1. Mike Bel IVoml: 2- Ilnx: Glo.- IVoml: 3. Morty (Yoml; 4. ChucI< Sun lHan); 5. Kent _ _ (SUll; 6. Jimmy Weinert lKawI: 7. Jim Giboon (Han); 8. Dorrell Shultz lSuzJ; 9. Marl< Bornen 1Suz1; 10. Marl< Gregoon IYom); 11. Marl< Lowronce IVom): 12. Bill GrOOll IHuol; 13. Jimmy Ellis IYom): 14. WlI

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