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(Above) Mark Barnett. Ie vainqueur (the winner) of Le Supermotocross. (Below) Donnie Cameloupi was third behind Barnett and Broc Glover. Barnett scoops Le Supermotocross '80 By Marc Lachapelle MONTREAL, CANADA. MAY 31 Mark Barnett rode his Jeff Clark tuned RH Suzuki with impeccable skill to give the make its first Supercross victory on Canadian soil. After a clear-cut qualifying round win, Barnett passed Yamaha's Broc Glover for the lead two laps into the final and managed to keep the triple National Champion at bay for 16 the remaining 18 laps. Barnett had to wait for the very last laps to enjoy any kind of a lead over Glover , as the tall Califorian was hounding him relentlessly. at times pushing his front wheel right alongside Barnett's yellow rocket ship. Glover 's fierce drive for first was hampered when the leading pair had to start lapping slower riders. A record crowd of 43 .000 experienced this high speed ball et as a very fitting finale to an evening th at had Olympic Park stadium filled for the fourth annual edition of th e Molson Breweries' spons or ed Supermotocross. Montreal's pion eer efforts have d riven a group of promoters to organize To ronto's first Supercross to be held June 7 in CNE Stadium. Together with the Supermotocross Molson . Toronto's Supercross Spectacular will give Canada its first Supercross champion. The qualifying and transfer system used for Supermotocross is identical to the American system . As could be expected, Americans ran away with first place in all four qualifiers. Mark Barnett, Honda's Ron Sun and Yamaha teammates Broc Glover and Donnie Cantaloupi won their respective qualifiers most decisively . Each one led his ten lap blitz wire-to-wire. Americans in action other than heat winners Barnett, Glover. Cantaloupi and Ron Sun included Frank Stacy, the Bigelow brothers . Kip , Kris and Kirk - Jeff Ward, John Savitski and Pat Maroney. Seconds after the 25 finalists skipped over the fallen loops of the starting gate, Ron Sun was heading right for the upper side of the very high first tum berm. Sun. riding a Cliff White modified production CR250 against exotic factory equipment. turned his jet · quick start into a stop-and-go match with the headhigh berm. This let the three other qualifying round winners by on the inside. Glover cut that corner ultratight on the inside edge and that proved to be the fastest way around the first bend. Mark Barnett was right behind the 125cc champ, chased by Donnie Cantaloupi on the Bevo Forte wrenched Yamaha. Glover flew out front leaving all but one rider far behind. That man was Mark Barnett and a lap and a half later. it was his tum to cut under Glover in a corner following a high speed jump. On this very jump. Glover in a corner following a high speed jump. On this very jump, Glover had earlier sailed 78 feet in the air, and would later win him the Yamaha jump contest plus $300 . At this point, though. Glover was in no mood for sideshows. He set after Barnett who was ripping up the track as he had done since the first practice lap. "I like the track a lot . it asks for a lot of technique. It's not dangerous, but very tricky. I like that, " said Barnett. Glover cut the three seconds lead Barnett had opened . to mere hundreths. Barnett's arch enemy on 125s was on his tail. '" was close, , was touching him at some points, but I hen we started hitting traffic, " said Glover, adding that lappers had slowed him down more than they had Barnett, since he had to contend with riders frozen by Barnett's passes. Gradually. Barnett pulled away again. ultimately crossing the line some five seconds in front of Glover who was still hunched over on his bike minutes after the end of the race. Donnie Cantaloupi followed teammate Glover at the finish line. He had gained on the leaders even while they were blazing around for the lead, but had later settled down for a very cozy third place finish . Only Jeff Ward disturbed the initial group's order as he nipped past Ron Sun for fourth . Frank Stacy, still fresh from his Two-Day wins, came in sixth in front of Ross Pederson, the first Canadian finisher. Pederson had taken the start of the final after having dislocated leg bones put back into place by a specialist in the pits. He is thus taking a serious option on the first Canadian Supercross title to be decided June 7 in Toronto. ' • Results 1. Mark Barnett ISuz); 2. Brae Glove< (Vaml; 3. Donnie Cantaloupi IVam); 4. Jeff Ward IKawl ; 5. Ron Sun IHon); 6. Frank Stacy IKTM) ; 7. Ross Pederson (Yam); 8. Kris Bigelow CYaml; 9. Kirk Bigetow (Yaml: 10. Sammy Raphael IYam); 11. Dennis James (Hon); 12. John Savitsk i IVaml; 13. Frank Lamp Jr IVam); 14. Michael Harnden (C·A); 15. Terry Hoffoss (Vam); 16. Jean Bourret IC·A); 17. Michel Oilier (Yam); 18. AIen Logue (Yam); 19. Pat Moroney (Yam); 20. Oeve Taft IHon); 21. Marion Paquette lKaw ); 22. Duane Skofield (Yam); 23. Randy KingstOn lHon); 24. Kip Bigelow (Yam); 25. Jay Kimber (Yaml. You've ..en It on ABC Wide World of Sports•••• NOW BE THEBE, LIVE! RACING FOR THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ARE TEAM HONDA JAPAN GrWwn Noyce !World C1wmpJ Enp,et Andre Malherbe. Belgl.... ROll- o.c-. BelgIum TEAM YAMAHA JAPAN tt.k... c.rtquIat l2IlIcc World C1wmpl Sweden And.. Vromena. IleIglum TEAM .UZUKI JAPAN J . .n Jec:quea Bruno. Fr.nee Gererd Rond. Hollencl TEAM MAteO GERMANY Gerrlt Wolelnk, Hollencl HIIl'bert SchmItz. Germeny T.penl PlkkIlrelnen. R....nc1 U.ATEAM. BRAD LACKEY. Ke_kl Denny l4IP_. Slmokl Jim Weinert. CllnAm Rex S_n. Veme"" GeyIon Moeler. Kewuekl RIck Ikrgetr. V........ Chuck Sun. Honcle 40 RIDERS TOTAL FROM 10 NATIONSI THE.UPPORT RACE (Its. NIIt1ou1l) Brae GIo_. v........ Kent How"I01~ Suzuki Mlk. Bell. V........ W....n Reid. Keweukl Merk Bwntltt. 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