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Cycle News 1980 07 30

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; • ~ III t 0 00 O"l ~ T ~ 0 C(") >- ~ ....., No matterwhich way theyturned, the full 15 seconds ahead ofhisnearest comcompetition could only watch as Team .petitor. BACKWARDS. Yamaha's Broc Glover ran circles around . OnSunday, everybody lined upinthe other themin the Superbowl ofMotocross IX. direction (clockwise) for thesecond SuperGoing counter-clockwise around the bowl race. Glover gassed his yz into the course one night and clockwise the next, holeshot ofthe first qualifier and ended.up Glover's first-ever appearances inthews finishing second, Of course, it's nothard AngelesColiseum were virtuoso perfor- . toguess who gotbyhim towin the moto: . mances. FORWARDs. Mike Bell. . On Saturday,Broc gothisJim Felt-tuned Bracwasnotabout toeat anyone's YZ Monoshocker offtoa fast start. And dustin the main. After grabbing the holekept getting faster. shotagain, he double-jumped some ofthe In hisqualifier; he diced with teammate whoop-de-doos tolengthen hisleadand Mike Bell for most ofthe race, ending up run away with yet another win. Said Broc before the Superbowl races: a close second. _:~_:;::..:~_ The main event wasa different story. "I've never ridden oneoftheseandIthought ..:' ~::;:~-:-:-::::=-.-. Glover blasted into the lead onthe first . it'd be kinda nice todowell" ~.:~ . .....---::=.:5::;.-··· .... hard left tum and then spent 201aps ., Indeed he did.The back-to-back wins ::..:::~~:=-7.::::stretching it out. gave Glover threeSupercross victories and . ... -.:-._When the checkered catapulted him upto fifth in.thepoint -?~'-' ~::~=:~.. flag finally endedwhat standings. '.:;::.: ~-:-?~~_ little suspensewas And thats more than kinda nice. Its ..::.. -'::::" :;;.:~:::..",;. ' left, Brac was a kinda spectacular. --- -~ ._ _- : --~: .. .~::;.~~~~ ......~=.. . ._. ~'J1W'. ~~ YAMAHA When you know how they're built. '_::::'::':::;~ _-. ::: .. . ... -.._ ....:::::::...:"_-;.::: . ......:.. . ~. ~~~f!~ .. ;,...:...--..:: . ._- :.:~ ~': .:: ~- .... ._ -~ - ~ . :~~::=.::::-:::::.::.;:.~ ~ 21:=...• ........... . .;• ..::...- ~ -:~.::::.:::.:.: :: ::=r:- ~.7.::::::~~ :.= _ . 3

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