h a 2: If> lap tim~ on th~ National
iber traclt.
glund and Grossi l1~w past
luti and began a rac~ long duel for
number two fmishing position and
overall win. Th~ two ridas trad~d
es sev~ral times throughout th~
o and with on~ lap rnnaining,
pund ma~ his try from third. "I
th~ track becaUJe it was kinda
ky so whm I kn~ I had to pass
. for tbe win I thought to myself,
is it! and I just ~t for it!"
und's des~ration pass clinch~
overall victory for th~ young rid~r
Colorado. Statm wmt hom~
s«ond plac~ follow~ by Grossi,
mna and Hi~~r.
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Pro
rid~r Jon Nelson nail~
first 12f>cc moto holeshot
h Honda t~amst~r Johnny O'Mara
dwich~d bttw~ th~ Yamahas of
il Larson and Erik K~h~. N~lson
dn't hold th~ pac~ and O'Mara
t into th~ l~ad tail~d by Larson.
nny Chandl~r mov~ his support
~ Suzuki Float~r into third on lap
amaha
th~
'Mara put a saf~ distanc~ bttw~n
self and Larson befor~ Chandl~r
abl~ to mov~ into second on lap
. Action was fast and furious
h~r downfield as Suzuki's Ron
tt and Honda's Jim Gibson
tl~ whil~ working up from poor
ns.
Halfway through th~ moto Tum~r
v~ into fourth with Gibson fifth.
dltt began to clO8t' on O'Mara,
ining two seconds a lap and moving
o striking distanc~ with two laps
aining. Tum~r and Gibson finally
rit~ past a stubborn Larson just as
dl~r bail~.
agoo r~ount~ JUSt as Tum~r
past and Chandl~ wmt ~ k
to r~ain second som~wh~u in
final four turns but ov~rshot th~
uh com~r and I~t Gibson slip into
rd.
Nelson prov~ the first moto was no
~ as be again I~d th~ pack through
first tum. By lap two, how~v~r,
lson was fading and Gibson had
~n ov~r th~ I~ad follow~ by
andl~r,
Scott Burnworth and
rson. Gibson ~m~ to hav~ th~
~ w~lI in hand until losing his front
~I traction in th~ tum on~ sw~e~r
Chandl~r danc~ past whil~
son rnnount~. Magno w~nt on to
~ the chKk~rs and th~ top points
th~ day.
urn~r work~ up to fourth plac~
~ a bad first lap and ~nd~ th~ day
third ov~rall behind Gibson.
aha's Scott Burnworth pic~ up
nh ah~ad of Larson and O'Mara,
could only work up to 10th in th~
and moto aft~r bailing in th~ early
ng.
hhough Glov~r has clinch~ th~
cc titl~, th~ f>OO and 12f>cc clasae
still undKi~ as th~ 1981 DG
dm Stat~ Smes h~ads for th~ fmal
nd n~xt w~k at Saddl~back Park._
suits
JR: 1. Dully Mitchell ISuzl; 2. _
M_
,3. Greg G<-.Iaw.
INT: 1. Ed Slirbr caw: 2. 1: 3. Ed Smith lMell
MASTER: 1. AlIn 0II0n lMoi); 2. Rocl
