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AMA 250/500 National
Championship MX Series:
Rounds 6/2
High Point
Raceway
wrangled by
Howerton,
Glover
By Tom Mueller
8
MT. MORIUS. PA. MAY 24
Suzuki's Kent Howerton once again worked his
way past Yamaha's Bob Hannah in another
literal knock-down, drag-out battle on his way
to the 250cc overall, and Yamaha's Broc Glover
made it four wins in four 500cc
motos so far this season in the
Coca' . a /Keystone/Krause. c·
Col
Ra
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mg National MX rounds at HIgh
Point Raceway.
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ft.. h course IS sethanges. A
Slur WIt many e evatlon c
b ack
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k'd
hrough many
off section too n en t
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-camber turns. while the rest of the
track was hard-packed and fast. An
uphill stan took riden through a
sweeping left-hand tum and into some
top section switchbacks before the pack
thinned out
Top rid~n put in only a small
amount of practice as water was still
standing on the course at the time and
most were playing a waiting game to
see where lines would set up. Contenden in the 250cc class were looking at
holding their position in the standings
or maybe edging up a slot before the
series ends. and 500cc riden and mechania were settled into their usua1
duties as mOlt opening round problems
had been sorted out.
spent
