Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

.... 00 .... 0') Gom 8rek. cerwd ilia way to 4-2 twahea for·NCOfId overeII. He Ie now third In the &OOcc point atIIndinga. straight to take advantage of Hannah's lack of poWer for sixth. HanIen and Bailey finished 8-9. Hansen putting·in a F ride th.rouJh the field and Bailey contending WIth a thrown chain late in the race. "We jut both got in the same line and that was it." said Howerton as Suzuki team manager Larry Griffts looked at some minor abrasions Kent had sustained in the crash. &OQcc Nlltional 10 Sun and Glover took the fint moto lead off the gate and began challenging each other. Bell was buried mid· pack, and Shultz was headed for the pits before a lap had gone by. Suzuki's Marty Smith, Brem. Maico's Mickey Kesaler, Yamaha Pro Support rider Kenny Keylon and Honda) Danny LaPone folloWed. Dust was a problem for aU but the front runnen as Sun held Glover at bay lap after lap. As the leaden encountered lapped riden, Breker and LaPorte moved up and the top four ran in a 10·yard stretch. It was anyone's gueu who would win. Smith was fifth and- Kesaler saw his stable sixth go away when his rear backing plate broke. . After mid-race·the leaders separated and Glover took Sun while LaPone palled Brelter. Smith was f~ding. and Bell was driving hard. now up to sixth. Husky rider Bill Grosai w~ leading a dice between Bettencoun Honda rider Jim Ellis and Maico's Alan King. who had come from last. Glover took the win with 20 yards on sun. LaPone and Breker were safe in third and fourth, and Smith struggled without goggles to edge Bell for fifth. The pair bashed acrOll the finish line inches apan. GrOlli, King and Ellis trailed. "I got the holeshot and got stupid," said a dejected Shultz. "I looked back in the third turn and my front end washed. Then I bulldogged it into some tires. I got going about lath and someone used my leg for a tree - they tried to climb itl That time my grip and clutch lever got torn off." Breker, LaPone, Glover and Sun led moto two. Some unexpected braking bumps into a downhill turn, surprised Sun when hiS rear .end kicked and sent him through the air. He was thrown clear of the pack, but Chuck got up and ran into traffic to try and retrieve his bike. A few laps into the race it was Breker, Glover and' King pulling LaPorte and Bell. LOP's Marty Moates crashed in the mechanics' straight, and when he picked his bike up the clutch lever slipped out of his hand and the bike sho.t acrOll the track. LaPone pulled out' in the mechanics' area with rear wheel problems and was out of the top 20. . Glover took a few laps to check out the coune and then took Breker to lead. King and Bell went at it for a number of laps before Mike finally saw a route by. Shultz was back on a fast pace and was battling with Ellis for fifth. Glover was. using a precise style where he took every jump and corner exactly the same lap after lap. lie soon had half a minute on Breker and took pit signals from Jon Rosenstiel to cruise. Bell faltered and King regained third. The pair are similar in build, both tall, and were using body English to obtain traction. Bell finally used his experience to move back into third for good. It was Glover with an easy, win and wheelie for the crowd at the finish. Breker, Bell, and then Shultz came acrOll, Darrell getting King on the last lap. Ellis, a pushing Sun and Smith were 6·7·8. "The 125s got old after a while, but the 5001 sure aren't any easier to ride" said Glover. "I was running a shorter swingarm than I should have, and it made the bike wheelie more than I wanted it to." "I was leading, but I fell and stuck the ban in my ribs and knocked the wind out of myself," said Breker. "But I'm not one for excuses. Broc would have'r>tten !De anyway; he's just faster. . "I wasn't getting tired," said King, "I just felt like I was' going to crash. Mike has a few yean experience on me anyway." Three-time 250cc National Cham· pion Tony DeiStefano staned to get . . '- his new Maico sorted out and planted himself into 12th by the finish. "It's finally starting to feel right, the sus· pension is staning to work. It takes months to prepare for the Nationals, and we had about a week." • Results 250cc NATIONAL: 1. Kent _ (Suzl 1·1; 2. W...., Reid lK.wI 3-;1; 3. RicIt Ilurgett lYomI 5-2; 4. Domie _ (Han) 2-9; 5. Krio IIigolow lYom) 7-4; 8. Bob Honnoh lYomI4-7; 7. S_ _ (Suzl H; 8. Devid ~ (K.wj8-10; 9. Ron T....·(SuzlI2-6; 10. o..._lYom) 1~; 11. Jeff HickolYomI 11-12; 12. Eric Eeton (Mail 15-11: 13. c.IoI lMoiII3-14; 14. Gory Semico (Suzl9-"; 15. Andy St8CY (KTMII813; 18. Jo Jo ~ 1Suzl14-2O; 17. W_1loyor (Suzl 20-15; 18. Mike Twigg lYomI 16-19; 19. J8If EIIono lHonII9-17; 20. Dorek Wedding (Huo) "'18. 500cc NATIONAL: 1. Il

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