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The Ieat tum of the tlntt 600cc moto went like this. Broc Glover (61 went a bit wide for e lappar and Chuck Sun 111 went underneath for the moto win. I was necessary to run qualifiers in both torville (CA) Suzuki rider Andy Jeffer. said, 'No, take it easy.' ") for the rest on the ground stunned for a moment, classes. In the 2505, l!l riders from son and Husky,backed Steve Rhyan of the race. Wise plugged himself into then got up and limped toward his each qualifier and seven from the filled out the top five. fourth but could not catch Howerton. bike as first Howerton and then Turner consy would transfer while in the 5OOs, Honda·mounted Boo Stichter from Moto-X Fox's David Bailey had zipped past. He righted the machine, it was 12 and seven. Each race was 10 Thornton, CO, gave the hometown been running a strong and spectacular pointed it downhill and bumped it to minutes long, equaling four laps on crowd reason to cheer in the second fifth for a while, but the frame on his life again to resume the chase, but it this track. qualifier as he jetted into the lead and works Kawasaki gave way and snapped seemed that the race was over for him Gold Coast Yamaha rider Keith flew, On the white flag lap, though, so he parked it, at that point. Oelerich and Yamaha support rider cheers turned to moans as he lost the Carlos Serrano had the crowd wowed However, Hannah was determined Dave Hollis led off the first 250cc chain and his lead. with his high.flying leaps off one slight· to finish as best he could and with fire qualifier, By the end of the first lap, Stichter wasn't through, yet. He Iy downhill jump that carried him in his eyes, regained third the next however, Team Honda's Steve Wise, quickly replaced the thrown chain, nearly to the start of the next rise and time around. He began closing on Hanwho got a mid· pack start, had zapped restarted and took off :jfter new leader right-hand bend. He got around Hollis sen again, who had been passed by Oelerich for the lead and kept it easily Kevin Davis. Amazingly, Stichter about halfway through the moto when Howerton shortly before the !lO·minute to the checkered. caught up to the Maico West pilot and Latimer Linn Suzuki rider Rusty point, and the two locked into a backThe second qualifier saw Maicos got around him !n the final section of Latimer fell going into the last turn and-forth struggle that was finally regrab the top three spots off the start the track before the finish. Unforand blocked Hollis' path. Serrano solved when Hannah went by for good with Dave Coupe leading Carlos Serrano tunately, he slipped a bit wide in the earned flfth with HoUissixth. with about 10 minute left. By that and Eric Eaton. Serrano fell on lap final comer, a sharp left, allowing Rounding out the top 10 were time, though, Howerton was out of one but didn't give up and charged Davis to slip past for the win. MaicoOelerich, Suzuki riders Ron Turner reach, even though it would have right through to pick up the lead on mounted Tony Di$tefano and Kawasaki and Wayne Boyer and Yamaha-mountmade no difference in the standings if the final lap followed by Eaton and rider Robert Reisinger trailed them in. ed Kris Bigelow, Hannah had passed him. Coupe, Michael O'Driscoll on his Utah Sport Hansen got the holeshot in the secAfter working his way up through Keystone Yamaha rider Jeff Hicks Cycle Husky had little problem in ond moto with Howerton, Hannah the pack, Wise was busy holding off took the consy by a comfortable margin wrapping up the consy. Bill Stork and and Bigelow right behind him. Hannah Turner during the middle of the moto, with Honda-mounted Terry Hobbs Maico's Mark Hutcheson ran 2-!l. forced his way past Hansen to lead at then gradually started to pull away. holding the runner-up slot. the end of a lap over Howerton, Turner However, Wise's rear fender had Local favorite Arlo Englund must 250cc National and Bigelow. broken off and as he came off one big have had one of the largest cheering Howerton led the field through the As in the first moto, Hansen stayed jump, he found himself positioned too sections at the track as hundreds of first lap of moto one with Hansen, a with Hannah and near the 10·minute far to the rear. As a result, he got hand-held "Go Arlo" signs had been charging Hannah and Dave Hollis givmark, with rain starting to fall, he got "sucked .. , right underneath the fender. printed and handed out, He didn't dising chase. Things remained the same a wheel in front of the Hurricane. I thought I. was going right through appoint them as he charged his Yamaha up front until lap three when Hannah Hannah tried to come back, though there," he said later. support ride into the lead when the gate successfully put a move on Hansen for perhaps a bit too soon. Wise slowed dramatically and when dropped for the first 500cc qualifier second. Hansen continued to hound As they turned down a short, bumpy he came to the signal area, he fell off and didn't back off until he gOt the Hannah the rest of the moto but to no section leading to the last comer, Hanthe bike writhing in pain, a black tire checkered. Kenny Keylon, also on the avail. nah tried to get his front end undermark rubbed quarely over the leathers Yamaha support program, got second A lap later, Howerton fell back to neath Hansen. Instead, he made con· covering his rear. 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