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Belgian Ivan van den Broeck on a faao;ry single·shock Maico and Suzuki·mounted Many Moates behind. Malherbe moved in behind Moates by the end of the lap, leaving van den Broeck to fend off Tripes and Sun. Autrian KTM rider Georg Reiter and Bell were nest. Glover languished in back of the pack after a couple of incidents. "Maybe halfway into the lap, two or three of us went down t~er. I think it was (Suzuki faaory ridrr Jean Jacques) Bruno or somebody. I liaISed him, then I think he benerked It back around. He tried to go back around, but there was no way. When he hit the bank, he shot off the side of it. I had my bike stuck in his bike," said a dejected Glover. Shulu continued to style out front and gift the crowd a reason to cheer. For "Shu," it was the only bright spot of the weekend. He hit a pole in practice the day before and cut his rifPIt hand, making it painful to even slip his glove on. However, his ride came to an end after the halfway point when he bailed. "I just got sideways cominJ out of a really fast comer and by the ume I got it under control, I was headed straight toward the fence, and I mowed down a few people," he said. "Nobody was hun, though; I couldn't believe it! They got up and said, 'Get goinT" Malherbe took over at that point over Sun (who came from sixth on the opening lap), Lackey, LaPone and Bell. Sun had mechanic Eric Crippa change the bike a bit between motOl which made a world of difference. 'lust minute damping changes in the front and the rear made it a different motorcycle in the.second mota. I could tell the first two laps, I could feel it .. 'Yup, this is it; I'm gonna be able to compete in this race.' " He dOled. on' Malherbe, stalked him for several laps, then went by to win easily, cheered on by the sun·drenched southern California crowd. Lackey held steady in third to the end over LaPone, Bell, a duelil1J Noyce and Wolsink then CarlqVlSt. "Carla'" apparently suffered shock failure from lap four or five and when he pulled into his pit area, complained of lower back paiN. "I can't Itllnd up'" As he showed his taped and bleeding left hand to a mechanic, he exlaimed, "I'm just tore up'" KTM's Gerard Rand from Holland and Husky's Steve Rhyan rounded out the top 10. Glover came through for 11th while 12th went to Moates who suffered a sprained ankle in the first turn, then had to pull into the mechanics' area to cut a snagging &ont brake cable which had been plaguing him. Tripes was 15th, perhaps reflecting the luck of his weekend. Practice the day before netted him a seized engine and broken gearbox. • Join the high performance team ... LJ~illUYiJ DARREL SHULTZ RICHARD COON WAYNE BOYER NOT PICTURED: WARREN REID· STEVE WISE Carrera goggles with exclusive HYPER-SOFT@> FOAM. CAJlllERA INT_llONAL CORPOllATION NORWOOD. NEW JERSlY 07/>&8 Results !iOOa: INTERNATIONAl: 1. ChucI< Sun tHaN 6-1; 2. IIo8d L&by lSuzll-3: 3........ No¥<» ltalI H; 4. _ e.tqIriot lY....12..; 5. Gorrtt _ltalI4-7; I. InIc GIcMr lYomIl-l1; 7. (Hartl ...; I . " BoIlYomI"; 9. S - ~ lHuoll4-10; 10. ... S_lSuzlll-18; 11. Alto EnaIund lYomIl6-18; 12. MiI:Uy ~ t~ 1.20: 13. iIIIl GroooIlHuol1719; 14. ltalI37·2; 15. Tony DIS-.. lMoll 1.21; 11. Tim KJough IHanI 1&-22; 17. Morty SmIlh lSuzl 7-37; 11. Gorerd Ilond IKTMl 37..; 19. Conny e.tooon lHuol 10-37; 20. Georg _ IKTMl 12-37. 2I5Occ SUPPORT: 1. DorwW - . ltalI 2·1; 2. Jahn cr-. CHartl 1·2; 3. Jim 01-. (Hartl 3-3; 4. s-t _ lYomI f.4; 5. lMJy W_ (Suzl 4-8; 8. Ron T..- (Suzl 7-6; 7. W_ Boyer lSuzl 8-7; 8. Jim Tnnlino tHonI12..; 9 o..tcI Teylor lYomIl~10; 10. Troy .... (HuIl ..14; 11. c.Ioo s....no (M.O 6-18; 12. Rondy looh (YomI 14-12; 13. ~ Mct."•• lYomIl6-13; 14. Crolg Garmloy lYomIl3-15; 15. Tom . . - CK8wl 2f.9; 11. Tim Lunde lYomI 311; 17. Doug McRoo lYomI 1.18; 11. CInt _ lSuzl 1128; 19. S - WIIIIomo lYomI 317; 20. 0.. elHonII7-28. !iOOa: WORI.D CHAMPIONSHIP MX POINT STANDINGS: 1. (13lll; 2. ....... Noyco "251; 3. _ e.tqIriot 184l; 4. _ _ . : 5. -l.&b¥ CtI4I; I. J " _ V_I52I; 7. Gorerd Ilond l4lII; 8. T C34l: 9. Georg Roitor 1271. o.mv ....... 9