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ao a') !Topl The first moto find. Mark Bernett lllludIng Merty Smith 1111. Broc Glover 181. Donnie He...n 1211. SCott Burnworth (32) end Johnny O·Me,. (40). IAbove left) Merty Smith wu fourth OVtlI1II.lAbove right) Denny Chendler 13141 took the Support de•• over Jimmy Ell.. 1301. AMA Trans-USA MX Series: Round four Glover guns 'em down at-Rio Bravo By Dale J5rown Photos by Karel Kr~mer and Brown HOUSTON, TX, OCT. 11 Yamaha's Broc Glover moved closer to his second MX title of the year with a pair of moto wins at the penultimate round of the TransUSA MX Series held at Rio Bravo Motocross Park. With one round to go, Glover leads points runner-up Darrell I Shultz (a by 29, 171-142. Mike 3-2 second overall on the day) Bell, who was plagued by bad starts all day, finished fifth and is three points aft of Shultz. "Last year it (the Trans-USA title) escaped from me and this year I don't want it to," said Glover. ''I'm going to get it this year. I'm definitely trying extra hard." Behind Glover and Shultz in the overall standings were Mark Barnett, who spent a good deal of time dicing with Glover for the lead, and Barnett's Suzuki teammate, Many Smith. Smitty turned in an outstanding first moto effort, staying with Glover all the way, and overcame an indifferent second moto start to put together a 2-7 start. Bell rounded out the top five with a 56 tally. In Support class action, Danny "Magoo" Chandler won both motos on his LOP Honda CR480R to clinch the series title with one round remaining. In grabbing the title, Chandler led a Honda sweep of the first six places. The Trans-USA Series returned to Rio Bravo for the first time since 1975, when Jimmy Weinert finally broke the European domination of the series' early years, and turned in the first overall win taken by an American. The sand/loam track is very fast, but in virtually every comer there was only one good line, and getting up towards the front after a bad stan was exceedingly difficult. 250cc The "Bridgeview Bomber," Barnett pulled the 56 rider starting field to the first tum, with Marty Smith and Honda's Donnie Hansen closest to him. A few turns later and Barnett was starting to pull a lead on Smith, Glover, Hansen, Yamaha's Scott Burnworth, Suzuki's Denny Bentley, Honda'sJohnny O'Mara and Yamaha's Bob Hannah. Barnett was definitely on the gas in the early laps, opening up a couple of seconds on the tight Smith/Glover/ Hansen trio. On lap five the trio changed as Glover squeezed past Smith and Hansen fell, dropping back to about 10th. At the one-third marker, Barnett had five seconds on Glover and Smith. Bentley ran fourth in front ofO'Mara, Darrell Shultz, Honda's Jim Gibson, Yamaha's Mike Bell, Hansen, Burnworth and Hannah. Shortly after the one-third mark, race, Barnett's lead started withering and Glover and Smith were on his exhaust pipe. Though Barnett succeeded in holding the two off through the 10th of 25 laps, the Suzuki's pilot's forearms were pumping up and becoming tired. On lap 11 Glover took the lead. Smith followed Glover's example three laps later, and the top two positions were set, although it was anyone's race right to the checkered flag.