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(A bo ve) Mark Barnett (1 ). Warren Reid (16) and Kent Howerton (3) lead Sunday's f inal. (left) Broc Glover poin ts out the fast li ne to Barnett, Jeff Ward and Larry Wosick, (Below) Reid finished 5 -7. AMAjWrangler@ Supercross Series: Rounds 2-3 Hansen, Barnett blaze fast tracks in Seattle By Mark Ka riya Photos by Lance Bryson and Ka riya SEATTLE. WA. FEB. 13-14 Supercross fans in the Pacific Northwest were treated to some fantastic racing in the Seattle Kingdome at the Yamaha G o ld Cup 8 Su ercross. H onda 's Donnie Hansen and Suzuki's defending Supercross Series Champion Mark Barnett split wins in the two nights of racing before a total weekend . cro wd of 65,192. Yamaha very nearly bagged the win Saturday ni ght. but th e Yamaha ca m p's cheers turned suddenly to horrified ga sps as Broc Glover, who led from the start, fell a half lap from the ch eckered flag, letting Hansen and his teammate, Darrell Shultz, fly past. Before Glover could get going, his teammate Bob Hannah, cente rpunched him accide n ta lly, stalling his en gine momentarily while Hon da 's J ohnny O'Mara rode past to co m p lete a red , white and blue sweep of th e top three. Barnett led all the way Sunday, but he had to repu lse a charge by Shultz wh o came from th e back to less than a bikelength away from winning, with Honda teammate Jim Gibson claiming th ird. Rock s th at laced the tra ck's dirt seeme d to pla y a prominent pan in knocking people from the running. Barnett lost his chain Saturday when a wa yward rock derailed it. On Sun- day, a rock caught between sprocket and chain, stalling en gine. Gibson's chain came orr temporarily Sunday, bu t somehow found its way back onto the sprockets• a ll owin g him tokeep racing. In addi tion to being fairly rocky (th o ugh not as bad as in past years ), th e tra ck developed deep gr ooves in many co rners. The grooves were often the on ly fast lines which prevented much passing. As Sh ultz said regarding them: "They'd wind a ll the way around from one corner clean to the next corner. You 'd stay in one groove like a slot car. It was hard to keep. both wheels in the groove that long; th ey'd start jumping out, _ " It' s not Harold (Mu rrell, the trac k construction supervisor) - he's doing a heck of a job - it 's a good enough track. It's just that soft of din i gonna groove out like that. So, it makes it kinda bad in the corners fot passing, but on the jumps with all them grooves. it makes it a little bii ea sier; hit the groove and hold th line." Hansen retained his position atop' th e series point standings with 71. However. he now shares it witli Shultz, who won both rounds her e