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C\l 00 0") ...... ...... ..... ~ 0- < (Top) Kenny Keylon (41) leads a stellar cast into Lake Whitney's first tum. Larry Wosick (51) was eighth overall. fourth production bike. (Above left) David Bailey demonstrates his way to InIbya cracked right Jeg. (Above right) Donnie Hansen stayed in smooth control to win . O 'Mara were close enou gh to capitalize on mistakes by the ch amp. Ward, Barnell and O 'Mara started lap pin g riders on th e six th la p. . At the mid-rnoto mark, th e order was Barnell. Ward, O 'M ara, Hannah , G ibson, Holland, Kehoe, Denton, Kentucky shoe and qualifier winner Doug j ackson and Whitney promoter 's son j erry Surber, jr. Surber's p iston and cyli n de r g o t a l it t le friendl y, a n d the resu lti ng marriage urped h im to a hal t. The fin al rider into the top 10 was " Ra d ical" Ron T urner. recoverin g fro m a 26th place start. Barnell provided th e drama in the seco nd ha lf of the moto as he got into a tank-slapper-turned -endo in the ro ugh sweeper opposite th e announcin g sta n d. He rem ounted in third. but a stop to stra ig h ten the bars left him fifth . Ward was right th ere to grab the lead an d fin ished wi th a good cushion over O ' Ma ra , Hannah , Gi bso n a nd Barnell. The O 'Sh ow gra nd openi ng was a ho leshot at the drop of th e seco nd gate. Ward o nce again pu t the factory Kaw asaki into seco nd, G ibson was th ird, th en Barnell, H olland and Denton. Hannah hi t the firs t turn in 10th bu t would sta rt th e seco nd lap in seventh. Barn ell used h is nemesis sweeper to put Gibson behind him a n d dispatch ed Ward soo n a fter on th e first la p, a n d it looked lik e th e Bomber was back. The 0 ' Show slip ped in th e ratings whe n Barnell took his acc us tom ed point posit ion on the fourth circuit. Excep t for Turner a nd Su zukimounted Ch ris Heisser moving into th e top 10, positions remained largely the same until the 18th lap when Barnell a nd the sweeper got together again - th e entrance this time letting Ward zip into the lead for a seco n d tim e. If posit ions remained as they were, Ward would take hi s first National wi n. Ward and Barnell ca me out of th e back section with Barney closing a t a n a ma zin g - for anyone else - ra te o f speed. O 'Ma ra came o u t o f th e woods late and didn 't look good. Barn ell recovered all the grou n d he had lost, and when Ward' s Kawasaki swa p ped a bit in a turn, Barnell was by a nd flyin '. Ward fell on the final lap, but lost no positions. He d idn 't feel his win was a Barnell g ift: " I fell in both motos too, but I d id it without losing pl aces." 250cc National From th e moment he let th e clutch fly to the moment he ha nded h is Honda to his mechani c, Ken n y Keylo n saw nothin g but lap ped ri ders. He p u lled a giant h ol esh ot a n d had a 100 foot lead into th e third tu rn. H onda Pro su pport 's Larry Wosick, Roost Fa ct ory' s Carlos Serran o , sou the rn Californ ia hard track specia lis ts J im T arantino on a LOP Honda an d Suzuki su pport rider Clint Hardick , ser ies point leader Rick J ohnson , Yamaha teammates Bro c Gl over a n d SCOll Burnw orth a n d Honda ace Donn ie Hansen rounded ou t the to p 10, On th e third la p , the first three rid ers wer e support riders with Gl over follo win g an d Hansen in seventh . Glover stuffed J ohnson after th e now infa mo us sweeper , but co rni ng o u t of the woods johnson had pased Glover and Wosick. johnson moved into secon d, 12 seconds behind Keylon, but no t catchin g h im . H ansen too k G lover on lap seven, a n d posit ions remained the same until lap 14 whe n j ohnso n swa p pe d into a bank of di rt in a rough back section straight. T he fall , which johnson wo ul d say lat er "too k a lot out of me," drop ped h im to fourt h . At the finish, the or der read Keylon, H ansen , G love r a nd Da vid Ba iley. johnson was fifth . The second rnot o was all Do nni e Hansen; he lived up to h is nickname, po wered away from th e field and was never headed. The race was not a runaway by any means as Glover sta rte d th ird and was on Ha nsen 's fender befor e th e seco nd lap was comp lete. At th e sta rt, H ansen was shadowed by Tarantino, Glover, Ste ve Martin, Keylon, Bailey and local Dan Conwa y. Bro c moved into seco nd, five seco nds off o f Hansen's pace. Keylon seemed to catch fire temporarily and shot past about four riders in one la p to take third, but the first moto had taken its toll, a n d h e eventually faded to eigh th a t the flag. ' T m j ust starti ng to get o n a serious trai ni ng program ," he said. " It's not goi n g to hap pen overn ig ht ." Six tee n minut es into th e race , G lover made th e first of hi s ser ious charges a t H ansen , but the Ho nd a ri der hun g to ugh, riding ex treme ly smooth ly and using his bi ke's hea lthy kick ou t of the deep loam corners. From th e 35-mi n u te mark, Gl over stayed wi th in a second of H ansen whi le the crowd swayed like th e tide from fence to fen ce. Glover charged the last few laps and came within mere feet of Hansen 's fender in the last turn but to no avai l. Hansen took a well deserved win fol lowed by Glover, Bailey, Martin and Johnson. Glover's second gave him th e unofficial points lead by one point. Hansen wa s h is usual reserv ed self sayin g only th a t "We chan ged • tires; it seemed to help." Results 125 NATIONAL: 1. Jeff Word (Kow ) 1-2; 2. Mork Bornon lSuz } 5·1 ; 3. J im Gibson (honl 4- 3; 4 . Bob Honnoh (Yom) 3-5 ; 5. Georgo Hollond ISuz 6-4; 6. Gory Donton (Suz) B-6; 7. Erik Kohoe (Yom) 7-7 ; 8. Ron Turnor (Honl l 0-9; 9. Doug Jockson (Yom) 9· 10; 10. Johnny O'Moro (Honl 2 -DNF; 11. Miko Boior (Yom) 12-14; 12. Chris Hoi...r ISuzj 32 ·B; 13. Miko Preston (Kowl 14- 15; 14. Gory Dirck s (SuzI 13-1 6; 15 . oaoncatos {Hon I 17· 13; 16. Rogor Honsley (Hon) 26-11 ; 17. Kyle Landrum (Kow ) 11· 3 2; ts. Dovid W ook (Suz) DNF-l 2; 19. Troy. Bleko (Yom) 16-17; 20. Tim Butlor (Yom) 15·29. 2 50 NATIONAL: 1. Don n io Honsen (HonI 2- 1; 2. Brae Glo""r IYom) 3-2 ; 3. Dovid Boiloy (Hon) 4·3; 4 . Kenny Koylon (Honll -8; 5. RidtJohns on (Yom) 5·5; 6. Ste ve M anin (Ho n) 9 -4 ; 7. J im T.rentino tHon ) B-7 ; B. Larry Wo sick (Hanl 6-9; 9. Ross P_rson (Suzl l 0 ·6; 10. Don Conway (Kow) 12·10; 11. Clint Hordick (Suzl 16- 12; 12. Scott Burnworth (Yom) 7-2 5; 13. Do"" Holl is (Suz) 13·17; 14. Tom Bonal kin (Kow); DNF- l 1; 15. W orron Roid (Su z) 14-1 B; 16. Donn y Bontley (Suz) I1 · DNF; 17. Bill Lilos (KowI 26· 13; l B. Mork Rokostrow (Yom)21 · 14; 19. J immy Bonolkin (Kow) 25 · 15; 20 . Bobby Hondy (Hon) 20- 16. AMA 125 NATIONAL MX CHAMPIONSHIP SER· IES POINT STAND INGS : 1. Mark 80rnott (1351; 2. Jo ff Word 11 19); 3. Johnny O'Moro (112); 4. Bob Honnoh (9B); 5. George Hollond (96); 6. J im Gibson (9 11 7. Gory Denton (7 3 1; 8. Erik Kohoe PO); 9. Ron ; Tumor (63); 10. Troy Bleko(46I; 11. Chris Hoissor (440: 12. Miko Proston (3B); 13 . Miko Boior (33); 14. Kylo Landrum (291; 15. Deon Cotos (2 7); 16. (TIE) Gory Dircks /Jeff Surwoll /Russ Wogoman/Doug Jackson (23 ); 20. Don Tumor (21 ). AMA 250 NATIONAL MX CHAMPIONSHIP SER· IES POINT STANDINGS: 1. 8rae Glover (118); 2. RidtJohnson (1171; 3. Donn io Honsen(951; 4. Scott Burnworth (90); 5. mEl Warren Reid /Kenny Key Ion (891 7. LarryWosick (85 ); 8. Jim Toron t ino (7B); ; 9. Sto"" Martin ( 76 ~ 10. Donny Bondoy (66 1 11 . ; Kr is Bigelow (4B); 12. Tomm y aonolkin (4 6); 13. Clin t Hardick (43); 14 . Ross Pederson (42~ 15 . Dovid Boilev I3B ); 16 . Billy UI .. (2 9); 17 . Don Conwoy (20~ 18. Joff Jennings {1 9~ 19. (TIE) Rodney Smi th / J uon Bonovidez (1BI. II