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(Top) Darrell Shultz takes the high line in moto one leaving Goat Breker (31), Jeff Ward (42);Alan King (33) and Brad Lackey (6) fighting inside. Danny
Chandler (34) is near the middle. (Above left) Broc Glover (6) hangs on by" thread over Rick Johnson in the 260s. (Abo~e right) Belgian Andre Vromans.
SOOcc World Motocross Championship
Series: RoundS
.
C'handlerthe champ
at Carlsbad
By Mark Kariya
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Photos by Tom Mueller and Kariya
CARLSBAD, CA, J UNE 20
Despite a couple of crashes late in the second
mota, Danny "Magoo" Chandler held on to
score a 1-5 day on his Steve Carter-tuned
. works Honda and emerged with his first
6
major victory - the Datsun
u.s. Grand Prix of Motocross
at Carlsbad Raceway.
I
Suzuki teammates Brad
Lackey and Anl!re Vromans carded
3·3 and 4·;? moto finishes, respec-
won th e second moto af ter sixth in
moto one.
Lackey's 20 points on the day leaped
h im farther away from Honda's Andre
Malherbe, 146· 121, whose season was
cut short today due to a broken lower
right leg su£fered in a first moto crash
while running 10th. Vromans moved
to second in th e standings wi th 124.
Unlike USGPs of the past at Carlsbad, the weather was unseasonably
European - cloudy and cool all day
which kept the majority of the track
muddy or wet. 1980 USGP winner
Marty Moates, who went scoreless .
after crashing heavil y in the final
morriing practice, predicted before
the ra ce, "I think an American's
going to win. I'm glad it's like this
today because now the Europeans
aren 't going to have any excuses."
tivel y, with Chandler taking the win
and Lacke y being awarded the
runner-up laurels due to raster cornbined times for both motos, I£ scored
strictly by AMA standards of points
260cc Support
per rnoto, the finishing order would
In the first Support moto, Yarnahave been Vromans, Lackey and
ha's Scott Burnworth wrestled his
Chandler after a three-way tie for
bike through the first turn and into
first.
the lead with Suzuki's George HolHowever, i£ FIM points had been
land, Yamaha teammate Broc Glover
used to break the tie instead of time,
and Honda's Jim Gibson close beChandler would have been the winner
hind.
with 21, and there would have been a
Glover quickly moved to second
three-way tie for second at 20 with
and closed to within a couple seconds
Lackey coming out on top over Vromans -and Yamaha's l,\f;ik(! Bell, who • .- .Qf : ~~r~ w.orth,. but he .co.uJ4J1 ' ~ get
