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l c-r , (X) 0") close enough to pass, and Bu rn wort h made no gross errors during the 20minute plus two lap moto. Gibson ran past Holland and into third on the second tour of the track while Suzuki's Warren Reid moved into fourth to stay about eight minutes into the race . Reid felt heavy pressure on the last lap from Yamaha's Rick Johnson who fell in a large waterhole on the second lap while in seventh. He dropped two places and lots of ground but made it back and more. Holland finished a short distance ahead of Honda's David Bailey, Team Montoya Suzuki rider Robert Reisinger, Moore &: Sons Husky-mounted Phil Oveland and factory Husky rider Kris Bigelow. , Glover got the holeshot in the second moto ahead of Gibson, Reid and Bailey. The order at the end of the first lap read Glover, Gibson, Bailey, Burnworth and Johnson as Reid fell back to seventh. Gibson hounded Glover for the entire moto, never cutting him any slack or allowing a moment's rest. Moving quickly forward, though, was Johnson who advanced to third before three laps were completed. Johnson passed Gibson with about five minutes to go before the two-lap board went out, then he edged up 10 Glover's right side and ducked underneath in a horsehoe turn for the lead. From there, he sailed clear of challengers, throwing -a victory fist in the air off the final dropoH before the checkers. Glover held off Gibson for second toearn the overall win. Reid plugged himself into fourth followed by Burnworth, Bailey, Holland, Apache H onda's Timbo Richardson, Bigelow and Oveland. 600cc Internation al Americans filled the topIive spots after the morning's timed practice. Kawasaki's Jeff Ward, a 125cc National competitor who opted to ride the 500cc USG P instead of the 250cc GP at Unadilla since there-witl be no 125cc USGP this year, demonstrated his versatility and speed by posting the- fast time of 2:20.139. Lackey was the only o ther rider to officially break into the 20s with his 2:20.833. Mike Bell was the lo ne rider with a 2:21 while Honda's Darrell Sh ultzled a host of riders in the 23s with his 2:23.071. Magoo was a few fractions slower, then came Belgian Andre Vrornans, factory Yamaha rider Neil Hudson from Great Britain, defending two-time World 500cc Champ Malherbe, Kawasaki's Goat Breker , and defending USGP winner Chuck Sun on his works Honda. When the gate dropped for the first moto, Shultz was away the quickest with Ward and Lackey in tow . Lackey was in second by the end of the lap ahead of Chandler while Breker had slipped past Ward for fourth . Suzuki's Alan King held sixth ahead of Vromans, KTM 's jaak'van Velthoven, Malherbe and Hudson. Magoo rode around Lackey in the "Rattlesnake Gulch" area the second time around and passed Shultz for the lead a short time later. After that, he seemed 10 crank it up a littlemore 'as he pulled away from the pack to lead by as much as 27 seconds at one point while the crowd cheered and waved him on. " , ~a l herbe 's day, hopes of sucessfully earning a third successive world title and season ended near the 20minute mark when he lost it in the waterhole after the horseshoe. Severallarge whoops and slick mud made it a tricky section to negotiate, and the Belgian ate it with theworks Honda landing on tOP of him, then bouncing off further down the track. Malherbe immediately clutched his right leg as trackside workers ran to aid him. Medics later applied a splint to the leg before carrying him on a stretcher and to the hospital Ward ran into problems when he fell with about 15 minutes left 10 go in the race. " I picked my bike up, and they couldn't really see where I was laying down, and Shultz knocked me backdown;" Ward explained later. , , ' (Top) Scott Burnworth (1 9 ), George Holland (4 4 ), Jim Gibson (8) and David Bailey lead early in 250cc moto one, Johnson (2 2) is behind Bailey wh ile Glover 's number plate is behind Holland, (Above) 500cc runner-up Lackey. >'1 got up again, and Lackey ran over my legs ana knocked me down. So by , the time I got up and had kicked my bike over twice, my grips were all muddy so it took me a while to get going." Ward's downtime put him back to 'si x th behind Chandler, Shultz, Lackey, King and Vromans. Ward's day came to a painful end on the final lap , though. "On the last lap on the downhill, I missed my -brake and went over that berm at the bottom and through the fence, " he said. "I just got stabbed by a fence post and hurt my side. " After being offered beer and water by spectators, Ward removed his helmet and jersey and motored slowly to take the checkered £lag 17th. Vromans went around King for fourth place while Bell got sixth. 7