Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

(Left) Bob Hannah looked great on his new Honda ride . (Above) Johnny O'Mara leads Danny Chandler (2 2), Rick Johnson (8) and Kenny Keylon (19). (Below right) Broc Glover (61 lost his race here, the rockers, where he leads Phil Larson and O'Mara. Larson (26) put in an outstanding stadium ride. (Below left) Magoo and Johnson. danger in th e lat e laps, but Johnson 's fam ous late race charge ca u gh t the " O'S how" unaware a n d J ohnson gra bbed second a nd aimed for Chandler. T h e duel went down to an admirab le do uble cross- u p on th e final ju mp and Chandler 's win . . Suzuki fac tory bike pi lot Scott Burn wort h led th e last cha nce qual ifier from start to finish . Steve Martin held seco nd till th e last lap, wh en Lo cey o u t-berserked him in th e rockers. Locey took th e last transfer. Final A tr a ck maint en a n ce work e r cha nge d th e face o f a jump in th e sand pi t, a nd poss ibly th e face of th e ra ce. A H o nd a trio o f Chand ler , Larso n an d Bailey swe p t th rough the first tu rn to lead . G love r took third from Ba iley ove r a j um p on th e far side of th e trac k, before th e sa nd pi t, , ' 'The fare a'fl'the ls'iIh d pH jump Mis a wa ll- li ke lip as Chandl er h it it. Ma goo went down , injuring h is kn ee a nd J ohnson a lso bailed, break ing hi s co lla rbo ne. Several others went do wn , but got going. Gl over had a good lead over Bail ey, Larson. H owerton , Cantaloupi, Barnett, Myerscough and O 'Mara. Gl over got a good lead an d it loo ked like San Diego a ll o ver agai n. However, Ba iley sta rted a charge, bu t go t th e lead wh en Gl over a lmos t went over the bar s in th e roc kers. H e hung on to the ba rs, ran a lo ngside at race spe ed for 40 feet or so an d h opped back on in seco n d to reso u n ding chee rs from th e crowd , . H ow ert on began to p ressure Larso n a n d hold o ff Ca nta lo u pi as firs t O 'Mara and then H annah in terr u p ted hi s effort on their wa y to th e front . H annah go t h ung up behind H o werton for a few laps, but stuck a wheel \ run de\- Hitrl in 'at t\m 'l theh back ed off, went lo w a nd pow ered past. Bailey was untouch abl e. adding two seco nds a lap to hi s lead. G lover seeme d sa fe in seco nd as late as 18 laps into the fina l. O 'Mara managed to mo ve close to th e leaders, bu t but H annah broke into fourth to find th at La rson a nd H o werton ha d cos t h im too much time. H ow ert on got back to the bu sin ess o f putting La rson a way. He ca me o ff . o f Miller Mountain wid e an d slow, cu t insi de an d powered away for a textboo k pass. Clean and p re tty. Canta loupi was sixth a hea d o f Gibson. It look ed like th e O 'Sh ow would fall short, but so me th ing slo we d G lover in th e final turn a nd J ohnn y gra bbed seco nd , O' Mara said after kissin g Miss Mi ller ," 1 had to work m y butt off ! I couldn ' t believe it w he n I saw I was in third ." Gl over laid the bla me for 'h is ~ ld'ss ; 6fi ·fii's"' i'iHh'I ~ :" l l j\isTFr bl:le ti gh t, it was th e fir st race of the yea r," bu t adm itted to needing more p ower when quest ioned about the a p parent lac k of it. Han n ah see med not pl eased , but not disappointed with h is first AMA / H onda o u ti n g, " I worked m y butt off to get wh ere I gal. I had a pretty good start, but fell in the secon d turn . The Hondas have been giving m e th ese bette r sta rts ." • Results FINAL: 1. David Bailey (Hon); 2. John O'M ara (Hon); 3. Broc Glover (Yamt,4 . Bob Hannah (Hon); 5. Kent Howerton (K8W); 6 . Donnie Ca nta loupi (Ya m ); • 7. J im Gibson (Yam); B. Phil Larson (Honl; 9. Warren Reid (Yam); 10 . M ark BarnettISuz); 11 . Billy Liles (Kaw); 12 . Scon Burnwo rth (Yam); 13 . Tim Locey (Ya m); 14 . Jeff Ward (Kaw l; 1 5 . Kenny Keylon (Han); 16. Da nn y Cha ndler (Honl: 17 . Rick Jo hn son (Ya m); 18 . Brian Myerscough (Hon). AMAlWRANGLERSUPERSERIES POINT STANOINGS: 1. David Bail ey (30); 2. Joh nny O'M ara (25); 3. Bob Hanna h (23); 4 . Broc Glover (22); 5. Kent Howerton (17 1 6 . (TIE) Donnie Cantaloupi/Phil : j Larson (I S); B. (TIE)J im Glbson /Mark Bar nen (14); 10, Warren Raid (12); 11. (TIE)Billy Lile s/ J elf Ward (10); 13. Scon BurnworthlTim Loceyl Dann y Chand· ler I Rick. J ohn sor ) 9 ); llt Ke ~ny Keylon (St 1B. ) 1 B'ri~rr M\'ersCbUIlh'13)~ 1'9. Goaf Br. 'er (2f. I ~, 7

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