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amazing performance on Saturday, wi n ning the final over Honda Teammale David Bailey and Suzuki's Barnett. Hannah was still suffering from a two -week battle with an intestinal flu , but so me ho w managed to muster th e strength needed to win. Barnett rocketed into th e lead as Sunda y' s fin al began, thwartin g efforts by Broc Glover and Mike Bell throughout th e co ntest to grab th e lead, a nd took th e lead in the series . The to tal s a fter both da ys of racin g show Barnett wi th 402, 12 po in ts ahead of Hannah. Th e J ohn Savi tski -desi gned track featured a starting area not un lik e a n outdoor Nation al, with a banked sweep er a t th e en d of a h igh speed pad. The extreme width o f the co urse a ll o wed pa ssing a lmost everyw here. Most o f th e whoop sectio ns were of th e two- o r three-jump va riety, a ll formed from a san d and clay mixture. The Detroit a rea m ay be in a severe depression, but nevertheless, 32,001 fans showed up on Saturday and 30, 101 watched on Sunday. ....... ....... Saturday Heats Kawasaki's Jeff Ward was o ut front as th e first heat was released onto the track , with Yamaha Support rider Warren Reid and Barnett a close 2-3. Barn ett made his way around Reid ~ on th e first lap , but was unable to make any ground on Ward. Reid and Yamaha's Ro n Lechien battled for third the remainder of the race, with Ward taking the win by four seco nds over Barn ett. Lechien finally got around Reid at th e end to get third . Broc Glover, Hannah and Team Kawasaki 's Kent Howerton won the race to the banked comer in th e second heal. Glover and Hannah swapped th e lead several times, but Han nah went out front as the one la p sign was given a nd held off G lover's charge. Howerton was a d ista nt th ird, with Tamm Racing's Mike Shoemaker fourth . Mark Barnett has scrambled up in the standings after early season bike woes to lead in Wrangler series points. ANA/Wrangler Super Series: Rounds IZ-I3 Barnett blitz to top points in Pontiac By To m Ko lnowski PO NT IAC, MI , APR. 30-MAY I T h e $100,000 Wran gler Super Series h as a distin ct front -ru n ner once again, after th e Miller High Life Su percross doubleh eader 8 weekend a t the Pontiac Silverdome. Bob Hannah and Mark Barn ett were tied for the poin ts lead going into the event, with Barnett getting th e nod following a flawl ess performance on Sunday. A very sick Hannah turned in an P h il Larson grabbed th e holesh o t in th e third hea t aboard h is factory H onda , wi th Yamaha's Mike Bell a n d Ri ck J oh nson tight to th e rear. Bell took over by the second co mer, but overs hot a ban ked co mer a t th e end of a deeply whooped section. Johnson moved into th e lead a few corners later, wi th Ba i ley going around Larson. Johnson went down as he came o£f a jump, and Bail ey went o ut front, T he crash didn 't slow Johnson much , as he immediatel y remounted and began to close o n Ba iley . Johnson caught Ba il ey in a sweeper on th e final lap and went around for th e win. Larson and Steve Martin followed in third and fourth . The final heat wa s the J o h n n y O'Mara show all th e way , as he gunned into the first comer ahead of Suzuki's Scott Burnworth and held his ground forth e entire event. Kawa saki's Bill y Liles finished 10 seconds behirid Team Honda's O'Mara wi th Brian Myerscough third. Quarter -f inal s Yamaha-mounted Rodney Smi th was out front as the first of IWO quarter-finals gOI rolling, follow ed by Dan Wa lla ce and Mickey Kessler. Wa llace went into the lead on th e firs t la p a nd rem a in ed th ere for th e wi n . Smith a nd Ca nadian Terry H ofoss foll owed . Mark Garrison shot o u t fro nt in the seco nd quarter-fina l wi th Rob H od gso n in tow . Kris Bigelow made h is wa y through the pack and went into the lead on la p four. After a close battle wi th Ross Pederson, Bigelow took the win.