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Brae Glover (8) Mel trouble in the preliml. .,... but put it .n together In the fiNII .. he took the IMcI from the mrt .nd went unc:haliellgN for the win. AMA/WrangleT Super Series: Round 24 Rose Bowl laurels to Glover; Bailey nabs title By Dale Brown Photos by David Edwards PASADENA. CA, AUG 6 While Yamaha's Broe Glover was busy run. .h nlng away wIt the main event of the Miller ยท 1 H 19h L' f e S uper bo w I 0 f M otoeross, T earn Honda's David Bailey knew where he had to be to win the Supercross title, and he was there. Although Suzuki's Mark Barnell finished second in the 20-lap feature and made up eight of the 10 points he was behind coming into the event, Bailey paid attention to the pit signals and finished a cautious sixth, good enough for the title. The final points tally read Bailey 420. Barnell 418. Barnell'S performance boosted him into the overall Wrangler Super Series lead, but it wound up Bailey's night. The Axton, Virginia, residem said of the evening, "It was the worst race I've ever ridden, but I did what I had to do to win: I've never experienced such pressure. I'm sure glad it's over, and I'm sure happy to win." Glover's win was of the runaway variety as he built upa 12-secondlead over the field. Barnett came from a ~ Itart to finish second, followed by Honda teamster Danny "Magoo" n.andI..nndYamaba'dlAlllI echiro Miller for the winner, Glover's win was expected to bring him about $15,000. The Sladium MOlorspons-promoted event, the first in the Rose Bowl after 10 years in the L.A. Coliseum, drew a crowd estimated at over 67,000. Huts The first eight-Iapper saw Bailey, Glover and Suzuki's Alan King uading the first three spots from tum lO tum on the first lap, and then found Bailey and Glover swapping the lead on the second circuil. Bailey pulled away slightly midway through the second circuit when Glover missed a shift, but then Glover reeled the Honda back in. The middle portion of the race saw Glover on Bailey all the way around the track as they steadily pulled away from King, who had a big gap over the next pursuer, Suzuki Suppon rider Clint Hardick. But on the SIXth lap, Glover bobbled again. Bailey lI~y> ~qt Glover,pulled ever, and Bailey had the heat win and a valuable lhree points. King finished third, followed by Hardick and Honda-mounted Andrew Tudor. . Barnell led the second show going IOlO turn one, but only had a share of second as he exited, battling behind teammateScoll Bumwonhand with Honda's johnny O'Mara.lt was Bumwonh,BarnellandO'Maraattheend of a lap Beca~seofwhalridersdescribedas and Honda privateer Dan Conway looking to have the lead coming ill. and Honda's Danny Chandler and Keylon the first two out. Chandler took control lhrough the early turns as Keylon was uailed by Reid, Conway and Yamaha's Ron Lechien. The order was approximately me same around the second lap, except that Lechien lost a couple of spots. His potential loss was even greater, because he came off the bike when he landed afler the double jump on the from suaighl. Somehow, he managed lO hold on to the bike, running I 'd' '1 h Id d a ongSJ e Jl unu e cou get un er conuol and remoum. Magoo was easily pUlling distance on Keylon from the second lap on, while Reid appeared a comfonable third. Conway was holding off Yamaha teamSJers Lechien and Ricky johnson in the early going. On the fourth lap Keylon swled in a comer and lost five positions. That =~r~~i~st~pw~~t~f:~~o~f{~c~~ :a~~: ~~~~y~~~~t~~ One place where the more daring made up rime was on a series of three jumps ddown the from ISdtraikgh~. The more a venturous wou la e It easy over the first, Slaying on the grOllOd to accelerate and double jump the last two. Barnell used such a suategy to gain on Burnworth on the second lap, passing on another set of jumps before the start suaighl. Once ahead, he pulled away and left Burnwonh lO compete with O'Mara. The "0' Show" found its way imo second on the fifth lap, passing Bumwonh in the same spot as did Barnell. O'Mara could not close significamly on Barnell, and the only change among the top positions was when Honda's Brian Myerscough passed Burnworth late in the race. They were trailed at a distance by KTM rider Kevin Davis and Honda pilot Steve Martin. Marty Tripes, ridinga Yamaha in a return from retirement, placed eighth and made a direct lr3Dsfer to the semis. The first comer of the third heat was busy, with Honda rider Kenny , I. f. '" keid more or less held umil the seventh lap, when Reid bailed off upon land:agyf~u~ oth{ecodonutebnletl:oThan fotrtooa~:t transfer, and moved Lechien to secondo One lap earlier. johnson had finally made his was around the stubborn Conway, and he finished third. Kawasaki's Billy Liles rounded out the top five. Yamaha Suppon rider Donnie Cantaloupi and Suzuki's George HOIland fired out first in the final heat, with Cantaloupi establishing command early. Honda-moumed privateer Don Griewe was third initially, but behind him were a pair of dueling Kawasaki teamsters, Kent Howerton and jeff Ward. Ward broke into fourth on t;w three, with Howerton gelling past Griewe on the fifth lap. On that same lap, Ward overtook Holland for se. cond on a set of whoops. . The race appeared set to go down to the wire as Ward closed on Canlaloupi's rear fender on the whi~ nag lap. BdoreWaideouJdifta wheelio