Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

David Bailey spent most of the main in third but was passed by O'Mara late in the race. two laps later. Beier sel after Andrews, while Vince McMahon, aboard a Yamaha, slipped past Blount for third. Andrews managed to hold on for the win ahead of Beier, McMahon and Blount. Suzuki-mounted Gary Denton roosted into the lead at the start of the second quarter final, while Team Tamm's Eric Eaton, Larry Brooks and Zoli Meszaros. all three on Honda ,cha ed. During the second lap, Denton surrendered his lead through the whoop section to Eaton. As Eaton started to pull away, Brooks began to challenge Denton for second_ The ballie was wild. and when the checkered Oag appeared. Brooks made one last effort to pass Denton but failed. Eaton came out on top ahead of Denton, Brooks and Meszaros. O'Mara was passed by Billy Liles while leading the first qualifier, Liles went on to win that mota, Semi finals Lechien was unstoppable in the first semi final. He read the gate perfecdy and was leading the field after the first turn. Liles followed closely, then came O'Mara, Holland, Johnson and Yamaha-mounted Jim Holley. Barnett had a fair start but crashed in the horseshoe shortly after the start, dropping to dead lasl. He then started an exciting rampage through the fie!d, while Lechien was busy stretchmg hiS lead. O'Mara was riding conservatively ahead of Johnson, who slipped by Holland during the first lap. Positions remained the same until the checkered, but all eyes were focused on Barnett who, with one lap to go, needed one more po ition to qualify for the main. Two turns before the finish, Barnett launched past Storbeck over the "Honda Himalayas" to transfer to the main. The econd semi fealUred another tough dogfight belween Glover and Ward. Ward jumped to an early lead but was pa sed by Glover during the first lap. Bailey cruised in third followed by King and Hicks. Glover again managed to keep Ward in his dust throughout the race, but Glover could not pull away. Glover held on to take the win ahead of Ward, Bailey, King and Breker. st Chanee Qualifier LaRodney Smith edged OUI the wl'n in the Last Chance Qualifier after dicing with Yamaha-mounted Kenny Keylon, Honda pilot Eric HaJJ and Brooks. Smith took control of the race during the second lap and managed to hold off the hard charges by Keylon. Both mith and Keylon managed to transfer to the main, while Hall ended his evening with third. Final Glover won'two qualifiers but finished second in the main, between Ward and Glover - and it was! Ward put his Kawasaki into the lead as soon as the gate dropped, but Glover emerged in second followed by O'Mara, Bailey, Lechien, Holland and Liles. Once again, Glover slipped past Ward and set sail. Ward dropped a few bikelengths to Glover but that wa about all. At the same time, Bailey also found a way around O'Mara for third. Barnett and John on both uffered horrible starts, back around 17th and 18th. At first, it looked as though Glover might run away with it. which he has a reputation of doing, but Ward wasn't about to let Glover out of his sights. The two started to pull away from Bailey and O'Mara to about three or four seconds. Liles started to make a comeback, but tangled with a baybale and then cra hed. "One of the haybale wires wrapped around my cI utch lever and I cou Id n't get loose," said Liles. "I had to drag the bale until it broke apart. Th e h ay ba Ie wasn't too bad, but me."the crash afterwards reaJJy hurt Meanwhile, the battle for the lead was in full till. Nearing the end of the race, Ward began putting massive pressure on Glover; at times they 'd were a I most Sl e by side. But Glover always managed to close the door. th t h O n e17 h Iap,owever. W ar d made his move that would last. ,.Just Suzuk!'s Mark B~mett won the sf!Cond qualifier, but had to recover from a crash In the semi final and a horrible start in the main. wider around a turn than he normally did every lap before. It wa a do-or-die situation and I went for it," saId Ward. "I dove underneath him and drove . him up in the haybales. I ' wasn ttrymg to knock him down or anything, but I didn't want him to k geLme baC'so I h a d to stick him a little bit, and it paid off." "H I e got a ongside of me, and as we g-ot into the turn," said Glover, "h squared me, jumped underneath and ran me into the haybales. It was a good move. I did the arne thing to him on the first lap." . Ward quickly extended his lead to d a fe~secons,overGlover.During the fmal lap, 0 Mara decided to make teammate, taking over third. After Bailey ran King, Barnett. Holland and Johnson. • Results 1. Jeff .Ward (Kaw); 2. Broc Glover IYam); 3. JohnnyO MaraIHon);4.DavidBaileYIHon);5.Alan Kong (Hon); 6. Mark Barnelt (Yam George Holland (Suz); 8. RIck Johnson ISuz); I:7.9. Eric Eaton (Hon);10. Ron lechienIHon);11 Billy liles IKaw)' 12. Wh'ting (Hon); 15. Micky 'Holley IHusl; 14: A.J. Goat Breker IKaw); 13. JimDymond IYam); 16. Jeff H,cks IHon); 17. Mike Beier IYam)' 1B Kenny ~ Keylon\Yam); 19.Vince McMahon (Ya';'); 20. Rodnel~~~~~+j~~ANGlER SUPER CROSS SERIES POINT STANDINGS: 1. Johnny O'Mar. 1401); 2. Jeff Ward 1354); 3. Rick Johnson 1347); 4. Glo....er Ballev (336); 5. Ron Lechian (3241: 6. Broc David (284); 7. Mark Barnelt (283); B. Alan Kiog 1223); 9. Bob Hannah (214); 10. Billy liles 1204); 11. Goat Breker(155);12.KentHowe"onI151);13.George Holland 1137); 14. Keith Bowen (125); 15.JimHolley(1 15); 16. Rick Ryan (114); 17. A.J. Whiting(Bl)' ~_T.h.e_fi.n.a.I.I.oo_k.e.d.t.o.b.e.a.D_o.th~er~d~u~e~I_~.a.f.t.e.r.t.h.e.s~a.n.d~p~i~t~.~B~r~o~c~w~ejn~t~a~l~itjt~le~~~hjiisjm~ojviejojn~Biaiilje.ainid~ili~~~b~h~ijs.~~~i~l:j~~OnlqlaS~BUrn~~an~

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