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Broc Glover's production-based YZ490 seems to be no match for David
Bailey and his works ReSOD Honda. Glover again finished second.
Jeff Ward traded moto wins with Honda's Johnny O'Mara, but captured
the overall. Ward leads O'Mara by 12 points in the series.
was back under power."
"I didn't come off the gate well at
all," said Johnson. "I was about 17th
into the first turn but by the time I got
to the next corner I was up to about
sixth. I passed them in bunches!"
Kent Howerton immediately filed
into second behind leader Liles, with
, Team Tamm's John Whelchel and
Barnett for company.
By lap five, Liles had cooked to a
three to four-second lead over Barnett, Johnson and Bowen. Howerton
had pulled off the track at the end of
lap four and retired.
On lap six things began to get
interesting: Bowen was charging at
full tilt with his eyes on teammate
Johnson. "Ricky's bike was swapping a bi t in the rougher sections,"
said Bowen "and I made up some
time on him and I just went on
around. A little while later I had
another good line and did the same
thing to Barnett."
At that point Liles held a sixsecond lead over Bowen, Barnell and
Johnson. George Holland was a distant fifth, with Lechien another half
minute behind in sixth.
Going into lap nine, Liles' lead
began to diminish at the rate of about
a second per lap. "I could feel the rear
brakes going away," said Liles, "and
I had all I could do to keep my pace
up." Bowen, Barnett and Johnson,
however, were closer then ever, circulating the track in wheel-to-wheel
fashion as they made their progress
toward the struggling Liles.
On lap II, Johnson managed to
break free - by only inches - of
Bowen and Barnett, and Liles soon
found himself dropped back to second.
'The brakes had totally gone away. in
the rear," said Liles. "I held them off
as long as [ could, but Jo.hnson
jammed on around."
In the final laps, Johnson kept
Liles at bay while Bowen and Barnett
mixed it up for third, all [o'ur still
nearly gl ued together. Johnson pre·
vailed for the win by less than a
second over Liles, with Bowen l:rossing the finish line third, a hair in
front of Barnett. Lechien completed
his drive in fifth over Holland.
"My mechanic, Cliff Lett, kept me
informed in the final laps," said
Johnson, "and I knew what I had to
do. I was having all kinds of trouble
with lappers but finally got away
[rom Bowen and Barnett. I came up
on Liles and he went to the inside. I
squared off and I was on my way. The
win gives me the lead in the class
point standings [or the first time I'm pretty happy about that."
500cc
Broc Glover, mounted on a mostlyprdd'Jdldrf Yamaha'YZ490,' Mi J iT!' J
Ron Lechien had a tough day and
lost his points lead.
Kawasaki's Billy Liles is riding better than ever. Liles won the first 250cc
moto and took second the next time out for second overall.
fine form at the start of the first moto.
He hit the first few corners without a
hitch and blasted down Red Bud's
drop-away downhill with David Bailey and his works Honda seemingly
unable to match the pace. Bailey held
a solid second over Goat Breker,
Kenny Keylon and Mark Murphy.
Through the first five laps Glover
smoked to a semi-comfortable lead of
three to four seconds over Bailey,
while Breker settled into third already
more than a half minute in arrears.
By lap six Glover and Bailey weTe
still running 1-2, but the gap between
the two had narrowed considerably:
Bailey would nip at the rear wheel of
Glover but could not mount enough
of a charge to motor around. Breker
wasall alone in third ahead of Murphy
while Team Husqvarna's Micky
Dymond went to work on Keylon in
an effort to nail down fifth.
On lap nine Bailey finally got his
break. "Things were looking good
up until then," said Glover, "but
thanks to a bunch of little elves.
(lapped riders) Bailey made up the
difference and got by me."
Once out front, Bailey easily took
command and led Glover the rest of
the way. Breker, over a half lap behind,
came through for third over Murphy
and Dymond.
"I wasn't trying as hard as [ could
have," said Bailey, because I was just
not riding well at all. I realized I had
better get things in gear and caught
up to Broc at just the right time when lappers were in his way. I man·
aged to keep him back there after I
passed, but we were slill pretty equal - ,
on most parts of the track."
The balance of power immediately
swung to Bailey's side in moto two.
"I was still not riding in top form,"
said Bailey, "but I somehow got the
holeshot.1 didn't know if Broc would
be able to pass me or not since pass·
ing was al ways hard out there." .
Glover held firm in second while
Breker again assumed third, with
Husky's Andy Stacy fourth over
Murphy. Bailey pulled out to a ninesecond advantage over Glover by lap
four, but only two laps later Glover
was again within a second or two. "I
just couldn't seem to hook up any·
where," said Bailey. "I wasn't having
the best of days, then I had a guy hold
me up for a half lap and Broc moved
in closer."
"Right after I caught Bailey I
crashed," said G lover. "I tried to pass
and there were two lappers in the
way. I Lried to go around bodi Bailey
and the lappers and then went down."
Glover still maintained second and
Breker third, while Murphy had a
deadlock on fourth over Stacy.
Glover took another fall late in lap
10, after which Bailey cruised home
for the win. Glover remounted for an
easy second over Breker, Murphy and
Stacy.
"I'll take ·the win," said Bailey,
"but I hate to win by such a large
margin. We could use more competition in the class. [t does give me a
bigger point lead over Broc, how·
ever."
•
Results
125cc: 1, Jeff Ward (Kaw)2-1; 2. Johnny O'Mara
(Han) 1-2; 3. Erik Kehoe (Han) 6-3: 4. Mike Beier
(Vamt4-5; 5,
tdoper'IHon) 'SJ~ e'Eri!: Ha~ I
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(Hon)B-7; 7.A.J, Whiting (Han) 7-1 1; 8, Jim Anderson (Vam) 16-4; 9. Mike Crane (Kaw) 12-9; 10,
Danny Storbeck (Kaw) 12-9; 1 1. Clay HoensheU
(Suz) 19-6; 12. Carlo Coen (Han) 15-13: 13. Rick
Ryan (Suz) 13-15; 14. Doug Dubach (Suz) 9-'; 15.
Greg Randa (Vam) '-10; 16, Fred Andrews (Han)
10-'; 17. John Shay (Han) 14- 18; 18. 8ryan Abernathy (Han) l ' - It; 19. Connie Feist (Yam) "-'2; 20.
Mark McLaren (Kaw) 17-16.
* - Denotes placing out of the top 20.
125cc POINT STANDINGS: 1. Jeff Ward (288); 2.
Johnny O'Mara (276); 3. Mike Beier (204); 4. A.J.
Whiting (1 93); 5. Erik Kehoe (14 1); 6. Jim Anderson
(131); 7. Danny Storbeck (123); 8. Guy Cooper
(lOS); 9. Eric Hall (104); 10. Gary Bowman (100).
25Ooc: 1. Rick Johnson (Yam) 2-1; 2. Billy Liles
(Kaw) 1-2: 3, Keith Bowen (Vam) 3-3; 4. Mark Barnett (Suz) 4-4; 5. Ron Lechien (Han) 5-5: 6. George
Holland (Suz) 7-6; 7. Jeff Hicks (Han) 9-7; 8. Tom
Carson .IHon)1 0-10; 9. John Whelchel (Han) 13-8;
10. Kev,n Foley (Vam) 16- 11; 11. Bruce Gates (Han)
12-15; 12, Alan King (Han) 6-'; 13, Dan Hafner
(Yam) 1 1-17; 14. Kent Howerton (Kaw) 8-*; 15. Jim
Holley (Vam) '-9; 16. Johnny Spaw (Vam) 17-13;
17. Ed Arnet (Hon)'- 12; 18. Frank Shepanski (Vam)
*-14; 19. Steve Johnson (Yam) 14-·; 20. Larry
Witmer (Han) 15-'.
2500c POINTSTANDINGS: 1. Rick Johnson (23B);
2. Ron Lechien (236): 3. Billy Liles (220); 4. Keith
Bowen (191); 5, Alan King (190); 6. Mark Barnett
(177); 7. ,Kent Howerton (162); B. Jim Holley (133);
9. Jeff H.cks (1 25); 10, George Holland (85).
500cc: 1. David Bailey (Hon) 1-1; 2. Broe Glover
(Vam) 2-2; 3. Goat Breker (Kaw) 3-3; 4. Mark
Murphy (Vam) 4-4; 5. Andy Stacy (Hus( 7-5: 6.
Mickey Kessler (Hon) 6-8; 7. Pete Snorteland (Yam)
8-6; 8. Micky Dymond (Hus) 5-11; 9. Steve Burdette
(Vam) 10- 10; , O. Oave Hollis (Vam) 16-7; 11. Terry
Hobbs (Han) 11-12; 12. Kenny Keylon (Vam) 9- 15;
13. Ron Dunfee (Vam) 14-13; 14. Troy Luhmann
(Han) 12-16; 15, David McClain (Han) '-9; 16.
Robert Nebel (Han) 15-17; 17, Mark Micelli (Han)
13-*; 18. John Collins (Hon) *-14; 19. Jeff Stevenson (Vam) 17-19; 20. Robert Halstead (Vam) , -1 B,
500cc POINT STANDINGS: 1. David Bailey 1297);
.2. Broc Glover (265); 3, Goat Breker (221); 4. Pete
Snorteland (151); 5. Mark Murphy (142); 6. Micky
Dymond (132); 7, Kenny Keylon (1 16); 8. Mickey
Kessler (" 1); 9. Andy Stacy (102): 10. David
McClain (101).
AMA/BEL-RAV GRAND NATIONAL MX CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES POINT STANDiNGS: 1. David
Bailey (350): 2, Jeff Ward (343); 3. Johnny O'Mara
(302); 4. Broc Glover (278); 5, Rick Johnson (262):
6. Ron Lechien (254); 7. Billy Liles (251); 8. (TIE)
Mark Barnett/Goat Braker (221); 10. Alan King
(208); 11. Mike Beier (204); 12. (TIE) Keith Bowen/
A.J. Whiting (201); 14. Kent Howerton (170); 15.
Pete Snorteland (153); 16. Jeff Hicks (150); 17.
Mark Murphy (142); 18. Erik Kehoe (141); 19. Jim
Hollejl(~ 37);,20.'Mibk'y oymo'ri