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Broc Glover leads Johnny O'Mara (1 ) and Rick Johnson in the fourth
qualifier. Johnson reeled -in both O 'Mara and Glover to take the w in.
During the first ma in, Johnson (5) stole the holeshot. whi le Glover (4 )
pressured hard from behind the whole moto. Johnson took fourth overall.
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IMili er High Ule Supercross
Series: Round Z
Glover shines in
AnaheilD
By Kit Palmer
ANA HEIM, CA, FE B. 2, 1985
T ea m Ya maha 's Broc Glover was out for
ven gea nce - after havin g the overal l victory
in the bag with less than a h alf a lap to go a t
th e AMA/ Miller H igh Life Series opener last
week in San Diego sna tched
away by T eam Honda 's johnn y
O 'Mara - G lover ca me back
1O win ro u n d two at Anahe im
6,
Stadium. Gl over's teammat e Rick
Johnson wo n the firs t ma in m oto ,
while G lover took second; bu t a crashp lagued seco nd rnot o ruined Johnso n's bid for th e ove ra ll victory. Even
if J ohnson h adn ' t crashed twice,
Glover wo u ld ha ve been rough 10
beat - h e led from sta rt 10 fin ish .
Las t wee k's wi n ne r an d cu rre nt
supercross champion O 'M ara , a nd
the rest of Tea m H o nda 's riders,
didn ' t do much cele brati ng at the end
of th e ch illy even ing: O ' Mara finish ed fifth, Ron Lech ien 11th , Grand
National Champion David Bailey
12th and Bo\>: :l;lp fl:iqn<;,,: ~ ,!,,?,?~q
20th. Ya maha took first and fourt h
with G lover and Johnson, whi le Team
Kawasa ki's J eff Ward a nd Mark Ba rnell finished a respectable second and
th ird.
Although Team Suzuki d idn't far e
100 well in the 250cc overa ll, the y d id
take first an d third in th e I 25cc Support main wi th a sp lendid come-frombeh ind win by Mik e H eal ey, a nd fast
riding by p riva teer Drey Dircks. H on da rid er Brian Manl ey led for twoth irds of th e m ot o befor e ge lli ng
passed by H ea ley.
Fo r th e seco n d year in a ro w, Anaheim Stad ium so ld o ut - a ttenda nce
figure was annou nced at 70,208.
250 c c Q u alifier s
Holeshot artist C li n t H ardick a nd
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the pack at th e sta rt of th e first quali fier, but Lechie n stuffed hi s works
H on da inside of H ard ick in a tig h t
right turn and stole th e lead. Suzuki's
Erik Kehoe, Yamaha riders Ken n y
Keylo n a nd Eri c Ea ton , a n d Ba iley
pursued. During th e first lap, Keylo n
went o ff the track and d ro p ped to
eig h th, moving Eat o n , Bailey and
Canada's Ross Pederson up o ne notch
eac h . Shortly aft er, Ped erso n endoed
hard over so me jumps - he got back
on hi s feet slow ly and ma naged to
finish the race. A few la ps later, Ba iley foun d a wa y arou nd Eaton and
then set after Kehoe. Then it was
Kehoe' s turn to en do over a double
jump, givi ng th ir d 10 Ba iley. With
two laps 10 go, Bail ey passed H ardick
as did Keylon. At th e finish it was
Lech ien wa v o u t front a hea d o f Ba iley and Keylon.
T he seco nd qual ifier feat ur ed a
h ea ted dogfight for the lead between
Kawasa ki teammates Barnell and Goa t
Breker. Breker had th e h ol esh o t but
was passed a few turns lat er by Barn eu, J o J o Keller foll owed in th ird.
Barnell ex ten ded hi s lead by a few
seco nds , ~i} ~~ !3 re ~c;r .s ta ~~~d ni bbling
away a t Barn ell' S lea d h alfwa y
th rou gh the moto . Brek er's front
wheel go t a lo ngside o f Ba rn ell in a
few turns, so Ba rn ell got on (he gas,
a nd toward th e end o f the moto,
opened hi s lead to a safe ma rgi n over
Breker. Keller follo wed a di stance back
in third.
Meanwhi le, H an nah was tryi ng to
make up for a terrible sta rt after co lliding wi th Tea m Tamrn's Kawasaki. m ounted Alan King a few feet off th e
starti ng ga te. King managed 10 work
up to fo urt h , H a n na h six th. Both
riders ha d to ra ce (he semi q ua lifier.
Ba rn ell easil y won a hea d of Brek er
and Kell er.
Desp ite Suzuki facto ry rider SCOll
Burnworth stea ling the ho leshot in
(he th ird qual ifier, Ward had no
problem s taki ng th e win. H e motored
past Burn worth during (he seco nd
lap a nd roos ted a way from th e pack.
Yamaha 's Keith Bow en p u t on a fin e
show by passing Yamaha rid er Rodney Smi th a nd Burnworth two laps
lat er. From th a t po int o n, Ward,
Bow en a nd Burnworth just cru ised to
the finish safe di stances of one a n o~~er '.)} u.s~y~~n&f "~ I ,?,:-~p "J~f?~t.e:.
