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(Above) Bro c Glover (rig ht) and David Ba iley diced for most of the f irst 500cc moto. (Below) A lan King p ut his Team Tamm KX500 in second . 500cc H onda 's Ba iley pulled clea r o f the horde mome nts a fter th e ga te dro p ped in mo to o ne, while his nem esis, Glover, was kept busy tryin g to find a way aroun d H onda pi lot P h il Larson. By la p two, however, the stage set for yet another Bailey/ G lover ru nawa y, as Gl over had dispensed with Larson, Kawasaki's Bill y L iles, Yama ha -su p ported Sco u Mann ing and H ondamounted Mickey Kessler. L ap t hree action saw Gl o ve r shadowing Ba iley, looki ng for a pl ace to p ass, an d by la p five G lo ver h ad found h is n ich e: he gra bbed th e lead and pul led ou t a few feet o f breathing room o n Bailey. Kin g had go tten off th e line near 10th, but was making the wa ves in a big way, scooting p ast La rso n , L iles, Manning and Kessler into th ir d . Gl over held fast in hi s lines through lap five, keep ing Bai ley in second, while King co ntin ue d 10 narrow ly head th e L iles/Larson/ Ma n n ing tri o . Bailey used an inside line 10 best adva n tage at the start of la p six a nd bea t Gl over to th e next straigh ta way, the n kep t th e lead for anoth er th ree laps. Bu t o n the ni nth la p , G lover aga in ass umed the lead. In the fi nal lap, Bailey was faced . , ~ . with a fo ur-second defici t as he looked at th e rear fen der of Glover. The d ifferen ce shran k to .less than a seco nd with two comers lef t to go, a nd Bailey m ade one last effo rt to catch G lover. " I was just riding up th e h ill after Bro c and must've hit a bump at a n a ngle," said Ba iley. "The nex t th in g I kno w the back end of the bike was in fro nt of me, a nd it slammed me into th e ground. My leg was ca ug h t in th e han dlebars a nd was twisted : I was j us t stu nned a nd laid th ere." G lover h ad a lrea dy ta ke n the checkered flag for the wi n , wh ile Ki n g , Keller , L il es a n d Mann in g na vigated aroun d the fall en Bailey 10 ro u nd o u t th e top five. Ba i ley wa s h elped to h i s fee t ap proxima tely 10 minutes after th e mish ap, and 10 the surp rise o f most , was o n th e lin e for th e seco nd moto , Gl ov er , took a direct flight 10 th e front of the pack, a spo t he would h old for the durat ion. King clicked into secon d wi th J oJ o Kell er, Mann in g, Ba iley a nd L iles in lOW. At th e end o f th e fir st la p , G lover carr ied a nearl y five-seco nd lea d. After a shaky sta rt . Ba iley q u ickly got ba ck in th e groove; by th e end o f lap eig h t, he was a distant second. King h eld third . iwhi le a Kell er/ L i tes . (A b ov e) RickJoh n son (1 ) and Bob Hannah worked up th roug h t h e pack in moto o ne . (Belo w) Kenny Keylon was seventh in the first 250cc moto. dogfight raged over four th . G lover survived a cras h in th e la te la p s, a nd as h is bi ke lea ked a bi t o f engi ne o il, h e sped on for th e win . Bail ey a nd Kin g fo ll owed hi m home, whi le Li les managed 10 gel th e u p pe r ha nd o n Kell er o n th e last la p 10 finish fo urth. " It feels grea t to wi n ," sa id Gl over j ust before pop pi ng his cham pagne . " J o n Rosen stiel and I ha ve been working ha rd toward th is: we ma n aged 10 ge l j ust a lillie more power O U I o f th e engi ne in th e YZ490, a nd th e chassis is a wh ole lot beuer than wha t we had las t yea r. " Fo r Li les, h is Iirst ri de back after kn ee surger y and h is deb u t in the 500cc N ationa l class was a trying experience. " I' d feel better right n ow if someo ne had beat me wit h a baseball bat ," sa id L il es. " I had on ly abo ut a week to train , and I' m j ust no t back in shape yet. It 's not th e wa y I wanted to sta rt o u t, bu t things sho u ld get better si nc e th e next Na ti onal is a • month away ." Results 125cc: 1. Georg e Holla nd ISuz) 2 -2; 2. M ark a er nell (Ka w) 4 -1 ; 3 . Erik Ke ho e ISuz) 3 -3 ; 4 . A.J. W hit ing (Suz ) 6-4 ; 5. Bi ll y Frank (Kaw) 10-6 ; 6. Guy Cooper (Hon ) 5-11 ; 7. Ron Lech ien (Hon ) l-DNF; 8. M ike Beier (Kaw) 9· 10: 9 . Danny Storbeck (Yam) 7 -1 4; 10. M ike Healey (Suz) 16-9,; 11. La r~ B rqq!< ~ (Ho n) DNF -5;' 12. Rick Ryan (Ka w ) 20-7; 13 . Do ug Hoov er (Yam ) 12 -16; 14. Jeff Frisz(H on) DN F-8; 15 . Rodn ey 8arr (Kaw) 8 -2 1; 16. Doug Dubach (Su z) 17-1 3; 17 . Rod ne y Smit h (Yam) 14 - 17; 18 . 8 rian Han ley (Hon) l l -D NF; 19 . Bobby Moore (Su z) DNF· 12 ; 20. Eddie Warren (Kaw) 13 ·DNF. 2 5Occ : 1. J eff W ard (Ka w ) 1-1 ; 2. Sob Hannah (Ho n) 3 -2 ; 3 . J oh nn y O 'Mara (Hon) 2-3 ; 4 . Rick Johnso n (Vam) 4 -4 ; 5. J im Holley (Vam) 6·5; 6 . Scott Burn wo rt h tSuz) 5-6; 7. Ross Pederson (Suz) 8 -7 ; 8 . Jeff Hicks (Hon) 10-B; 9. M icky Dymond (Hus) 11 -9 ; 10 . A ndy Sta cy (Kaw) 12 · 11 ; 1 1. Si eve Burdette (Yam) 13 ·1 2; 12 . Dave Ho ll is 15 -12; 13 . Ke nny Keylon (Yam) 7 ·DN F; 14 . Goat 8 reker (Kaw) 9-DNF ; 15. Scooter Sia ff ord (S uz) DNF- l0; 16. Serge Grego ir e (Yam) 19 - 14 ; 17 . Gre g M ayo (Suz) 18- 16; 18. Je ff Sut h erland (Yam ) 20- 15; 19. J eff Schumach er (Yam) 17 - 18: 20. Denn is Hawthome 16 ·19. 500cc:' 1. 8 roc Glo ver (Yam ) 1· 1; 2 . A la n King (Kaw) 2 -3 ; 3. Bill y Liles (Ka w) 4 -4 ; 4 . Jo Jo Keller (Hon) 3-5; 5. SCOll M anni ng (Yam) 6-7; 6. Mark Murphy (Vern) 5- 9; 7. Er ic Eat on (8- 10) 8 . Tom Rice (KawI 7- 12; 9 . David Bai ley (Han) ONF-2 ; 10. Kev in Foley IVam) 11 -13; 11. Greg Zillerkopf 9 - 15; 12. M ickey Kessle r (Hon) 12· 14 ; 13 . Ph il Larson (Hon) DNF· 6 ; 14 , Den ny laPorte (Hu s) DNF·B ; 15 , Dav id M cL ean (Hon ) 13 - 16 ; 16 . Fred Vert uc ci (Hon ) 22 · DNF; 17 . M ike Fis her (Hon) 10 -DN F; 18. M ike larson (Hon ) DNF- l1 ; 19 . Gary DeP ilio (Vam) 1 5-2 2; 20. J oh n Coll i ns (Hon) 16- DNS. POINT STA NDING S , 25cc: 1. George Holland (44); 2. M ar k Barn ett (4 3); 3 . Er ik Keh oe (40); 4 . A .J . Wh it in g (3 3); 5. (TIE) 8 illy Fr an k/G uy Cooper (26); 7 . Ron Lech ien (25) ; 8 . M ike Beier (23) ; 9 . Dan ny Storbeck (2 1); 10 . M ike Heal ey (17); , 25Oc c: 1. Jeff W ard (50 ); 2. (TIE) Bob Hannah / J ohnn y O ' M ara (42); 4 . Ric k Johnson (3 6); 5. (TIE) J i m Holl ey /Scon Burn w ort h (3 1); 7 . Ross Pede rson (2 7); 8 . Jeff Hicks (24 ); 9. M ic ky Dymond (22 ); 10. Andy Stacy (19); , 500cc: 1. Br oc Glover 150); 2 , Alan King (42); 3. (TIE) Bi ll y Liles/ Jo Jo Ketler (3 6); 45. seen M an ni ng 129); 6 . M ark M urp hy (28 ); 7 . Er ic Ealon (24); 8. Tom Rice (23 ); 9. Dav id Bail ey (22) ; 10 . (TIE) Kevin Foley/ " , Greg Zitt~rkopl (181; .. ~" ,., . ~ .....~; .. «., 7. .. . .. ..