A n announced fig ure of 41,892 spectators attended the final Supercross of the year at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Racing action was good.
Broc Glover (44). Rick Johnson (2 ) and Ro!,! Lech ien (4 ) battle for the
lead in t he fourth heat race. J oh nson won the heat followed by Lechien.
AMA Supercross/MTEG Super Crown
of St adium MX Series: Final rounds
Glover golden at
L.A. Supercross
By Kit Palmer
Photos by Kinney Jones and Nate Rauba
LOS ANGELES, CA, JUNE 18
"This is th e h appiest I ean remember being
in my wh ole life," said T eam Yamaha 's Brae
Glover after winning the 250ee m ain event
at Los An geles Memorial Coliseu m. " It's
been a long time and a lot of
hard work , and I'm really
,
happy for myself, and I m
happy for Yamaha and m y
6
mechanic Mike Chavez, wh o worked
reall hard all year and hasn 't been
.y
. "
getti ng any recogmuon . VIe ve had
a lo t ~~ seconds, bu t we fma lly got
a wm . ,
.
Gl over s last, Supercross ~m, as
well as. Yart,Jaha s, was scored m 1985,
a nd hl~ wm Saturday mght f!lar~s
G lover s fourth Supercross wm m
Los Angeles.
" I think of all th e races to win,"
said Gl over, "LosAngeles is.the one.
My wh ol e family IS here tonight, For
me ~his is !he big!\'est race of the year
- I m delighted.
More than 41,000 spectators saw
Gl over cruise to victory "at the last
Supercross event of the year over
Kawa saki 's Ron L echien and
Yamaha" teammate Doug Dubach,
who logged the best Supercross
fin ish of his career. Rounding o ut
the top five were Yamaha-mounte d
Shaun Kalos and T eam Honda's
Rick Johnson .
.
J ohnson, wh o clinched the AMA
Supercross Championship at the
May 14 Meadowlands Supercross in
New J~rsey , .was involved m a firs t
turn ~lleup m the mam even t which
cost him, as well as teammates Guy
Cooper, George H oll and and Jeff
Leisk, any chance of a win. J ohnson,
how ever , cap tu red th e MTEG Super
Crown of Stadium Motocross Championship with a fifth place finish.
J ohnson's mainrival throughout
the 1988 Supercross and Stadium
Mot ocross Series was Kawasaki 's Jeff
Ward but Ward was a no-show due
to to'm ligaments and cartilage"
damage to his lower leg wh ich he
suffered at the Meadowla'nds Supercross . According to Kawasa ki's race
team manager Roy Turner, Ward is
saving himself for the 500cc U.S. MX
GP at Hollister Hills, June 26, and ,
for the upcoming 500cc outdoor
Nationals. "
In the 125cc Ultracross portion of
the progra m, Yama ha -mo u nted
Mi ke LaRocco from La Po rt, Indi-
