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Cycle News 1988 06 29

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Renthal, Spectra and Scott Goggles," said Dubach. "Well, for one," said Johnson, "they should've restarted th e race, not just because I was in it, but there were more than six riders in the crash ," said Johnson. " I know that everybody was up by the time the leaders came aro und, but it made for a cruddy race. Those guy s in th e front . just rode aro und. "When I cras hed, my front brake lever bent so far o ut, I co uldn't reach it, " continu ed Johnson , " so I couldn't stop co ming into the turns. Then I came into a turn aft er the peristyle and reached for th e front brake and th ere was nothing there, and I just went through the berm. I managed to finish fifth , which is pretty good, but I'm thankful I didn 't get hurt. I'm also glad to see Broc win." 1 25cc Ultracross main Glover's victory in L.A. is his first Supercross win since 1985. Paul Winn (297) and 125cc Ultracross winner Mike laRocco (559) had ' a heated battle for the lead during the ma in event. fifth la p Pederson had dropped o u t of con tention , whi le Naughton was pressuring Manl ey for th e lead. During the sixt h lap, Naughton made hi s mo ve o n Manley by pulling up alo ngs ide on a straight while £l yin g over a tri p le jump. Naughton go t a wh eel up on Manley in th e next turn and sq ueezed into th e lead. Manley lost one more position wh en Frank dov e . to th e inside, ta king over second place just before th e checkered flag. However, it was Naughton taking the final transfer Jl

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