Brooks ga ve T ichenor a ru n for his ,
mo ney earl y in the ra ce but j ust
co u ldn 't latch on to the Florid ia n 's
quick pace.
T iche nor coas ted to victory, whi le
Brooks crossed the fin ish line a ll alo ne
in second. Enzo Racing's Gene Na umec sett led into th e third spot after
spe nd ing most of the race battl ing back
and forth with Suzuki's Cliff Palmer
a n d Surf Det ergent-sponsored J eff
Gl ass. Fin ishing one spot out o f a
trans fer position in sixth was Yamaha
su p port rider Kip Sa ndell.
Last chance qualifier
Perhaps the most exci ting race of th e
'n ig ht was the last cha nce qualifier.
Yam aha Support rider Mike Ch amberlain, homestate hero Dennis Haw thorne a nd Rad ' n ' Bad 's Fred Andrews
fought for the last two advance me nt
spots.
Chamberlain held on to score th e
-win after leading most of the race,
.w h i le Hawthorn e had th e crowd
standing as he barely held Andrews at
bay to land the last transfer of the
nigh t.
Main
A light rain began to fall as the 20
riders lin ed th e gat e for the start of th e
-20-lap 250cc feature. Wh en th e gr een
flag flew, J eff Ward, Bradshaw and
Cooper had th e quickest reacti ons a nd
.raced into the first turn three abreast.
lCooper was sa ndwi ched on th e insi de,
.a nd lost th e front wheel on the slick
