Not the wi nner but th e new champ nonetheless.Donnie Hansen (top ) started poorly and moved , up to sixth, clinching the series title with one race left.
(Ab ove) D anny Chandler (34 ) and Johnny O 'Mara put on one of the closest races of t he night in th eir heat. O 'Mara finished fourth in th e final.
d ista nce back o f O 'Mara tow ard th e
end. LOP H on da rider J im Taran tino in herit ed fourt h after Burn wo rt h 's rid e ended , leav ing H allman
Racin g/H o nda Nort h Coun ty rid er
SIt'\'C' Rh ya n and H o nda support rider
" Rad ica l" Ron Turner wi th r ides in
I ll(' Willi, .
, Pri vat eer David Wood led th e first
two laps o f heat four o n hi s Hi Po int /Ya maha su p port YZ. Pr emi er
Yamaha' s T odd Peterson held seco nd
for a lap until Honda 's Jim G ibs o n
powered past. Gibson th en squared
undern eath Wood in th e fir st turn on
lap three a nd squirted over th e next
j ump in the lead.
Despite sta ll ing his engi ne .Ior a
couple of seconds, David Bai ley came
out on LOp of a duel for the ru n ner-up
posi tion with Suzuki 's Warren Reid.
Ho nda support rider Jo J o Kell er
held Suzuki-mounted Andv " Plasma"
Jefferson at bay for fourt h.
The fir st sem i saw Suzuki's G eo rg e .
H oll and, Kaw asak i's Tom Ben olkin
- in his fir st major race since a n
in j ur y and surgery a cou ple of months
ago - a nd R ick J o h nson go 1-2-3 for
th e first two laps.
J ohnson had done enough following to su it him th is n ight, howe ver,
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