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Broc Glover (6) leads Team Honda at the final's start.
Rick Johnson flew to second place in the final, his best Supercross finish.
AMA/Wrangler Supercross Series: Final round
Glover the ~goodbye guy' in
Sup.ercross Finals.
By-Dale Brown
Photos by Karel Kramer and Pam Hardin
SAN DIEGO, CA, NOV. 6
"I' rode like hell," was the way Yamaha's
Broc Glover described how he disappeared
from the field at the start of the Miller High
Life Supercross Finals, en route to a runaway
win. Teammate and fellow EI
Cajon resident Ricky Johnson
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came from SIxth off the start to
a solid second, with. Honda's
6
jo.hnny O'Mara, David Bailey and
jim Gibson filling slots three through
five.
"I rode really hard at the beginning of the race," said Glover after it
was over, "and then I just got to ride
around in the next half. That was
kind of nice. I was getting nervous
though. I haven't won a Supercros~
since last year." The bikes that Glover
and johnson rode were 1983 YZ250K
production models with Glover's
scheduled to be radled off after the
event.
A crowd of 41,688 were on hand to
view the event, with promoter Mike
Goodwin claiming beforehand that
he had to spend an extra $28,000 to
combat rumors thatthefactory teams
would not participate. ~hey were
there, with Kent Howerton making
his Kawasaki debut. The"Rhi!l~stone
(or ]adestone) Cowboy" quahhed for
the final and finished 10th.
While johnson had few problem~
in finishing second, O'Mara was battling pain from an earlier foot inj ury.
"When I was in japan three weeks
ago, I broke a bO,ne .on the ~op of my
foot ~nd I haven t ndden smc~ then.
The JU~ps here are so tall t~at It. hurt
every tIme I landed. I don t thmk I
rebroke it, but it probably isn't healed
all the w~y yet."
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The wmner of the preViOUS Supercr~ss r
