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..... ~ .... ...... ...... o 0.. ~ Scott Bu rnworth led for two la ps in the f irst 250cc moto befo re being passed by Jeff Ward . Here. Rick Johnson (1 ) is about to do the same. sui t, Two laps lat er. O'Mara went by Burnworth in a section ef-whoops making th e la p five,Ward, Johnson. O'M a ra , Burnworth and Brek er. Myerscough - on an '84 RlVI250 - moved into sixth with Hannah about five seconds behind.Myerscough took the position when Dymond's Husky threw a cha in. With five laps remaining, Ward cautious ly enjoyed a comfortable six- second lead over Johnson which he kept 10 th e finish. O'Mara finished thi rd ahead of Burnworth, Breker, Myerscough , Hannah. Canadian Ross Pederso n. Jim Holley, Scooter Staf- ford and Jeff Hicks. Mota two saw O'Mara take th e early lead while followed by Burn- worth.Ward. Holley.Johnson. Hicks and AlleySemar. During th e firs t lap, Ward stayed glued 10 O'Mara 's rear , fender until Ward out-braked him a t th e bo ttom of th e downhill. Once Ward had th e lead, he started to pull away and take command.Then John- son stuffed it under Burnworth in a left turn and took over third; but Johnson wasn 't quite done yet - he set after and pa ssed O'Mara for second. This time. eight seconds separated Ward and Johnson with five laps 10 go, but Johnson co uldn' t mak e up the differen ce. At the finish. it was Ward, Johnson. O'Mara, Pederson, Holley, Hanna h. Myerscough (top privateer), Andy Stacy and Hicks. " I didn' t get holeshots or any- th ing," said Ward, " but I didn't have any problems gelling around any- bod y. l just rode myown race. I could pull away anytime I wanted 10. I felt really good, I felt in control,and I feel lik e I can stay that way the whol e year. " 500cc Bailey and his works Honda shot 10 th e from of the pack at the sta rt of the first 500cc moto with Glover. T eam Tarnm's Alan Kin g, Mike Lar- son and Kawasaki's Billy Liles trail- ing. Gl over pulled alongside of Bai- ley up th e lon g uphi ll during th e first lap but couldn' t make the pass. How- ever. at th e bottom of th e preceeding downhill , Glover went to th e inside of the turn, while Bailev went wide and.stole th e lead. By the end of the fir st lap. Gl over had already deve- loped a five seco nd lead over Bailey, who was riding on the ragged edge; making many liule mistakes that let King stay close. " I was real nervous and my arms gal real ten se at th e sta rt ," said Bailey. " I made so many mistakes right away1felt like an idiot - 1 felt as though I should change th e number one on my plate." While King was pressuring Bailey, the T eamTamm rider suddenly drop- ped to fourth and was closely follow- ing Liles.The Li les/ Kingduel picked up speed, and the two Kawasak i rid- ers were righ t on Bail ey's rea r fender. A few laps lat er. Bailey sta rted to set- tle down and pull away from King and Li les. "After about five or six laps." sa id Bailey, " I started gelling things a little bit better ." Soon after, Bail ey sta rted moving in on Glover , who held a six-second lead. "For a couple of laps," said Bailey, "I could see Broc in the same place, so 1knew 1 was maimaining. T hen I knew I could sta rt searching for a couple of different lines, and 1 found some where 1 could hook up a bit better and mis s a few holes. Things just started coming togeth er." Bailey started closing ground on Gl over slowly. and then the two were handlebar-to-handlebar. Bailey found hi s chance and made hi s move taking an inside lin e through a sharp right turn and passed Glover. The Nationa l Champion quickly jumped 10 a two- second lead which he held for th e remaining four laps. Not too far behind Gl over was a dice over third between King and Li les, but it came to an end when Liles bai led th rough the whoop section. " I was ca tching King and Glover, while Bai ley wasn' t pulli ng away," sai d Liles. " I figured if 1 pi cked up th e pace even more. I could get a second or first out of the mot a , but I got a liule mi s-rirned in the whoops, and the from wheel wem between one of them and 1 hit th e ground pretty hard ." At the finis h it was Bai ley. Glover, King , Li les, Yamaha ri der Scott Mannin g, Phil and Mike Larson, Glo ver, and his whi te and pink nylon pants, cap tured the holeshot at the sta rt of th e second moto and found himself with about a four Brae Glover won the 500cc class despite having a broken wrist. In the 250s. Bob Hannah a lso raced w ith a broken wrist and finished sixth, second lead by the end of th e first lap - King, Yama ha ride r Jim Ellis, Honda- pi lot Jo Jo Kell er. Mike Lar - son, Manning and Bailey followed, Closely following Bai ley was Liles. Glover exten ded his lead a few seconds every lap,whi le Bailey started working hi s way up thro ugh th e pack. bu t not very quickl y. " I got all screwed up at the start," said Bailey. " I go t sideways off the line and ran into the guy beside me. I had to gas i t thro ugh traffi c, but it was so dusty , I didn't even know where the turns were. I couldn' t get through those guys quick enough and by th e time I got into second. 1 needed binoculars 10 see Broc." When Bai ley moved into second, Gl over had bu ilt up a 21-second advantage th at Bailey started to chip away a t. Atthe same time, Kin g, who was running a very safe th ird. pulled int o th e mechanics' area pointing 10 the swingarm bolt that had backed itselfout. After his mechani c pounded it back into p lace, King made a nother lap (now in fourth ) before ma king another pit sto p where a new nut for the bolt was waiting, but he lost two more positio ns in the process. T his put Li les into second ahead of Man- ning, Eaton and Mike La rso n. As the mota came to a close, Glover started 10 cool i t, allowing Ba i ley to gai n a bout four seconds a lap. Time ran o ut for Bai ley, thoug h, who fin - ish ed a bo u t five seco nds behi nd Glover at th e finish . Li les finish ed third for thi rd overa ll, while Man- ni ng too k fourth,After Mannin g fol- lowed Eaton, Mike Larson and Kin g. " I jus t wish I had a couple of more la ps," sa id Bail ey after it was all over. "Bailey and 1got a bad start," said Li les. " I tr ied to pace wit h him go ing throug h traff ic, bu t I fell over in a slow corner and brok e th e fro nt brak e lever. 1 couldn' t stop coming down any of the hills." • Results 125: 1. Ron Lechien (Han) 1-1 ; 2, Erik Kehoe (Suz' 4~2; 3. George Holland ISuzl 2·4; 4. Mark Barnett (Kaw) 6-3 ; 5. Eddie Warren (Kaw) 3·6; 6. Keith Bow en ~Yam) 5·5; 7. Tyson Vohland (Kaw) 7-7 ; a. Larry Brooks (Han) 12-B; 9, Rick Ryan (kaw' 11- 9; 10. Drey Dirks (Suz) 10 -13; 11. Guy Cooper (Han) 8-15; 12. Danny Sto rbeck (Yam) 16-1 1; 13. Mike 8eier (kaw) 13-14; 14. 8i11y Frank (Kaw' 18-12; 15. Mike Healey (Suz) 9-3 1; 16. Mike Brown (Han) 14- 10; 17. Brian Manley (Hon) 14-34; 18. Bobby Moore (Suz) 20-16; 19, JeH Frisz (Han) 15·28; 10. Terry Fowler (Han) 17-20. 250: 1. JeH Ward (Kaw) 1-1; 2. Rick Johnson (Yem) 2-2 ; 3. Jo hnny O'Mara (Han' 3-3; 4. Scan Burnworth (Suz) 4-4; 5. Ross Pederson (Suz) 8-5; 6. Bob Hannah (Han ) 7-7; 7. Brian Myerscough (Suzt 68; B. Jim Holley (Yem) 9·6; 9. JeH Hicks (Han) 11·1 0; 10. Scooter St aff ord (Yam) 10-1 1; 11. Goat Breker (Kaw) 5· 18; 12. Chat Hard ick (Han) 14-12; 13. Gordon Ward (Yam) 12·14; 14. SteveBurdette (Ym) 16-1 3; 15. Andy Stacy (KawI 35·9; 16. Joel Wr ight (Han) 18-15; 17. Alley Semar (Han) 13-33; 18. J im An derson (Yam) 15-32; 19. Don Turk (Hon) 36-1 6; 20. tecke Manes (Han) 20· 17. 500: 1. Broc Glover (Yam) 2-1 ; 2. David Bailey (Hon) 1-2; 3. Bi lly Liles(Kaw)4-3 ; 4. ScottManning (Yam) 5-4; 5.Alan King (Kaw) 3-7 ; 6. J im Ell is (Yam' 11·6; 7. Eri c Eaton (Yam) 14-5 ; 8.Todd Harrell (Han) 9· 10; 9.Mike Larson (Hon) 7-12; 10. David Mcl ean (Han) 12· 11; 11. Mark Murphy (Yam) 16·B; 12. Kevin Folley (Yam) 10-1 4; 13. Phil Larson (Han); 6-26; 14. Danny LaPone (Hus) 8- 31; 15. Deyid McClain (Han)39-9; 16. Ron LaPointe (Yam) 15-15; 17. John Colli ns (Han) 1B-13; l B. Terry Hobbs (Han) 17-16 ; 19.Will ie Simons(Han) 13-DNF: 20.Warren Reid (ATKI20-17. POINT STANDINGS 125 : 1.George Hollend (8BI; 2. Erik Kehoe (BO); 3. Mark Barnett (78 ); 4. Ron Lechie n (70); 5. Guy Cooper (48); 6. Eddie Warr en (93 ); 7. (TIE) Bi lly Frank/ Mike Beier / Larry Brooks (38); 10. Rick Ryan (36). 250: 1. Jeff Ward (100); 2. Johnny O'Mare (82): 3. Rick Johnson (80); 4. Bob Hannah (701; 5. Scon Burnwon h (67); 6. Jim Holl ey (5B); 7. Ross Peder· son (56); B. Jeff Hicks (45 ); 9. Scooter St aHord (32); 10. (TIE, Andy Stacy/Goat Breker (31). 500: 1.Brae Gloyer (97); 2. Alen King (76); 3.Bill y Liles (741; 4. Dayid Bailey (69); 5. Scan Manning (63'; 6. Eric Eaton (47'; 7. Mark Murphy (46); 8. Kevin Foley (36); 9. Mike Larson (33); 10. Dayid Mcl een 1321. 17

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