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fo u rt h p lace, bu t he worked h is way past Muzzy Ka wa saki's Tripp Nobles on th e second lap and th en by Klin g a la p la ter. From th ere he was ab le to pu ll clear, a nd was n ever th reatened. " I was n 't sure o f myself or my tires, but it got bene t a nd bett er, " Harth said. " Sco tt (R us sell) had gotten away before he had h is problem. Wha tever happened to hi m , I' m sorry - but I' ll take it. " W ha t was hi s reaction when he saw the coasti ng Ru ssell? " My rea cti on was , man , I deserve it," H arth said. "Th ree a nd a half wee ks ago I di d n 't have a ny thi ng to rid e he re." Once Klin g was passed by Harth he sett led in befo re ha vin g h is hands full with Nob les la te in the race. That thr ea t went a way when th e new est member of T eam Muzzy had a tire ch u n k ing p ro b lem tha t for ced him o u t of the ra ce. T h e G eorgia n, like most of th e Du nlop ru n ne rs , includ ing H a rth , Klin g a nd Russell , wa s using Dun lop 's new 0 -364 DO T ti re, a tire des igned 10 wit h sta nd the h ig h tire tem per atures ge nera ted by th e Daytona banking. "It was a tire p roblem, " Dunlo p tire techni cia n Ji m Alle n sa id . " But we don 't know what happen ed . No ne of th e ot hers had problems." Alle n added th a t Dunl o p wou ld claim H arth and Klin g' s tires so they cou ld compare them with Nob les'. Eventual th ird pl ace finish er Crevier started the race in fift h place, moved to fourth wi th the demise of Nob les and then took over third wh en R ussel l retired. The Canadian was giving up som e 150cc to th e othe rs, a nd was happy with his performance. "The Honda's been good to me," C revier sa id. " T hey've go t a bi t more grunt. I figured I'd follow 'e m a nd beat o n 'em a bit and let attrition set in. I wanted 10 get on th e podium and I d id, so I'm happy ." Klin g , a ll six feet , four and a half inches an d 205 pou nds of h im , thought he'd finis h ed thi rd since h e did n ' t see Ru ssell coas ti ng. " I d id n 't ha ve a ny id ea I go t : seco nd, " th e La nsi ng , Michigan , resid en t sai d. " I di dn 't see Sco tt a n ywhe re." T he batt le for fo urt h p lace went the distan ce wi th Rothman , Baldus, Loui s Saccoccio, Micha el T ay lor a nd T'it ia n Bue swa p p ing p laces throug hout th e race, before finishin g in th a t or der. C~ R esults 750c(" S UPERSI-O RT Q UALIFY Il'tG: I. SCO ll Ru ssell ( 1:56.200); 2. Milt.'H a rt h ( 1:58.869); 3. Tripp Nobles (2:00.-116); ��J. Steve Cre-vier (2:00.433): 5. Bruce Bald us (2:0 1.0351: 6. Fri ll K l i n ~ (2:0 1.065); 7. :\fih Ra rn t's (2:0 1..137): X Jason Pridmor e (2:0 U:1 . 69); 9. Loui.. Saccocci o (2:0 1.960 ); 10. Ger-ald Rothman Jr. ( 2 : 0'2. 1 ~ 4 J ; II . 'I'i riun BUl' (2:02.746 ); 12. Chri .. Embler (2:0'2.90 3); 13. Mik t' T ay lor (2:02.9H O); H. Andrew Deathera ge (2 :02 .9N9); l !i. Tukau obu Ko ya ma (2:03.2 10 ); 16. J amit, Bo~~..man (2:03.26'1); 17. Rob San d, (2:03.29M 1M OWt"1l Wc.,it.:hd (2:03.297); 19. ); . Rob . Bo we rm an (2: 0'1.295 ); 20 . Ro bert \\"ri gIH (2:(H.3021;2 1. SIt."Vt"~I c" i ~')( ~ k (2:0��1 .620 ); 22. D. G Tt��~ Ab bou ( 2:0~). 2 7 2 , . 23. Roll in Ho lida y ( 2 : 0.L~02) ; 2��1. La rt v Lockl va r (2: 0!i.66 2 ); 2 .~ . Fabian C o rH' 1 (2:05.'919). 75O<:c SU l'ERS PORT fJi'iAL.: I. Mike H a rt h (Ka w); 2. Frill Klin g (Kaw ]: 3. Steve C rev ier {H o n ): -l. Oeruld Rothman. Jr. (Ka w j: j . Bruce B aldus (S UI); 6. Louis Sa(T(KT10 ( Ka w]: 7. ~Ii ( h arl T avl or ( I\.~I\~" ) ; M T iti an Buc:(SlI l) ; 9. C h r i.. Emble-r( Ka w); 10. O wen . weich e-l (SuI); I I. Ta ka nobu Ko yama ( H o n) ; 12. Dt'31l Mi/dal (Ka w ): 13. An dr ew Deathe ra ge (SUI); H . Steve Md';,i!iS(Kk (H e n ): I:). G lt'g Abbot t ( Ka w]: 16. Ma r k Ko wol ski ( Hon ]: Ii. Brad Stephens (S uI) ; 18. Peter H afner (H o n ]: 19. Larry Locklea r (H on ]: 20:Andrt'w Mil ton {H o n ): 21. Rob in H ol ida y (SUI ); 22. Bill \Ville m " ( Ka w ): 23. Sr on Russ ell (Kaw ): 2,1 . Stephen Cook e.' (SUl) : 25. Hugo Guenette (H o n ): 26. Emit' Kickl ig ht e r ( Ka w ): 27. Ma n- Maisonneuv e (Yam): 2M. Joh n Spitu lsk i (SUI ); 29. Pa ul Flemming: (SlI1 ); 30. H U 'll Ra y (Sill) ; 3 1. \\'illia!TI W c t.se ~ (Sul;); 32. Fra nk Bonnardel (SUl); 33. Ol iver Bilfi ug sley (Yam ); 34. J ack Dupree (Ya m): 35. Shawn Ro ss (SUI); 36. J ohnn y Page (Kaw): 37. T r ip p Nob le-s (Ka w): 38. J ason Prid em ore ( K.;l'...-): 39. Ma rk Black (Hon ): '10. Fab ian Co rtt' l ( Ho n) : 4 1. jam es Perreau lt ( Ka w) : 42. Jean Dubr (li o n) ; 43. An dr ew \\'r ig-hl (H o n ); H . Lan ey Co b b (Hem ); 15. Rob Bow erman ( Ka w): 46. Rob ert wrigtn (Su z): ��17. j eb Bridgema n (H o n) ; -t8. J ames ;\1(C..onn d l (SUl ); 49. J .L. Bu rgess, Jr. (Suz): 50. Michael Barnes ( Kaw ): 5 1. 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