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(1:57.427): 25. Christian Gardne-r (1:58.399): 26. Dav id Lea ch (I :58.604): 27. Scot t Zampach (1:58.952); 28. M ich ael Taylor (1:59,355); 29. J ason Pri de more ( 1:59.5 03 ); 30 . Er ic M oe ( 1:59.930) ; 3 1. Paul Schw em m er (2:00. U l ); 32. Ma n fred Fisch e r (2:00. 13 1); 33. Pa blo Rea l (2:00.239); 34. R ick Shaw (2:00.272); 35. John Ho p perstad (2:00.36 1); 36. Tri p p No bl es (2:00.4 80); 37. Mike Harth (2;00.785); 38. La rry Pegram (2:00.828); 39. Adriano Narducci (2:0 1.082); 40. Fri u Klin g (2;0 1.274); 4 1. Rober t Meist er (2:0 1.43 1); 42. M ich a el Barnes (2:0 1.86 1); ��43. Mik e Wa l ~h (2:0 1.968); H . Kevin Bla is (2:02"' 24); 45. Lo ui s Sacc oc cio (2:02.603 ); 46. Marc Sm it h (2:02.677); 47. Andrew Deat hera ge (2:02.836); 18. Cl ifton Bigo n ey (2:02.938); 19 . Ro bert Wri g h t (2:03.694); 50. Cra ig Gl ea son (2:03.909 ). DAYTO~A 200: I. Sco tt R u s ~ 1I (Ka w) : 2. Doug Po len (D ue) ; 3. Mike Smith (H o n ); 4. Da vid Sad ow ski (Suz); 5. Steve Crevier (H on ): 6. Shoich i Tsuka moto (Ka w]: i . Jam es Adamo (Due ); 8. Thomas Stevens (Kaw ]: 9. La rry Sch wa rzbach (Yam) ; 10. S CUll Zampach (Yam); II. Ma rk Chin (Yam); 12. Chri stia n Gardner (Ya m): 13. Er ic Moe (Ha n ); H . Joh n H O'p pcr~ lad (Va m); 15. Micha el T ay lor (Ka w): 16. Trapp Nobl es ( Ka w) : 17. Jay Spring steen (Kaw): 18. David Leach (Ya m): 19. Adr iano Nard ucci (D ue); 20. Phil ip :\k C.. llen (li on) ; 21. Kevin Bla is a (Ka w); 22. Pau l Sch wem me r (Han) ; 23, Cra ig Gleason (Ka w) : 21. Ma nfred Fi sch er (Ka w): 25. Larry Pegram (Due); 26. Fran k Kinsey (Ya m); 27. Clifto n Bigo ne-y (H o n): 28. Rodney Fan-is (SU1); 29, Ra y "'?der Jr. (Su z): 30. Sho No gu chi (Yam ); 31. Dean , Mizda l (Suz): 32. Andrew Deatherag e (SU1.); 33 . Ru ben Wri/o;h l (SUi ); 31. Fril l Klin e (Ka w) : 35. M ike: Ka rm (SUl); 36. Rona ld MtGill (Ka w): 37. -SIt."\'(:' Moreh ead (S uz): 38. Da nn �� Robert s (S Ul) ; 39. Kevin l Ium (S Ul ); 40. Pe ter Ma th ieso n ( Ka w); 4 1. La wrence ' Han lo n ( Kaw]: 12, Rick Shaw (Yam); 43. B ryan Bemi sd etf et (SUl); 11. 0011 Va nce (SUl); ,15. J am ie james (Ya m); 46. Javier Man inez (Ka w): 47. Mich ael Barn es (Ka w); 48, Mikt." Hart h (SUI ); 49: Fred die Spe n cer (Ho n ]; :)0. Stephen Dc 'Cnnp (Kaw); 5 1. Ro ber t Meister (Yam ); 52. Brad Hazen (Kaw ); 53. AI Ch arl es (Due); 54. Sca li Gra y ( Ka w) : 55. J esu s Rod riguez (Ho n ): 56. Ja so n Pri dm o re ( Ka w): 57. Takahiro Sohwa (Ka w): 58. Dal e Q ua rterley (Bim): 59. Brian Mo rr ison (Ka w): 60, J ohn Reynol d s (Ka w): 61. Pa sca l Pi cott e (Due); 62. jacques G ue ne ne Jr. (lio n); 63. :\fa rc Smith (Kaw ): &1. John Cox (Yam); 65. Mike Wal sh (Yam); 66. T om Kip p (Hon): 67. Defending AMA Su perbike Champio n T homas Stevens started in the back and worked his way up to eighth. Brian Bernard (Suz); 68. Fran cesco Fab ian o (H u n); 69. C r~ Abbotl (S Ul); 70. j oh n Long (SuI.). T ime: I;!)O: O.893 O Dista nce: 57 la ps, 200 m iles A\'tr.a~t Sp eed; 110.669 m ph :\la q;in or Victory : 00. 182 sec. Ducati duo dominates Twin 50s I I was a n al l-Du cati da y a t Davtona In terna tio nal Speedw ay o n Frida y as pol e-sitter Doug Pol en a nd hi s Fas t By Ferracci Ducati team mate Pascal Pico tte (rig ht) swept to wins in bo th of th e IwOSu perhike by Arai T win 50s, qualifyin g races for the Davto na 200. Po len 's win ' was ea rned, Pico ne's in herited wh en race-lon g leader Scott Ru ssell su ffered a fla t tire on h is Mu ll.Y Ka wasa ki on the fin al la p a nd was relega ted to third place. Po len led his race from the get-go. a nd he was never head ed. The Texa n a vera ged 11 2.176 m ph , beating' Kawa saki J apa n 's T a ka h iro So hw a by 8.866 seco nds. Va nce & H in es' J am ie J a mes finis hed th ird aft er overco ming th e pro blem s th at have p lag ued him a ll week. The British co nt inge nt of J ohn R eynolds a nd Brian Morris on ro unded ou t fir st 50 mil er. ��� Rus sell look ed to ha ve the. second Twin 50 in th e bag u n til his tir e lost air on the final la p. T he Georgia rid er had led from the sta rt and held a co mfo rtable lead before slowing dra sti call y through th e in field. Ru ssell was caught a nd passed by both Pi cotte a nd hi s race-long ri val Mike Sm ith on the Camel-backed Honda RC 30, but held on to fin ish thi rd. Dave Sadowski, the 1990 Dayton a 200 winner. finished fifth o n the Yoshimura Suzu ki. Many of th e fastest quali fiers from Wednesday 's tim ed sessio n didn 't far e well on Friday. Defending AMA Superbike National Champion Thomas Stevens crashed out of th e first Twin 50 in th e chicane while battling with his former team ma te James. The Floridian escaped without injury, but he was for ced to start from th e 15th row o n Sunday. Joining him a t the back of th e field were Vance & Hines' LUTy Schwa rzbac h and th ree-rim e Worl d Ch ampion Freddie Spencer. Schwarzb ach also crash ed in the first Twin 50, su ffering han d injuries alo ng the way. The third finger o n the Texan 's left hand was ground to the bo ne a nd he received a skin gra ft, yet he still planned o n being ready for the Da yton a 200 on Sundav: he too would start from the back. Spen cer's problems were mechanical. H is Two Brothers Ra cin g Honda RC 30 was plagued with clutch problems and he was forced out of the seco nd Twin, 50 after co mp leting onl y a single lap . H e'll start the 200 from row 17. For Pol en. thou gh . li lli e went wrong as he cruised to the wi n in wha t was the fastest of th e two heat races. "We won o ur Twin 50 last year, but went on ly one lap in the 200," Po len sa id. " Hopefu lly, we'll do a lot bett er this tim e. We went most of th e race at a 53 pa ce (1:53). I think we ca n co mforta bly run bett er than that in the race. I go t a prett y go od start and they've fixed th e cl utch from last year so I wo n ' t run into th e same chain problems. " French Can adian Pi co tte was naturall y p leased with hi s performance. " I' m very happ y," he said. "I feel a bit bad [or Sro u (Ru ssell). I th ink me a nd Dou g Polen have the best mot orcycle out there - the Ducat i - and with Era ldo Ferrucci as eng ine bui lder. I th in k it is because of the Duca ti tha t we bo th were in th e win ner 's ci rcle: My start was no t goo d. I' m no t good at gelling o ff the grid o n the sta rt with the Duca u .T 'll ha ve to practice starts between now a nd Sunday's Da ytona 200. The ba tt le wi th M ike Smi th was fun. Mike is a very good rider, but my Ducati has more power, a nd a bit more top speed. That's wh y, mayb e. [ won ." (Abo ve) Canadian Steve Crevier (73) finished fifth. (Belo w) The top th ree - Sm ith. Russell a nd Pol en - celebra te in Daytona 's Victo ry Lane. 11

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