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onday You can tell it's Speed Week if ou 're out at the Speedway by 7 a .m. he .transporters , vans , trailers and the r assorted vehicles carrying th e estimated 300 ent ries will be lining up to register a nd ge t first cr a ck at th e limited ga ra ge space inside . T hose folks who ca n' t wa it to snea k a peak a t the Speed way ca n plunk down a m odest admission and roam the gra ndstan d or drive around th e infi eld. Registration tech inspection will be follo wed by a da y of open practi ce for all professional cla sses. T he nitro burn ing slid e 'em sideways speedway crowd takes over Memorial Stadi um in Dayton a for Monday and T uesday racin g at B p .m . Theip rograms are part of six n ig hts of spe edway ra cin g durin g Speed W eek . In ITuesday I . T uesd ay I S a nothe r o f ' th e regtst ration , te ch inspection and prac· tic Ida ys at th e Speedway with the gen~ra l air becoming a litt le more ten se as the riders get int o the sort -outth ibugs.an d -get.down -to-business frame of mind . If you mi ssed Mo n da y's show th en take a pair of bin oculars, pa y th e $ 1 gr a nd stand admission and spend th e d ay watching the a ction . Sp eedway rac ing co ntin ues at Mem or ial Stadium. W~d nesday Ama teu r act ion is on tap today at the .Speedway with th e AMA hosting th l o p e n i n g Ama t eur N at ion al Qua lifier road ra ce ' ro un d. Racin g begins at noon on the two m ile infield portion of th e road course in GP , Showroo m St o ck a nd Mod ifi e d Productio n classes. It is possibl e to d rive arou nd a major pl1rtion of th e infi eld so tha t you ma y sam p le all the action . . The speedw a y races move from Me mo rial St adium to the Volusia ~ou nty Speedway in Barberville about 15 miles west of Ormond Beach via R t. 40'. The racing sta rts at B p .m. and runs thro ugh Saturday . zIT he tigh t com pe tit ion ofshort tra ck ra ~i ng ret urns to Memorial Stadi um with an all Novice progra m kick in g off tnC; four nigh ts of action at B p .m . ~ffiJ~sday ,I ~ a n d , swa m p a nd su n a re th e major ele me n ts of t he All igator en d u ro which ge ts und erwa y at 9 a .m. T he ru}! , a fa vorit e with j ust about <;v,<;rybody, will start fro m a staging area . in the park ing lot of t he Jai Alai Fronton on Route 92 j ust north of th e Speedway. b"i1. "If Qualifying for the final events in th e Novice . Int ern a tio nal Lightweight and Dayton a 200 ta ke over t he Speed way today with the Novices ta king to the track for elimi nation heat races at 8 a.m. At 10 a .m. th e Lightweight qualifying hea ts com mence . The event is FIM sanctioned and therefore open to forei gn riders. The big bikes begin their timed qualificat ion ru ns at 2 p.m. over t he 3.87 mile course with t he five fastest qua lifiers guaranteed the front ro w on "th}" sta rt in g grid . Since q ualifyi ng ten ~J-0 be a drawn out affair your best ,h et is to wa tch it fro m the infiel d and !ake ad vantage of as many differ ent v~ta ge po ints as possible. T he infiel d entrance and exi t. th e esses. th e hor seshoe ben d , th e chicane a nd the high ¥peed banking near th e tunnel a re all ' g ood specta to r poin ts. -vw1\ Junior -N ovice com bined short lIi)-ack program is on tap at Memorial S t'~diu m a nd speedway continues at Volusi a Coun t y Speedwa y. Both cprogr ams ru n a t B p .m . '-Friday E Riders who failed to time tria l 'Thursday get one last sho t today from 10 a .m . until Noon . T his is the last 33