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1T0p)Lookin' good at tum one are the eventual 1-2 placers Jimmy Weinert 121) and Bob Hannah 111. Also jammin' are Frank Stacy 135), Gaylon Mosier 110), Greg R
148) and Gary Semics lbehind Hannah). IAbove) The Jammer was so drained by the high-energy race it took a five-photo sequence to get the champagne open.
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AMA/Toyota Supercross Series - Round five
Weinert cashes in on Hannah's "stupi
maining to take the win .
By Charles Morey
DAYTONA BEACH, FL , MAR. 10
"It was my stupid mistake," Team Yamaha's
Bob Hannah admitted when Daytona Cycle
Week's AMA/Toyota Supercross was over.
Hannah had led the event for the final one-
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third of its 12-1ap duration , but
Team Kawasaki's "j am m in' jim-
I cane"Weinert passed the "H ur'remy"
riwith' tess-rhan one 'hlp
I
'" read (he lap board wrong, "
' H a nna h continued, "I was getting a
glare (as the sun sank below the
Daytona Speedway banks), and I
thought it said' was 10 seconds ahead.
It said 'I P' (first place). but 1 thought
it said ' 10: So when J saw the from
wheel come in, I thought it was a
lapper playing games. But then he
passed. J looked , and the jersey said
. 'Weinert'!"
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We i*rt' himself:' after doing his t)it
for the TV , movie and Daytona Speed way announcer up on a jump
protected by Daytona's police force
from photographers and reporters,
had little to say. He'd given all he
could to the announcer and was
anxious to sit back and recover from
his high-speed, high-pressure race.
"I' m just too tired to talk now, " The
Jammer said, "I' m sorry. ",
The day had begun with a "Yahoo!"
from Hannah when a 20-man line-up
erupted from the.stailing gate, for the
