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Bell Superbike Production 100
Crosby wins come-from- behind
By Jack Mangus
Photos by Charles Morey
DAYTONA BEACH, FL. MAR. 7
New Zealander Graeme Crosby rode his Yoshimura Suzuki from the back of the Bell Superbike 100 starting grid to the head of the field to
14 score a fairytale_win on Friday afternoon. Fin-
ishing 2-3 were American Honda
teammates Freddie Spencer and
Ron Pierce.
In the second of two qualifying
heats run the previous afternoon,
Yoshimura teammates David Aldana
and Crosby had crossed the finish line
1-2. but both turned into the pit lane.
failing to continue through turn one
·.lJere the scoferp 'YW Ios:ated. Much
to Crosby's chagrin both he and Aldana
were relegated to the bad of the second ,
wave by AMA officials. "Every other
place I've ever run. the fmish line is
the bloody line! I must say I'm not too
impressed with the organization here."
said Crosby.
Thursday's first qualifying heat produced yet another photo finish at Daytona International Speedway as Team
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