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i DGyIOftQ'81~ ~ DGyIoftQ'81 E (Topt ~ "Jaws" Inplla.-peel 8I1d styled .. way to eecond. IAboveI Houston rnillent DlIvicI Greene (121 ....... until the for the win. (11IMtJ Don 0,.... IlL . . . Sfmmona. _ up to eecond at one point but ftnllhed third. ".l8ng...,. From the spectator's vaDUF poiDt the leader was hard to pick for the ' lapa. Ingalls held a IlliPt aMqin "- By Tom Mueller Photos by Charles Morey .DAYTONA BEACH, FL, MAR. 6 David Greene used the 13th and final lap of the 50-mile Novice Road Race on Daytona Speedway's 3.87 mile circuit to pass Mark Ingalls for the win. Ingalls controlled the 99 entry 18 field for all of the race exclud· ing lap one but Greene saw his , f' d k ' h' lme out ront an too It w en It counted. Through the two-wave start things went smoothly and during lap one a IO-rider cluster set up out front. Bryan Paquette landed the lead off a second row grid position. Ingalls and Carl Muffley were next off front row grid slots and Greene was next off row two. heat one wiDner Coorad Brooks _ nearly abreast of IDpIIs tryiqJ 110 'domi· Date. First beat winDer Steve Sim_ had aIIo been in oontentioD for the lead but dropped back to fifth by lap six. On lap eight it . u Greene's tunl to c:haIJeu&e Ingalls, and OIl the Deltt three circuits Don G~ took up the c:hue in second. Simmo.. aad Brooks paced behind the dicing trio. David Greene again displaced Don Greene on lap 12 and began to set up his eventual win. His move came on the east banking of the course, only one straightaway from the finish line. David Greene, Ingalls and Don Greene dashed across the line in a cluster but the win belonged to David. "They (Ingalls and Don Greene) towed me around and I just kept trying," said David Greene in the winner's circle. "I've had two failures before and this is the fint time I did "'1" to pick off ...... ~, I juIt sat around aM waited; pylI are reaJlj' fast." G..e-. resida in HOIIItOII. 'IX. _ __ racing for fOUl' yeas, ~ is .........a1 br Durwood GreeoeCotwnecrion "It _ rea1Iy an ezcjti,. qce... aid IagaUs after . . tight lIeCOIIll~ fie· iIh. "This is • year-old Yam too.~ Ingalls is Briodo. CA. aDd tbin:I pIac:e rider Don G . - is from Novato, CA. Joltes in winDer's circle centered around a Teus rideI'. beneriog CaIibnia pavement st:rlIlCben. "It was really nice of you boys to tow me. around like thatt" said David Greene as Mill Winston, Lynn Griffll, gave him his victory kiss. • me- m- Results 1. Devid GteMe (Yam!: 2. Morl< Ingollo lVoml: 3. Don GteMe lVom!: 4. S _ K. Simmons lVom): 5. Conrod Broob lVom): 6. Carl MuflIey (Yom!; 7. Bryon Poquette lVom): 8. George Wellece m.n): 9. Rodney Sulliwn lVom): 10. Thoma Docteur lVom): 11. D..,nv Hvan (Yom): 12. P_ TrevittlVom): 13. Ted Uzzle (Yom): 14. Rodnev Cr_V lVoml; 15. Wdliem Hutton. Jr. lVom): 18. Robert Lugliani (Yom); 17. JeIlrey Deuvin lVom): 18. Gilbert RUlherford (Yom): 19. t...wrence Schenk (Yom): 20. GorTv Griffith (Yom). TIME: 29 min.• 40.527 ~. AIlERAGE SPEED: 101.720 mph.