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The battle for the win in Formula Two centered on Joey Sommers (55)
and Carl Muffley (89) with Muffley coming out on top.
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Cham~ionsh;~Cu~ Series:
Round 2
Three for Cooper
By Randy Marrs
DAYTONA BEACH, MAR. 7
Stuart Cooper rode a Yamaha 650 Vision to
three wins in the opening road race even t of
the '84 edition of Cycle Week at Daytona
18 International Speedway, the second round
Mitch Marqui (661) topped the Novice rank. in Unlimited Superbike
and Formula One. Gary Holtzman (161) followed in both race•.
of the AMA's new amateur road
race series. In the CCS National
event, Cooper was first to the
checkered flag in the Middleweight Superbike, 750cc and Open
Supertwins Expert divisions, as well
as second to the line in the Heavyweight Superbike class behind Gary
Horton.
A total of 530 entries were £iJed for
the Wednesday meet.
Starting on the fourth row of the
grid, Cooper wasted no time in the
Middleweight Superbike Expert battle as he went to the front on lap two
of the 12-lap race. Yamaha-mounted
Bill Kelly and Suzuki-moumed Don
Dillon made ita three-way battle, but
by lap five Cooper had a five-second
lead.
Lap eight saw Cooper running out
£ront, followed by Dillon, Kelly and
James Pennington, who had joined
the fight for second with his Kawasaki.
At the finish it was Cooper scoring
his first win of the day and Pennington wedging his way into second over
Dillon and Kelly.
Cooper continued his winning ways
with a start-to·finish romp in the
Supertwins race.
Cooper's toughest competition
