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p Fuel v ictory over George Babor's e National. Kawasaki fi nal. Keyes ca me o ff the line first and stayed th er e to down H icken with a n 8.346 / 161.87 pass to H icken 's 8.703/ 153.84. T he 'P ro Stock division provided th e hottest ti me for a g reat po rt io n of the crowd as even tua l win n er Russ Nyberg flirt ed with the nat iona l record a ll weeken d a nd 8.6 second tim es were th e o rde r o f the da v. Ny berg , th e to p qualifi er , so lo ed in ro u nd o ne whi le Charli e G ressman do wn ed Rod Ph ill ip s a nd Mik e Keyte made Joh n Ma fa ro a specta to r. J o h n Sac hs , Jr. o u tra n L arry Ferrante in . the fina l pa iring. N yberg, on th e Po wer Enterprises Kawasaki, defea ted Gressm an aft er Gressma n had ended h is cha nces o n the line wh en he j umped the start trying to cu t a light on N yb erg. Keyte top p ed Sa chs wi th a n 8.763/ 151.5 1 to a nearl y identica l 8.762 / 150.75 fo r his spo t in the fi nal. . Key tes Suzu ki ca m e up with mech a ni ca l problems a fter h is semi ru n a nd th at left th e ru n in th e fin al to Nyberg a lo n e. H e responded wi th a so lo 8.69/149.25 pa ss. The P ro Competi tio n wi n went to Suzu ki rider J a mes H a yden in a so lo run while in P ro Dr ag ster it was Kevin Cleary, o n a H arley-Davidso n , ta kin g the wi n . C leary downed 1983 class cha m p Stev e Ho p kins in ro u nd o ne an d la ter met Denn is Soquet in the fina l, bu t Soquet p ro ved no ma tch fo r Cleary 's 8.87/154.63 win n ing ride. J u n ior Pi p p in a nd Wood y Wood• ward m et in the Competi tio n Eli m ina tor fi nal. Wood ward , o n a H o nda , red -lig ht ed o n th e start to ha n d a n' • easy 10.64/ 93.84 win to Pippin . DAYTONA'S FIRST TRIPLE WINNERS. What Fast Fredd ie Spencer d id at Daytona w ith help from Honda ond Michelin was a first in motorcycle rac ing. He not on ly won the pole for the Superbike, Formula One and Formula Two races, he won each race by a mile. Litera lly. His tires we re M ichel ins that we've deve loped specifi cally for racing. O ur H i-Spo rt production racing tires offe r the same level of performance to club racers a nd riders al ike who do n't HI-SPORT TFll (FRONT )/ TG 22(REAR) have a factory behind them. Hi-Sport tires a re ra cing tires that you can legol ly use on the street. They're our way of helping you do to your co mpetitio n w hat Fast Fredd ie di d to his. MICHEUN. BECAUSE SO MUCH IS RIDING ON YOUR TIRES. PROD ELIM : 1. M alcol m Schl afer (Kaw l; 2. Er ic Reese (Yam ). ET BRA CKET: 'l . J oe Tremb icki (Kawl; 2 . Ed Pie rpoint (Yam ). SUPE RGA S: 1. Bob Si ncla ir (Kaw) ; 2 . Rand y Stage r (Suz). YOUT H ELlM : Mi ch ae l Aerts (Yam ). STREET KING T-1 0 : J erry Rand (Kaw). T-l 6: Dick Gu mb d er t (Kaw) . T-30: Clevela nd Hare (Kaw). HOGNATION AL S . OPEN FUEL: 1. Son ny M ic halowsk i (H-O); 2 . Ja i me Mo rocco IH ~O ) . PRO DRAGSTER : 1. Ke vi n Clea ry (H-D): 2. Bi ll Furr (H-D ). OPEN GAS : W ayne Loft ain (H·D). ET: 1. Bud Ib ing er ( H ~ D) ; 2. J un ior Pipp in (H-D). STREET KING SHO VELHEAD : Th omas Bu beI IH-D I. SPORTSTER: Jeff LaFo rt e (H-D). \. I " ,PA NHEA O: Brent Ber bera (H-O). ~ , -.. " " • ,.' . 1, " .» Results , . '~, ~: , Form'll. One 4 t h Rand y Renf row 5th Rich Schlachte, 9th DC?ug Br.uneck Supercro•• 2nd Je ff W.rd 8th Sc ott Burn w ort h For Co mfort and Confidence the Top Pros r ely on . . . l SHOE!. The Choice of Champions SHOEI SAFETY HELMET CORPORATION 2228 Cotner, Los Angeles , CA 90064 (213) 477-6051 " , '" ,. :~ . t;: ;~ " 13.