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Double Down Racing took the 1985 GTU-class championship, rid ing a
Yamaha FJ600. Henry Tecza and Nigel Gale rode at Daytona .
Team Lockhart's Kawasaki Ninja
900 was the w inning entry.
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Dr. J oh'n Wittner repl aces bent
M oto Guzz i push rods.
AMA/CCS U .S. End urance Road Race
Cham p ion sh ip Seri es: Final rou nd
Lockhart"s win, Moto
- u zzi's title at Daytona
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By Gary Van Voorhis
DAYTONA BEACH . FL,
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Lockh art won the battle in th e Daytona
Six-Hour by a margin of three seconds over
Team Warren in th e final round of th e AMA/
CCS series. H owever, by th e time th e duel was
bein g fought between the two
in th e closing min utes of the
rdce the ser ies title had falle n to
Dr. John 's Team Mota Guzzi .
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The team finished 32m l afte-r a race
wh ich was expect ed 10 ht, " easv"
turned in to <
lilt' harder than a n lii'ipar ed .
Th e fin ish in the GTU ranks was
also clos e wi th the top five fini shers all
o n th e sa me lap wh en th e ch eckered
n ag ca me o ut. T he Norwegi an Ca rib bean Li nes II entry gra bbed the win by
a .safe dis tance over Jam U p Raci ng
wit h Do uble Down Racing's third place
goo d eno ug h to gua ra nt ee th e team th e
class title for the series.
Team Lockhart, wi th Wendell Ph illips and Dal e Bu rroug-hs handlin g th e
riding, covered 555.36 miles in 156 laps
o n th e 3.56-mile Daytona Interna tio na l
Speedway co m bined ova l/road co urse.
The GTU class winners finished with
147 laps.
The race boil ed down to th e final
20 minutes in whi ch a p it sto p by
Lockhar t while lead in g Team Warren
brought everyth ing to a sprint to th e
n ag. Lockhart had a 15-second lead o n
Warren wh en th ey pi tted a nd th a t
cha nged 10 a minus-18 seconds wh en
they go t back in action. T he learn had
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