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"1.1&11 DA YTONA ·D IR T TRACK SERIES $60,000 Total Prize Money . KICKOFF HALF-MILE FRI., FEB. 26 Vol usia County Speedway, Barberville Practice & Time Trials : 5/Race: 7 prn ROBISON'S HARLEY-DAVIDSON HALF-MILE SAT., FEB. 27 Volusia County Speedway, Barberville Practice & T ime Trials: 5/Race: 7 pm Yamaha -mounted M ike Baker claimed fifth overall. third 250. fourth overa ll and had th e lead in ' the 250ccdivision as he hit the pits. Open Expert Grant Pal en ske, rid ing a Kaw asaki, and 250 pilots Mike Bak er, o n a Yamah a, a nd Bre tt How ell , aboard a Kaw asaki, raced through dose beh ind. , Eighth overa ll was in th e hands • of Peu gh, Dave West was ru n ni ng ninth and Kenny Parr y led th e Vet field in 10th overa ll. Parry's nearest . Over-30 co mpeti tio n was Charli e Barney, back in 15th overa ll. Eric H all gath led th e quarter-li ter bik es th rough in 14th overa ll, wi th John Braa sch pushing hi s YZI 25 ha rd in a bid to ca tch up from 21st o vera l l. Bill Sa ltzman cru i sed through in 25th o verall , more than 20 places ahea d of h is nearest Senior division co mpetition . . T he battle for th e lead heated up as the fro n tru nners set off into the 44-mile second loop . " Eddie (Arnet) was right beh in d me goi ng o ut on the loop and we had a great ra ce," said Ash craft. " H e passed me and led it for abou t 10 . feet, a nd th en he cras hed go ing down a rock downhill. I passed h im back abou t eigh t miles into it a nd he tried passing me all th e way for the nex t 25 to 30 mi les." Arn et was no t the on ly problem that Ash cra ft faced. "T here was a rocky uphill in the first fo ur m iles and I got a front flat," Ashcraft said. "I had th at all the way, but th e course was fairl y fast after that so it didn't matter too much ." Wi th two footpegs back on th e bike, Krause was pushing hard to catch up from th ird. " Dan and Eddie were in front of me going out o n th e second loop and I cou ld see th e two of them going at it ," he said. " I was hoping they would wear each other out so I co uld get up th ere with th em ." Krause did not have to wait for long. "I went over th e bars a couple of times tryin g to pass Dan a nd I was getting pretty so re, " Arnet said. "Then I h it some thing. I never saw wha t it was but I was going wide open in fifth gear so I flew over th e bars and la nded reall y hard. " I broke my collar bo ne on the throttle side but I didn 't kn ow it at the tim e," said Arnet. " I pi cked th e bike up a nd started going again. I though t I was still going to finish second, but the n it started hitting me and I just rod e back to my tru ck real slowly." . Arnet 's misfortune put Krause in to second overall but tim e was running out. " I had a good tim e on th e seco nd loop but I couldn't make up enough time to get back up to the fro nt," o '" ...... 14th Annual DAYTONA HALF-MILE SUN., FEB . 28 Vol usia County Speedway, Barberville Gates Open 10 am - Race 2 pm TI CKETS: Advanced $8 . At Gate $10 A JUNIOR/PRO-AM SHORT TRACK WED. , MAR. 2 ""emorial Stadium, Daytona Beach Gates Open 6 pm - Race 8 pm . (Not part of the Daytona Dirt Track Series) The track promoters are sponsoring a $10,000 point fund for these dirt track races. Po in ts will be distributed on the same bas is as the Grand Natio nal Series. Ten riders will share in the point fund. Fo r ' in form ation on the Wiseco/ Budweiser Daytona Dirt Track Series, call (904 ) 254-6767 and ask fo r "Day tona Dirt Track Series " or write: Wiseco/Budweiser Dirt Track Series, P. O. Box 500, Daytona' Beach, FL 32015. EXPERT/JUNIOR SHORT TRACK THURS. & FRI., MAR. 3-4 Memorial Stadium, Daytona Beach Gates Open 6 pm -~Race 8 pm ~ 600 NATIONAL SHORT TRACK EXPERT/JUNIOR SAT., MAR. 5 . Memorial Stadium, Daytona Beach Gates Open 6 pm - Race 8 pm A ll these events except the Budweiser 600 National Short Track kick oft' the '88 AMA Eastern Regional Dirt Track Ser ies and pay regional po ints. Plan nQw for some of the most exciting racing at Daytona Cycle Week '88 I CYCLE NEWS READERS! The first 't o know! I What's happeni ng? Cycle News Calendar. TEAM H & H Your Dis trib u tor For . . ~ ~.. ~ Trel !e borg T ires H & H PRODUCTS (Handguards. Radiator Guards. and other KTM & Husqvarna Racing Accessories) PDLRRIS ' DUCAr:J' r8l Husqvarna iiiit ._ CAG.I'VA Fu ll Ser vice De ale r in cluding shoc" service Hu g e part s inventory , UP S D a ily Bar ry Higgins ' H&H K T M • Husqva r na 31 0 Bankh ead Hwy M abl et on . G A 300 59 (404 194 1 , 918 4 COMPET,TION PLUS, WE ~ GOT 'EM !! . ltiJ Cagiva 250 & 125 WMX Th. cr. am 01 lb. motocross crop i. 1988 Do.·t miss 0.1•• Ibis balCh, gin lIS I c.1I tod. yl We still have a few Huskys left. '87510 TC with White Power Forks '87 250 WR, 430 & Autos '87430 CR - perfect Open Class bike fo r any use WeH;we AllugeCagivajlluslcy UPS Da ily Parts IlIYent0:r,Give Us A Call.! ·II1Z 621 EISt O .r.lrd A••• Gr. .... m Til 37743 •• (615) 638-2228 21