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00 00 0') .-I Polen (left) and Schwantz celebrate in Victory Lane after the Daytona 200 by Arai; they are accompanied by M iss Camel and Miss Arai. Schwantz gets a new M ichelin t ire in his .second pit stop; the Suzuki crew was flawless with Schwantz' pit stops, helping him w in the 200. 10 Randy Renfrow (5) battles Dale Quarterley (32) and Jeff Farmer (8 6) during the National; Renfrow finished eighth with Quarterley seventh . mead's da y cam e to an end while he was ru nning sixth. "It just locked up goi ng into th e horseshoe," he said. " I. go t it go ing again, but it . seized again." With seven laps to go, Schwantz hel d a huge margin over Pol en , who in tu rn had la pped all the way u p to fifth p laced McMurter. On th e , final go -around, Schwantz pulled celebration wh eelies and beat Pol en across th e fi nish li ne by threeq uarters of a lap . " It's a reall y good feeli ng to win Daytona," Schwant z said. " It was close in the beginn ing, bu t everything went rea l smooth. I picked a tire that would go th e di stance." " I tho ugh t it was going to be a long day," Sh obert said whe n asked abo ut th e push back to th e p its. " I kn ew my chances of winning were go ne. I had to depend on so methi ng happen in g. " Shob ert, wh o is using ' Mic helin tires for the first time in 1988, o n ly changed a rear' tire once durin g the race. • Gray was lu cky to finish. " Eigh t laps from th e en d it drop ped a cyli n der," he sa id. " It was on ly turning 8000 rpm a t th e start / fini sh line. Anot her fi ve la p s a n d I wo uld n 't hav e finished ." . Renfro w, who ended up eighth, was hampered by brake prob lems o n th e Van ce & Hines machine. " I was scared to sq ueeze it in because I di dn 't know.wha t 'was wro ng wi th it." McMurter, who fini shed fifth , was usin g l 7-inch wh eels for th e first ti me after discovering hi s 18-in ch wheels were leak ing air just prior to the National. McMurter was also havi ng problem s with the ribs and wr ist he inj ured during practice . Results 200-M ILE NATIONA L: 1. Kevin Schwantz (Su.); 2. Ooug Polen (Su. ); 3. Bubba Shoben (Honl; 4 . Scott Gray (Suz); 5. Rueben McMurt er (Yam ); 6 . Mike Harth (Su.); 7. Dale Quan erl ey (Su.); B. Randy Renfrow (Suz); 9. Scott Russell (Su.); 10 . J eff Farm er (Vam); 11. Mark Ch in (Vam); 12. Mich el Mer cier (Suz); 13. Tom Douglas (Yam); 14. Ricky Or lando (Su.); 15. Eric Delcamp (Kaw); 1B. A ndy McGladdery ( Suz~ 17. Ott is Lance (Suzl; 18. Keit h Pinkst aff (Suz); 19. Charles Pitt man J r. (5 0. 1 20. ; David Sadowski (Suz). CAM EL CHALLENGE: 1. Doug Polen (Suzl; 2. Kevin Schwantz (Suzl; 3. Vukiya Ohsh im a (50.1; 4 . Scott Gray (Suz); 5. Gary Goodf ellow (Su.); B. A nders A ndersson (Suz).