AMA Circle Bell Pro Twins GP Series:
Round 5
Quarterley 'takes third
straight at Laguna Seca
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By Bria n Ca tterson
Photos by Mike and Dennis Sc ull y
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MONTEREY, CA , J ULY 10
Dale Q u arterley held off the determined
advances of Pau l Lewis at Laguna Seca
R aceway to take h is third straight Pro Twins
Grand Prix victory. Q u ar terley, riding a Fast
by Ferracci Ducati 851, diced
with Australian globetrotter
Paul Lewis on the Commonwealth Hon da throughout the
14-lap event, . exch an gin g the lead
several timesbut always running ~ut
front when 11 co u nted most. Third
place ",,:ent to. john L~ng on th e
Longevity Racmg Ducati, who held
off a late-race charge from a rejuvenat~ jlmm.v Adamo on the T eam
Leoni Du cati, who had to settle for
fourth,
At th e drop of the green fla g ,
form er Battle of Th~ Twins champ
Adamo I~ over the h ill through turn
one and in to turn two with Do ug
B1?uneck , Lewis and Long in p.ur- .
SUit. Quarterl ey got past Lon g gomg
into th e in field 10 take fourth.
Natio~al C h a m pion B.raun eck
ended h is ra ce on th e fi rst lap,
dropping the Dr. J ohn 's Mo to-Gu zzi
in turn six.
set j i m ~y (Adamo) u p for a
drive out o f SIX a nd lost th e front
e'.1d," said Bra uneck. Strang~ly, th e
bike had a flat rear Metzeler n re af ter
the cras~, which ~ad th e