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Cycle News 1990 03 14

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~ ~ 0 O'l O'l l""""i ~ ROAD RACE AMAlCCS EBe Brakes Endurance Challenge Series: Round I - "'<:!"I l""""i ..c: u i-< ro ~ Dutchman Racing (1) and Dutchman Racing II (3) lead the pack out of p it lan e and into turn one as the first round of the AMA/CCS endurance series gets underway. Dutchman Racing stops for gas en route to the win. The defending champions averaged 103.57 mph in the three-hour race, completing 88 laps. Florida's Jeff Farmer teamed with Jon Roberts and Jacques Guenette to form Team Toomer; the trio went on to win the GTU class on their Yamaha FIR600. Dutchm Racing,Team an Toomer scoreat Daytona T By Brian Catterson ' . Photos courtesy Da ytona International Speedway DAYTONABEACH, FL, MAR. 4 ave Schlosser 's Dutc h man Racin g pi cked up where they left off last seaso n by r unning awa y to th e win in the first round of the AMA/ .CCS Endurance Ch a llenge Series at Dayton a Int ern ational Speedway. Dale Quartedey of the defendi ng series cha mp ions teamed with Tom Kipp to average 103.57 mph in com pl eting 88 laps (313.28 mi les) of the 3.56-mile combined su perspeedway /' in fie ld ro ad co urse on their 1989 Suzuki GSX RlIOO, one lap more than second and th ird-pl aced T eam Toomer Too and Dutchmari Racing II , respe ctively, in the three-ho ur race. " It (winning) never gets to be old n 10 hat, " Q uarterley said after the race. " We set ou t to do a consistent pace at abo ut two minut es (per lap). bu t we won in the p its." T oomer T oo 's G lenn Barr y an d Michael Barnes rod e the ir Suzuki I 100 to a second-place fini sh in th eir first race in th e GTO rank s. T hough their fairing sp orted large Avon T ire emblem s, they , li ke Dutchman, u sed Micheli n radi al slicks. Dutchman II 's Don ald Jacks and newcomer Donnie G reene ended up third, with Ja cks blam ing th eir p lacin g on an extra tire stop. Michelin represent ative Ken Will iam s said th at th e stop was unnecessary - th at

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