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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.
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By Brian Catterson '
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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