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20 YEARS AGO BSA-mounted D ick Mann won th e 19 71 Dayt on a 200, scoring h is second straight win in the 30th run nin g o f th e prestig io us event. Triumph-mounted Gene Romero fin ished secon d, and BSA-mou nted Don Emde was third. Roger Reiman, Jim Odom, Chuck Palmgren, J ess Thomas, Tom Rockwood, Dave Smith and Kel Carruthers rounded ou t the top 10. Mann average d 104.73 mph, breaking the previous record of 102.69 mph that he set the year before on a Honda. The win ner's share of. the purse amounted to $5000. For the first time , qualifying la ps were taken on the 3.81-mile combined ova l/infield road course rather than on the 2.5-mile tri-oval and it was Paul Smartstart in g the race on the po le, having qual ified at 107.94 m p h aboard a Triump h. Smart dropped out of the 53-lap race wh ile leadin g on lap 42. Attendance was estimated at 4215 00. Rusty B r adle y , 1970 AMA Junior class road race cha mp, su ffered fatal injuries in a second lap, first-turn crash in the Daytona 200. For the second year in a row, Australian Kel Carruthers, th e 1969 250cc World Champion, was the winner of th e Day tona Intern at iona l Li g htweight' (250cc) Road Ra ce. Cal Rayborn was the ru nner-up and D u a n e McDaniels fi nished third . Gary Fisher a n d Steve McLaughlin rounded out the top five. All five rode Yam ah as. Carru thers topped his own speed record , averagi ng 101.366 mph, to erase the 98.857 mph mar k he set th e previou s year. He picked u p $1400 of the $5500 p urse, After finishing 16th on an Ossa in th e 250cc class at the Dayton a MX on Saturday morning, Ed Salley hopped on an other Ossa and won the Daytona Cycle Week Short Track that n ight. Gary Scott finished second aboard a Kawasaki. Friday night's short tra ck was won by Harley-Davidson Sprintmounted Rex Beauchamp, with Ossa -mounted Mike Gerald finishing second. Riding a H usq varn a, Bryan Kenney topped CZ-mounted J im Weinert and fellow Husqvarna rider Bob Grossi in the Open class a t the Daytona MX. Gunnar Lindstrom made it a H usky sweep by winning the 250cc class over Ossa -mounted Barry Higgins and Bultaco-rno u n ted Gary Bailey. Let HONDA cover you at LAGUNA SECA USGP .See your particating Honda dealer for all these USGP necessities - Sport Bike Of Your Dreams. VFR750 2. Specia l, limited-parking passes for motorcycle riders 3. Commemorative 1991 USGP hat See you on Honda Island April 19, 20 and 2 1 Offer good while supp ly lasts. Supplies limited. Available at Pan icipating Deal ers Only . Now Available Through Cycle New s Action Theater "Blackwater 100 ยท The Video" from Motovideo (#110) It's 60 m inutes of the wildest, muddiest, and most outrageous m otorcycle racing footage eve r assembled on home vide o . Finally, M ot ovideo cam eras have ca pt u red A m erica 's Toug hest Race the w ay it w as meant to be seen . . . 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Poneleit averaged 99.925 mph in the 100-mile race. (;II WEEK VIDEO LIVE AND RE"LIVE THE EXCITEMENT OF MAIN STREETAND BIKE WEEK'S 50TH ANNIVERSARY! THI S TYPE OF VID EO WON'T EXIST FOR ANOTHER 50 YEARSI Stev e Morehead finished 10th in the 100cc 'Amateur class road race aboard a Yamaha. Kawasak i-m ounted Joe Finan won the race. Other am ateur road ra ces were wo n by Tommy B y a r s J r ., Mack S taffo r d , Ro b in . Chase and John Long. The Daytona Novice Road Ra ce was topped by Howard Lynggard with Scott A utrey second and John Lon g third. All three rode Yamah as. 1. Discount tickets _ .1-day $30 2-day $40 . ($1 0 off gate charge) 3-day $50 Don Emde's new boo k on th e history of the Dayton a 200 is hot off th e press an d ready for th e 50th Anniversar y race. The book contains over 300 photogra ph s, dia gram s an d ads from days go ne by. 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