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Slight cruised in for fourth place - in his first-ever Daytona 200: "We had to do three tire stops and our original plan was for two. The first two (stops) went so well we though we'd have an extra one," Slight joked. Polen was next in fifth, disappointed that his original plan for one stop hadn't worked out, but still content with getting out of Daytona with a substantial amount of points. Kipp was next, despite running out of fuel two laps from the end and losing a lap to the leaders. "Considering we sheared a countershaft sprocket on the last lap of practice this morning, and the fact that the clutch got real bad 10 laps from the end and then we ran out of gas in the chicane so I . could coast into the pits - I feel real fortunate just to finish where we did." Quarterley, too, was pleased with his seventh place finish: "All in all, it was a good day," he said. "I think we had a fourth or fifth place machine. From me crashing it on Thursday, we just never had a chance to get the bike set up right. I couldn't flick that thing without it going into tankslappers. They were baking me in the chicane and the kink. I'm tickled pink just to finish this stupid thing." Quarterley had pitted twice, changing rear tires both times while taking on fuel. In addition, he was another of the riders starting from what became known as "Sweet 16" - the 16th row on the grid he shared with Edwards, sixth place finisher Kipp and Sohwa. Quarterley was top finishing Michelin-tire using rider in the Daytona 200, with Dunlop still controlling things in the superbike tire wars. Guenette was another Michelin man, and he battled through hell week to finish ninth. "It was a crazy week," the young French Canadian said. "From 5 a.m. on Tuesday I didn't go to bed until after registration on Thursday. I drove 23 hours straight by myself to get here and I was very tired. Still, I was fine for the race, but it was a long week for me. We went with a more reliable setup, so we were a little bit slower in the 200. Some of the stuff in the engine was getting a bit old, so we went safer. I think the result is good considering the week we had. I want to thank Michelin - they really took very good care of me this week." . INDIANA ort Smith: eeler Suzuki Emmaus: Claremont: Blackman's Cycle Shop Suzuki Sportcycle RKANSAS NEW HAMPSHIRE Elkhart: Hood's Suzuki Latrobe:' Z & M Cycle Sales New Holland: M & S Arctic Cal-Suzuki Uniontown: Z & M Cycle Sales #2 Fort Wayne: Londonderry: Ehlerding Cycle Cycle World, Inc. 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Seymour's Motor Sports Austin: D & L Motorcycles Dallas: est Valley Suzuki ublin: ilroy: Suzuki North ilroy Motorcycle Cenler Houston: anJord: Stubbs Cycle anford Suzuki Wichita Falls: an Diego: Cycle World of Wichita Falls un Bike Cen ter Picotte was a less happy French Canadian after ending up 37th, thanks mainly to running out of fuel and having to push the bike nearly all the way from the chicane to the pits: "My bike was running like a 600," he said. "It was a fuel-injection problem that I first noticed on the warm-up lap. Because of that, we ran out of gas. It was almost impossible to ride - it was a really hard race." Lawson, who is rumored to be doing the Suzuka 8-Hour for Yamaha later in the season, hinted that given the right opportunity he may return to run Daytona another day: "If I have that kind of horsepower edge again - I'd think about doing it again," Lawson said. "My motorcycle was in a class by itself. I was smiling in my helmet the whole time. It was good - I was happy." (N Results SUPERB IKE QUALlFVING: 1. Scott Russell (I:SO.194/116.304 mph); 2. Doug Polen (1:51.330); 3. Aaron Slight (1:51.619); 4. Pascar Picotte (1:52.554); 5. Mike Smith (1:52.880); 6. Tom Klpp (1:53.357); 1. Akira Vanagawa (1:53.503); 8. Raymond Roche (1:53.513); 9. Miguel DuHam~1 (1:53.808); 10. Thomas Stevens (1:53.821); 11. Takahiro Sowha (1:53.824); 12. Colin Edwards lJ (1:54.016); 13. Dale Quarterley (1:54.451); 14. Christian Gardner (1:54.553); 15. Steve Crevier (t:55.018); 16. Jacques Guenette Jr. (1:55.044); 11. Brian Morri90n (1:55-834); 18. Wolfgang Hambach (1:56.018); 19. Steve Hislop (1:56.254); 20. John Ashmeild (1:56.911). ARAI TWIN SO '1: 1. Scott Russell (Kaw); 2. M;\ce Smith (Hon); 3. Steve Crevier (Kaw); 4. A..ron Slight (Kaw); 5. Brian Morrison (Kaw); 6. Akira Vanagaw. (Suz); 1. Miguel DuHamel (Kaw); 8. Steve Hislop (Due); 9. Dave Sadowski (){aw); 10. Jim Sabin (Kaw); 11. Richard Moore (Kaw); 12. Fritz Kling (Kaw); 13. Paul Schwemmer (Han); 14. John Long (Suz); 15. Rid< Shaw (Yam); 16. Robert Wright (Suz); 17. Chuck Graves (Suz); 18. Adriano Narducci (Due); 19. James Lussier (l

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