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On the sixth lap DuHamel would
take the lead back for good, though it
hardly appeared that way at first. But,
unofficially, DuHamel was lapping
right near his qualifying mark, despite
. the cool afternoon, and by the 10th lap
he was beginning to creep away.
"1 went high and 1 went low just to
confuse them," DuHamel said as he
made his move. "1 was trying to tuck
everything in, hair and everything. 1
was taking one hand off the handlebars and putting it on the track - like
the dirt trackers do."
Once he was able to break the draft
completely he put a couple of seconds
on the pack and sped unimpeded to
his second 600cc Supersport win at
Daytona. He won here in 1991 aboard
a Carnel Honda, a victory which preceded his win in that year's Daytona
200.
"There should be a rule that if you
start a day like that, then they let you
win the second one (the 200)," he said.
As DuHamel began to stretch his
lead, the fight for second grew more
intense, four riders swapping positions several times a lap all hoping to
be close enough to make a move at the
end.
. Crevier moved in behind his fellow
Canadian near the halfway mark, but
he knew his grasp was tenuous. Kipp
was coming and there was nothing he
could do about it.
"On the last lap I saw that he was
using me as a gauge. He reeled me in.
He was where he wanted to be. I'll say
anything to make it sound like it
wasn't my fault," Crevier joked.
"We trust each other and that's
what it takes," Kipp said. "Everything
worked good."
Turkington was moved back to
fourth - from third - on the 12th lap
when Kipp jumped two spots. Smith
would try him at the end, but carne up
just short.
The battle for sixth place was also
decided on the last lap, Gerald
Rothman Jr. making the most of his
pinch-hitter's role on the Yoshimura
Suzuki to beat Camel Honda's
Renfrow across the line. Rothman Jr.,
who has a pair of his own Supersportspec Suzukis, 750cc and 600cc, will be
filling in for Donald Jacks, who suffered a broken arm in his superbike
crash at the Phoenix opener.
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Results
600« SS FINAL: J. Miguel DuHamel (Kaw); 2.
Tom Kip? (Hon); 3. Steve Crevier (Kaw); 4. Britt
Turkington (Suz); 5. Mike Smith (Hon); 6. Gerald
Rothman Jr. (Suz); 7. Randy Renfrow (Han); 8. Jason
Pridmore (l
