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·D I TR CK:\··.. SerieS : Round 1: Daytona Municipal Stadium
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Canadi an Steve Asel tine (36) and Jason Fletc her (65) ran nose to tail througho ut the 25-lap
883 Nati onal. Aselti ne led every lap to score his first-ever 883 Nationa l win.
tra ffic than I did," said Poovey. "It could
hav e gone eithe r way."
What Poovey didn't know, however,
was that Land es was closing in quickl y.
When the white flag flew, Landes had
closed to w ith in five bikelengths of
Poovey, and was ev en closer as they
raced across the finish line.
" I sta yed the same d istance behind
him throu gh most of the race," said Landes. "Then a t the end, 1 sta rted to go
fast er and fas ter. 1 think 1 cou ld have
done something with him if there were a
few laps left."
At th e finish, Carr enjoyed a full
straightaway lead over Poovey and Landes . Dav is fell victim to a flat rear tire
with five laps to go and was passed for
fourth by King, but heroically managed
to hold on for fifth.
"Things s tarted to get w iggly out
back and I thought, 'Oh no, not now: "
said Davis. "I wasn't about to p ull off
either, 1 just rode her out. Scary!"
Jones was sixth, while HilI worked up
to seventh after a close encounter with
another rider at the start. "Rogers spun
sideways off the line and bumped into
me: ' said the usually fast-starting Hill.
"From there on it was just a struggle
through the pack."
Coolbeth, Veeder and Atherton
rounded out the top 10.
883
After a series of heat races and semis
run early in the afternoon before the
track was watered, the stage was set for
the 25-lap Harley-Davidson 883 Nationa l. After over four hours off of their
machines, many of the 883 racers were
anx ious to get the' racing underway maybe too anxious.
Thanks to numerous first-tum crashes and o ne turn-three altercation
between Jason Fletcher and Springsteen,
that saw Springsteen fall and break his
wrist, the red flag flew several times.
The fourth restart was the last, as all 16
riders managed to make it thr ough lap
one wi thout crashing.
Jovial Canadian Steve Aseltine put
his Don ahue H-D/ Delano Sports Cen. ter -backed 883 in the lead, a head of .
Moroney's H-D rider Fletc her, Sp rin gsteen and Dayton a Budw eiser ' s Scott
Stump.
Aseltine, the winner of the 1991 Dayton a Short Track Grand Na tional, pu t
his considerable experience at the circuit
to good use and guarded his lines well,
despite the relentless p res sure from
Fletcher. The two riders ran nose-to-tail
throughout the en tire 25-lap race and
pulled weB clear from the rest of the
field.
"About the only place that 1 d idn't
try to pass Ste ve was up on the wall,
doing a bermshot," said Fletcher. "You
couldn't move off the groove because it
was so slick, so 1had to just wait for him
to make a mistake."
That mistake never carne, as Aseltin e
stayed glued to the groove and raced
home the winner.
"I just tried to ride smooth and keep
it out front," said Aseltine. "M y face
shield kept fogging up and 1 had to
open it on the straightaways to unfog it.
That was my only problem."
After running a solid third throughout most of the race - despite suffering
wit h a br oken righ t wrist - Springsteen
pulled off the track on la p 20 wi th a
blown m ot or. Stump was the direct
beneficiary of Springsteen's misfortune,
and the now-svelte rider raced home
third.
" It's hard to go fast on a track like
this on a 600 - imagine how hard it is to
go fast on an 883. Th is is th e sli ckes t
track I've ever been on : ' sa id Stump.
"All those restarts happened because
everyone was trying to win the race at
the s ta r t. You can't do that on these '
bikes - you have to be cool."
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Municipal Stadium
Daytona Beach, Rorlda
Results : March 12, 1994 (Round 1 of 22)
TIMED Q UALIFYING , !. Terry Poovey (19.393); 2.
Ronnie jooes (19. 440 ); 3. Aaron Hill (19.5 24); 4. Chris
Ca rr (19.553) ; 5. Lanc e Jones (19.554); 6. Will Dav is
(19 .676); 7. Brett Landes (19 .757); 8. Kenny Coolbeth
(19 .776); 9. Dan Sta n ley (19 .805); 10. Dav ey Ca m lin
(19.813); 11. Matt Wai t (19.845); 12. Don Wilson (19.947);
13. Rus ty Rose" (2O.lJ()() ; 14. Robert Lewis (20.012); 15.
D a ve Hebb (20.0 17); 16 . Tommy Co lso n (20 .027); 17.
Rich King (20 .029); 18. Oin t Vah sc ho ltz (20 .05 8); 19.
Stev e Morehead (20.069); 20. Scott Parker (20.079 ); 21.
Kris Armentrout (20.137); 22. And y T"""", (20.146); 23.
Kevin At herton (20. 154) ; 24. Mike Ha cke, (20.156); 25.
Rex Fishe' (20.174 ); 26. Charlie On- (20.181); 27. Doug
O·So yl. (20.219 ); 28. Craig Estell e (20.223) ; 29. Cla ud.
Racine (20.248) ; 30. Ted Taylor (20.254 ); 31. Sha wn Cla rk
(20 .25 7); 32 . jean Bourret (20 .274 ); 33 . Eric O ·Boy l.
(20.277); 34. Kenton Longcor (20.288); 35. Rager Durkee
(20.309); 36. Ricky Gra ha m (20.314); 37. Jay Springs teen
(20.316) ; 38. George Rood et (20.319); 39 . Larry Peg ra m
(20.333); 40. Scott Stu mp (20.334) .
H EAT 1: 1. Terry Poo vey (Rtx); 2. Rusty Rosers
(KIM); 3. Jay Springsteen (Rtx); 4. GI'eII Sim s (Rtx); S.
Don Wilson (Rtx); 6. Rex Fishe r (W· R); 7. Mike Hacker
(Rtx); 8. Ian Segedy (Rtx); 9. Kevin 011iges (ATK) ; 10.
Ricky Graham (Hon).
T im r: 3 minutes. 18.09 seconds. ~
HEAT 2: 1. Ronnie Jon es (Rtx); 2. Kevin Atherton
(Rtx); 3. Robert Lewis (Rtx); 4. Rager Durkee (Rtx); 5.
Matt Wa it (WoR); 6. Scott Buc ha n (Rtx); 7. Ge o rge
Rood n (Rtx); 8. Pat Buchanan (Rtx); 9. Brian Tillson
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(Rtx); 10. Cha,Ue On- (Rtx~
Tunc ;3,18.96.
H EAT 3: 1. Aaron Hill ( H~ D); 2. Da ve y Ca m lin
(Rtx); 3. Andy T""""" (Rtx); 4. Kenton.Longco r (Rtx); 5.
Do ug O 'Bo y le (Rtx); 6. Jason Fletcher (Rtx) ; 7. Larry
Pegram (Rtx); 8. Frankie Kaise r (W-R); 9. Ty How ard
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