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give .u p and he led as the pa ir s ta rted their run to the flag, narrowly holding Edwards off at the finish. "I ra n off tw ice in th e ch icane and lost what I h ad ," Steve ns said late r in describing his race. "I reeled Polen back in and th at put me in th ird . I gave it ev ery thing I had on every lap. Colin came hau ling as s by me and I tr ied to stay wit h him. I stuc k with him on the banking and on the last lap I passed him and hun g it ou t. There was a lapped gu y in th e ch ica ne an d [ d orked hi m a nd th en weaved m y ass off to th e finis h line. [ was d oing every th ing to keep him (Ed wards) behind me. This is nice. A lot of peop le coun ted me ou t an d a lot of peo p le counted Suzuki out." Edwards also had a problem w ith his third tire, and it slowed him on the final lap : "I shou ld n' t have h ad to pit, but I d id," the Tex an said . "I thought [ had secon d wrapped up. The last tire was a li tt le softer, b u t it chunk e d . L ha d Steven s no probl em , but th e rea r w as already go ne. It wen t sid eways when [ was trying to cat ch up and I w as a d ay late and a dollar short. Weaving the way he did go t hi m third place because otherwise I wo uld have been able to motor by him . Tha t wo n the race for him." Polen rod e alone to fift h place: " It wasn ' t wh at we wanted," the tw o-time Wo rld Champion sa id . "It was really h ard. I ro de the th ing and it was just squi rm ing all over the road . I jus t kep t rid ing it. There was jus t a lot of ru bber, a lot of stu ff put down by the motor cycles. That's just how it is when yo u ge t 80 motorcycles on the race track. Some of the backm arker guys put a little mist down a n d the track jus t gets a li ttl e slick. It's a lot warmer tod ay than it has been and that defini tely ad ded to it and make it slicker." Kipp ended up sixth, desp ite makin g th ree p it s to ps - eac h of w h ich were plan ned . " I' rn actua lly h a ppy," th e Oh ioan said . " I could ha ve been more aggres s iv e throu gh lap p e d traffic . Ha d [ known I'd end up sixth, I woul d have been, but I th ou gh t I w as fou rth. Th e bik e wo rked great. We put a d ifferent mo tor in only an hour before the race. We put a new engine in but it wasn' t.as strong so we put the other one back in. We pl anned on three sto ps becau se I cou ldn't ge t any more th an 15 laps on those tires . I d idn't crash an d now I can go to Po m ona s eco n d in p o ints. We coul d have d one things d ifferen tly by us in g h ard er tir es and on ly stop pi ng twice - but we could have blistered that one too. Jim Leona rd (V&H crew chief) mad e a good decisio n." Yasutom o, N a g ai ro de hi s fa cto ry Yama ha to an un contested seventh wit h Fred Merkel takin g eigh th and the luckless Donald Jac ks fin ally fin ishing a Superbike Nati on al in ninth. Dale Qu arter ley crosse d the line 10th in his debut ride on the Team Mirage Ducati 916. " I wanted to fini sh in the top 10," Merkel said . "I've still go t a lot to learn abou t the bike, but I rod e it as hard as I cou ld . I didn 't wan t to scratch it and a lot of guys fell dow n. I'm happy to finish, but I'm no t happy w ith my finish ." "I had an excellent weekend," Jacks s ai d . "M y co n fid ence is co mi ng b ack a n d I ju st wa n ted to kee p it on tw o wheels - that 's the main goal." As Fogarty said of his rival Russell in the post-race press conference: "It's pretty incred ible to crash and still win." l~ Daytona Internationa l Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida Results: March 12, 1995 SUPE R BIK E QUALIFYING: 1. Scott Ru s sell (1:49.85 2/ 116.666 m ph ); 2. Troy Corser (1:50.065) ; 3. Carl Fog arty (1:51.038); 4. Colin Ed w ards n (1:51.225); 5. The top three -Thomas Stevens, Scott Russell and Carl Fogarty celebrate in Victory Lane. Pasca l Pico tte (1:51.202 ); 6. Jam ie Jam es (1:51.240 ); 7. Mig u el DuHam el (1:5 1.2 45 ); 8. Fre d d ie S pe nc e r (1:51.160); 9. An thony Gobert (1:51572); 10. To m Kip p (1:52038); 11. M ike Hale (1:52.056); 12. Th omas Ste vens (1:52.565); 13. Ste ve Crevier (1:52.685); 14. Fred Merkel (1:52.792); 15. Ya su tom o Na ga i (1:53 .340 ); 16. Do ug Pole n (1:53 .38 1); 17. Da vid Sad owsk i (1:53 .399); 18. Donald Jacks (1:53.651); 19. Mike Smith (1:54.111); 20. T aka h iro So h w a (1:54.70 1) ; 2 1. D ou g C h an d le r (1 :54.864 ~ 22. Dale Quarterley (1:54.924); 23. Lee Pu Uan (1:56. 176); 24 . Eric Moe (1:56 .546) ; 25. Jeffe ry 5 neyd ( 1: 56 .707); 26. Ro ger Be nnett (1 :56 .777); 27 . N eil Hod gson (1:56.887); 28. Do n Ca nct (1:57388); 29. Ch ris Carr (1:57.534); 30. Todd Ha rrington (1:57.722); 31. Mike Ed wa rds (1:57.%2); 32. Sco tt Za m pach ( 1:58 .003~ 33. Pabl o Real (1:58 .023); 34 . Ma rc 5 mi th (1:58.226); 35. Ch uck G raves (158.549); 36. Shane Turpin (1:58.880); 37. Keith Pi ~kst.1ff (I:59.072~ 38. Joh n Ashmead (1:59.297); 39. Damian Weber (1:59.846); 40. Greg Gibson (2.-00.042); 41. lain Du ffus (2.-OO.213~ 42. Juh a Berner (2.-00.240); 43. Pa u l Sch we m ~c r (2 :00 .321); 44 . Th orva ld Saeby (2:00.863); 45. MIke Ha rth (2-00.935); 46. Ricky Orlando (2:01.208); 47. N ick Moreho use (2-01.232); 48. Rick Shaw (2:01.588); 49 . Bill Zearl ey (2:01.8 27 ); 50 . Ang el o N icho les (2.-D2.011); 51. John Hoppers tad (2:02.036 ); 52. Robe rt Mesa (2:02.088); 53. James Milro y Jr. (2.-Q2.176); 54. Michael Fitz p atrick (2:02.258) ; 55. Lui s Aramoni (2:02.398 ); 56. James Ebe rh a rt (2:02.6S3): S7. Ge ra ld son (2:03.146); 59. Ro thman Jr. (2:02.8 18); 58. Jim Dicken Kor y Roo ks (2:03 .659 ); 60 . Da vid O Un (2:04.713 ); 61. Bryan Bem isd erfer (2.Q4.904); 62. Jeff Reeves (2:05.136); 63 . D a n ie l Low ry Jr. (2:05.16 1) ; 64 . C h a rles Bran k (2:05 .573); 65. T . Da vid Po r ter (2:0S.981 ); 66 . John Sp ituls ki (2:06.043 ); 67. Em me l No la n (2:06.138) ; 68 . Brett Ray (2:06.752); 69. Pat rick Weekley (2:06.899); 70. Edd ie Dimeg lio (2:07.961); 71. Kurt Liebm ann (2:08.079); 72. Ro ge r H end ric ks (2:08 .161); 73. A lbe rt C harl es (2:09.071); 74. Sco tt Landis (2:09.782); 75. Dou gla s C ross (2: 10.541). 'D A YT O N A 200: 1. Scott Ru sse ll (Ka w ); 2. Ca rl Fo g a rt y (Due); 3. Th oma s St e vens (S u z ); 4. Co li n Edwards II (Yam ); 5. Do~g Po len (H on) ; b. To m Kipp (yam ); 7. Yasutomo Nagai (Yam ); 8. Fn.. I Merkel (Suz) ; 'C 9. ,Don ald Ja cks (Suz )? 10. Dal e Q ua rter le y (D ue); 11. Eric Moe (Kaw ); 12. Mike Hale (Ho n); 13. Luis Aramon i (Ya m); 14. Tod d Harring ton (Kaw); 15. Dami an Webe r (D ue); 16. Ne il Hod gson (D ue ); 17. Ku rt Lieb ma nn (Duc ); 18. Michae l Fitzpatri ck (Yam ); 19. Kory Rooks (Kaw ); 20. Charles Bran k (Suz ); 21. Jim Dickenson (Su z); , " 22. Jeff Rt"('Vl.. S (Du e); 23. Bryan Bcm lsderfer (Yam ); 24. Ju ha Berne r (Ya m ); 25. Da vid O lin (S uz); 26. Rick y O rla nd o, (Kaw); 27. Eddie Dim e glio (Ya m); 28. Da ve Sad ow s[i (Du e); 29. Dan iel Lowry (Suz); 30. Chris Ca rr (H -D); 31. Brett Ray (Kaw l; 32. James Eber ha rt (Kaw ); ~. Roger H en dricks (Suz); 34. Marc Smi th (I

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