(Left) Chief
contenders
Stroud (1). Nick
lenatsch (200 ) and
Pablo Real (29)
s cramble at the
start of the Open
Batt le of the
Twins even t. The
Ducati 888mounted Real
bested a Stroudlenatsch Britten
freight train at the
finish.
gran dfa ther can go ou t and have a good
time on a stock motorcycle."
Seco nd overa ll and in the F-l cla ss
tu rn ed ou t to be qu ite a tussle. Britain's
Alan Ca th cart on the 1973 Vee Tw o
Ducati 9005S ba ttled the 1992 Du cati 900
of William Wh ite. Cat hcart was in front
for the early part of the race, then gave
wa y to Whi te, whose Du cati clearl y had
longer legs on the banking.
"T his is a 1973 mot or cycl e and I' m
racing against a motorcycle built in '94
and '95," Ca thcart pointed out.
His only chance was to stay close on
th e b anki ng and u se tr affi c as best he
co u ld , but White got a few breaks in
tra ffic in the fina l stages, though Cathca rt w asn 't unduly balked . Try as he
migh t, he couldn't cu t the gap, and he
d id n' t h ave the mot or to make the pass
a n d he se ttl e d for th ir d in th e e n d
behi nd White.
Ab out 15 se con ds back was Geoff
Mellinger and his 1992 Duca ti 900SS.
The Ill inois rider m ov ed in to fo u rth
righ t fro m th e start and ju s t hung ou t
there all d ay.
Fifth place was d ecided on the eighth
lap when Denni s Liebrecht passed Dean
Ver plank. Both w e re ra cing Du cati
900SS mot orcycles, bu t Liebrecht's was a
1980, IS-years older than Verplank' s. l."l
Daytona International Speedway
Daytona Beach, Florida
Results: March 7, 1995
BOT OPEN: 1. Pabl o Real (Ou e); 2 Andrew Stroud
(Brit); 3. Nick lenatseh (Bri); 4. Neil Hodgson (Due ); 5.
Davi d Kieffer (Duc) ; 6. Kurt Lieb mann (Due); 7. Albert
Charles (Du e); 8. Robert Robbins (Du c); 9. Ian G unn
(Due ); 10. Peter Anderson (Du e).
BOT F~l: 1. Jerry Wood (Ouc ); 2. Will iam Wh ite
(Du e); 3. Alan Ca thca rt (Du e); 4. Geoff Mellinger (Du e);
5. Dennis Liebrecht (Due); 6. Dean Verplank (Due); 7.
Larry Schnur (Due); 8. Micah S tevenson (Du e); 9. Louis
Lipka (Due~ 10. Dav e R""""U (Bim) .
BOT F-2: 1. Joh n Long (Due); 2. Ma tthew Conorton
(Du e); 3. John Ask el (Due); 4. Ku rt Mund (BMW ); 5.
Sa m wagenseller (Ho n); 6. Tom Fournier (Du e ); 7. Rick
Gu y (Duc) ; 8. Rick Patro lia (H on ); 9. Devin Batt le y
{BMW); 10. Billy Click (Due) .
BOT F-),: 1. C ha rles Bu r ne tt (Hon) ; 2. Ja mes
Lickwa r (Hun); 3. Pete Furkey (Cag); 4. Frank Stroman
(K
