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VINTAGE AHRIIA SOUND OF THUNDEfVSOUND OF SINGLES F-USA and we didn't do the race. This bike is just awesome! There's nothing else to say about this bike." Unofficially, Barnes was lapping in the mid-to-high 1:58s, not far off Stroud's pace. But Stroud had gotten away early and quickly built up a lead. By tile end of the first lap Stroud had about a 6.5-second lead, which he expanded on, though not by much as Barnes was able to whittle away at the New Zealander's lead. Barnes eventually got to within less than six seconds, though he couldn't put more of a dent in it than that. And as he was trying, so was Stroud. On the ninth lap Stroud turned an unofficial lap of 1:56.63 to make sure he stayed in front. In the final laps, Barnes knew he was beaten and the gap grew to over eight . seconds, settling to around seven at the finish. . Next across the line Was Alan Cathcart on the Yamaha TRX850. Cathcart had gotten away third, then was dropped to fourth by the Sundance Harley-Davidson Daytona Weapon of Yoshiyuki Sugai. Sugai ran in third, losing several seconds a lap to Barnes until the Harley started to sound off-song. At its peak, his lead over Cathcart was about 10 seconds, then it began to dwinBy Henny Ray Abrams DAYTONA BEACH, FL, MAR. 4 ri ttens finished onetwo in the Sound of Thunder race, which ended two days of vintage racing at Daytona, Venator Racing's Andrew Stroud leading 10-K Racing's Michael Barnes to the stripe after the pair cleared out from the field. "It's a great bike and John (Britten, the late designer and builder of the machine) was a great man," Stroud said. "We all really remember him. Last year (inaugural Daytona Sound of Thunder win) we dedicated the race to John. This year, I know that Jim Hunter,.the owner of this bike, was a great fan of Roger Reiman," the three-time Daytona 200 winner who was killed in a practice accident on Tuesday. "I'd like to dedi- (Above) Andrew Stroud dominated the Sound of Thunder race at Daytona International Speedway, winning by some seven seconds. (Right) Ducatlmounted Michael Barnes, second to Stroud in the Sound of Thunder race, celebrates his Sound of Singles Supermono win with awheelle. (Below) Chuck Davis took his Honda to the Sound of Singles Formula Two win. cate this win to him and pray that God blesses his soul." "Andrew's got a 1i ttle more experience on the bike," first-time Britten rider Barnes said. "Those bikes sure are a lot of fun to ride around here. It's an honor to have Christine Britten here. I miss having the opportunity to meet John (Britten) but it sure is an honor to be able to ride one of the Brittens. "I think I slowed down when Bin McCue from WRM Engineering showed me my pit signal down there. I was only going two-ohs (2:00 laps) in practice for die and Cathcart was by with five laps togo. By then Barnes was· nearly 40 seconds in front, so Cathcart would have to settle for third. "Well, I won us the second division again," Cathcart said. "It was a good' ride. I congratulate the Britten team, first and second, well done. This was a big step toward reclaiming the (Sound of Thunder) title (he won in 1996). We have some of our European rivals here as well, but I think we've put a little finger on the championship again this year by finishing third at DaytWJ\a. There's