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ROAD RACE Dunlop tire test
Picotte turned the quickest lap
times of the three-day session at
1:51.00. James, prior to his accident,
had been timed at 1:51.19 while Team
Muzzy Kawasaki's Russell, the 1992
O(j . Daytona 200 winner, clocked a 1:51.40
0") for his best time.
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DuHamel, winner of the 1991
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Daytona 200, pushed the new
" Kawasaki ZX-6 to the top time for the
<.0 600cc Supersport-bikes with a 1:59.50.
Kipp, the reigning AMAjCCS 600cc
$o-i
Supersport Champion, was a tick
~ behind at 1:59.75. Yoshimura Suzuki's
;j Turkington turned in a 2:00.58 lap on
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his GSXR600 and clocked a 1:57.28 on
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the 750cc Supersport Suzuki.
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D' Aluisio and Walker, of South-
e
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west Motorsports, handled the 250cc
testing portion of the session. Veteran
D' Aluisio, on his '92 Yamaha, was
timed at 1:57.5. Walker rode a '93
model Yamaha to a 1:57.8 time.
Teenage sensation Colin Edwards
III continued to impress. The 18-yearold Texan, who won the 1992 AMA
250cc Grand Prix National Championship, had his first extensive session on the Yamaha superbike.
"1 knew moving up to superbike
would be a big change," Edwards
said. "1 didn't realize just how big it
would be. You sort of have to learn to
ride all over again. So, that's what
I've been doing for three days - learning how the bike feels, how it handles."
Edwards spent as much time on
the track as possible, proving he's a
quick learner by getting down to a
fast lap of 1:54.80.
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(Right) WERA FUSA Champion
Donald Jacks and
the Yoshimura
Suzuki Superbike.
(Below) The pit
road was a busy
place, with 21 riders
taking part in the
test session.
(Above) Chris
D'Aluisio did the
majority of the
250cc tire testing.
(Right> Japan's
Akira Yanagawa
made his first visit
to Daytona; he'll
ride a Yoshimura
Suzuki in the
Daytona 200 in
March.
