CN
III ARCHIVES
BY LARRY LAWRENCE
That year may have represented
a peak of interest in the Daytona
Pro Twins race. There was the one-
of-a-kind Commonwealth Honda
powered by an RS750 dirt track
engine, ridden by Australian Paul
Lewis; a brand new liquid-cooled,
eight-valve Ducati raced by Italian
Stefano Caracchi and perhaps most
unique of all, a Cosworth-powered
P146
D
uring Bike Week in March of
1988, all road-racing classes
at Daytona International Speedway
took a backseat to AMA Pro Twins.
The series, formerly known as
Battle of the Twins, was front and
center because of the incredibly
trick motorcycles entered in the
race, ridden by an impressive cast
of racers.
WHEN
COSWORTH WON
AT DAYTONA
Italian Stefano
Caracchi (center)
won the 1988 AMA
Pro Twins race at
Daytona on a John
Surtees-tuned
Cosworth-powered
bike.
