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Rich Oliver rubbed off challenger Chuck Sorensen in lapped traffic mid-race, ripped off a 1:53.929 lap and pulled away to win the AMA 250cc Grand Prix race at Daytona by 11.464 seconds. Sorensen finished second in the 15-lap race, 51 seconds ahead of third-place Simon Turner.
Sorensen’s best lap was a 1:54.544 and Turner’s best lap was a 1:58.097.
Colin Jensen was alone in fourth, and Ed Sorbo beat Perry Melneciuc in a drafting battle to the line for fifth.
1. Rich Oliver, Yamaha
2. Chuck Sorensen, Aprilia
3. Simon Turner, Honda
4. Colin Jensen, Aprilia
5. Ed Sorbo, Yamaha
6. Perry Melneciuc, Yamaha
7. Chris Pyles, Honda
8. Neil Richardson, Yamaha
9. Ed Marchini, Yamaha, -1 lap
10. Ralf Hellstrom, Honda, -1 lap
11. Steve Genter, Honda, -1 lap
12. Greg Esser, Honda, -1 lap
13. Jeremy Bonnett, Yamaha, -1 lap
14. Rick Merhar, Yamaha, -1 lap
15. Kory Gill, Yamaha, -1 lap
16. Henrik Nordgren, Yamaha -1 lap
17. Gary Berbaum, Yamaha, -1 lap
18. Stephen Bowline, Honda, -1 lap
19. Justin Long, Yamaha, -1 lap
20. Tom O’Connor, Yamaha, -1 lap
21. Sean Wray, Yamaha, -1 lap
22. Jim Bonner, Yamaha, -1 lap
23. Jamie Worthington, Aprilia, -1 lap
24. Glen Christianson, Yamaha, -1 lap
25. Andy Edwards, Aprilia, -1 lap
26. Sean McNew, Honda, -1 lap
27. David Bothell, Honda, -1 lap
28. Les Pataki, Honda, -1 lap
29. David Kilcullen, Honda, -1 lap
30. Mark Johnson, Honda, -1 lap
31. Samantha Cotter, Honda, -2 laps
32. Shawn McMurray, Honda, -2 laps
33. Michael Deblanco, Yamaha, -2 laps
34. Jorge Corbato, Yamaha, -2 laps
35. Mark Venderwerf, Yamaha, -2 laps