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the second ZXR a n d works Suzuki were victims o f m in or crash es. Pi t problem s h ad sent th e DuHa mel s tu mbling down th e order to 15t h a qua rter of the way th rough th e race, much to Yvon's d ispleasure. But th e oth er Ca nadians we re doing j ust fine. After th e first ho u r, the all-girl So na u to Gau loises tea m h ad been down in 54th p lace. After six hou rs they'd charged through the field to 24th. There were a lot fewer snide, sex ist rem arks down pit lane tha n th ere had bee n during qualifying. Kathleen Coburn was particul arl y up for it a nd was lapping .fa ster a t n ight th en she had in practi ce, des p ite a co llarbo ne bro ken just fou r week s previousl y. U nfort u na tely th e comeback .was halted by a n electrica l failure that ca used Pa risot to p us h in fro m th e end o f the Mist ral stra ig ht , dro p pi ng th e Yamaha to 35th. They were back up to 28th just before midnight when Coburn had the bik e cut ou t again a t the start o f th e Mis tra l straight. She pushed. In fact she p ushed it for 35 m inu tes, b u t she got the bi ke ba ck to th e p its. Specta tors ca me over the fen ce to urge her on, but the effort and the back-sla p p ing aggravated th e collarbone and shou lder which she'd dislocated in that same crash a m onth earlier. Surely she co uldn 't ride again. Co burn had other ideas: " How many times does a girl get tb rid e for a team lik e this, huh?" And still Sarron , Vieira a ndBo uhebe n kep t th eir precious hand o n the Suzu ki. The works Kawasa ki cha llenge fell away as Manuel Leitagne crashed out the bi ke that. had disputed seco nd a nd third place, the n the second ZXR-7 succumbed to engi ne prob lems. The second works Suzuki slo tted into fo urth, followed by th e p riva teer Belgi a n Ka wa saki of o ld ca m pa igner R ich a rd Hubin , Steven and Sim ul. T he Du H amels had co me charg ing back up th e fie ld a nd lay seventh a t 2 a. m, closing ra pi d ly o n th e a ili ng works Kawasa ki as it yo-yoed in and o ut o f th e pits trying vain ly to stave off th e i nevi tab le. In third p lace, Roger Burnett was en joy ing hi s fir st en du ra nce event. T ea m orders were to sta y in touch with th e seco nd-place Suzu ki a n d a ttack wh en da ylight ret u rn ed. It wasn ' t to be. T he ra in sta rted early i n the m orn i n g as intermittent showe rs befo re b ecomi n g a fu ll b lo wn sto rm . Sa rron 's lead, by now u p to three laps, starte d looking less th an to ta lly safe as Suzu ki 's wet wea th er expe rts cha rged. When th e race was stopped th ere were no co mplai nts from the lea ders, as yo u 'd expect. Only th e Canadians . an d R icha rd H ubi n were vocall y o p posed to stop pi ng. Sa rron was ha p p y for hi s team a nd sponsors, but co ns idered hi s fifth Bol d 'Or a nd h is third in 'a ro w " half a victory." The winner s tu rned in 39 I laps, th ree m ore than th e run ne r-up tea m , w ho had a lap in hand on the third p lace fin ish ers. R u n n er-u p H erve Moinea u , wi th fou r World Championship titles but not one Bol d 'O r a fter I I a tte mp ts, co u ld be forgiven fo r gritting hi s teeth. Coburn, Sharp less a nd · Pa riso t fi n ish ed 37th , th e D uH a m el s a su pe rb seventh a nd th e only Am erican in th e race, J amie J ames, shared 10th pl a ce o n th e firs t Yamaha h ome with French G Pprivat eer Rachel • Nico tte a nd O livier Krausz. THE TENTH ANNUAL - PRO-AM OCTOBER '28 -30 J988 AMA Championship Cup Series Races of Champions National Championship Sprints I 250-Mlle USEC Finale - - - TICKET PRICES - - , An Advance Paddock Tag is available Saturday admission: ~ $6 for $20, good for Oct. 28 through Sunday admission: $10 Oct. 30. 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