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West German Reinhold Ro th was also on ha nd at the Honda test session, and he also lapped in the high 1:295; Roth finished second in the 1989 championship. Laguna Seca's new pit road exit will bring th e riders back ont o the track at the exit of tum two (see arrow); the coned area will be replaced by a section of grass. in the high 1:29 ra nge - under J ohn Kocinski 's pole-sitting time of 1:30.16 set during last year's GP. Roth , who finished second in th e 1989 250cc World Championship, crashed his yellow, HB tobacco -backed 1990 NSR250 in tum three on th e fin al day of testin g, bu t was unhurt. Cardus, the fourth -ranked rider in last year 's title chase, was also riding a '90 NSR2 50 with his painted in Repsol (Spain's larges t petroleum company) colors. Frenchman Dom in ique Sarron , who will be a boa rd Ro thrnan s-backed NSR250s in 1990, was not present at the test session - although- he did p lace durin g the race. We just weren' t prepar ed well. I just wanted to get th ings sorted out a little better for th is year's race." Among the changes at La guna is a new pi t roa d exit tha t brings the riders parallel to th e fron t straigh ta way before turning th em ins ide of the existi ng turn two. They will then reenter the track on th e insi de of tum two's exit. The new section, however, brought complaints from Pons who, as the FIM rider's rep resentative, helped wi th the design of th e new pit road exit. The Spaniard said the cha nges weren' t don e participate in Honda 's recent tests at Aus tral ia' s Phillip Island. Cardus, th e on ly Dunlop-backed rider, did som e 75 laps on the same front tire on Tuesda y, but still cou ldn't get i t to o p erati ng tem p erature. Warm er temperatures later in the test enabled h im to get up to speed as he turned a1 :29.7 on Thursday. Why did Honda choose Laguna for th e th ree-day test sessio n? " I jus t wanted to come here to get co m fo rtab le," G ar d n er sa id . "We weren 't read y here last year and tha t's part of the reason why I crashed. The front end was hopping all over th e GATEFEES 8S.00 83.00 UNDER 12 Specill Admiuion Pec:koge SIGN UP AM. 810.00 PRO816.00 CAMPING AVAILABLE III ENCOURAGED No HookU... 83.00 HookU... 810.00 1990 Calendar of MXlSX Evenb SAT. NIGHT BIGTHREE DAY EVENT April 14 July 2.3.4 JunelS Recing/Muoic /Fireworb July 14 . III July 28 MUCH,MUCHMORE Aug. 1 I MOREINFOTOCOME Aug. 26 " WATCHTHISONEill" SePt. 8 "THE HAPPENINGIII" to his specifications , and he wasn 't happy with the fact that there is no separation from race track to the new pi t lan e exit excep t for cones (which will become hay bales for the G Pl. Po ns . wou ld like to see a section of grass separating the two portions of tarmac. After a meetin g between Pons and SCRAMP's Lee Moselle it was decided that th e necessary modificatio ns will be made prior to the GP in April. In addition, permanent garages will be bui lt, and the removal of a portion of the dirt banking tha t sits on the outsi de of ultra-fast tum one will be remo ved CN by the 1991 GP. CLASSES SUNDAY MOTORCYCLES 60 Auto Merch4 S6-86 7-1 I Merch 25 8512·15 MayS 80·12512·15 May 27 1258 Oct.7 125C Nov. 1 I 250B 250C 251 III up ATV 25+A1II8 30+A&8 40+ Enduro NonCurrent (Pre '88) PRO 125A 250A " 80 Auto" " Two St'oke" "FourStroke" "Fou, SlTOke Mod" " Senior (30 +)" PRO 0..500 16 milel West of K1ngopon. T _ . off 1 It exit 44 ·81 1) GATE ACCESS TIJNNEL 2) MX/SX START 3) LIG HTED SX TRACK 4) 1 MII..E MX LOOP 5) SECURITY STAND 6) SCORERS STAND 7) CROSS COUNTRY TRACK BACK HERE! 8) BIKE WASH PAD!! 9) MENS SHOWERS 10) WOMEN'S SHOWERS 11) SIGN UP HERE 12) CONCERT STAGE !! 13)IFUTURE SITE OF BALL FIELD 14) OFFICE I HOUSE ' IS) HANDICAPPED PARKIN G 615-239-9988 615-234-0772