Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

ROA DRACE ~ m'" - '"I - ~Alm I RAL~EY ~ 0 =: - E-o m m ... . l-< 0.. ~ z 1lOOIl\.' ~Ui7 ross tlUl1 =: < -I TW tJ1IlI ~1I" lATlYAM\ . ~ltl!I that COSI Kocinski any cha nce in the race, ' T he other guys straightened up so I slo wed and pi cked it up and the guy ra n in th e back of me. It wouldn 't even run. II was doing 50 mph tops," Kocinski would later exp lain. Pla ces shuffled co nsta ntly during every lap with Cardus heading the pack o n th e fourth lap a hea d o f No bua tsu Aoki , T adayuki Ok ada , Sa rron , Zeel enberg , Shimizu , a nd Cada lora. Sh im izu moved swiftly through th e field taking the lead on the ninth lap o n ly to lose it abo ut 30 seconds later when he cras hed exiting a third gear left-hand bend on the back part of the course. After high-siding him, Shimizu 's Ajinom oto Honda co ntin ued down the track for ano the r 50 yards before Slicking itself into the foam rubber barri ers o n the o utsi de of the next right. Sh im izu had been riding with severely skinned hands and had said before th e race he wasn 't sure how long he co uld hold o n. About nine laps, it seemed. Wh en Sh imizu crashed, Cadalora took over the lead with Zeelenberg seco nd, Cardu s th ird , a nd Sarro n fourth . Yam ah a V CC Ra cing's T oshihik o H onma was fifth ahea d of Cornu with HB H onda's Reinhold Roth trailing that quartet by a few seconds. It was Roth 's turn to go ou t next , gett ing flung 10 the ground o n the ap proach to the same corner that bit Shimizu. Fir st h is machine, then the man himself smac ked into the stacked tires on the o utside of the run-off area. After being carried away by corner work ers, Roth walk ed back to the pi ts under his o wn pow er. By no w Cadal ora was cruis ing, hold ing three seconds o n Cardus wh o was at the front of the five-rider pack. H is lap tim es were o n ly slig h tly lower than hi s pursuers, but having broken the d raft , and wi th li ttle traffi c ahea d, he was able to gradually slip away. " Whc n I was in front , I cou ld ta ke half a second every lap, " Cad alora said, somewha t inaccurately. When he was movin g through th e field , he said he could P .t') IlAOlII SAllON tI1B twI3 rrotl t l2Jll lIAClI Wll ~ u u = = tJtlll OIDJ TlrjlllOTO l E-o CI) uwsos CAIDN!1 tltf6 ~ I IIIYAGI ~l.ll7 IlA5UIl 0hIlIII ~1l.Ia ~1l.!!7 How Japan was won WIllS tI1m o thers realized that I had brake trouble and was not just taking strange lines for no reason. " Overwhelmed was the best way to describe Zeelenberg's reacti on to a rostrum finish in his First GP on a factory bike. "I thought first 1O,.maybe," he said. " My tim es were not so good from th e sessions. I learned a lot. Lu ca (Cada lora) rides very hard, very fast in the corn ers. When you are in a group it' s easy 10 follow. I was in a good position 10 learn." Cardus was asked what he thought about the japanese riders: " I thought th ey tried harder in the early part of the race ," he said. " I had some scares; it 's spooky riding with them. " CI Results 25Oa: QUAUFYlNG: I. J ohn Koci ns ki (2:14.273): 2. Lu ca Gada lora (2:15. 184); 3. Dom inique Sarron (2;15.340); 4. Ca rlos Cardus (2:15.375); 5. J acq ues Cornu (2:15.604); 6. Toshi hi ko H onm a (2:15.840): 7. Tadayuki O kada (2:15.925); 8. Masahiro Shi miz u (2:16.082); 9. No bua tsu Aoki (2:16.082); 10. Reinhold Roth (2:16.307). 25Oa: GP: I. L uca Cadalora (Yam ); 2. Carl os Ca rd us ( Hon) ; 3. W ileo Zeelen berg ( H a n ); 4. Dominique Sarron (Hon ); 5. Jacqu es Com u (Ho n ); 6. T osh ihiko Honma (Yam); 6. T . Hara da (Yam ); 8. N. Aoki (Han); 9. M. T agu chi (H a n) ; 10. T. Udagawa (Han) ; II. j och en Sch mi d (Ha n ); 12. J. Suzuk i (H a n); 13. N iall Macken zie (Yam); 14. J ohn Kocinski (Yam); 15. Y. Nu kumi (Yam ); 16. Haral d Eckl (Apr); 17. Y. Su gai (Han); 18. Alan Can er (Ha n ); 19. Lo ris Reggi ani (Apr); 20. T. Sh iomo ri (Yam ); 2 1. A. Mitom a (Hon ); 22. Kevin Mitch ell (Yam ); 23. E. Neumair (Ya m); 24. J. Barresi (Ya m ); 25. Carlos Lavado (Apr); 26. Y. Hori (Han); 27. Reinh old Roth (Han); 28. A. Borgon ovo (Apr); 29. Masahiro Shi m izu (Hon); 30. J orge Martinez (Co b ); 3 1. K. Namba (Yam); 32. T . O kad a (Han ); 33. A. Prein ing (Apr ); 34. R. Nico ue (Yam ); 35. K. Olua (H o n ): 36. T. Arakaki (H on ): 37. Didier de Radigues (Ap r). Timr: 45 m in ., 55.994 sec. . Distancr: 20 laps. 72.80 m iles . Anrage Speed. 94.900 mp h. Fa

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