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Van del' Ven , with th e Dutchman event u a lly dropping ba ck to ninth . as hi s forearm muscl es pumped up. Bu t a t 25 minutes th e IS-yea r-old. Mali n. sta rte d to su ffer in th e sti ffl ing 100-degree hea t a n d drop ped to eig h th behi nd Ital ian fav or ites Fran co Ro ssi a nd G iuseppe Ga spardone. With tw o laps to go . Martens had ca ug h t u p to th e str uggling T horpe a nd it took a ll of th e Wo rld Cham p ion 's reserv es to hold o ff th e KTM by a na rro w margin to th e flag. Ceu ke ns , third in th e point sta ndings. co n tin ued ' to prove th at he gets beuer wit h eve ry yea r a nd in h is best ever ride on a ha rd -packed co urse. h e wa s fifth . while Cavat ort a m ad e it three It alians in th e first 10. T he second mo to wa s a lmos t a mirror im age of th e fir st . as Van del' Ven sto le th e holeshot but wa s rapid ly passed b y C eb oer s, with Ni coll a n d T horpe in to w. For h alf a n hour. th e b ig trio raced clear. th en su dde n ly th ey were wide apart. "We wer e a ll desperat el y tired a n d I must ad m it I was th e fir st to g ive up." sa id T ho rpe. " T ha t took th e pr essure o ff Er ic a n d Ku rt , a nd th ey . co uld follow su it. " " I wa s exha us ted." sa id Geboers. " Bu t I wa s determ ined n ot to g ive u p. I had been wai ting for one o f u s to gi ve up for a lo n g time a lre ady ." C euken s, aga in. ro de well . m oving grad ua ll y up the lead erboard and even forcin g Thorpe to increase hi s p ace again o n th e last lap. whil e Rossi was superb. H e kept forcing to th e end a nd passed Van del' Ven fo r fi fth half a lap from th e fi n ish . J ohan Bo onen, who had been in th e first 10 of race one unt il h is cha in brok e just before th e fin ish . wa s a lso goi ng well aga in . but he faded with bli ster ed hands• th e result o f a month long la yoff wi th h is shou lder in jury fro m Sittendorf. Afte r 20 minutes. he ha n ded seven th a nd eigh th to j o be a nd La rsso n. It was Larsson 's best ride o f the year: " Gett ing a good sta rt made a ll the .d iffere nce. " sai d La rsson . " I sta yed righ t wit h J obe for most of th e race. He was j ust a lilli e fast er tha n I wo ul d have been a lo ne, a n d ch asi ng h im mad e me go fas ter. Bu t a fter p u ll ing o u t ea rly fro m th e first ra ce. I still felt fresh a t th e end ." _ An stie, o ne of the rid er s sti ll wi th a n o uts ide cha nce o f th e to p eig ht and a utoma tic qua lifica tio n d uri ng the seco nd half o f th e season. we nt o ut wit h a bro ken rear whe el. T he in cid en t had happen ed o n the sa me dow nhi ll where Liles ha d broken h is leg . b ut Ans i ie ma naged n o t to cras h. L iles a nd Ansrie h ad words over a co llis io n at the Fren ch G P la st month. hu t Ansr ie wasone o f the first to Lil es' ai d when he broke h is leg. It did no t go u n noticed by Li les. who sent his mechanic to th ank Mer vyn . 0 Plan Now For AMA's 1990 Road Race Championship Series 1990 AMA NATIONAL ROAD RACING SERIES DATES LOCATION WINNERS/TICKET INFO March 2-11 Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida May 4-6 Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia Superbike : Dave Sadowski 250 GP : Rich Oliver Pro Twins GP1 : Jamie J am es Superbike: Doug Polen 250 GP : Chris D 'Aluisio Pro Twins GP1 : Jamie James June 15-17 New Hampshire Int'l Speedway Loudon, New Hampshire Superbike: Doug Chandler 250 GP: Doug Brauneck Pro Twins GP1 : Jamie James June 29-July 1 Road America Elkhart Lake , Wisconsin Superbike: Doug Chandler 250 GP : Chris 0' Aluisio Pro Twins GP1 : Jamie James July 21-22 City of Miami Miami, Florida (305) 665-RACE August 3-5 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio (800) MID-OHIO (419) 884-4000 September 7-9 Heartland Park Topeka Topeka, Kansas (800) 657-7223 (913) 862-RACE Sept. 14-16 Willow Springs Int'l Raceway Rosamond, California (213) 370-565 1 CALL TODAY FOR TICKET INFORMATION . 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