Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

to be good . In the event, there was a pack o f 10 b ikes going for ' t he lead, swapping p laces at every co rner, and w ith fiv e different lea der s across the line. These included Doriano Romboni, Dirk Raudies, Stefan Prein, and Adi Stadler, a ny o ne o f whom m i gh t b e lower than fi fth the n ext time round. But it was Spaan who h ad the lion's snare o f leading , while Prein ga there d stre ngth to wards the end o f the race. Tacti cs a ren ' t always enou g h, h owever, when the ro u g h -h o us ing starts, and it wa s well underway b y the ti me they entered the crucial corner before the pi ts, with just o ne m ore before the s traigh t, and it was h er e that Spaan o nce a gai n sh o wed that h e is a tough nut w hen n eeds b e. It was Romboni in the lead as they d iv ed i nto t he b end, wi th Spaan shovi ng insid e P rein and forcing the G erman to close the th ro tt le m omentarily . This gave Al essandro Gramigni's Ap ri lia a chance to g et up i n to the slips trea m o f the Hondas, a n d as S paan dtafted Romboni d own the straigh t and duck ed o ut to o u tb rake h im , Gramigni followed him th rough. Spaan won it, Gramigni w as seco n d, t hen R omboni, Prein, Fausto Gresini , a nd 'S ta d ler. Onl y then ca me the Bri tish GP winner Loris Capirossi, who' had been having trouble with a new Cylinder h e'd been using, a n d wa s o n ly tw o-tenths ahead o f Raudies , who i n tu rn h ad Julian Miralles o ne-te n th beh in d . All the ex a ctitude of the OlivettiLongines computer timing was n eeded to confirm the finishing order, with t he first nine co vered by 1.9 second s, and 10th-pla ced Alfred W aibel less than a second behind the pack . Jorge Martinez had dropped b ack to 17th by the end, and lucky to fi nish that high, since Brit Robin M ilto n h a d b een ahead, a n d messed up his braking to let the o nce preeminent Sp a nish J .J. Cobas r ider back i n front agai n . • Capirossi now sh a re s .jhe title lead with Prein, with Spaan getting ever closer, n ow just 13 poi nts 'a d r ift, and w ith R ombon i a n o t her 14 points ' down. M artinez is dropping out of to u ch i n fifth , in dang er of be ing overtaken b y R audies. And the smallest class remains in many w a ys the most th rilling. seventh place b y h alf-distance a n d still charging a ll the way to the finish . Had the race b een a la p o r two longer , he might h av e h a d Bi land too, but h e h ad to b e content with fourth, less than a secon d d o wn on t he Swiss ve teran . Streuer 's second p lace gave him th e title lea d for t he first time this year, o nly th ree points a h ead o f W eb ster , with M ich el another point ba ck. W i th tw o Sidecar ra ces left , a ssu m ing Hungary goes ahead, yo u can't ge t m u ch closer tha n th a t. CN Sidecars Gra migni (Apr); 3. Doriano Romboni (Han); 4. Stefan Prein (H e n ): 5. Fausto Gresini (Han ); 6. Ari Stad ler (Cob); 7. Loris Caflirossi (AGV); 8. Dirk R audies (Hon); 9. Julian Mi ralles (Cob); 10. Allred Waibel(Hon);II. Hans L ueth i (Hon); 12. G. Debbia (Apr); 13. Steven Patrickson (Hon); 14. Johnny wicksuom (Co IS. Robin Appleyard (Hon); 16 b); . H isashi U nemoto (Han): 17. Jorge Martinez (Cob ); 18. Robin Mih on (Han); 19. F. T o rrontegu i (H a n ); T itle leader Steve Web st er m u ffed h is start fo r a secon d race in succession, g etting a way la st o n ce h e managed to juggle the cl u tc h and the revs into a more su i ta ble a ccord. Egbert Streuer was in th e lea d , with the E gloff brothers second, but fourth-pla ced Alain Michel wa s fas test in practice, a n d h e wa s o n the charg e, i n secon d by lap th ree and leaning h ard o n Dutchman Stre uer, to p ower past o n lap fiv e. From then o n , the Frenchman w i th English passe nger Simon Birchell had m erel y to kee p pressing o n , a n d although Streuer was less than three seconds behind at the finish , h e wa s never quite close enough to challen ge. Rolf Bi land had posed a threat to o , m oving up into second o n lap II , but Str euer had kept h im busy, a n d Michel inst ead won so m e breathing spece as the p air went back and forth , with Streuer fi n a ll y getting second back for good with seve n laps left. Webster was engaged o n a spirited ride right through the field, up to Results 125cc GP: I. Hans Spaan (Hon); 2. Alessandro 20. E. Cuppini (M·C); 21. Manuel Herreros (Cob); 22. F. Kistrup (Hon); 23. Rene Waldmann (Cob); 24. A. Sanchez (Cob); 25. Hans Koopman (H en ): 26. Peter Galvin (Hon); 27. J. Selini (H o n): 28. S. Bragger (Ap r). Time: 39 m in .• 33.943 sec. Distance: 23 lap s. 57 . 3~ mile s A''''jleSpeed: 87. 007 mph Margm o(Vietory: .958 sec. Fastcst Lap: Stefan Pre in, 1:41.909. 88.155 m ph 250cc GP: I. Carlos Cardus (Hon); 2. John Kocinski (Yam ); 3. Masa hirc Sh imiz u (Ha n); 4. LUC3 Cadalora(Yam):5. Helmut Bra (Hon); 6. Jacques dl Cornu (Hon); 7. Martin Wim mer (Ap r); 8. w ilcc Zeelenberg (Hon); 9. Alex Crlvil!e (Yam): 10. Domin iq ue Sarro n (Hon ); II . Loris Reg~i ani (Ap r); 12. Al berto Puig (Ya 13. Jose Ba m): rresi (Yam): 14. K evinMitchell (Yam); IS. Renzo Colleen! (Apr); 16. Alex Preining (RlX); 17. Didier de Radigues (Apr); 18. Alberto Rota (Apr); 19. Hans Becker (Yarn): 20. Haslam (Cag); II. Mar Papa (Hon): 12. Kees co Doo rakkers (Hon); 13. Peter Linden (Hen) . Time: 46 mi n., 1.689 sec. Distanc e: 30 laps, 74.865 mi les Avera geSpeed: 97.590mph Margin o(Vietory: 1.149 sec. Fastest Lap: Wayne Rainey, 1;31.107.98.607 mph SIDECAR GP: I. MichellBirchall (LCR); 2. Streuer/ DeHaas (Yarn ): 3. BilandlWaltisberg (Kra); 4. Webster/ Simmons (LCR); 5. Ab bot t/Smi th (LCR); 6. Egloll/Egloll (Yam): 7. Zurbruegg/ Zurbruegg (LCR); 8. Kum agaya/Hou ghton «LCR); 9. GuedellGuedel (LCR); 10. Va K n empen/Kuyt (Kra); II. Kumano/Roesinger(LCR); 12. Brindley/ Rose [Yam) : 13. Bohnho rst/Boencher (LCR); 14. Wyssen/Wyssen (LCR); 15. Klallens/Pan er (LCR); 16. Jones/Prior (LCR); 17. T homaa/Strevens (Kra ); 18. Staeh le /Stoeltze (Kra); 19. Howl es Pointer (LCR). Time: 37 m in ., 43.378 sec. Distance: 23 laps. 57.!S96 mi les A vera ge Speed: 91.291 mph Margin o( Victory: 2.971 sec. Fastest Lap: Streuer/De Haas. 1:37.326, 92.306 mph 125cc WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP POINT STANDINGS: I. (TIE ) LorisCapirossi/Stelan Prein (142); 3. Hans Spaan (129); 4. Doriano Romboni (115); 5. "Jorge Martinez (94); 6. Dirk Raudies (90); 7. Ari Stadler (77); 8. Fau sto Gresini (69);9. Bruno Casanova (60); 10. Alessandro Gramigni(54). 250cc WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP POINT STANDINGS: I. Carlos Cardus (173); 2. John K ocinski (1 66); 3. Luca Cadalora (143); 4. (TIE) Wileo Zeelen berg / Helmu t Brad! (101); 6. Martin Wim mer (100); 7. Masah iro Shimizu (92); 8. j och en Sehmid (77); 9. Jacques Cornu (70); 10. Loris Reggiani (57). 500« WORLD CHAMPtONSHIP POINT STANDINGS: I. Wayne Rainey (22 2. Kevin 0); Schwantz (173); 3. Michael Doohan (135); 4. Niall Mackenzie (107); 5. jean-Philfipe Ruggia (92); 6. Juan Garriga (89); 7. Wayne Gardner (88); 8. Christian Sarron(74);9.Eddie Lawson (73); 10. PierFrancesco Chili (56). SIDECAR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP POINT STANDINGS: I. E~bert Streuer (152); 2. Steve Webster (149); 3. Alain Michel (148); 4. Roll Riland (117); 5. (TIE) Steve Abbot/Yoshisada Kumagava (99); 7. Guedel (95); 8. Markus Egloll (94); 9. Zurbruegg (67); 10. Masato Kumano (65). U ri Jucker (Ya m); 21. Eric Neumai r (Yam ). Time: 40 min. , 3.639 sec. Distance: 25 laps, 62.387 m iles Average Speed: 93.439 mph Margin o(Victory: .080 sec. _ Fastest Lap:John K ocinski, 1;34.833, 94.732 mph 500cc GP: Wayne Rainey(Yam):2. EddieLawson (Yam ); 3. Wayne Ga rdner (Hon ); 4. Michael Doohan (Hon ); 5. Nia ll Mackenzie (Suz); 6. Carl Foga rty (Hon); 7. jean -Phi lfipe Ruggia (Yarn): 8. Juan . Garriga (Yam): 9. Alexandre Barros (Cag); 10 Ron AND THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND, Sept. 22-23 ~ W!~A~!?m~~ KAWASAKI . YAMAI-tA. SUZUKI PRESENT THE SBS WERA- NATIONAL ENDURANCE SERIES! 1124 HOURS WEST~I 2 ,000 miles of continuous thrills and chills from 3 P.M. Saturdauy afternoon, Sept: 22 1990 through the evening and on through the night and morning until 3 P.M. Sunday, Sept. 23 1990 150 RIDERS AT 150 MILES PER HOUR ON THE FASTEST ROAD IN THE WEST AdlTllsslon $20.00 Frl, sat., & Sun. (Includes Overnight Camping) $15.00· sat., & Sun. $15. Sun. $15· under 10 Free Information (805) 256-2471 17

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