Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

j och en Schmid, who had ru n in ter medi ate ti res hoping the track would dry o u t. It d id, but by th en the top three were out of reach . In the second heat, Kocinski hung back a nd di ced wi th Zeelenberg until the Dutchman cras hed his Honda with six laps to go . De Radigues was second from Adrien Mori llas, Schm id, Loris Reggia n i and Oliver. O liver had been give n a set of "s pecia l" Michelins just befor e the race, but h is bi ke j uddered a nd slid th e entire race. Kenny Rob ert s stor med into th e Mich eli n tent to ge t a n a nswer a nd came out wi th a set of A tires [or O liver, identica l to Kocin ski 's. T he th ird heat was a no ther Kocinski ru naway, but Oliver , who was at the ta il-end of a tig ht [o ur-ri der lead group consisting of Kocinski, de Rad igues, a nd Da niel Amatriain, went down ha rd o n the backstraight when Am at r ia in see me d to wea ve, su dde n ly co m i n g over a n d takin g o ut t he Am eri can 's front wh eel. Oliver su ffered two brok en bo nes in hi s ri gh t wrist, plus a broken thumb on hi s left han d. He was flown by helicopter to Barcelona's lead in g spo rts cli nic. After X-ra ys, he was p u t on the first p la ne to San Francisco where he underw ent surgery o n th e wrist. Ol iver, in sp ite of h is cras h, was pl eased with his ride: " I rea lly loved it here. This is th e fir st ti me I' ve ridde n , in Eu rope and I was g lad to see I can go with these guys. This cras h means I mi ss m y cha nce to rid e (Way ne) Rainey's 500 in the last two WERA ro unds a nd it means I can't wi n the title, but th e experience of com ing here was wo rt h it. I never realized befor e wha t a big deal road raci ng is in Europe. Kocinski 's third wi n ga ve h im-the overa ll victory a nd made him o nly th e seco nd ri der in the event's IO-yea r history to wi n a ll th ree heats. Koci nski was th e overall winner wi th 45 poin ts fro m de, Radi gues (30) a nd Sch mid (27). The nigh t before the race Koci ns ki and Oliver made an appearance at the tra d i tion al campgrou nd pre-ra ce "concentracion " where joh n was greeted wi th a mi xed chorus of catcalls and che ers [ro m the 6000 campers, most of wh om were pro fessed Cardus fa ns. When he took the stage he was met by a cha nt of "Cardus, Cardus, 'Ca rd us" by a la rge number of fans who showed hi m the midd le finger, a very Ame rican gest ure th at Kocinski had taught ma ny Europeans thi s seaso n . Bu t Kocinski sa id a ll th e ri gh t things, like: "I really wish Carlos were here to night ins tead of in th e hospi tal. He's the guy who rea lly pushes us th is year, the guy who made us live on the limit a nd I ho pe that nex t year he's back out there givi ng us hell." When he left he had the crowd wi th him a nd after his ridi ng display on Sunday j ohn Kocinski, in spi te of being a gringo from Little Roc k, is probab ly the most popu lar motorcycle racer in Spain. Cardus , who watched th e race [rom his hospital bed , sai d: " I' ve had so much bad luc k inmy career a t Ca la fat that I won ' t ride here again even if they ma ke the who le thi ng out o[ sponge, but tell j ohn not to worry, he'll be seeing a lo t of me again next year in the 250cc and at the Su perprestigio £N i[ they ru n it someplace else. " Resul ts 250cc I. John Kocin ski (Yam ); 2. Didier de Radigu es (Apr); 3, J ochen Schmid (H on); 4. Wilen Zeelenberg (Ho n); 5. Adrien Morillas (Apr); 6. Rich Oliver (Yam); 7. And reas Prei ning (Alf); 8. Loris -Reggia ni (Apr) ; 9. Luis Car los Mau re (Yam) ; 10. Harald Eckl (Ap r); I I. Frederic Prota (Apr); 12. Guy Ben in (Ap r ); 13. Dan iel Ama triai n (Apr): 14. Enge lbert Neumair (Yam). 11111111111111111 THANKSGIVING IS FOR RACING ! ALL-NEW TRACK DESIGN!! 1 111111111111111111 19t h ANNUAL WINTER NATION OLYMPICS GATORBACK CYCLE PARK GAINESVILLE, FL November 19-24 SIX BIG DA YSf II For Information call or write: WORLD SPORTS P.O. 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