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boa r d lap tim er my lap times were
slow," Rainey said. "The O ld Ha irpin
was whe re I was really losing ou t. 1 was
ha ving trouble getting it turned for the
next left and at the end of the race Luca
was quick er there ."
Fortunately for Rainey, he was ab le
to con trol th e pa ce from the front ,
th ou gh it wa s slo wer th an in recent
year s. Cadalora's best lap was the 22nd,
a 1:34.716 tha t was slower than any fast
lap in the pas t four years. '
Yet it w as en ough today and he
k new it. H e also kn ew tha t the O ld
Hairpin was his best chance for a pass
and that's where he de cided to go by on
the penultima te lap.
"He was all over me," Rainey said. "1
felt him right there at the Old Hairpin so
1 changed my line to try and stop him
com ing by, bu t that lap 1 didn't get it
tu rned fast enough and he go t under
me."
Dirk Raudies (5) and Kazuto Sakata (8) battle for the 125ee GP wi n; Raudies won.
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The Italian qu ickly pulled away from
the American and was on his way to his
first 500cc GP victory on the same track
th a t Raine y had scored his first 500cc
victory five years earlier.
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"When 1 realized Kevin (Schwantz)
was o u t an d he takes no poin ts, this
chance is too good to lose," Ca dalora
said . "It is not possible for a rider to let
this victo ry out."
"It remains to be seen what happens
from here," Rainey said . "We've got to
keep working on the machines. There's
no doub t today was special circumstances. 1 didn't think I'd end up here .
But I'm not going to dwell on it."
While the Marlboro team was p ulling
awa y, Niall Mackenzie was doing some
catching up. Tenth at the end of the first
lap, the Scot moved up one spot each of
the next two laps, then to seventh on the
fifth lap where he g o t stuck behind
Beattie, the Australian trying to keep on
two w heels. Mack en zie was into sixth
on th e ninth lap and Beattie knew he
was helpless to answer.
"When N iall Macken z ie came by,
' th ere was nothing 1 could d o to keep
up," Beattie said. "He was riding well
for sure, but he wa s getting out of the
chicane cleanly while 1 was sliding. 1
was los ing lOths of a second he re and
there but over a race distance th e time
difference mounts up ."
On the 16th lap Mackenzie would
overtake Rothma ns Honda 's Shinichi
Itoh w ho was los ing rear tire traction
and no t up to the challenge.
Criville was the next victim, trying to
catch up to Fogarty while at the same
time aware that Mackenzie was on the
move. Wi th less than 12 la ps to go
C riville lost the fr on t end , crashing
