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U.S. GP PREVIEW ~
April 10, 1988 • 1aI1una seca Raceway
250cc: 1. Jimmy Filice (Honda /84.431 mph); 2. Sito Pons (Honda); 3. Dominique
Sarron (Honda); 4. John Kocinski (Yamaha); 5. Bubba Shobert (Honda).
5OOcc: 1. Eddie Lawson (Yamaha /86.679 mph); 2. Wayne Gardner (Honda); 3.
Ni all Mackenzie (Honda); 4. Wayne Rainey (Yamaha); 5. Kevin Schwantz
(Suzuki).
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April 16, 1989 • 1aI1una Seta Raceway .
250cc: 1. John Kocinski (Yamaha/87.232 mph); 2. Jimmy Filice (Honda); 3. Luca
Cadalora (Yamaha); 4. Sito Pons (Honda); 5. Carlos Cardus (Honda).
5OOcc: 1. Wayne Rainey (Yamaha /89.423 mph); 2. Kevin Schwantz (Suzuki); 3.
Ed die Lawson (Honda); 4. Kevin Magee (Yamaha); 5. Niall Mackenzie
(Yamaha).
(Above) Th e firs t GP in 1988 d rew th e largest crowd as the spectacle of GP racing
made a welcomed return to the U.S.
(Below) Kevin Schwantz will likely never forget his crash in tum 11 in 1990.
(Left) Wayne Rain ey wo n h is first
of three stra ight U.S. GPs in 1989.
. (Above) Randy Mamola wa s always
a popular man at Laguna Seca he'll be mi ssed thi s ye ar.
April 8, 1990 • 1aI1una seca Raceway
250cc: 1. Joh n Kocins ki (Yama ha/87.849 mph); 2. Luca Ca da lora (Honda); 3. Wileo
Zeelenberg (Ho nda); 4. Reinhold Roth (Ho nda); 5. Dominique Sarron (Honda).
500cc: 1. Wayne Rai ney (Yamaha/90560 mph); 2. Michael Dooh an (Ho nda); 3. P.F.
Chili (Honda); 4. Ch ris tian Sarron (Yamaha); 5. J.P. Ruggia (Yamaha).
April 21, 1991 • 1aI1una Seta Raceway
250cc: 1. Luca Cadalora (Honda/87.594 mph); 2. Wileo Zeelenberg (Honda); 3. Loris
Reggiani (Aprilia); 4. Carlos Ca rdus (Ho nda); 5. Masahiro Shimizu (Honda).
500cc: 1. Wayne Rainey (Yamaha/89.855 mph); 2. Michael Doohan (Honda); 3.
Kevin Schwantz (Suz u ki); 4. J.P. Ruggia (Yamaha); 5. Eddie Lawson (Cagiva).
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_0(Above) Not all of the
GPs have been close.
In 1990, Rainey
dominated, winning
by 30 some seco nds.
(Left) Michael Doohan,
Wayne Rainey and P.F.
Chili celebrate their
1990 success. (Right)
Wayne Ga rdner (5)
slides his NSR500 out
of turn 10 in 1991.
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