Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

Round 7: Japan (Left ) Jamie Wh itham (69) leads Doug Polen; Polen had a weekend he'd rath er lorget with a 10-16 tally. (Bel ow) Russell ce lebrates wi th Plrovano (left ) and Nagai (ri ght) after th e IIrst race. (Above) Australian Anthony Gobert was Impressive In his World Superblke debut, ending the day with an 8-6 tally. (Below) Carl Fogarty finished fourth In the first race and second In the second. WORLD C ' S H I P SUPERBIKE SER IES POINT STANDINGS (Arte r 7 of 12 rounds): 1. Aaro n Sligh t (192); 2. Sco tt Russell (186); 3. Ca rl Fog ar ty (176); 4. Doug Po len (124); 5. Andreas Mek lau (110); 6. Simon Crafa r (92); 7. (TIE) Ja mes Wh itham ITerry Ry mer (83); 9. [fIE) Gianca rlo Falappa / Fabrizio Piro vano (72); 11. Pie rgto rg io Bontempi (67); 12. Stephane Mert ens (62); 13. Adrie n Morillas (44); 14. Valerio Destefan is (42); 15. Brian Morrison (35). Upcom ing rounds: Round B: Assen, Holland - September 11 Round 9: Mugello , Italy - September 25 :Brieflv ~.... . - · which .we had encountered in practice. The bike became unrideable . so . I'm happy ' to · have finished altogether . On the other hand, I would. have liked to have put some Japanese . . .. . . riders between me and my other rivals .in the .With eighth and sixth places, Anthony Gob. .. ertwas without any doubtone 01 the revela- . · Championship standings ." . . .. . . .' . . tions of tne Japanese race . The .19-year:old leader in the Australian Superbike' Champi- . Crafar should not have worried too rnuch., Andreas Meklauwent back home with only ' onship rode on the bike that Aaron . Slight and Doug Polen had used during the Suzuka ' . the seven points he scored in the first heal. In th e second he at; he was run over bya B-Hour. "Thedealwas made at the beginJapanese rider when the lights turned green... ning of the 'season ," said' Winfield Racing's - The .Austrian, who had suffered from stomach , Clyde Wolfenden. "We help out ·theJapan- . problems earlier that week, was taken to the ese HRC crew with winter testing, and they medical center with a hole in his helmet and give us some special parts for the Australian . severe headache. This won't stop him from . Championship." The results from Sugo might making his debut on the 916 at Assen . . . persuade the Japan ese to also give Gobert a' tulltact ory blke for th e Australian World " .Kawasakt brought so~e' new bikes with them Superbike ro und ai the end of .the season. ' to Sugo . On e went to Scott Russell ,: who Gobert came to Japan two weeks before the ' tried it during practice but opted to use his old race and had chance to familia rize himself bike. The other bike was used by Piergiorgio ' w ith the .bike at Su zuka , On race day , h'e Bontempi, but the ltalian never got used to. wasn't too happy with second gear, Which the snappier charact eristics of the engine and was replaced for .th e se cond race . "I had the Japanes e suspensi on. Bonternpl only expected a little bit more," was the surpris ing managed 12th position in the first heal. comment of Ihe debutante at the end of the . day , " But I'm still v ery happy about this ' The p illow fight on the return f light from ' week end: I gathered a lot of experience and , · Senda i airport to Singapore was won by Fab, on top of that, it's good preparation for Phillip r izlo P lrovano , who even 'ma n a g ed to lstand." · impr ess the crew of the Singapore Airlines ;. a Hideki Tanimura (1:35.088); 39. Masato Mogi (1:36.137); 40. Mauro Moroni (1:36.148); 41. Jose Kuhn (1:36.261); 42. Gerald Mutea u (1:36.341 ); 43 . Bernard Cazade (1:36.479); 44. Kyouichi Yoshii (1:37.601); 45. Hidemi Ashina (1:38.813); 46. Kats uy a Wa tanabe (1:39.801). RAC E ONE: 1. Scott Rus sell (Ka w): 2. Fab rizio Pir ovano (Du c); 3. Yasutomo N agai (Yam ): 4. Carl Fogarty (Due) ; 5. Wa ta ru Yoshika wa (Yam); 6. Aaron Slig ht (Hon ); 7. Takoma Aoki (Hon ); 8. Anthony Gobert (Ho n); 9. Andreas MekJa u (Due) ; 10. Doug Polen (H on); 11. Akira Yan agawa (Suz) ; 12. Piergiorgi o Bontcmpi (Kaw); 13. Adrien Morillas (Kaw ); 14. Ale x Vieira (Hon); 15. Kenichiro lw aha shi (Hon); 16. Brian Mo rrison (H on ); 17. Tatsuroh Arata (Yam); 18. Katsuyoshi Takahashi (Yam) ; 19. Ryuji Ts u r uta (Ka w); 20 . To mohiko Kaneyasu (Hon) ; 21. Noriyuki Haga (Due) ; 22. Makoto 20 Suzuki (Suz ); 23. Te r ry Ryme r (Kaw); 24. To s hiya Kob a y ashi (Han); 25. Shige m as a Miwa (Hon); 26. Hideki Taniinura (Yam); 27. Mauro Moroni (Kaw ); 28. Hideo Senmyoh (Ho n); 29. Masato Mogi (Yam); 30. Masa o Nakata (Yam). Time: 38 min ., 49.703 sec. Distance: 25 laps, 57.94 miles. Average speed: 8951 mp h. M,ugin of vittory: 3.425 sec. Fastest lap : Pirovanc, 1:31.994/90.68 mph. RACE TWO: 1. Scott RusseU (Ka w ); 2. Carl Fogarty (Due); 3. Keiichi Kitaga wa (Kaw); 4. Wataru Yoshikawa (Yam ); 5. Yasu tomo Nagai (yam); 6. Anthony Gobert (Ho n); 7. Aaron Sligh t (Ho n); 8. Takoma Aoki (Hon); 9. Te rry Ryme r (Kaw); 10. Ja mes Whi tham (Due) ; 11. Norihiko Fujiwara (Yam); 12. No riyuki Haga (Due); 13. 5houichi Tsukamoto (Kaw); 14. Simon Crafar (Hon ); 15. Shlnya Ta keish i (Hon) ; 16. Doug Pol en (H en); 17. Pierg ioJlio Bontempi (Kaw); 18. Akita Yanagawa (Suz); 19. Adnen Merillas (Ka w) ; 20. Kenic hiro Iw a hash i (Ho n); 21. Alex Vieira (Ho n); 22. Makcto Suzuki (Suz ); 23. To mohiko Ka neyas u (Hon); 24 . Ta ts u roh Ara ta (Yam); 25. Shawn Giles (502); 26. Ryu ji TSUJ"Uta (Kaw ); 27. Val erio Dest efan is (Due) ; 28 . Shigemasa Miwa (Ho n) ; 29. H ldekt Tanimu r a (Yam) ; 30 . To shiya Kobayashi (Hon); 31. Hid eo Senm yoh (Ho n); 32. Masato Mogi (Yam); 33. Ma sa o Nakata (Yam ). Time: 38 min. , 38.123sec. Distance: 25 laps, 57.94 mi les. Avenge speeds 89.996 mph. Margin of vietory: 0.668 sec. Fastest l<1p: Fogarty. 1:32.001/ 90.673 mp h. ·flight for .his' : . .- endurance.The first pillow .Simon Cralar was a much unhapp ier 'm an 'at was thrown one and a half hours after takeSugo. The Nevi'Zealander had rece ived a off in 'Japan; .the last one came four hours works engine' from HRC a few days before . tater, just before landing; th e race , and great things were expected ' from the Rum i rider .who sits sixth in the " As we reported in our last issue, Yamaha is . championship.· The engine· Team Rum i got · . expected to 'enter an officlal team in the hold of lor this part icular race was a lurther World Superbike Series next year . The new developed, support-level eng ine (comparable. bike will be based on tne' YZF , and one 01 the to the engine Kevin Magee is .using in the . tWo riders is supposed to. be one of today 's AMA series) . Unfortunately, a crash in the . top riders : :-vhile the .other bike would go to first race and a handling prob lem in the secone of Yamaha's test riders . ·Honda castrot. 'ond one resulted in only two points . "After the' . rnanaqer Neil Tuxworth also announced at. Sugo thatH onda will coritinue , that the base crash, nothing major had to be repaired," Cralar said. "But I asked myrnecnantcs to put ... will still be in London and that the main spon- . the preload of the front.fork a little bit harder. . sor wiUmost likely be Castro! again. A' rider But Ihis brought the front -end chatter back , . . change for the H?nda team is unlikely:

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