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ROAD'RACE '. :. :< .: .. ..'.: Round 9: San Marino
World ChampiOnship Superbike Road Race series
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By Johan Vandekerckhove
SCARPERIA,ITALY,SEPT.18
he San Marino round of the
World Superbike Champion ship
might not ha ve offered too much
in the wa y of thrills an d excitement on
the track , but what ha ppened off the
tra ck cer tainly sh uffled the hierarchy.
W ith on ly two ro u nds re m a ining,
Ducati Corse's Carl Fogarty has definitely established hi mself as the man to
beat. Castrol Honda's Aaron Slight and
Muzzy Kawasaki 's Scott Russell, on the
other hand, lost more valuable points to
their British rival.
The gremlins were especially unkind
to the Muzzy Kawasaki Team. Russell
was, without a do ubt, the fastest man on
the race track, but he only got half of the
points he deserved. And his teammate
Terry Rym er was involved in anasty
accident at the start of the first heal.
The s hu ffl ing started a few d a ys
before the superbi ke ca ravan en ter ed
the ga tes of the Ferrari-owned Mugello
race track near the Italian cultural town
of Florence. For the third time this season, the FlM changed the resul ts of the
Donington Park seaso n opener, and the
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(Above) Scott Russell (1) was the best of
the best at Mugello, but he ended up with
only one race win to show for his efforts.
(Left) cart Fogarty (2) extended his lead In
the championship with two wins; Aaron
Slight (3) turned In a 4-2 per1ormance;
