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World Championship Road Race Series ..
Round 1: Malaysian Grand Prix
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By Michael Scott· Photos by Gold & Goose
SHAH ALAM, MALAYSIA, MAR. 31
h e 500cc class resu med its
rig htful position as the jewel
in th e crown of Gran d Prix
raci ng at Sh ah Alam on Sund av . There ca n b e n o m o re
d oubts that'th is is the senior service
after a day of drama, incidents an d close
fightin g.
It ended with Luca Cadalora taking
fir st bl ood in wh at p r om ises to be a
fierce title battl e, with defending World
Champion Michael Doohan luck y to finish fifth after tire probl ems .
Ev en before th at, Cadalora ' s
Kan emot o Hond a seemed , to have the
upper hand. But the two-man Honda Vfour battl e coul d only begin after th e
....... amazing new V-twin Repsol-H onda of
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;..; Tadayuki Okada h ad crash ed ou t after
0... taking e lead for a second
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