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Kocinski finished seventh in front of Fogarty. Kirk McCarthy came home 13th on the Suzuki, with Mike Hale in 14th position. "At least we're happy with the progress we made wit h the sus pension," Hale said. "Unfortunately, we had some rea r tire problems. That was due to the fact that the weather was colder than what we had during p ractice." Ja mes Whitham lo s t nin th place when he had to retire on the last lap due to elec trical problems. In the same lap, Christer Lind hol m - who had also set his mind on ninth place - retired wi th a broken rea r axle. RACE TWO After having spit .out his cr it icism toward Ducati afte r the first heat, Sligh t sta r ted t he seco nd ra ce h e ll-ben t o n defea ting the m. But things d idn' t look so good for the New Zealan d er at th e start, as Corser go t the holeshot to lead for the first few laps wit h Ch ili not far behind. Then the fu n began. After five lap s the leading Du cati duo was joined by the deter mi ned Slig ht. The threesome offered the 35,000 spectators a th rilli ng battle, with Corser and Slight fighting for every inch of the tarmac. Around the h a lf w a y m a r k, Slight dived for the first time inside Corser in Goddards, the last hairpin before sta rt (Oppos ite page) Troy Corser (2) leads the way In round two of the World Superblke Championship held at Donington Park In England. (Right) Factory Honda rider Aaron Slight bounced back from a raceone fifth place to finish second In race two. (Below) Corser ended up winning both races and now leads the World Champ ionsh ip point standings. and finish. Corser didn't retaliate immed ia tely and stayed behind the Honda for so me laps. . Gobert, meanwhile, had secured third place, but the Australian had spent some real energy to fight off the attacks of his teammate Crafar, the Muzzy bikes even bashing fairi ngs at one point. Their fight was brought to an abrupt halt when Crafar rolled to a standstill with nine more laps to go. "Gobert was in front of me, but I felt comfortable tha t I cou ld ge t passed him again," Crafar said . "Anthony was better in the last few corners, but overall I was faster. So if I could have gone past him at the back of the circuit, I knew I could do it. Unfo rtuna tely, my battery came out of the b ik e and drop ped into the re a r wheel. I was very fortunate that it happened at the end of the straight, that I was only in seco nd gea r an d tha t there was enoug h room to go straight. If this would have happened at another spot, it wo uld have been a nasty crash. So overall I think' I was lucky twice to stay on the bike in both hairy situations." Five laps. before the end, Corser had once again taken over the lea d , with Gobert closing again on the two leadi ng men. Edwards was a lonely fou rth, with Chili having dropped back after having gone stra ight into the gravel pit aro und halfway . Koci nsk i and Foga r ty were equally lonely in sixth and seventh posi tion, respectively. Corser would not be headed again and he took his second victory of the day. "We had used a harder compound this ti me," he explained. "Because I did n't want to take the sa me risk as in the first heat. After a few laps, I knew that I wou ld n't get away as easily as a couple of ho u rs earlier. It was a tough race, with Aaron sticking very close to