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0 T ,1 - TUL,10 - (Abo ve) Koc inski lifts t he trophy above his head aft er w inn ing t he f irs t race . (Right· left to right) Noriyuki Haga , Carl Fogarty and Ak ira Yanagawa stand at attention during the playing 01the British national anthem - God Save the Queen. hard job. Fo r tuna tely, my bike was faster tha n the Yamaha. I concen tra ted on the last corner to get past Haga, and tha t wo rked out all right. " Haga attri bu ted his good resu lt to being more rela xed than he had been in the firs t race on wha t was a new circuit for h im, b u t a d mi tted th at h e ma de some mistakes that a llo we d Haga to take second. Slig ht not only just missed th e rostru m, bu t also second in th e Wo rl d Championship. "I thou gh t the last race of the year was su p posed to be a stea d y affai r!" Slight said . "I was out for a cruise, hoping to get second in the series , bu t I ran onto the grass at a cou ple of corners. By th e time 1 got back on the track, Carl wa s gone and so were my hopes of second place in th e champio ns hip. Afte r that, 1 co nce n tra te d on a fi nis h and ended up in a battl e for that at times. It was great fun , and anything could have happ ened ou t there with the four of us going hard at it." Ru sse ll fin ished fi ft h . "Th e trac k came better in the seco nd race so we d idn't have so man y pro blems," Russell said. " I go t the start 1 was loo king for, bu t l wasn' t going to ride like an idiot. 1 tho ught the riders in fro nt of me were going to trip each ot her up, so 1 stayed in tou ch and looked on ." Ha le was forced to wit hd raw fro m the race after expe riencing severe frontend problems after 12 laps. "It felt as if the front tire had a puncture but when we looked it was still infl at ed , so we suspect th e troub le co u ld have been elsew he re," Hale said . f~ Sent ul lntem atl onal Circuit 5entul, Indonesia Results: October 12, 1997 (Round 12 0112) QUA lIl-,YING: t . Ju hn Kucin",ki (1:26.1:139); 2. u ri Fog.ut y (1:26 .QI9); 3. Pie-r-Fra ncesco Chili (1 :26 .Q24); 4 . Aaron Sli ght (1:27Jl4 1); 5. Simo n Cra far 0 :27.108); 6. Noriyu ki H.lg.l (1 :27.14 1); 7. Akir a Ya nag awa 0 :27.402); 8. Scott RU~~'II 0 :27.424); 9. Ne il Hodgson (] ;275 57>; 10. Ja mes Whitham O :28.2Hl); 11. John Reynolds 0 :28.439); 12 Mike H.11c (t:2HA59) ; 13. Sean Emmett 0 :2855-1) 101. ; Perc Riba Ca ba na 0 :28.845); 15. Igor jcreoan 0:28.974); 16. Masato S uz u ki (1 :29.4 92) ; 17. C hnsnan La vielle (I :32.10t); IS. Pil.'tgiorgio Bont e mp i (1:32.58 Q); 19. Yu Ja Kusu ma 0:35.(67) ; 20. [u naidi Cozall (1:35.368). RACE 1: I. Jo hn Kuc inski (Hon); 2. Aaron Sli /o;h t (H u n ); 3. Ca rl Fug"rty (Dud ; 01. Akir a Y" n.tgawa (KAw); 5. NuriyuI..i H.,S" (Yam ); 6. Soxt Ru"'o;t'U (Yam) ; 7. Jo hn Rt.'Vnu ... (Dud; R. Mile Hal e (Dud; 9. J.unC'!'o whirbam IJ & 7.); 10. Igo r Jerman (Ka w); I I . Pcre Riba u na (Ho n); 12. Ma'\olto Sw:u ki (Dud; 13. Yuda Kusuma (Ka w ). T ime : 36 min., 51.314 ~"C. Disu n(~ 25 1.l s, bl ASt; mil t'S p Ave rag e s peed: 100.052 mph Margin o f victory: 0.055 Sl.'C. Fa!ltes t lap : Joh n Koci nski , 1:27.568 /100.442 mp h RAC E 2: 1. Ca rl Fo~.uty (Du e); 2. Ak ira Ya nagawa (Ka w ); 3. Noriyuki Ha ~a (Ya m ); 4. Aaron S1i~ht (lion); 5. Scott Rus sdl (Ya m ); 6. J"m~ Whitham (Su,o:); 7. Ne il Hodg..o n (Du e): 8. Sea n Emmert ( Due); 9. IgOT [erman (KolW); 10. M olSdtll SU7u l.. (Due); 11. Pere Riba C.l b dnd i (Hu n); 12. C hri..tian Lavieillc (Hu n); 13. Ynda Kucuma (Ka w l. Ti me : .36min .. 37.726 "K'C . Di~ta nce: 25 Id~. 61.458 miles Av erege spe l'd: HXI671 mph . M argin of victory: 7.7b7 ~. Fas test lap: John Kocinski. 1:27.151/1 01546 mph WORL D SU PE R BIK E C H AM P I O N S HI P FIN AL PO INT ST AN DI NC S (Af ter 24 of 24 r.aces ): 1. John Koc tn s kt ( 011& /9 wi ns ); 2. C a rl Fogarty (3 58 /6) ; 3. Aa ron Sl tgh t (343 / 3); 4. A ki ra YanaKa wa (247 / 2); 5. Simon C rollaI' (234); 6. Sco tt Ru s..e11 (226); 7. P ierFrancesco Ch ili (2MI3 ); 8. J"mt"-'O Whi tham (140 ); 9 l Nt'il HUo.lg-";fl (137); 10. lWrgiorg in Bont em pi (118); 11. Mike' Hale' (87); 12 Colin Ed wa rd!" II (79); 13. Noriyuki Ha ga (n); 101 . Pt'Tt' Riba Cab ana (69 ); 15. Igor Jerman (SO). With our special financing, see how fast our '97s go. r-, 0\ 0\ Now 's the time to shift up to a BMW. With deals as aggressive as the world's best engineered motorcycles. Choose from any of our noncurrent models. But hurry, they're redlining out t he door. Retail finance plans are offered to qualified customers by BMW Financial Services NA. Inc. through participating authorized BMW M otorcycle retailers from September 19 through OCtober 31, 1997. Rates as \ow as 4.9% Annual Percentage Rate, available on select noncurrent mooers only. Other rates apply depending upon terms and length of contract. 0 1997 BMW of North America. Inc. ...... N' N .... QJ ..0 The Ultimate Riding Machine" o .... u o 15

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