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It proved in the fullness of time to be
his engine tha t started to seize, causing
him a few rea r-wheel loc k ups before
fina lly forci ng him off th e track at the
exit of Stirlin g's bend on lap 18, ending
h is r ace a n d h is s lim cha m pio ns h ip
hopes at a stroke.
With Cha mbo n enjoying a fou r-second advantage at th e flag, it was only
down to Xaus and Migliora tli to fight it
out for second , with the battl e going to
the Battler - the ever ebu llient Xaus.
Bo nt em p i' s fo u rth place all ows
C ha mbo n to m a ke e v e n m ore of an
esca pe fro m him in the cha m pions h ip
ta ble , wi th Pir ovano in ov era ll th ird
place and Kelln er ahead of MacPherson .
"I love Bran d s Hatch," said Cha m-
bon after the race, "an d it was grea t to
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extend my lead in the title here."
Brands Hat ch
Brands Hatch , Eng land
Results: Aug ust 1, 1999
S UP ER BI KE QU A LIF YIN G : 1. Ca rl Fogarty
0 :26 .758) ; 2. Co lin Edwa rd s II (1 :26 .950); 3. Pler Fra ncesco Chili 0 :27.078): 4. Aaron Sligh t 0:27.100); 5.
No riyuki Haga 0 :27.270); 6. Troy Corser 0 :27.742); 7.
John Reyno lds 0 :27.747); 8. Peter Goddard 0 :27.878);
9. Aki ra Yan agaw a O:17 .8Q6); to. Ch ris Wa lker (1:983);
11. Ni all Mac ken z ie 0 :27 .998); 12. Sea n Em m e t t
0 :28 .064 ); 13. Vi ttoriano Gua resch i (1:28 .253); 14.
James H a yd o n 0 :28.350) ; 15 . Gregorio Lavilla
0 :28.544); 16. Robert Ulm 0:29.150); 17. Andy Mekl eu
(1:28.948); 18. Fred ette Protat 0:28.981); 19. Katsuaki
FUjiwara (1;29 .324); 20. Igo r Je rma n 0 :29 .601 ); 21.
Mauro Lu cchtari 0:29.994); 22. Ales sandro Gramigni
0 :30.112); 23. Martin Craggill 0 :30.135); 24. l a n ce
Isa acs (1:3 1.147); 25. lucio Pedercini (1:3 1.56 1); 26.
Dan Harris 0 :32.466); 27. Gianluca Villa 0 :32.n8); 28.
Jean -P ierre I eanda t 0 :3 2.857); 29 . [ Ir i Mrk y vk a
(I :33 .32S); 30 . Ylade mi r Ka rban (1 :33 .792) ; 3 1.
the best in "the world ag;';n.: M~ken.
zie'sbike. like a few others in England. features several Kawasakl engine
internals to prevent the drastic rel.iability problems the .R7 has experienced
to date:
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tected despite a plea fTom Peter Goddard to cov er ii·uP in air fence . . ifs good to
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"They said they had none left · but they would have some there next :
year.".
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(A bove) British loc als
Sean Em mett (48) and
Niall Mackenzie
(hi dde n) battled in the
second race, with
Emmett ending up
sixth, and Mackenzie
seventh.
(Ri g ht ) Stephane
Chambon won the
World SuperspOrl
race at Brands Hatch
and he now leads the
cham pi o nshi p point
standings.
knOw .we can run with
Gregorio Lavilla also had conc erns over track safety when he crashed
Troy Corser, when asked hoW it f~ to be ·riding agai~st a teamrnate
·on Friday, "The neW comer is much safer. but when I ran wide 1 saW the
t rack barrierwas very close and I had to bale off the bike before we hit . who would most likely haVe·' 00 .000 fans screaming for him to win come .
race day. gave a· perfec t-r eply. ·" 1hopethere are 100 .000 bitterlydisepl t." It wasn' t all bad news as the run-off at Paddock has been muc h
.extended ..tei aHow crashin·g riders dike Hayden -and Yan aqawa) much . pointe d fans going home on Sunday night. ..:
more space ·to slow. The vast improvements were we lcomed . by a ll. but
Brands is one of the circuit s rrde rsrnost dread to race on. An extensive ·P i e r -Fran cesc o C·rnl i proved to be a wo rthy table topp er ·aft er ·tbe first
remodeling of the. " GP " sectton of the circuit is planned. which includes "timed .practice :s ession on Friday. ".We are here t o w in. not for 8 joke,"
said the confident Italian. who cites Brands as one of his favorite tracks. . .
moving whole sections of trac k inwa rds. to create more run-off,·and the
intr oduct ion of seve ral 25-l oot high sound deadening barriers. Brands
·Hatch is located veiy close to the Village of W est Kingsdown . leading to . The rise and rise of Dunlop in the W orld Sup erbik e Series was bot h
frequent noise complaints . .
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underlined .and halted durinq ' practice.· when C hili made it to the fro nt
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row ancfAkira Yariagawa was only j~ st pipped by Slight rn the dyi ng seconds o f the ·wef Sup erpol e session - which wa s actually held in thedry
Loc al r;" er James ·H a y d o n -had ·no t ·o ne bu t ' tw o crashes ·w hich
d
'destroyed bot h his race chassis. leaving him· to qualify on his teammate . after. the threat ening th understorm passed by wtth more a ·Spit thana
Mart y Craggill"s spare machine. fitted .wit h. Haydon' s suspension and
shower.
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braking co mponents. .The much-re juvenated :British Sup erb ike Charnpl.
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onshlp has undergone yet another palace revolution. with the 2000 cham- . One of the leading local tea ms. INS Ducati . failed to show at Brand s
pi onship c oming under the auspices 'of.a newly fo rmed body . British
Hatch. There hacf been a loi of a"rgument in the run tip to the meeting over
Motor sport s Promoter s Limited . .formed by .all the main circuits in the .. garage allocations. with three of the main British Superbike teams · INS .
country that run British.Sup erbtke races. Taking over 'sorrie of the dut ies
Red Bull Ducati and Clarion Suzuki '. refusing· to-part icipate unless they
of the present MCR C B (MotQrcycle Circuit Racing Cont rol Board • ·which . were provided with garages. a large. number of which had alreedy .been .
co nti nues in an as ye t unkno w n forma t) 'the new bo dy has already
reserved for the many big. budget Superspo rt W orld Champions!lip
.announced that .JosFoulston. brotherof Brands Hatch leisure .supremo
teams. A co mpromise was reach ed wh ereby -the B rit ish teams we re
Nicola. :will be the new commercial manager. respo nsible for pro moting
allowed into Paddock One