Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

H aga was m uch more in th e swi ng of race tw o , w histling past Chili on a f ast l eft, only to be r epassed almost im mediate ly, w i t h Ya nagawa getting involved in a bloodless battle of w ho d ares wins. Their little spats were allowin g Lavilla to ca tc h th em all up, join ing the group o n l ap nine. . Yanagawa 's fas test l a p of the ra ce to o k h im pas t C hili an d up to the slow b u t i nexor able progress o f Slig ht an d onto the r ea r of Edwards' H o n d a . T he T ex an , d i sap p oin ted to no t have his bike set up correctly, got h im sel f back t og et h er rig ht up un til the final two laps, w hen th e r e surg en t Ya nagawa and S ligh t m ad e t he ir p asses st ick. T he two Hondas had n o w grown to a mixed bag o f four, wi t h Ya nagawa and th e l a te- ch arg i n g C hil i joi ni ng i n for a last -la p, l ast - corner f ig h t· w ith Slight eme rgi ng i n f ront of Ya nagawa , Edwar ds an d th en C hili. As ente r taining as thei r wonderf ul si deshow was, th e main event was happ eni ng u p f ron t w i th Fogarty w in n ing easily f rom Co rs er. The ce leb rations b ecame co mple te with a fu ll-scal e crowd i n v a sio n on t he s low d o w n l ap a nd an i mpressi v e d isplay o f rolling stopples fr o m Edwa r ds , no t to m e n t i o n th e l on g est burn o u t i n h istory f rom Sligh t. ' eN Briefl Circuit van Drent he Assen, Holland Res ults: September 7,1999 (Rou nd 11 of 13) SU PE RB IK E QUALIFY IN G: 1. Troy Co rse r (2:03. 119); 2. C.ul Fogarty (2:03.781); 3. Cu lin F.dW.lfd~ II (2:04.344); 4. Aa ron Slight (2:04.375); 5. Pier -France- co Ch ili (2:04.512) ; 6. C lub W.ln.a ·r (2:0".570); Aki r-a Yanagawa (2 :04.6 12); S. Gregorio Lavil l.. (2:05.1031; 9. A ndy M ...-klo u (2:05..106) ; 10. Igor lerman (2:05.36l,l); 11. Pete r Godda rd (2:05.537>; 12. Noriu ki Ha~.l (2:05.573); 13 . V f t rortan o Guar esch i (2:06 .142); 14 , Ka t s u n k i Fujiwa ra (2:0b.917); 15. Fred eri c PHl t.l! (2 :07.33 4); l h. Mau ro Lu cchiari (2:11H.H1.U; 17. M. M.ll.lh.....t.l (2:06.928); 1M. Lucio Pcdcrcini (2;()11.953); 19 . I~ ll bt·rt Ulm (2:07.153); 20. [och cu Sch mid (2:07.771); 21. Ale ssand ro Cm m ign i (2:07 .985); 22 . j o n Ekcrold (2:08.661) ; 23 . M. Schulten (2:09.041); 24. Roger Kellenberger (2:10.329); 25. Thierry Mu lo t (2 :11.007); 26 . H . Brike y (2: 11.7( 2 ); 27 . Lance 1 ,.1CS (2: 12.162) ; 2/). J. C re vc n (2 :12 .170>; 29 . W. Bax ·.. (2:12.27{));30. Vladimi r Karban (2:13A25); 31. H. Plara cis (2 :13. 92{)); 32. Ji r i M rk y vka (2: 13.962); 33 . Gi uli a no Suton i (2 :14. 177); 34. Carlos Ma cia s (2:15.204); ·35 . R. Va n St raalcn (2:150401). RA CE 1: 1. Cu i Fogarty (D ue) ; 2. Troy Co rser (Du d; 3. Aa ron Sligh t (He n): 4. Pier -Fran cesco C h ili (Suz): 5. Co li n Edward .. ( Ho n ): h . Ak i ra Yn naga w a (Ka w ): 7. Noriyuki Ha ga (Yilm); 8. Andy Meklau {Dud ; 9. Gregorio Lavill e (Ka w ): 10. C hris walker (K.t w ); t 1. Ig or Iceman ( K.lV.-); 12. Katsua k i Fu ji wara (5 uz); 13 . Vittoriano Gu aresc hi (Yam ): 14. Robert Ulm (Ka w ); 15. Alessand ro C ranu g ni (Ya rn); 111. M. Molotesta (D ue): 17. Peter Go d d a rd (Apr) ; 18 . Lu cio l' ed erci n l {Du d ; 19. loch en Schm id (K., W); 20. M. Schulten (Suz) : 21. Ro ger Kellenber ger (H on ): 22. W . Bax ( Due): 23 . J. C rcvcn (K.I W); 24 . Vla di mi r Karb a n (Suz) : 25. Ca rlos M.ld .1 S (DueL T im e: 33 nun., 19.36Q Sl'C . Dista nce : l n la ps: 6O. 1n mil e s A ve ragl' Spee d: 108.04 5 mph M ar g in of Victory: 4.443 sec. Fas tes t Lap: Ca rl Fogart y, 2:03.914/ 108.958 mph.Jap 6 RAC E 2: I. C.lfl Foga r ty (D ue) ; 2. Tro y Curser ( Dud; 3 . Aa ro n Sli gh t III ( Hu n) ; 4 . Ak ir n Ya naga w a (Kaw): 5. Co lin Edwar ds (Hon): 6. Pie r-Francesco C hili (5uz ); 7. G rl'go rio I... ill.l (K.IW); 8. Nori u ki I..t.l ~ .l (Yil m ); W 9. And y Mdd.lU (Dud; 10. C h ris W.l lh>r (Kaw); 11. Igor ••• The frenetic World Supe'rbike feed ing f ren zy - three race's over three weekends - saw the seco nd round of the silly season in full s\."'ing. but still w ith no news whatsoever about de finite signings ·fo r next year . The mo st, luscious mov e, as came to light at the A-1 Ring. is for Yamaha World Super sport rider in the DEE CEE'J eans team. Ruben Xaus, to move to the Alstare Corona World Superbik e o utfit f o r 2000. Xaus 1s still' sile nt, but . Pier -Fran c esco C hil i. who look s almost 100 p erc ent ce r ta i n t o s tay wi th A ls t are (especially as his dol· lar -valu e has be en enhanced by his A ·1 win) , re sp onded t o the questi on of Xaus . as a teammate wi'th , " he would be okay in my ·team because he is fast. All he needs to do now is keep the bi ke up right. " O ther riders in the frame for the Suzuki ride are Chris Walker and James Haydon. both of whom are highly-experienced superbike riders in the British Superblke Series. Ducati still looks to be fielding Carl Fogarty and Ant hony Gobert. but Fogart y at least is not saying anyth ing ye t. " I don 't think any· body has signed with anyb ody yet: t he Brit said . " I know I haven·t. Mayb e I'll sign with Ducati again and maybe I'll sign with ' someone else . Maybe I'll retir e. " Corser's futu re as a factory Ducati pilot may end up being in a two-man INS/ GSE Team. mov· ing up a gear fro m the Brit ish C hampi o nship s. but wit h Troy Bayliss already guaranteed a slot if they do go swimming in the deep end of the pool. However, it is most unlikely that they would wan t to feature two Aus tralians in a British -funded team - however brilliant their riding may be.· Aaro n S ligh t . when ques tioned about his future on Saturday said: " I'm going to talk to Neil CTuxworth - the Honda team man· ager) to night about next year, Ideally I'd like to stay here," Yama ha may ·just ret ain the s elv ices of V ittoriano Guareschi for 'next year. as he has shown sign s o f small but sign'ificant improvement recently. blocking one path of opportunity for any would-be new Wo rld Superbike rs. r. [crrnan (Ka w} : 12 . Katsu a k i Fujiwa ra (Suz) : 13 . M. Mala te sta (D ud; 14. A I t.'~!'o en 17

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