wear a hard cast for two and a half weeks,
after which he plans to have a rubber cast
put on for the first Eastem 125cc round in
Indianapolis, February 12.
Buddy Antunez (Suz) won three of the
four races that made up rounds 13-14 of
the National Arenacross Series, held in
Baltimore, Maryland, January 21-22.
Antunez won the 250cc class dUring both
nights of racing, and added a 125cc victory on Friday night. On Friday, Antunez
topped Denny Stephenson (Suz) and
Pedro Gonzales (Kaw) to win the
125cc main event,· and then beat
Stephenson and Jeromy Buehl (Kaw)
to win the 250cc final. On Saturday,
Stephenson beat Jeff Willoh (Hon) and
Gonzales in the 125cc main event with
Antunez topping Stephenson and Gonzales in the 250cc class. Antunez leads
Stephenson in the championship point
standings, 451-444, with Gonzales third
on 405 points.
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Marlboro Yamaha's Max Biaggi recently completed the first tests of his pre-season at the Sepang circuit in MalaYSia,
according to Cycle News contributor
Paolo Gozzi. Biaggi tested for two days at
the track, lapping at a best of 2:06.6 under the lap record set in 1998 by Mick
Doohan (2:07.213) and also under the
pole position time for last year's Grand
Prix of 2:06.848. He did so despite complaints about the surface of the racetrack.
"One year ago this surface was perfect. "
Biaggi said. "But after the F1 car GP last
October, now we have some problem."
The test was the first for Biaggi and his
new crew chief Fiorenzo Fanali, who last
year was the technical director of Yamaha's World Superbike effort. Biaggi's
teammate Carlos Checa wasn't on
hand for the test. The Spaniard recently
underwent surgery on his right arm to fix
some damage he incurred last season.
For the second week in a row, Doug
I Dubach (Yam) was the winner in the
PACE U.S. Off-Road Championships, this
time in Phoenix, Arizona, on January 22.
Second went to Sott Myers (Yam), who
was followed by Dave Shade (Hbg),
Jimmy Lamastas (Hbg) and Spud
Walters
