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Cycle News 2004 09 15

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er w ild-card e r. Arie Vos. on t he first Kawasaki home. Christian Ke llner went n inth , wi th Barry Veneman 10t h . " There were a lot o f gu ests o f the team here th is weekend, which added a little something to it all," Muggeridge said. " I was happy just to win the race and make my team happy. Maybe I'll get a job for next year! I'm going to keep pushing until the end. even though our poi nts position is pretty good now. Charpentier is always there now, but on the day, we'll see who can win the next races. Today, Sebastien and the rest did not give me an y breaks. I was desperate for them to slow down a bit and give me a break, but they kept pu sh ing a ll the way. With the temperatu re being so high , it was very slippery out the re . This morning, we could set better times in the lower te m pera tu res : ' eN CIRCU IT VAN DRENTHE ASSEN, HOllAND RESULTS: SEPTEMBER 5, 2004 WORLD SUPERBIKE QUALIFYING: Briefly... Contin ued from page 45 o ption. Sponsorship news fro m SBK is expected either before or at lmola . SBK prides itse lf on be ing the accessible Wo rld Championship, with t he riders on show in the paddock for spectators who can buy paddock passes. Following on fro m previous initiatives, such as the Alsta re Suzuki team's cordoned-off spectator area at the rear of their Supersport pit and DFX's glass "co rrido r" down the le ngt h o f their pit garage, Ten Kate had an entirely new spin on things. They adopted a viewing gantry, directly above and behind the rearmost part of their pit garage. Thus there were team guests hanging ove r the heads o f the three riders all weekend . Karl Muggeridge said it was not distracting, but that he was "t rylook up . Every time you make eye ing no' contact. someone asks for an au tograph or starts talking to yo u!" T he idea , maybe in a modified fo rm , is to ex tend th is to members o f the public. to make the series eve n mo re accessible to the masses. '00 '0 I. Pier - Francesco Chili(2:03.103); 2. James Toseland (2:03.755): J . Regis Lacon! (2:03.856); ... Chris Vermeulen (2:04.01 8): S. Leo n Haslam (2:04 .266); 6. Marco Bc rciani (2:04 .280); 7. Noriyuki Haga (2:G4.6S4) ; a. Gianluc.a Nanne lli (2:04.68 1); 9. Troy Corser (2:04.83 1); 10. lucio Ped ercini (2:05. 18] ); II . Giovanni Busse! (2:0 5.276 ); 12. Garry McCoy (2:O S.276); 13. Ivan Clemen ti (2:05.807); 14. Chris Walker (2:06 :436); IS. Mauro Sanchini (2:06. 638); 16. Steve Martin (2:0 55 52): 17. Piergiorgio Bontempi (2:0 5.889): 18. Sergio Fuertes (2:06 .21'4); 19. Warwick Nowland (2:0 7.777); 20. Mess io VaJlini (2:08 .36 1); 2 1. Re-bert Menzen (2:08.9 17); 22. Miguel Praia (2:08 .981); 23. Amo Visscher (2:09 .0 18); 23. Jin M"'>'vI

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