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Worl d S u p e r b ik e C h amp io n ship Round 8 : Va lencia. Spa in (Left) Corser ce lebrates In typical style. (Above) Peter Goddard (14) was Impressive on Greg orio Lavllla's factory Kawasaki. The Australian got the better of Aaron Slight (111) to finish sixth in both races. [Below) Edwards (2) leads the start of the second race from Corser (3), Bostrom [behind Edwards) and Bayliss. hospital to undergo a precautionary CAT scan, with another planned for Monday after the race. More im pa rtia l o bservers may consider that Ulm moved more to the right than Bayliss to the left , but whoever contributed, and to what degree , it was a ho rrid beginning. Corser took an im m ed ia te le a d in t he race fo r t he front, fo llo wed by Bostro m, Ha g a a nd Chili. By la p a no, getting fixed for Valenc ia , a nd th en seeing his e ng ine expire in ra ce on e. Anothe r good bet was Bostrom, o r even Hag a , bu t o n a da y wh en the World Superbike wor ld sta rte d on th e dow nward s lope to the end, there was little to tell us who will be th e cha mp ion , with Edwar d s staggering from one ba rren weekend to a nothe r lately, but always on a course for the ult im ate prize. "We ll I'm s t ill shooting do wn on every body from the to p of the box: Edwa rds said, answering critics who say he is taking th e d ifficu lt rout to World Champions hip s uccess. RACE ONE A ho rrific lo ok in g a cci den t sec o n d s af te r th e g ree n light s aw Ulm c a reen int o the side o f Ba yliss , a nd c rash righ t in th e th ic k of th e p a c k. Altho ug h he a vily bang ed -up by his fal l, and w ith h is tea m bl am ing Ba ylis s , Ulm was mi ra cul ousl y not s t r uc k b y anyo ne co m ing fr om beh ind. Despite lyin g in the tra c k for so me cons idera ble tim e , he was wa lke d off by the ma rsh a ls without th e race ha ving to be sto pped . Ulm we nt to the 14 J ULvS ,2000ยท c u e I e n e vv s .thre e th e le ad ing bun ch had be c ome a tri o , with a 2 .643 - s e cond gap ba c k to Chil i. Shortly a fter b eing ov ertaken b y his teammat e Fujiwara , Ch ili was ou t, with a blow n e n g in e on the p it s t ra ig h t on lap four , h is operation to fix h is fr a c tured shoulder hav ing been to no immediate a vai l. By lap five the gap had grown to 3.4 seconds , w ith Corser looking strong and slowl y ebbing the tide his way as he eased away from Bostro m ever so little at a time. On lap s e ve n, Borja had his first gravel entrapment , hitt ing the bac k of An tonello on the way in , before restarting, only to tour back to the p its to ret ire . Ju st over ha lf a second ahead of Bo str om , Co rser was set up sweetly