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yet another gr im e p iso de for Davide Ta rdozzi's bo ys. "I lost the fron t jus t in front of Troy [Co rser ]: Ba yliss said of his race -one cras h . " It was j u s t one of t ho s e th ing s , but we ne ed to im prove th e settings in th e fro nt fork b efore the ne xt ra ce . I'll be fre sh e no ugh and I'm rea lly rea d y fo r it. " Kawasaki's Ak ira Yan ag awa had a c onfide nce boosting pa ir of ride s . not ex a ctly brilliant. bu t a fter some of his perform an c es re c entl y. a six th and fifth wa s good Karm a. Battered an d b rui s e d , P ier Francesco Chili was a pain -filled but gutsy fifth and s ixth , swa p ping re sults with Ya nag awa . "My left arm is pumping up q uite a lot , whic h is p a infu l, b ut th e m a in p rob le m is t ha t I lo se fee l after a while, " Ch ili sa id. Guts o r no t, he is still s lowly fa lling beh ind his m a in riva ls in the champ io ns hi p c h a se. m a k ing hi m a man mos t lo ok in g forw ard to a mont h awa y from ra c ing . A lac kluste r Aa ron S light, bra ve as alw a ys but ju st not his old s e lf yet. scrapped his ra c es out with Katsuak i Fuj iwara . th e la tt er s howing cons is tent speed , but witho ut some of th e s pa rk which ha s m ade h is a new star in re cent races. A gr im fi rs t ra c e ca m e to Peter Godda rd , after choos ing s us pen sio n settings that d estroye d his re a r tire . "I ma de poor c ho ice of tire in th e first ra c e , or ra ther o f s us pe ns io n , b ec au s e it wr e c k ed t he re ar ti re," Godd ard sai d . "The s e cond ra ce was a iot better b ut [Ju an ] Borj a - wh o wa s a cr ash wa iting to happen - held me up a bit a nd whe n he d id c rash I jus t ran o ut of la ps to get to th e gr oup in front. " His futu re with th e Eckl t e am is still unsure . th e near veteran Aussie may not have another cha nce to put h imself in t o the World Superb ike shop w indow if Gregorio La v illa co me s back for Brands Hatch. In Prlvateerland , Gio vann i Bussei was the best man in ra ce one, beating the likes of Haruchika Ao ki and Andy Mek lau for a top 10 finis h as his tal ent cont inu e s to s lowly b lo om out from the fring es of th e World Superbike shadows . An other ha rd a nd hea vy day in the Re d Bu ll G er in Duc a t i c a m p s aw Robe rt Ulm a nd Mekl a u both have c ra s he s ; Ulm in race o ne a nd Mek lau in ra c e tw o . Ulm wa s cry ptic in his exp la na tio n. "I just lost the front on turn five in ra ce o ne, but th e datalog g ing s ho wed that I went into the c orn e r th e same s peed a nd so on a s usual. The sec o nd ra ce - I have to say no comment abo ut that." Sp o okily , b oth Austri .an r iders c ra s he d in turn five, both losing the f ro nt . and o n lap 11 and la p 12 respectively . Spooky o r what? Such a we ird serie s of e vents th at their team lAbove) Race one was all about No riyukl Haga. The Japanese ace won ha ndily after breaking clear from the battling group behind him. (Left) That group consisted of Co lin Edwards (2 ), Ben Bostrom (15 5 ) and Troy Corser (3). Edwards held on to finish se con d, but Corse r w a s ab le to fi nd hi s way around Bo strom on the final lap to steal third place. Bostrom was fourth . appointm ent after finish ing a strong and assured second in race one . "I was ope n ing the throttl e , but I was n ' t go in g forwa rd, " t he T e x a n sai d . "Be c a us e of th at, , co uldn 't do anything when th ose guys went by. " Ha ga 's first and s econd in th e two ra ces narrowly beat Corser's win and th ird , with six manufa cturers finishing in the to p six places in e ac h o f the races - once aga in. It was not, despite some vocal a nd c on certe d local support. a com ple te glo ry da y for Elvis /Eve l Kne ive l/Capta in Am er ica cl one Ben Bost rom , who ran himself and , more im po rta ntIy, h is Michelins ragged tr ying to win, los ing himself a c e rtai n second with a small s lip up wh ich saw him run wide a t the final corne r of ra c e two . "I tried to hol d off Ha g a at th e la st c o rn e r , b ut I ju st co u ld n 't do it ," Bostrom sa id. "But I did m y best for th e c row d , an d I'll come back ne xt year and win 'em both. " Elvis re a lly has entered the Worl d Superbike bu ild ing , in the form of a fully com petitive yo ung Ben Bostrom. A p odium was g o od rew ard for him in ra ce two , ce rta inly a lot better than ei the r Juan Bor ja o r pol e posit ion man Tr oy Bay lis s c o u ld d o o n th eir offic ia l full fa ctory Duk es . Th ey ea c h s u ffe re d o n e c ra s h, and with Bayliss 's s eventh in the s e c ond th e be st result for the team all da y, it wa s cu e I e n e _ S • J ULY 19. 2000 7