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Time: 19 min., 33.034 sec. Disbnce: 12 laps, 28.644 miles. Average Speed: 88.090 mph. Margin of Victory: 0.716 sec. , Fastest Lap: Loris Reggiani,1:36.362/89.361 mph, Lap 10. 2SOcc RACE 3: L Massamiliano Biaggi (Apr); 2. Jochen Schmid (Yam); 3. Pier-Francesco Chili (Apr); 4. Loris Capirossi (Hon); 5. Andy Preining (Apr); 6. Luis D' Antin (Hon); 7. Frederic Protat (Apr); 8. Kenny Roberts Jr. (Yam); 9. Eskil Suter (Apr); 10. Chris D'Aluisio (Yam); 11. Miguel Castilla (Yam); 12. Alex Sierra (Yam); 13. David Vazquez (Apr); 14. Adrian Bosshard (Hon); 15. Jose Kuhn (Hon); 16. Javier Rodriguez (Hon); 17. Marc Garcia (Yam); 18. Takashi Ishiguro (Hon); 19. M. Pennacchioli (Apr); 20. Quiche De Juan (Yam); 21. Jose Sagardogui (Hon); 22. Evren Bischoff (Apr); 23. Pierre Fontanrlez (Apr). Time: 19 min., 29.218 sec. Distance: 12 laps, 28.644 miles. Average Speed: 88.377 mph. Margin of Victory: 0.160 sec. Fastest Lap: Pier-Francesco Chili, 1:36.204/89.508 mph, lapS. 250cc OVERALL: 1. Massamiliano Biaggi (38); 2. Jochen Schmid (32); 3. Pier-Francesco Chili (32); 4. Loris Capirossi (24); 5. Loris Reggiani (15); 6. Andy Preining (14); 7. Alberto Puig (11); 8.l.uis D'Antin (9); 9. Frederic Protat (7); 10. Eski! Suter (6); 11. Luis Maurei (5); 12. Kenny Roberts Jr. (3); 13. Chris D'Aluisio (1); 14. Oscar Sainz (1). Biaggi, Capirossi .and Chili; first, . fourth and third overall, respectively. Tres Americanos'en Es~_an_a T _ he students: AMA 250cc National Champion Colin Edwards and his main AMA rivals Kenny Roberts, Jr and Chris D' Aluisio. The subject: European Road Racing 101. The classroom: Jarama, Spain. The teachers: Massamiliano Biaggi, Pier-Francesco Chili, Tochen Schmid, and a horde of riders they'd never heard of. The students came to the Superprestigi~ International with • . . . realisfic goals, knowi~ that, their (Ltft to nght) D'AlU1S10, Edwards &: Roberts. 'Yamaha TZ250s W~~X\o ma,tch for ," hhe facto ' ": ' cia RSs and the :httWry Yamaha. They ended con' en pen to make u t:he " dr ' ~with nl;!w£ d, in their lives, ,j " Hth place. When tile three: "~lif,ying sessions had "for nte Americans, thwfotmd theInselv.e5 in unfamiJiai'temtory; D'Aluisfu, 28,' ", international racing debut, was the quickest, narrow1:redging his Southwest Motorsports teammate Edwards, 19, by .000000-second - but ~ was n~ for the pole, this was for 12th place on the grid. Still, the pair were happy and they'd represented themselves weD. Everyone kneW the Yamaha TZ250s were,oo matdl for the Aprilias andRondas and 12th was just about where they belonged; They had lapped at 1:39.163 and 1:39.247, respectively, after strUggling in the. second of the three sessions with handling problems and blown motors. The pair had Only a single TZ250 each, while: the majority.of the field had two bikes at their diSposal. , PieJ.'-Francesco Chili, third in the 1992 250cc World Championship, had earned the pole with a 1:36.773 - 2390 seconds quicker than 0'A l u i s i o . · , Roberts Jr. struggled early on, and he was disappointed with his 20th qualifying position. The 19-year-old ~mian had two Yamaha TZ250s to chose from, but the one he called the IIA" bike seized On Saturday and he was forced to qualify on the other II standard" TZ. Roberts was racing for the first time outside the U.S., and he was racing under the high-powered microscope of beiqg the son of "'King Kenny." It prob front-wheel wheelie and ,bOth crashing into the hay bale--protected tire wall. Edwatlfs , "lllgrjIy walked away~~~was taken to the hospital with a broken leg. . D'Alu:isjo a,nd 'R~~, liaUfe4 to the Jine, wi . . .,10 winning the . 1,tb;place. Bdw .' .. . itedwi ' :,' un 'wn .~,.w.t..., ...J;:" 'l etl.....O' I~ ~.~;.:b steatn 0$1, t didn't get any,. ",;' . ' " ". e .stalled tfie y :ro~ l'adng. " , f , ' , "" .q•• ' and was fOrtunate''npUb get hitJrom behin.cimthe bike ran poorly a,., " '"'I know I can doi Justfme," D'Aluisio S;ilid. ~,is the way l'llcing should,Qe opted to call it a day - you"tan come from last place to a points paying position 'at , . done. They are dreaming: if they look at America and think that's the way to do it I home, but not in Spam. . donft want to say bad ~ about the AMA because everyone does that, but irs hard Roberts had the race of his li£e in the thir4 leg, grappling with GP regular Eski! to think of doing AMA racing after doing this. The triCk time they give you is incredi- Suter on the Marlboro-backed. Aprilia. D' Aluisio followed, but couldn't keep pace. ble (60-minute sessions). You're actually tired when you get off the bike. There's a 'lot Roberts finished eighth, D'Aluisio lOth and the three-day road racing school had. of learning that goes ,on at a new race track. There..aie a lot of bumps out there, so ended. you've got to stick to'that little plot of track that you know." "Three CPs- in one day really increases your learning cur:ve," D'Aluisio said with a What about 'riding with the Biaggis, the Chilis, the Reggianis? content smjJe. "These guys are definitely good on the-brakes." . "It's no different thap. following Colin (Edwards}," D'Aluisio opined. "Their bikes One man weat!!!g a smile w~ Roberts Jr:5 professor, uThe King" himself. accelerate harder, they leave the comers much faster. I'm not at all in awe. I got behind ,"'It went better than I expected," Roberts Sr. said. ''We were having trouble doing Biaggi and expected to go "Wow!" But he's nothing: special. Irs neat seeing the gUys 44s when he started. Hehad a whole lot thrown at hb.n; ahd [didn't think he'd get bet,. you watch on TV, but I still want to beat them. If's difficult to come to their turf and ter with every race. You usually can't absorb that much in one day, but he showed that beat them. Especially when irs our machines against: their machines." he can absorb that much. He never looked to me like he was in trouble, and never did 1 IYAluisio had a special interest in the Spanish race - he's considering taking part in think he was pushing it:too hard. He always seemed to have something in reserve" next year's proposed 25O.cc Ducados Cup Series to be held in Spain: "1'd do it in a sec- • Roberts Jr. is another apparently headed for the OUcados Cup Series: "I'd like him ond if I had the opportutrity," said D'Aluisio, who works,full time as a designer for to do the SpaJ:Ush series,'" Roberts said. "It's the ideal place for him. He'd run mid-pack fired and. r would quit I can do in GPs and also run the Spanish se.ries; that woulcl be quality time for him. As long as , Cannondale bicycles in ~w EngIand. "I wouldn't a lot of my jpP an rre~ because irs all conc~ QU need money to do it, but I'd we can keep the non-win Ute off him, hell be - t. He's.not that far off . ht II 'U11latthe' ' ~. ' ~ybeit line , c J. ' 31

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