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RACE WATCH
Grand Prix wars settled
Despite season-long challenges from fellow Aussie Daryl Beattie, Mick Doohan wrapped up his second 500 GP title with one race to go. Suzukimounted Beattie and Italian Luca Cadalora, riding a Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha, nailed down the second and third spots, respectively. In 250 GP action, Italian Max Biaggi battled to his second title, while 19year-old Japanese ace Harachuki Aoki won six races to score his firstever 125 world championship.
Fogarty lands second WSB title
Carl Fogarty successfully defended his World Superbike title by carding a pair of wins in Assen, Holland. With two rounds remaining, Troy Corser and Aaron Slight are nine points apart in the battle for second.
In other WSB news, Team Yamaha's Yasutomo Nagai died as the result of injuries suffered at the Assen round while trying to avoid oil on the track. Nagai, 29, was fourth in points. Out of respect for Nagai, teammate Colin Edwards has withdrawn from the remaining two rounds.
Red riders romp
The drama never stopped as the AMA outdoor motocross series came down to winner-take-all final motos. In the 125s, Kawasaki rider Ryan Hughes had a three-point cushion on Honda’s Steve Lamson going into the last round. Moto one: Hughes rode a perfect race, Lamson was second. Moto two: Lamson was faultless, Hughes took third after pushing his bike across the line with a broken chain. Title to Lamson by five points.
In the 250cc title chase, Yamaha’s Jeff Emig needed to win both motos and have Jeremy McGrath carried off the track by aliens in order to take the title. No aliens appeared, McGrath easily won both motos and took his first outdoor title.
Duhamel takes AMA Superbike, 600 Supersport titles
Miguel Duhamel dominated American roadracing in 1995 like no other rider of the modern era. Piloting a Smokin’ Joe’s Honda RC45, Duhamel took his first AMA Superbike title with six straight wins, tying the mark set by multi-time national and world champ Wayne Rainey in 1983. Garnering his third 6>00 Supersport Championship, the 27-year-old French-Canadian, ran off with nine races. Bridesmaid in both series was teammate Mike Hale. Other series winners were Tom Kipp in 750 Supersport, Rich Oliver in 250 GP, Scott Zampach in SuperTwins, Rodney Fee in 125 GP and Cycle Motion Racing in SuperTeams.
