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Gee, thanks for that. I really thought no one would know that in this world of google-fu.
That wasn't the question.
Last race, not last GP appearance.
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The ride that everyone has overlooked was Foggy's commendable fourth place wildcard appearance at Donington in 1994 - the reason I went that year. It was a developmental version which both Chandler and 'Lil John had rejected so although the slot had been agreed the year before through Castiglioni's links with Ducati, his job was to race and bring home the fuel injection motor. Great account of this in his autobiography - (which is still one of the most entertaining rider books that I've ever read).
As has been stated, the CCRV592 definitely made its last appearance with Chili at Mugello. I used to pore over my Autocourse post season and gorge myself on Duke videos - but I remember this season well because it marked Abe's first full time ride and first podium. There was also several Brits racing full seasons - Jeremy McWilliams, Sean Emmett, James Haydon and Neil Hodgson with Stalker wild carding at Donington. Also, Puig was on the rostrum for this race a month before his accident.
Is Goodwood considered a race?
Asking as from memory it may have made an appearance much as a lot of the older 2 stroke Honda/Yamaha and Suzuki's have
That said, the question did kick off a bit of kanting and man it was good to see the list of names, the privateers, the one off riders throughout the years
Asking as from memory it may have made an appearance much as a lot of the older 2 stroke Honda/Yamaha and Suzuki's have
That said, the question did kick off a bit of kanting and man it was good to see the list of names, the privateers, the one off riders throughout the years
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'Kanting' - ha...the new B.JC.
I think that the Doc is referring to last competitive appearance Gaz.
Remember this at the Sachsenring last year?
Fans flood to see 500cc GP stars race again | MCN
There was something that amused me at the time in one of the group pit-lane pictures but I can't recall who or what it was. Quiet at work today...I'll trawl about.
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Searching for info re: the Suzuki RGV250 is what lead me to the wtf? moment when I saw the bike/race in question's results. Also was amazed to see that it (the RGV) raced in Japan domestic series until 1998...very cool to see the rider lists, Ui, Kato etc as domestic racers..
There's some clues in the above.
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Damn you No, I just found out that the V593 is living in Qld in a privately owned collection along with a few other bikes after it was sold by Paul Feeney.
Now I need to find out where so that I can consider a life of crime to break in and ogle ............ although at the same time I may check with a mate as to if he knows the owner (the mate being well connected in the bike fields)
Now I need to find out where so that I can consider a life of crime to break in and ogle ............ although at the same time I may check with a mate as to if he knows the owner (the mate being well connected in the bike fields)
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The All Japan Road Race Championship was racing a production formula not 500cc by the mid nineties so it can't be that. Can't be The Eight Hour, because that was also four strokes.I'm going to take a shot in the dark that it was raced at the Macau GP which was still two stroke 500 at that time. Emmett quite feasibly could have competed in it at that time...but you mentioned Doohan in the same race???
I haven't got the foggiest, Doohan never did Macau so it can't be that, it must have been an Open class or F1 event that I can't recall.
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Chalk this up to an inspired Kanting.
Last race for Cagiva:
1995 MFJ Road Race Championship, round 9 of 10, October 22, 1995, Aoki Nobuatsu rode the Cagiva 594 to a 7th place in a race that Michael Doohan won on the NSR500 at Sportsland Sugo during the 22nd TBC Big Road Race.
Moto Racing JAPAN: MFJ Road Race 1995 Round 9 Sugo
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Last race for Cagiva:
1995 MFJ Road Race Championship, round 9 of 10, October 22, 1995, Aoki Nobuatsu rode the Cagiva 594 to a 7th place in a race that Michael Doohan won on the NSR500 at Sportsland Sugo during the 22nd TBC Big Road Race.
Moto Racing JAPAN: MFJ Road Race 1995 Round 9 Sugo
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Definitely - that's a supercharged search engine you have there.
I mentioned the Japanese Road Races as an earlier guess from 'No's clues, but I figured that the 500s had been superceded by the Superbikes by then. Seems that they ran them in tandem with the two strokes.
As 'No mentioned, some great names there - including Kato in the 250s.
I loved Sugo - beautiful setting and circuit. WSB always used to go there in the spring when the cherry blossom was out. I remember before it was dropped, Tamada winning the double on the Cabin Honda as a wild card - for some reason the Michelins stopped working there which was particularly problematic for the Ducati team (unless you were Dunlop shod like BBoz).
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I wonder what iteration that Nobu was riding? You'd think the C594 but as mentioned, Chili was on a 592 at Mugello that year.
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The Big Special Search Engine finds all.
I'd love to know what the circumstances were that got Doohan to show up for this race. I can't imagine he had to have been terribly enthused by the prospect of racing against 8 other riders. But there were some good Japanese riders in that race.
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NJ
According to the video, they list him as indeed riding the Cagiva C594 and not say the 592 that Chili rode at Mugello.
This is actually pretty fascinating that the 594 got one final race in October 1995. That was a hell of a trivia question from Dr. No. Without search engines I never would have known that at all. Too bad they didn't get Kocinski over there to ride the Cagiva as that would have made for a more interesting race for Doohan.
I can't help but keep wondering what might have unfolded had Cagiva not run out of money.
Maybe a bunch of us could band together and go setup a protest/begging event outside MV Agusta's HQ asking them to bring back Cagiva to MotoGP. Hell, we can even tell them that we will run the team...the MotoGPForum-Cagiva C519 could debut for the 2019 season. MV Agusta just needs to build a V4, and I figure by that point, Lorenzo's stock will be so low we can sign him as the number 1 rider. Just need to find a title sponsor...Eni Chemical? This would go down as the MotoGP version of Hesketh Racing....just a party every race weekend. I'm sure we could dig up some nice #2 rider from WSBK or BSB.
