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By 1990 Kenny Roberts had driven a stake through Giacamo Agostini's power base in Grand Prix. He was back in '90, but the Ago powerhouse was running on fumes. Here he stands with his brother Felice. |
Jacques Cornu's Lucky Strike Honda ready to be unpacked. |
4-time world champion Eddie Lawson talks with Roberts during Friday afternoon practice. Just moments after this image was taken, a pad fell out of one of Lawson's brake calipers and he suffered a huge crash at the end of turn two. Lawson was out of the event with a crushed heel. |
Oh, how far we have come. In 1990 data acquisition systems wrote to on-board floppies. |
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Pole-sitter Wayne Gardner smiles while talking to English broadcaster John Brown. |
Kevin Cameron, the technical inspector for the event, looks over Kevin Schwantz's Suzuki. |
Kevin Magee's Suzuki on the grid. In an hour's time Magee would be on his way to intensive care. |
Cagiva's Randy Mamola poses with baseball player and one-time bike racing fan Reggie Jackson. |
The USGP pit lane on Saturday morning in 1990. Note the straw bales lining turn eleven. |
Yamaha fielded Japanese racing great Tadahiko Taira in '90, but he too crashed out and did not start the race. |
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