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Race 12 of 14 races in the 1994 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | September 11 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Official name | United States Motorcycle Grand Prix [1] [2] [3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Laguna Seca Raceway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1994 United States motorcycle Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 1994 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on September 11, 1994, at the Laguna Seca Raceway. This round was the last motorcycle Grand Prix hosted by the United States until 2005.
Pos. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points | ||
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1 | Luca Cadalora | Marlboro Team Roberts | Yamaha | 48:00.370 | 25 | ||
2 | John Kocinski | Cagiva Team Agostini | Cagiva | +7.896 | 20 | ||
3 | Mick Doohan | Honda Team HRC | Honda | +24.876 | 16 | ||
4 | Shinichi Itoh | Honda Team HRC | Honda | +36.125 | 13 | ||
5 | Doug Chandler | Cagiva Team Agostini | Cagiva | +36.130 | 11 | ||
6 | Norifumi Abe | Mister Yumcha Blue Fox | Yamaha | +44.454 | 10 | ||
7 | Alberto Puig | Ducados Honda Pons | Honda | +59.116 | 9 | ||
8 | Alex Barros | Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | +1:11.026 | 8 | ||
9 | Jeremy McWilliams | Millar Racing | Yamaha | +1:15.888 | 7 | ||
10 | Niall Mackenzie | Slick 50 Team WCM | ROC Yamaha | +1:22.916 | 6 | ||
11 | Sean Emmett | Shell Harris Grand Prix | Harris Yamaha | +1:27.047 | 5 | ||
12 | Bernard Garcia | Yamaha Motor France | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | 4 | ||
13 | Laurent Naveau | Euro Team | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | 3 | ||
14 | Jean Pierre Jeandat | JPJ Racing | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | 2 | ||
15 | Lucio Pedercini | Team Pedercini | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | 1 | ||
16 | Marc Garcia | DR Team Shark | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | |||
17 | Cristiano Migliorati | Team Pedercini | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | |||
18 | Bernard Haenggeli | Haenggeli Racing | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | |||
19 | Bruno Bonhuil | MTD Objectif 500 | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | |||
20 | Cees Doorakkers | Team Doorakkers | Harris Yamaha | +1 Lap | |||
21 | Jean Foray | Jean Foray Racing Team | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | |||
Ret | Kevin Mitchell | MBM Racing | Harris Yamaha | Retirement | |||
Ret | John Reynolds | Padgett's Motorcycles | Harris Yamaha | Retirement | |||
Ret | Marco Papa | Team Elit | ROC Yamaha | Retirement | |||
Ret | Daryl Beattie | Marlboro Team Roberts | Yamaha | Retirement | |||
DNS | Kevin Schwantz | Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | Did not start | |||
DNS | Juan Lopez Mella | Lopez Mella Racing Team | ROC Yamaha | Did not start | |||
DNS | Chuck Graves | Team ROC | ROC Yamaha | Did not start | |||
DNS | Àlex Crivillé | Honda Team HRC | Honda | Did not start | |||
DNQ | Andreas Leuthe | Team Doppler Austria | ROC Yamaha | Did not qualify | |||
Sources: [4] [5] |
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