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Rich Oliver romped off to a commanding win in the 250cc Grand Prix race at Infineon Raceway, crossing the finish line almost 27 seconds ahead of Chuck Sorensen.

Sorensen appeared to encounter a mechanical problem mid-race and was passed by Simon Turner, who in turn had his own problems–tagging a cone and bending his fairing bracket, which in turn was fouling his handlebars–pulling off to the side of the race to straighten parts before getting going again. Sorensen later denied that he had any mechanical problems, and said he had “a set-up problem.”

That sequence of events left Sorensen second and Turner third, followed by Ed Sorbo and Ed Marchini.

1. Rich Oliver, Yamaha, 17 laps
2. Chuck Sorensen, Aprilia, -26.9 seconds
3. Simon Turner, Honda, -69.9
4. Ed Sorbo, Yamaha, -81.6
5. Ed Marchini, Yamaha
6. Perry Melneciuc, Yamaha, -1 lap
7. Chris Pyles, Honda, -1 lap, -0.239
8. Darren Fulce, Yamaha, -1 lap, -2.8
9. Sandy Noce, Yamaha, -1 lap, -19.0
10. Michael Aron, Yamaha, -1 lap, -22.2
11. Dante Dambruoso, Yamaha, -1 lap
12. Sean Crane, Yamaha, -1 lap
13. Mark Watts, Honda, -1 lap
14. John France, Honda, -1 lap
15. Barrett Long, Yamaha, -1 lap
16. Philip Snowden, Honda, -1 lap
17. Sean McNew, Honda, -1 lap
18. Shawn Herrera, Aprilia, -1 lap
19. Ben Welch, Yamaha, -1 lap
20. James Jessen, Yamaha, -1 lap
21. Stephen Bowline, Honda, -1 lap
22. Sean Wray, Yamaha, -1 lap
23. David Moss, Yamaha, -1 lap
24. Justin Long, Yamaha, -1 lap
25. Richard Denman, Honda, -1 lap
26. Joji Tokumoto, Honda, -1 lap
27. Shawn Murray, Honda, -1 lap
28. Kelly Jones, Honda, -1 lap
29. Craig McLean, Ducati, -2 laps
30. David Bothell, Honda, -2 laps
31. Sergio Galvan, Yamaha, -2 laps
32. David Hawks, Yamaha, -2 laps
33. Andy Edwards, Yamaha, -6 laps
34. Mike Luke, Yamaha, -12 laps
35. Steve Scott, Yamaha, -13 laps
36. Stewart Aitkencade, Honda, -13 laps
37. Greg Esser, Honda, -16 laps, DNF, mechanical
38. Colin Jensen, Aprilia, -17 laps, DNF, crash