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1988 United States motorcycle Grand Prix

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The 1988 United States motorcycle Grand Prix was held on July 10 at the Laguna Seca circuit.

500 cc race report

First U.S. GP in 23 years (Daytona in 1965 was previous).

Wayne Rainey on pole. Through the first hairpin it was Wayne Gardner, Niall Mackenzie, Rainey, Kevin Schwantz, et al.

Eddie Lawson down in 6th place, with Kevin Magee and Gardner up front. Lawson worked his way through the field, and passed both Gardner and Magee on the inside of Turn 2 (hairpin).

1 United States Eddie Lawson 48.075
2 Australia Wayne Gardner +7.539
3 United Kingdom Niall Mackenzie +8.048
4 United States Wayne Rainey +14.638
5 United States Kevin Schwantz +27.459
6 France Christian Sarron +1:19.207
7 United Kingdom Ron Haslam +1:30.230
8 Belgium Didier De Radiguès +1 lap
9 United Kingdom Rob McElnea +1 lap
10 United States Mike Baldwin +1 lap
11 Italy A. Valesi +1 lap
Japan S. Yatsushiro ret.
France R. Roche ret.
Australia K. Magee ret.
United States J. Long ret.
Italy M. Gentile ret.
Italy Pierfrancesco Chili ret.

1 Japan 1988 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix Report
2 United States 1988 United States motorcycle Grand Prix Report
3 Spain 1988 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix Report
4 Portugal 1988 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix Report
5 Italy 1988 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix Report
6 Germany 1988 German motorcycle Grand Prix Report
7 Austria 1988 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix Report
8 Netherlands 1988 Dutch TT Report
9 Belgium 1988 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix Report
10 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1988 Yugoslavian motorcycle Grand Prix Report
11 France 1988 French motorcycle Grand Prix Report
12 United Kingdom 1988 British motorcycle Grand Prix Report
13 Sweden 1988 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix Report
14 Czechoslovakia 1988 Czechoslovakian motorcycle Grand Prix Report
15 Brazil 1988 Brazilian motorcycle Grand Prix Report