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Cycle News 2014 Issue 26 July 1

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IN THE WIND P32 KIYONARI SCORES HISTORIC WIN FOR BMW Three-time British Superbike Champion Ryuichi Kiyonari made history on Sunday at Knock- hill, scoring BMW's first-ever win in the British Superbike Series. The victory also marked the first win of the season for the Build- base BMW team and ended the Japanese rider's win drought in the series - his last win coming in 2011 before departing the series for a year (2012) to race the FIM Asia Road Racing Champion- ship. Rounding out the podium was Rapid Solicitors Kawasaki's Shane Byrne and his teammate Stuart Easton. A back-on-form Kiyonari made a good effort to pull off the dou- ble, but Byrne, the other three- time British Superbike champ, wasn't going to have it and race two saw a fierce battle between the pair. Byrne led early with Ki- yonari right behind him. Then the roles were reversed with Byrne stalking Kiyonari, allowing Byrne to capitalize on a Kiyonari mis- take to take the lead. Kiyonari didn't give up the fight, but in the end he fell short by .176 of a sec- ond. Lloyds British GBmoto Racing Kawasaki's Chris Walker held off Milwaukee Yamaha's Josh Brookes to take third in spite of a broken finger. American John Hopkins finished ninth and 11th in race one and two, respec- tively. Byrne still leads the champi- onship by a healthy margin of 79 points over Brookes, 190- 111. Lloyds British GBmoto Racing Kawasaki's James Ellison is third with 108 points. Ryuichi Kiyonari scored BMW's first win in the British Superbike Series and ended his own personal winless drought in the process. PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF BSB JIMMY PLAIN PASSES J immy Plain, West Coast Ama- teur Champion of 1961, died in his sleep from heart and lung complications early Wednesday morning, June 25, at his home in San Ramon, California, accord- ing to his friend Steve Gregory. Plain was 71. Plain, who was originally from Richmond, California, was one of the leading amateur racers of the early 1960s. Along the way he won amateur nationals, including the 1961 Heidelberg (Pennsylva- nia) Half-Mile and Sacramento Mile. Plain rode with backing at various times from Dick Mann, Harold Murrell and the Emmick family of Sacramento. He was West Coast high-point rider in 1961. Unfortunately Plain's racing career was cut short when he suffered a bad head injury in his

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