IN BRIEF : 13 Fined for Dodging Cycle Race
Thirteen top motorcycle riders, including five Americans, were fined $1,150 each for boycotting the 500-cc race of the Italian motorcycling Grand Prix at Misano Adriatico last Sunday.
The Italian Motorcycling Federation said today that the fines were levied by an international jury and that the International Federation has been notified of the action.
World champion Eddie Lawson and fellow Americans Kevin Schwantz, Freddie Spencer, Fred Merkel and Wayne Rainey were among the riders who refused to start in the race. They claimed that the Santa Monica track was left too slippery and dangerous after a sudden rainstorm.
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