Rossi ends Stoner's MotoGP win streak

cnn.com     Jul 21, 2008            

Valentino Rossi wins the United States MotoGP race at Laguna Seca He ends Casey Stoner's three-race winning run The Australian finishes second despite a crash with eight laps left MONTEREY, California (AP) -- Valentino Rossi finally conquered one of the two tracks he had yet to win on in MotoGP, beating Casey Stoner to win the United States Grand Prix at the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Rossi claimed his 66th career victory by winning by 13.001 seconds over Stoner, the defending champion, who crashed on the slow turn 11 with eight laps remaining but remounted to continue the chase to the end. "For sure the race was unbelievable, it was a great battle with Casey," Rossi said. "It was fun, a lot of fun in this race. It was a high-level battle for sure." Chris Vermeulen was third after taking second to fellow Australian Stoner... [read full story]                    

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