The top 19 riders boycotted the 500-cc...
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The top 19 riders boycotted the 500-cc race of the Italian motorcycling Grand Prix in a dispute over track safety after a sudden rainstorm at Misano Adriatico, Italy.
World champion Eddie Lawson and fellow-Americans Wayne Rainey, Kevin Schwantz, Randy Mamola, Freddie Spencer and Fred Merkel were among those who refused to compete in the fifth event of the 1989 World Championship.
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