Wayne Rainey on pole goes into the first turn ahead of Pierfrancesco Chili, Eddie Lawson, and Kevin Schwantz.

Meanwhile, Chili tries passing Ron Haslam on the hairpin leading into the straight by braking late on the inside.

Up ahead, Schwantz is enjoying a large lead with 5 laps to go when he throws it away, clutching his head in disbelief as he walks through the gravel.

I went over the line and around the back of the big Kodak box that is a scoreboard with all the times on it.

As I went past the back it changed to show four laps to go and more than five seconds, I thought, 'yeah I've got it,' and immediately fell off.