Castrol Press Release: Edwards versus Doohan versus Slight versus Criville versus Okada versus Itoh
         1998 World Championship Team
                           Media Information

Issued: Tuesday October 13 1998

           SLIGHT  AND  EDWARDS  RACE  AT  SUGO

Castrol Honda's Aaron Slight and Colin Edwards will join five other Honda
riders for the final superbike race of the year, at the Sugo circuit in
Japan on November 1.

The TBC Big Road Race is also the ninth and final round of the All Japan
Superbike championship.

"It's great to get one more race out of a year I thought was over," said
Slight, runner-up in this year's World Superbike championship. "The
opposition will be tough so it'll make for an interesting event."

Honda will also field 500cc world champion Mick Doohan and his fellow-GP
team-mates Alex Criville and Tadayuki Okada.

The Japanese championship team of series leader Shinichi Itoh and youngster
Yuuichi Takeda complete an impressive seven-rider line-up on RC45 Hondas in
what promises to be a prestigious end of season event.
 

ENDS