The Mid-Ohio AMA 250 Grand Prix race on August 5, 1990, was a battle of the nicknames. This photo shows No. 22 Al Salaverria (Al Sal) leading Doug “Bionic” Brauneck (No. 46) and Jon “Corndog” Cornwell. As a bonus, the fourth-place rider is No. 70 Darrell “Boom Boom” Cooney. The race came down to a last lap battle between Salaverria, Brauneck and Cornwell. All three led at one point on the final lap as they swapped back and forth. Finally Al Sal out-braked the other two at the end of the back straight and then kept a tight line the rest of the way. The San Francisco-based rider Salaverria held off  Brauneck by 0.69 seconds with Cornwell and very close third. Notice the massive crowd on the hillside. Mid-Ohio was just entering a long peak as a spectator event going into the 1990s.

Al Salaverria leads Doug Brauneck (No. 46), Jon Cornwell (No. 49), Darrell Cooney (No. 70) and the rest of the field early in the AMA 250 Grand Prix race at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on Aug. 5, 1990. Salaverria went on to win the race in a tight battle over Brauneck and Cornwell. Also visible in the photo are Mike Sullivan (No. 74), Tom Paris (No. 13), Steve Crevier (No. 73), Donny Greene (No. 3), Lee Shierts (No. 85), Martin Miller (No. 98), Rick Tripodi (No. 44), William Himmelsbach (No. 94) and Robbie Petersen (No. 16). (Larry Lawrence photo)