Dakar 97 - Saturday, January 11 Stage 8 Placings

PARIS, Jan 10 (Reuter) - Leading placings in the 575-km 8th
stage of the Dakar-Agades-Dakar rally on Saturday:

    Cars:
    Stage placings:

 1. Kenjrio Shinozuka (Japan) Mitsubishi    4 hr. 55 min. and 20 sec.
 2. Jean-Pierre Fontenay (France) Mitsubishi         1:21 behind
 3. Bruno Saby (France) Mitsubishi                   6:24
 4. Hiroshi Masuoka (Japan) Mitsubishi              19:14
 5. Maurizio Traglio (Italy) Nissan                 41:39
 6. Jutta Kleinschmidt (Germany) Buggy              42:06
 7. Duarte Guedes (Portugal) Nissan                 47:56
 8. Pornsawan Siriwatanakun (Thailand) Mitsubishi   49:21
 9. Salvador Servia (Spain) Nissan                  52:27 
10. Jean-Pierre Strugo (France) Mitsubishi        1:07:37

    Overall standings:

 1. Shinozuka            30 hours 35 minutes and 36 seconds
 2. Fontenay                                    1:42 behind
 3. Saby                                       11:38
 4. Masuoka                                  2:08:39
 5. Servia                                   4:14:38
 6. Strugo                                   4:12:00
 7. Kleinschmidt                             4:39:36
 8. Traglio                                  4:44:18
 9. Strugo                                   5:19:37 
10. Siriwatanakun                            5:40:18

    Motorcycles:
    Stage placings:

 1. Stephane Peterhansel (France) Yamaha    5 hr. 38 min. and 43 sec.
 2. Jordi Arcarons (Spain) KTM                  2:36 behind
 3. Carlos Sotelo (Spain) Cagiva                4:17
 4. Thierry Magnaldi (France) KTM               5:37
 5. Oscar Gallardo (Spain) Cagiva               5:57
 6. Jimmy Lewis (U.S.) KTM                     12:31
 7. David Castera (France) Yamaha              23:09
 8. Dirk von Zitzewitz (Austria) KTM           24:48
 9. Carlo De Gavardo (Chile) KTM               28:41 
10. Jurgen Mayer (Germany) KTM                 28:48

    Overall standings:

 1. Peterhansel               38 hours 01 minutes and 46 seconds
 2. Arcarons                                      1:23:25 behind
 3. Gallardo                                      2:11:14
 4. Lewis                                         2:28:17
 5. Castera                                       2:40:43
 6. Von Zitzewitz                                 3:22:32
 7. Guido Maletti (Italy) Kawasaki                4:15:23
 8. Mayer                                         5:01:52
 9. Fernando Gil (Spain) KTM                      5:02:39 
10. Norbert Schilcher (Germany) KTM               5:41:32