Rius was the fastest riders in the first 5 laps of Mark Hahn 300 race laping consistently at 8 minutes and something lap by lap before his safety tow rope fell off inside the engine compartment, caught by the drive shaft and caused all sort of problems from then and onwards. Rius managed to get fixed the mess and got into the race again and proved to be fast ones more before he DNF-ed due to other mechanical problems.
