Suzuki stars at Cotati
Report and Pbotos
by George Martin
ENSENADA GRAND PRIX AND POKER RUN from front page
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Sunday's road races at Cotati raceway in Northern California were
notable mostly because of the steamroller approach of Suzuki to west coast
racing.
~Well." he said. ~ it's not Quite
Suzuki's once-invincible 50 and
125cc grand prix racers are getting
dusted off regularly in Europe this
season. and perhaps the factory (or
US Suzuki Corp.) is trying to drag in
some of that good publicity closer
to horne.
At any rate. the Suzuki pit was
overflowing with blue and white
speedsters. including works 50 and
125 machines and a prototype production racer with an X-6 basedengine which may be sold as a competitor to Yamaha's rapid TD1-series
bikes.
The prototype 250 has a frame
patterned after the works machines.
and an engine which externally at
least. looks much like an X-6.
What's inside is anyone's guess.
Before the race one AFM member
Quoted Ron Grant. who was to ride
the new machine, as saying it wasn't,
Quite as Quick as the Team CutlassHoward Motors X-6.
After winning the 250cc race
handily. Grant was asked how the
bike ran.
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125cc
& 175cc Grand Prix
S t eve McLaughlin of Covina
roun ded turn one first on his twin
cam Honda in this event, but by lap
two it was again a Suzuki show.
Walt Fulton took the lead and was
never headed. McLaughlin held sec{Continued on page 6)
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have suf(ered mischief at the hands
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the black eye through which we are
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