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AJIM. .. - . APRIL28PM APRIL3 2PM PONTIAC SILVERDOME TICKETS: 56 ADVANCE, $7 DAY OF EVENT. SUNDAY , KIDS 12 AND UNDER $1 MAIL ORDER: PONTIAC SILVERDOME. 1200 FEATHERSTONE, PONTIAC, MICHIGAN 48057 A PACE/DELTA MOTORSPORTS PRESENTATION GOOD/'iEAR ~irf ~ S:5~!T DETROIT AREA: Anderson Sales & Servic e (Pon tlacl , Cycle-land (Port Huron l. Don Henderson 's Mot orcyclt.' . s Grosse POint Cycle Sales, Hatley -Davidson M otorcycle Co ., Honda Cem errwest, Jakes Hafl ey-Davidson Sates. Jonlmo. Inc.. Bicket ts Kawasaki Inc. and Warren Suzuki Center . FUNT AREA : Cummings ' Harle y-Oa vidso n Sa les. lnc ., Flint Ind ia n Sales Jim Harrington's S port Cratt a nd Yamaha of Flushi ng, lapeer S port Ce nt er, Inc. . , OWOSSO: Cycles Unli mited and Hold er Mot orcycle Sales LANSING AREA: Blo ssey M otorcycles, Custom Cycle. College Bike Shop, Harley-Davidson of Lansing , A.M .F. Ent erpri ses, Shep' s M ot or Spo rt s, and Yamaha of Portl and . BATTLE CREEK AREA: Cereal City Cvclerv. Gibbon s Bike Shop, M&M Cyc le Sales (Kalamazool . GRA.ND RAPIDS: Chuck Brinks Yamaha, Grand Valley Motoryd e Sales, Hon da Vi llage, McGovern Cycl e Sales. Spec.alt y Spor t s, Inc. ANN ARBOR: Nichol son Enterprises. MONROE : S;"g el's Inc. aA Y CITY: A ctK> Cycle Sales, Bay Cyc le Sales Company. J ' s Sports , l inwood Cycle Sales Compa ny, and n St even' s Cycle Sales. . SAGINAW: B uck ' ~ Sport Centerlpl td., Saginaw CyCle Sales, Inc., Taubert Cycle Sales. Valley Cycle Ltd., W estbay Honda, and W oo f ed Hardware & 1001 5. MIDLAND : 3-D S ports Center. TOLEDO: PauJ Cycle Sales, South End Suzuk i, Siegel's , Inc. er Double up, America. 36 Two can ride cheaper than one. Neilson's "California Hot Rod" beats the S~perbikes By J , D, Ulrich DAYT ONA BEA C H . F L. . MAR . 11 Cook Neilson and his 883cc Ducati Desmo ran away from the usually-close Superbike Production class to win with a 30-sec~nd margin over second-place David Emde (Mack Karnbayashi J .000cc Ka wa sa ki). R id ing a Ph il Schj lling -runed twin -cylinder Duck. Neilson rode all alone a nd o u t in fro n t from till' sec o n d la p on . W" s Coo ky . Jr. I..d t h.. first la p with h is Yoshimura R & D o f Arm-rica Kaw asak i I .OOOer Ka wa sa ki u n til till' founh t ur n of th.. 3 .8 i · mi l.. Da ytona road course. ' I' he r.. , Neilson sa il..d past on the inside a nd ramm..d his fine-hand ling racer int o II,.. I..ad . Cooley r.."ass..d when N ..ilson missed t he shift in to fou nh ~ ear on rh .. short slrai~hl s..cr ion I..ad ing 10 rlu- infield ex it o nto II,.. ba n ki ng. Bu t when Nei lson a/(a in sluff..d it under C oo k y a t T u rn Fo ur o n t h.. 5(· r ond la p a nd didn 't m iss t h.. sh ift int o fo u n h t hc ra n ' fo r first p lar.. wa s all OV <'l . Ev..n rh..n , Nei lso n a nd C oo l..y w..rt- w,,11 in front of t he pa ck. , At th at poin t , the o rde r was no : su r p ris.., III pra c rir e ca rlier in th e wr-ek . Con h-y's hike was c lo c ke d through t h.. sl",..d tra p' as t he Fast..st S uper h ik e P rod u ct io n m a chim a t 15 3 . 06 m il..s p "r h o u r . Nei lso n's Duc ari , whi ch h" ca ils " T' h e- Ca li fornia H OI Rod ;' was srcond [as t..st ' II 149 .50 , RUI SlOp watches told anot h..r story Neilson was running' two ~seconds a lap Iasu-r than an yone ("1:-.<' in practice . The Ducat i. whi ch mad .. 90.4 horsepower on C . R. Ax iel 's dyno in California . was t he Iighrest and best handl ing m achine i n till' ran' . For a wh ile . Ih.· o n ly ra cing was bark in t h ird p la ce, with 0:.. ilso n a nd Cool..y well sp ac e-d in front of R..g Pr idmo re- (Bulin and Srnirh 1.001kc B.MW ). Ling H ind le (I... su-r Wh...-ls 1.()[IO ce Ka wa sa ki) . a fast -moving Ernde- a nd Mik .. Ba ld win (860 Mow Guzzi) . Pri drno r e, whose wob b ling BM \V was fa r off t h.. lOp sp....d of rh« k-adc rs in p ra cti ce a t 142 mi lcs Pe r hour . cou ld n't hold off Em de , who w' , rac ing a b i/( Ka wa sa ki fo r t h.. Ii l im,' , S in.... II... Su p.. rb ik.. Produ ct io n hea t ra n ' was cancel led du e to rai n . ride rs had ber-n !:r idd"d acco rding to 19i 6 Sup..rbi ke Po ints. P r idmo re ha d st an ed on the pole , wit h Em d .. rhree rows b..h ind . Coo l.. y's s hoc ks lo s t all t h r-ir d am ping , sendi ng rh .. Ka wa sa ki int o !:ian l ra nk -sla p p ing wob bles Iha l ha d