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TEN YEARS AGO About 100,000 people crowded the streets of Elsinore, CA, to participate or spectate at the annual through·the· streets Elsinore GP hOllted by the Grip· sten M.C. Lack of 0-37 points didn't slow down the entries; about 1000 riden started each day. Winner of both days was John DeSoco on a pair of CIs. Joe Smith', 102 cubic inch Harley. Davidson ws the fint motorcycle to break into the eight.second bracket in drag racing, turning a 8.975 second qualifying run at Bakenfield, CA. Smith went on to take Top Fuel honon with a final run of 9.226 seconds at 141.5 mph. Tony NiCOllia (Kaw) won the Street Eliminator tide. It wu an alI·star day at an all-Junior motOCTOllS at Indian Dunes. Although problems slowed him the Jut moto, Steve McQueen (Hus) placed third in the Open Junior Division A class. Spectating the event were Jama Gamer and Paul Newmaa. Tallaha--e, FL, wu the lite of WinterAMA action, and Husky's GllDDaJ' Liutrom took the 250cc class in front of Gary Bailey (Gre) and Barry Higgim (0..). Bryan Kenney (Hus) took the Open laurell over CZ rider Jimmy Weinert and GonIon Bowden (Spr). Bultaco·mounted Tom Poceet took the checkered flag fint at the Sand· blaaten M.C. 0·37 hare 'n' hound. fol· lowed in by Larry Pfutzenreuter, alia Bultaco-mounted. The Trailbike class continued to be dominated by HarleyDavidson, u Terry Clark and Larry R_1erfinished 1·2 there. 00 0') I • At Can-Am, we figure that With features like our snorkel that you can race it and never air intake system, Ohlins maintain it. It's most people buy our suspension units and just that, where bikes to race with, not our new light we come to work on. SO instead but from, maintenance of an engine that uses tough doesn't include rings and bottom ends like a razor does blades, diamond-;==,~ engine rebuilds. section alumi- iiIIt.lIijj At Can-Am, we believe it's our we build our 250 and job to build the num swingarm. 400 Bombardier-Rotax Now, don't buy a bike. And yours to engines to take what Can-Am with the idea enjoy it. you give them, day after day, weekend after weekend. (Most Can-Am riders you talk to run a hard and fast season with little more new than a plug or two.) There's really nothing magic about building competitive performance and bulletproof reliability into the same engine. It's just good engineering. The " same good engi, neering that's gone into the rest of the MX·6B. Ohlins. Ohlins. allthewav! It was Bugsy venus Bad Brad at an AMA professional motocrOlll at Castro Valley, CA. When it wu all over Dick Mann and his BSA had defeated Brad Lackey and his CZ. It was Lackey's flJ'St race after having wrist surgery. • -TradItnarQ of Bombardier Limit. . Results from the Boonie Bounden M.C. Gambler Enduro were released, and Ken LewU and Bob Steffan tied for the win with 52 points dropped. Third, with a IOSI of 67, was Bud Henneman. Southern Califomia obIened ttia.ls competition in Redle Canyon saw o..amounted Mark !:gar take the overall and Masten clUll win. One point be· hind Eggar, Jeff KoUie won the Expert clUll. Gary Jones (Yam) and Mark Blackwell (HWI) were the 250cc and Open Senior winnen, respectively, in a motacrOSl at Bay Mare Park in California. In the l00ccJunior class that day, Ken lahn (Bul) bested Danny LaPorte (Ric). Bob Graham (AJS) wu a double winner u he took the 250cc and Open Expen classes in a Lockhan, TX, motOCTOSI. Freddie Hanna won the 125cc Expert cl... on a Penton. 5