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TEN YEARS AGO Brad La ckey debuted a pro tot ype 450cc Ka wasaki MXe r at In d ia n Dunes a nd won the O pen Senior class with the under 200- lb. machine. Fo r the 250cc Senior class. h ow ever . Lackey had to reson to h is " ra tt li ng a nd roll ing" CZ. bu t th e results were th e sa me: fir st overall. DK W-m ounted Larry Wa tkins won th e 125cc Sen ior class. Nonon Villi ers a n nou nced th at i t was sen d ing a three-man team co mprised of P h il R ead, P eter Williams a nd Tony Ru tter to Da ytona for the upcomin g 200-mil e r oad ra ce. In addi tion. i t was ann oun ced tha t the sa me tea m would co m pete a t several o the r AMA National road races. Speaki ng of Da yto na . the a n n ua l cycl e clas sic recei ved its first woma n e ntrant. Jinny Durfee, 22. was sche du led tocornpete in the 125ccAma teur class road race o n a Yamaha. Butch Davidson turned in a flawless performa nce to wi n both th e 125 and 250c c Expert classes at an Oa kd al e. CA . short track. In th e same event. Skip Aksland won th e I25cc Junior class. Tri umph -mou nted Neal Mackel was the overa ll wi n ner in a hilldimb h eld at the Saddleback Matter horn . In th at even t. Mike Min nig a nd Gene Woods p laced 1-2 in the 9Occclass. J eff Wa rd wo n th e 100cc class. a nd O n Any Sund ay ' S fa vo ri te hill cl i mbe r , Malcol m Smith, fi n ishe d third in th e 400cc class . CM C switched to a tw o-mot o format for it s ra ce a t Ra wh ide Cycle Park in Elsinor e. A pair of Mett r o Penton riders. Bruce McDougal a n d Chuck Bower tr aded wins a n d seco nds in the 125cc Senior class. with McDougal taking th e seco nd mot o fo r th e o vera ll. Mike Ru n yard aced the 250cc Expen class ov er G a ylon Mosier a nd J o n .De rh am m er. Ga ry Harri s wa s top 500cc Expert. The 100s M .C put o n a ro ck y 100m il e ha re a n d ho und nea r Ba rstow. a nd it was won by Howard Utsey a n d h is 400 Suzuki. Larry P fu tzen reu ter was seco nd overa ll . first 250cc Ex pert, o n a Bul taco. Art Knap p wa s thi rd o vera ll on a bi g Husk y. Because they have paid a higher price for their motorcycles. BMWowners invariably have higherexpectations of their machine. And of the dealer who sold it to them. So if. and only if . you have a well-established service department and the capacity to maintain a suitable parts and accessories inventory. we'd be interested in hearing ~ from you. GERMAIft. Of course. there's also a good reason for you 1D be mterested in us. By virtue of beiog among the highest-priced motorcycles in the world. BMW's carry ~ a correspondingly high profit margin. For more information contact BMWof North America, Motorcycle Group, Montvale. NewJersey 07645. & AND IF YOUR DEAURSHIP IS IN ONE OF THESE CmES,WE SHOULD DERNmLY TALK. Dallas/ Fort Worth.TX Houston.TX Lebanon. PA Scranton. PA Rochester. NY Utica. NY Binghamton, NY Edison, NJ New Brunswick. NJ Towson, MD Hartford. CT Columbus. OH Waterbury, CT Evansville, IN Danbury, CT Fort Wayne, IN Charlotte. NC Grand Rapids. MI Charleston, WV 1982 BMW of North Arnenca. Inc.The BMWtrademark and logoare. regIStered tradernar1o.s o~ Bayerlsche MatorenWerke. A.G Bill Fran ce, J r. upped the p urse for the Da ytona 200 m ile road race to $30.000 . T h is follo wed a n IRS ru ling th a t ra cing purses wer e exe rnp from a then -ex istin g wage a n d price freeze. British road ra cer Paul Smart marri ed Margaret Sheene, th e sis ter of a no ther British road racer nam ed Barry. T he in door shor t track series a t the Sa n Francisco Co w Pal ace ended with Kenny R oberts besti ng Nov ice sensa tion Steve H erna ndez fo r th e main even t win. Cos mopolita n Mo tors a nnounced tha t they had ta ken over Un ited States di str i bution fo r pans a nd the Mont gomery Ward s R ive rside a nd Moj ave m o tor cvcles, w hi ch were man u factured by Benel.li in Ita ly.. • 2/21/82 CMC GOLDEN STATE SERIES Brad lackey Suzuki 500 on DUNLOP Congratulations Brad on showing "World Class " rac ing in w inning this race ser ies and thanks f or choosing DUNLOP in every race . Best of luck in your que st for the '82 World Championship. More cydes ride on Dunlop tIwa. ~other tlrelntheworlcl. ~ DUN.£OP p.e. Box 1109. Buffalo, NY 14240 27