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TEN YEARS AGO Team Kawasaki rnotocrossers Brad Lackey a n d Jimm}' Weinert scored well in a Pro MX event at Muntz Cycle Park in so u th ern California 's Simi Valley. taking th e Open and , -250cc classes. respectively. Billy Payn e ( Mai) trailed Lackey in the big-bores. while R ick Sa lmon (Yam) was the runner-up in the quarter liters. Larry Wa tkins (Ric) and T im Lunde (Bul) finished 1-2 in the 125s. Ron Pierce and R eg Pridmore both 'sco red double wins in the AFM 's .season-opening road race at O ntario . •' 'p ierce rode a pair of Yamahas 10 250 a nd 350cc GP wins. while Prid m or e was BMW-mo u nted en route to wins in th e Superstreet and Open Produ ction classes, The latter saw the entry of a 903 Kawasaki ridden by J immy Chen and tuned by Po ps Yoshimura. but th ey ran into mechanical rnisfortune. CAN-AM 250MXL/C lHERE'S ONElHlNG WE DlONTe GE d"~d Thecan-Am 250isbad< ~t'.nri~ on the track. And it didn't 'jiH'~ come back to be second! j . . We've made changes. WIN IirJR'Aell big ~nges. From the 'j .. engIne on out Webuiltour bulletfast rockreliab/e Rata)( rotaryvalvepowerplant evenquickerand stronger; with modified porting. a broader powerband and new liquid cooling. Our new Quad Link single damperrear suspension was developed in dosecooperation with Ohlinsto deliver an exceptional 60% riSing rate through 320mm of wheel travel. We changed to new. progressivedampingMarzocchi forks, a tough new frame ofReynolds 531 tubing. anodized Akrontrims, Grimeca hubs. and a winning new works-typeseat/tank combination. Butfear not!Our new 250 is just as hard to break andjust as simple to maintain asour bikes have alwaysbeen.You still buy a can-Am to win on, not to w orkon. We wouldn'tgo and change somethIng as importantas that. Marty Tripes (CZ) wa s th e winner of th e 500cc Expert class at a CMC SaddIe back MX , topping R ex Staten (Ma i). Bill y Clements put a Husky in the top 250cc Expert slo t. o ne position up on Rich Eierstedt (Mai) . In th e 125cc Ex pe rt ra n ks. Penton ri ders Chuck Bower and Da nny La Porte fin ish ed 1·2. Among those also riding in th e Ex pert classes were Chuck "Feets" Minert an d David Aldana. Alex Jorgensen (ViI) an d Jeff Davidson (Bu l) ren ewed th eir D-36 battle in a rough scra m bles at Oakdal e. They battled up front and side by side in th e 250cc Expert main. but Davidson eventua lly pulled a 20-ya rd lead 10 win th e race with Jorgy seco nd. Road racers Art Bau mann an d Pau l Sma rt pulled th e old switcharoo, with Baumann g oin g from Suzuki 10 Kaw a sak i a n d Smart g oing from Kawasaki to Suzu ki. J im Fishback a nd his 250 CZ were th e overall winners in th e Cactus Cats' D·37 har e scrambles, with Steve Staats purring a seldom seen Greeves into the second overall position. can..all1 WE WILL WIN YOU! For th e fir st time since World War II . the Am erican Motorcycle Association announced that it would sanction speedway races. Also FIM-sanctioned, the ra ces involved were a four-race series in G eorgia and Florida around the tim e of Daytona Speed Week. Randy Limbeck (Mai ) topped Da le Demaris (Yam) and Mi ke Kinnea r (Hus) 10 win the Expert class of a motocross held in Bend, OR. In the 250cc Intermediate class, Dan Lindsay (CZ), Mi ke Ahalt (Hus) and Ken Maahs (Hus) rat'! 1-2-3. 1/1 6 / 8 3 Madera. CA CMC GOLDEN STATE SERIES ROUND II WARREN REID Yamaha on Dunlop Shawn McCanneIl and Todd Peterson co m bi ned to win the team ra ce at a m inicycle even t a t Trojan Speedway. In the 11-16 sol o fea ture, Gord ie Kidd , Wayne Rainey and Jamie Oliver comprised the to p three. Teri Kezar rode a H usky to win the Powder P uff class in an Arizona Desert Raceways motocross. Jennifer and Penny Morgan finished second • and .rh ird o n H ondas._ _ _ _ . • More Pro Cle.. Rider. chose DU NLOP et thi. event then eny other t ire brend. incl uding the 126cc Pro • 250cc Pro Cle.. Winner.1 . . . . . .llrlcleon Dunlop thU)cmy.....r . .........--:w. ~DUN~OP .. .. .. ,. The Logical c.h.,?;~.f!, .. 5