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TEN YEARS AGO T here was a bi t of mo isture for th e Fo ur Ares a n n ua l Moose R u n desert race, but th at di d n' t stop Tom Broo ks from taking the win o n hi s 125 DKW . Brooks was foll owed by Mitch Ma yes o n a big -bore Husk y, a nd third o vera ll, firs t 250cc Expert, went to Mark Adent o n a m o re-th an-I 75cc-but-Iess· than -250cc DKW . T o co m p lete a DKW swee p o f so rts, Cord is Broo ks won th e T ra ilbi ke class o n o ne o f th e Germa n crit ters. .f-'j .Cham~ion wins 13 of 14 8 World Grand Prix motorcycle championships. Never in the history of International mororcycling has one name so completely dominated the Grand Prix championships as did Champion in 198 2. Champion-fired motorcycles ranging from the big-engined Japanese ro the mini-sized Europeans - took top honors in 13 of 14 World Grand Prix championships. And capped that by sweeping three national team wor ld Motocross championships , as well. With a record like that, better make sure you ride with Cha mpions, roo. Just like the champions did . ~ In th e a n n ua l AMA Cl as s B membershi p meeting , a p roposed cha nge in the 1\MA code was su bm i tted th at wou ld ch a nge th e make-up o f th e AMA Execu ti ve Boa rd . U nder th e proposa l, tw o C lass A (or gene ra l m embersh ip ) m embers would be elec ted to th e Boa rd . T he proposal was vo ted in . Rick O wens and Da n n y Davis p ilot ed a 1969 Ya maha 250 to the mot orcycl e win in th e NORRA Parker Dam 500. The pa ir fi nis hed o ver a n h o ur ahead of th e second m o to rcycle, th e fi rst 125cc ma ch in e ridde n by J ack and Leo Froelich. It was a good day fo r Husky riders in CMC Ca rlsbad motocross . Ma rk Blackwell took th e 500cc Expe rt win a head o f fell ow Swed ish iron ri der Bruce Torbeu. Terry Clark put another Hu sq va rna o u t a hea d o f the 250cc Expert class a nd ca me home a winner. Acco rd ing to th e MIC's J a m es Potter , mot orcycling grew in 1972 with a n 8.4% grow th in im ports o ver 1972 for a n import total o f 1,689,811 u n i ts. U ncle Sam was o ne o f th e big wi nne rs , with ca lcu la ted import duty co llected jumping 18% to total $35,049,000. Yamaha 's Ken n y R ober ts made a last- lap cha rge to nip Rick H ock ing (Ya m) a t th e finish lin e for th e win in the Yamaha Si lver Cup in door shan tra ck even t a t New York 'sMadison Square G ard en . With hi s runner -up fini sh , how ever, H ocking claimed th e American Indoor Championship ti tle. Mike Kidd rode a Buha co to th ird in the Garden. Pierr e Ka rsm akers (Ya m ) a nd Bra d Lackey (Ka w) co n tin ued th eir 500cc Expert ba ilie as the Florida W interAM A MX Ser ies h it Tallaha ssee. La ckey wo n th e first rnor o o ver tea mmate Jimmy Weinert and Kar srnakers, but th e tra nspl anted Dut chman ca me back to win th e fi na l two mot as a nd ta ke the o vera ll on a tiebreak er from Lackev, Karsmak ers' teammat e, T im Hart . ~vou nd u p th e day th ird o vera ll. John Franklin (Mai ) bested T om Rap p (Bu l) for th e 250cc N ov ice w in. Suzuki put a rio rher Belg ian rider on its MX team , T he rider , G ast o n Ra h ~ ier, was n ' t expected to ride th e GPs for Suzu ki, but ra th er to h elp th em ' regain th e Japanese N at iona l MX Championship. Papa Weal ey a n nou nced th at th e curren t 250cc World R oad Racing Cha m p io n, jarno Saarinen, would be o n a wat er-cool ed wo rk s Yamaha for Daytona . Expected to join himwere European Ya ma ha tea m ma tes Charles Mo rtimer a nd Teuvo Lansivouri. • 1. 5OOcc: Franco Uncini on Suzuki. 2. 35Dcc: Anton Mang on Kawasaki. 3. 25Dcc: Jean-Louis Tournadre on Yamaha . 4. 125cc: Angel Nieto on Garelli 5. 50cc: Stefan Dorflinger on Kreidler. 6. Side Car: SchwarzellHuber ori Yamaha. 7. 500cc Motocross: Brad Lackey on Suzuki. 8. 250cc Motocross: Danny Laporte on Yamaha . 9. 125cc Motocross: Eric Geboers on Suzuki. 10. World Speedway Champion: Bruce Penhall on Weslake. 11 . Motocross des Nations (500cc): USA Team-Danny Chandler on Honda. 12. Trophl! des Nations (250cc): USA TeamDanny Chandler on Honda. 13. Coupe des Nations (125cc): ItalyTeamMichele Rinaldi on Gilera. _ .. 8 NOTHING SPARKS LIKE A CHAMPION IRS CMC GOLDEN STATE SERIES BOTH EVENTS JEFF WARD Kawasaki on DUNLOP Cong ratulations. J eff. on your fi ne form at the stan of the '83 season . Than ks for ch oosing DUNLOP K690A'. on your M tKE McANDREWS tuned Kawasaki Factory KX12 S. More cycles ride on Dunlop than any other tireintheworlcl. ~ DUNLOP The Logical Choice 17