1eam Honda's Mike Baldwin andFly£n' Fred Merkel
10tal the Cmnpet£t£on at RoadAm£rica.
The fastest riders and the hottest bikes equal
victory. That's one equation that's always valid
To prove our point, Mike Baldwin and Fred
Merkel took two very different fonmlas to
Elkhart Lake, WlSCODSin, for the June 10 National.
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Baldwin counted on a two-stroke three-eylinder
RS500 F-l machine.
Merkel figured to win on a four-stroke fourcylinder VF75O-based Interceptor" Superbike.
But the most important common denominator for both
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