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T eam Yamaha 's " Jammin ' Jimmy"
Weinert scored a vict ory in h is first
1975 250cc Nat ional , held o n th e
muddy Appal ach ia La ke Park track.
Wein er! won tw o ou t o l th ree mo tos
(o ne o f th em a qual ifier ) 10 edge
Ma ico p ilot Steve Stackable's 3- 1score
in the day 's overa ll sta ndi ngs. Marty
Tripes retired in th e first mo ta with
gea rbox tro ubl e, a llowing Wein ert to
ta ke th e win a hea d o f Jimmy Ellis,
Stackable, Billy Grossi, John Savitski,
P ier re Karsmakers a n d Tony DiStefano. In th e seco n d rnot o , th e lead
cha nged co nsta nt ly, hut atthe flag it
was Stac ka ble a hea d o f Wein ert , w ith
Wein ert 's 1-2 sco re ea rni ng h im th e
ov erall , and S tac ka ble's 3- ( clai m ing
second .
Craig Veller,then 32, was in terviewed ,
a nd talked abou t his contribu tions to
th e m otorcycl e industry. Vett er 's
Windjam mer fairing was a breakth rough for m ot orcycle to u ring, a nd
a n a ll- ne w Terra p la ne sidecar was
ready 10 go into p roducti on. When
ask ed a bo u t th e fut ure o f th e mo torcycle industry, Vett er stated " I want
to mak e mot orcycles better. I expect
to leave th e mot orcycle indus try in a
sta te far a head o f the way it (no w)
manufacturers motorcycles .. . Maybe we'll talk again 10 years from now,
and yo u' ll see th at what I' ve said is
true. My next p roject will be a combinat ion o f su perla tives ."
The Moto rcycle T rades Assoc iati on
co ntracted a law firm [o r a n o pi n io n
a bo u t a fte rmar ke t co m pa n ies d ispla yin g their own p roducts with th e
name brands o f motorcycl es. All o rneys for Ame rica n H onda had warn ed
o ne manufacturer tha t use o f th e
word " Ho nda" o n T -sh irts, hull ers,
cups a nd o ther appa rel woul d be co nside red " wro ng fu l d ilut ion o n H on da 's mark a nd name. "
Giacomo Agostini. see ki ng reve nge
for hi s defea t at the h ands of Johnny
Cecouo in th e Fre nch G P, turned th e
tables 10 cla im the victory in th e
350cc race a t th e Spanish G rand Prix .
bes ti n g Cecouo by a lmost lO'seconds.
Walter Villa clai med th e first-pl ace
spot in th e 250cc class, foll ow ed by
" mas ter -of-the -cras h" Patrick Pons.
Crit ics clai med the 500cc class wa sn 't
run because th e Spa niards co u ld n ' t
ra ise th e necessa ry purse.
1st Overal1-Terry Cunningham- Husqvama
2nd Overal1-Dave Ber1ram-Husqvama
3rd Overall-Larry Roeseler-Husqvama
4th Overal1-Jeff Irwin-Husqvama
1983 National Enduro Champion Terry
Cunningham and Dave Bertram were the class
of the field-automatically-at the HighMountain Enduro . They both rode' 1985
Husqvarna 500AEs during the 110 mile race.
Says Cunningham, " In the tight stuff, the threespeed automatic is a dream, especially climbing
those steep hillsides where you can't get a run
at the bott om . In the fast sections, the 500AE is
just awesome." Cunningham onl y lost one
point all day for the win .
Five other Husqvarna ride rs joined
Cunningham in the winner's circle as
Husqvarna took six of the top 10 spots. Prett y
good-but not surprising. Winning endures is
nothing new to Husqvarna. They 've won the
past 15 National Enduro Championships.
The biggest advantage of the AE is its
automatic transmis sion . The machine is made
.for the serious enduro racer . " It's simply the
best enduro bike in the world,' : says Bertram .
The '85 500AE also features a broader power
band and improved gas mileage. Standard
are Ohlins shocks, a Swedish chrome moly
frame , European tires . M2gura controls, sand
cast aluminum engine cases and Husqvarna's
exclusive limited 30-