Doug Toland
Ricky Orlando
Doug Polen
Preview: Suzuki GSXR750/1100 National Cup Series & Honda 500
Interce~tor Iload Race Series Finals
Road Atlanta's biggest day
Road Atlanta first hosted motorcycle road
racing in April of 1972. Now, 14 and a half
years later, the track's biggest day is at hand.
On November 9, road racers from across the
u.s. and from Canada will races. 0 event ever held at
compete in three very special
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Road Atlanta approaches the
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magnitude of what will take place on
the final afternoon of the four-dav
WERA Grand National meet.
.
Sure, the 2.5-mile course in the
foothills of the north Georgia mountains has heard the sound of the
music of the machinery ridden by
many of the legendary names of
motorcycle road raei ng. a·mes like
World Champions Kel Carruthers,
Malcolm Hill
Kenny Roberts, Freddie Spencer and
Eddie. Lawson. Names like Grand
National Champions and Daytona
200 winners Dick Mann, Garv Nixon
and Gene Romero. Names iike the
late. great Cal Rayborn. The list goes
on and on.
But what will make the racing so
special is the fact that Sunday. November 9, is the richest day in the
