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TEN YEARS AGO )ick Mann (BSA ) wo n the AMA ;rand National Champ io nship Ser es Mile at Homewood. IL. Buggs led ro m green light to checkered flag . nd in doing so , beca me th e onl y ctive rider to have won every type of MA Grand National event. Harleylavidso n teammates Mark Brelsford nd Rex Beauchamp finish ed second . nd third, with Brelsford maintain rIg his lead in th e point sta nd in gs ver Rookie Gary Scott. Sco tt Brelsor d won the Jun i o r rac e at Iomewood , toger DeCoster (Suz) clinche d th e OOcc World Motocro ss Cha m p io n hip with a second pl ace in the East ~er ma n GP behind CZ star Paul redrichs . The two America ns cometing on the 500cc MXG P circu i t• •rya n Kenney (Ma i) a nd Mark Blackell (H us) just missed earn in g their rst GP points. fin ish in g I Ith and 3th overall . respecti vely. im Fishback returned fro m the desert )Og en o ug h to win th e 125 a nd 250cc pe rt classes ina motocross at Arroyo .ycle Park. Fishback took the smallore class with a DKW. then returned ith a desert-prepped CZ to win th e 50s. [riu m p h-rno u n ted Mike Haney won ae Junior/ Expert mai n event in an MA Pro TT at South Bay Speedway C h u la Vista. CA. Tom White and , ddie Mu lder, also on Tri u m p h s. llowed Haney across the line. In ov ice action. J oh n Gennai (Bul ) p~d Da ve Le wis (Bu l) a nd Pa t en n en (Oss ). ruce Baro n posted a pa ir of victo ries a l)SMR C motocross a t EI Toro, A. Baron rode to th e 125cc Expert in o n a Husky. th en d id in th e 250cc xpert s on a Yamaha. u Morley won the Scratch main ent in a speedway race at Na pa , CA. m Doran bested Mike Rooney for e H and ica p main. a nd Ca rl Cranke ok the Scratch co ns ol atio n . rm ing ha m Small Arms Com pa ny nounced that it would sta rt makg Wankel engines. BSA purchased e m an u factu rin g and deve lo p ment ht s from NSU. e factory Du ca ti tea m made i ts orth American debu t at th e 750cc P of Canada at Mosport. But the st they co uld do was a third by rcy Tait beh ind th e Ka wasakis of o n D uHame l and Cliff C a rr. ca ti' s number one rider. Bruno aggiari, crash ed in a sli p p ery rner. n n is Robinso n made a last-la p arge work as he defeat ed Larry ew in the 250cc Expert class at a llejo scrambles. Randy Bo o th shed his BSA singl e hard en o ug h co m e up with th e wi n in the 500cc perts. eve Froschaur and Tim Rockwood ished 1-2 in th e 250cc GP class of ACA road race at Wi llo w Sp ri ngs. oth er action, Whitney Bla keslee n the 175cc GP class. E5 . . 8 /1 /82 ' Silverstone, England '. S t 350cc WO RLD CHAM PIONSHIP . ROAD RACE JEAN FRANCOISE BALDE Kawasaki on DUNLOP 3rd Anton Mang Kawasaki on DU NLOP Congratulations on winning your 3rd Grand Prix of 19 8 2. Thanks for choosing DUNLOP. More cycles ride on Dunlop than any other tire in theworlcl• . ZlUATLO".. ~ p.o. Box 110 9 . Buf falo . NY 14240 • 5