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Cycle News 1983 05 25 Issue 19

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- h h p: ~ _ I .-:.._l i " I J c t t-r J f , .. I I ~. 27.. TheSonic MX started life as a seriousracebike. The frame isfabricated from tough Reynolds 531 tubing. Thefront suspension uses new long- travel Marzocchiprogressive forks. The rear suspension is our new Quad Unk single-shock system that was designed in co-operation with OhJinsto provide a true 600/0 rising rate through 12.6" of w heel travel! The rimsareAkront,the hubsGrimeca.The seat is a works-type. tank-contoured design And the engine isa full racing version or our OHC 4-valve. twin exhaust. 4'16cc Rotax powerplant that delivers allthe reliable. com- petiove power and broad. flat torque you . needto makeyour 4-stroke dream come true. "'1iIiilO;=::: See your Can-Amdealer. And own the track! -- con..om WE WILL WIN YOU! • CAN-AM SONIC MX ~~...~I!E W----~~+---+---1 WERAICo~tinenta" T;r~ . ~-I-I~ ·rn .ugA~GE-~QA:D- , £R.ES POCO~O, PA, MAY 7, I 983 , - ---4--f1·S OveraH- +-- +-- +-- +-- +-- -+-- -+-- -I SOS FRANK/NICK PHILLIPS , - -t-$u I .F;,..j/Keystone"'ond~CS1IJ.OO~METZEL.ERS I I I I More M£TZ£I.£R WInners W£RA Sprint Road RaceS, Pocono, PA 1stF-1,1st8Superbilfe+ - - I-- + - - +-- -+- - +-- -1 DALE QUARTERL Y SureLAre/BrMEtzii£dER-@+-- -t P.O. Box 1553 &. Pittsburgh. PA 15244 _..z:.:.--'-----'----'----'---L---...J....--'----'-- "-_---J.__L---_...L.-_....L.._---I ..... 1f Thedream goes like this: You 'it.... WI takea rock-reliable 4-srroke 'I'IDlJiIi -'J engine. wring out of it enough It,. f 'PI! power to threaten the 2-srroJ T he California Endu ro R iders North held an en d u ro near G eorgetown , a nd] ohn T rou tt loo k the ove ra ll win o n a 175 Pento n , d roppi ng j us t six points. George Hendricks won th e O pe n A cla ss wit h an l l -p o in t scor e. Bu ltaco rider P reston Gerber took th e overa ll win in the J a ck Ra bbi t 100 dese rt rac e in Idaho. T wo more riders go ing in th e Open Expe rt class mad e up the rest of the top thr ee overall as Husk y pi lot s Bob Swar d an d Co tton Guio fini sh ed beh ind Guio . Malcolm Ra thm ell was th e winner of the Scottish S ix Da ys T r ia l after a to ug h ba ttl e w i th Mick Andrews tha t went down to the final da y. Ra th - mell's m arg in o f victor y was a sli m 10 poi n ts, Lane Leavi tt was th e first Ame rica n fi n ishe r at 25th o verall , a n d he received a sp ecia l award, In an ACA roa d race a t Carlsbad Ra cewa y, Lee Fleming (H a n ) and Geo rge Roch e (Kaw) finis hed 1-2 in the O pe n P rod uctio n class . In 250cc Productio n , th e finishing order read: Ken Gill (Suz), Dennis Jones (Oss) a nd Ha rry KIinzmann (Kaw ). Mike Faria (Yam) won th e 125cc Juni or/ Expert class of a sho rt track a t Vallej o S pe ed way i n n orth ern Ca liforni a . In th e sa me race, th e 250cc Expert cla ss fell to Dennis R o bin so n (Bu l). . Sh ort tra ck special ist AI Ken yon too k th e 250cc Expert cl ass o f a n a ma t eur short trac k a t Fremont, Ca lif., hea d- in g up Mark Protz a nd Pa ul McCaul in th e final sta nd ings . . Am erica ns Scott Autrey, R ick Woods and Sumner McKnight were excl uded from qua li fica tion s for the Wo rld S p ee d way C h amp ion ship , eve n tho ug h a ll were rid in g for Brit ish Leagu e, beca us e it was di sco vered too lat e th at th ey had to qualify through the AMA. Multi-time World Ch amp Barr y Briggs wa s a lso excl u ded . due to th e fa ctthat he was n ' t ac ti ve in th e Brit ish Lea gu e. Seven Pro r iders were selected as de lega tes to th e 1973 AMA Con gress. T hey were Dick Ma nn, Mert La w- will , Ca l Ra ybo rn , Mark Brelsford , Gary Nixon, Bar t Markel a nd T erry Dorsch .

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