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June S6. The move will stop production' of Hornets and Pffiem for "inventory control" purposes. All Other AMC car assembly 1 facilities will be tempoh d b d for five
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f nationalda dropped to less than 14% in for the eeme period last year. Big haa sold just 1S.BSS oars to 25305 last

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beoause the 1 % oolum ,+Iscount c r s d i to ~t o & owner ie probably offset by theaost of the vehiole due to the iimblbtlon of the Improved bumper% =iii S6Il for the 1673prc4e&ionW.'Apphky nya that the 1979bumpars might OmrWIhQ (aoo on top of today's pricae. The cant of the two humperm on 19711 modela is at leeat $ S O aboms tbs oat d lo72 model cars. heavy bumpemwould n o t b v o ~ t d damngo ofcertain wmponent.ish.llto crsa and that theotherhmooPMnotb0 judged without further . M ) j . i r Auto induetry bumper exparts womy about the effect of hwbvy bumon fuel economy. So do the ouMmmu Tho bumpers rapnasnt 175 pow!& 01 weight on the averege cu. A huamsd pounds panaliaes w o n ~ m g bp rbout t
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k i t wnntstogst r i d o l t h e t i n r Just how that will be accom~U&&h..nl been dstarmined but &mabra ur ~-~ -~ ~ - ~~. ~ ~ o o ~ at ng various appmiohoa that rill eventually lead t oe ~ o n d t h e ~ tire. Why get rid of the .pur?Lhvppthe estra tire will redumVeJli& improve rmleage (by bqr d ? - B d ) , removeawstitemfromprhed(h.ou and enable deaignere to ~ r k l h e ~ Mthout sacrif1oin.g cbrgu m p u m Exw though the t u e ia dimhmhd u .Dndud squipmsnt, car buildar b e h n Dury mOt0ri.t. will atill want to c u r y b . p ~
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Ever lose a race because your brakes didn't perform as well as your engine?

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DAYTONA BEACH. Fla.-You cot call it beginner's luck, or just some go driving. but whatever it is. D Devendorf has it and his competiti wants some. n IMSA racir In his first four starts i Devendorf has finished among the top four and he will be looking to continue this trend July 3rd in the inaugural IMSA Radial 1 W at Daytona Internatior Speedway. His first professional race on the.lM5,r circuit found the31-year old Los Angelsg. Calif. driver finishing fourth at Laguna Seca. He bettered hS? first effort by one place by finishing third at Ontario in his second outihg. Fmm that point there was no stopping him a s he recorded a first place finishatLimeRockandtooksewnd place at Mid-Ohio. When Devendorf gets to Daytona in July he will be up against some of the toughest competition he has faced all seasw. This year's IMSA Radial wries was divided into two sections and the first half winner. C m o n Baird. will be among those trying to keep Devendorf trom winning the firat race of the second half at Daytona. "Devii". .s he i s known bv his friends. i s in his first yesr o n the IMSA professional circuit but h a s a greatdeal of racing experience behind him. Devendorf h a s won f i v e amatuer National

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WASHINGTON-The National -^Automobile Dealers Association will conduct a series of seminars to explain . the requirements of the OccupationaJ Safety and Health Act to new'car an' .:truck dealere beginning in mid-Jul~ ..? NADA President John J. Pohank announced recently. The NADAOSHA seminars, which k i l l ?e held in more than 160 cities, will leature a color slide presentation - 3 rhowing an actualOSHA inspectionofan %utomobiledealership.
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The workshops will be coordinated b, NADA Governmental Relations kommittee and the NADA OSHA Service Center. Questions about the seminar may be directed to Arnie Z i m m e ~ at th NADA OSHA Service Center, 81 1 Roede Road Silver Spring. Maryland 2091 (301) 5658e39.

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California. Close to 400 motorcycles.and cars eventually started the long. 415mils trek that commenced in the wash downtown in Ensenada and made a giant loop all the way to the gulf coeat toan of San FeIive, then came hack on diffbmut roads to-the finish line. just 12 miles outside of Ensenada. Eighteen honnwas the maximum time Bllowance for . n official finish, and pre-race mkoniog figured the hot dogs in most of tbs 15 classes would do the fast courss in half that time. The festivities started with a day long m u c h thmugh wntingency row, tach inspection, and into impound for the racing vehicles. The crammed neld resulted in an a v e m of two-hour-Dlus trips for the few blocLs of inspectiod but the carnlwl atmosphere and the local purveyors of beveragas and b u r r i b k e p t

Edna inul, rrntually COW through hna. everyone happy during the long day. Parnelli Jones, the pre-race favorite to ,lt was an early stnrt on Friday r s t h e . win overall, staNng 45th. flashed tlnn motorcycle clesred the starting Ulmugb the first time wntml, about 55 n m p around 8:10 am and the chase was miles out, in the fastest time of all. He W sedan, left whipped down the road in 48 minutes and on. The last entry. a stock V

Ihr w i a l centof of Ensenah on raw w o k is the r r l k d impound area on tha main drag. Everyone in tnrn

long wait for all to M u m . through the seven rpota on the desert cities of pit people the two days of the the early start and were traveling at Baja racing; radio Ught dice for the between several o wheelers. Starting first in cars. Ivan Stew up among the smaller bikes early on the c o m e . zinging down the mute in m r d

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appeared fitkt on the mad for the cam in a time of4 hours. 1Sminutes:Hehandedthe timearithanumberofothersingleBeaters buggy over to his new teammate Bobby in hot pursuit. Behind them the traffic Ferm, who recently left a long time fought ite way through ever mounting association with Sandm~ater todrive holouds of dust that did not subside until Modern Motors. Fern, despite lo) well past mid-distance in the mileage. C o n t b n d On N e l

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After four mumin of the World Chunpionsbip. the victorim am Ued at two e ~ for h Pormche . n d BMW. A pth mumi. at the Ostemichring, in A d a June 27. precedes The Glen own: With Porache p r e s e n t l y l e a d i n g t h e t o w u d t h e 1978 World Ch.mpionship by ~8 pointa prior (0 the Austrlrn round. BMW with a viatarp at CBWploorbip for Makes. h Q r m u a f w k n y t e u n ~ ~ s n the Ostemichring. could wn?e (0 Th. d l 4 .aoato M a M M h r h . lPorsche Glen trailing Ponche by a mere flve - W ~ t -u ~ v . I ' R . ales &x both h&oriea. the POinta. Also scheduled for The Olen'. 89th road racing doubleheder nd an, double points TrarmAm
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