Posted by Chip Hennen --Previous Message--
on 5/11/2006, 3:02:24, in reply to "Re: Ken Fackler's model of Pat Hennen's Suzuki factory RG500 GP motorcycle"
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Norm, could u pls put me in touch with Merv. During the early '70s he also managed U.S. Suzuki's factory road race team. Pat was a member of the '75 team, before leaving for Europe and the GP circuit in '76. That year, Pat competed as a privateer on a production bike with no support from the Suzuk factory at all. (I think Pat may still be the last true privateer to win a GP race.) Even so, Merv was very supportive of Pat's GP effort, and that support played a key role in Pat's eary success, something that really irked Barry Sheene. Merv used to live in Southern California in the 1980s, during the years I managed U.S. Suzuki's PR dept. He moved to the Grass Valley area, in Northern California, and I lost touch with him. My wife and I now own a horse ranch in that area and spend our weekends there. Tx for ur help.
- chip hennen
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: Pretty cool. Send me a couple of pics of the
: bike model and I'll forward them along to
: Merv Wright, the 76 team manager. I'm sure
: he'd like to see this.
: Norm DeWitt
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: --Previous Message--
: Just a note to let Ken Fackler know that the
: model he built of the Suzuki factory GP
: 500cc road race motorcycle my brother, Pat
: Hennen, raced on the GP circuit some years
: ago is very, very impressive. It appears to
: be very exact in every detail. If someone
: can provide me with Ken's contact info, I'll
: arrange to have my brother mail a signed
: photo of him competing on the GP bike to
: Ken. Tx. (chennen@msn.com)
:
: - chip hennen
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