Flashback - Anyone remember the Michigan Gran Prix?

Here's the battle for the 1988 Michigan Gran Prix Championship between Phil Pummell and Fritz Kling.

http://www.theriderfiles.com/?p=20650

 

Cool stuff. Lots of Grattan history.

 

I remember Marty Miller showing up at the last race of the season with a TZ750 in pieces. They were still bleeding the front brakes and just made the grid but had air in the lines and retired after a lap or two. He had some good races on a modified RG500.

 

Great pic!

 

Wasn't Marty using a modified street version of the Suzuki RG500? He went really fast on that thing.

 

Yep. It was the street version with lots of upgrades.
I used to love watching Miller on the brakes into turn one as his bike was very light and anything he gave up on the straight he made up on the brakes.

 

I didn't know him that well but used to talk to his dad at the track. I remember one day they showed up just before the race so no practice and rain tires mounted. It dried up, they shrugged their shoulders, didn't change tires and won the race anyway.

 

I remember Jim Sublet chewed Phil out for missing rider meetings and practice.Phil liked to sleep in,so they would just show up,unload for the race,and usually either him or Fritz would win.

 

Holy crap, Sublet was an official back then? How old is that guy?

Hopefully I don't sound like an idiot for asking this but is Fritz related to Palmer? I didn't think Kling was that common of a name.

- Joe