P126
50
Years Ago
JUNE 17, 1969
LOOKING BACK
We had cover model Patty O'Keefe help us remind our readers to attend
the upcoming Carlsbad/Cycle News Cycle Circus at Carlsbad Raceway…
We covered TT scrambles racing from the Dehesa Indian Reservation in San
Diego, California. Carl Byers and Earl Barker were some of the big winners…
Bart Markel held off Dick Mann and Gary Nixon to win the Louisville Downs
National Championship Half Mile… Jim Wilson won the Saddleback 500
motocross, which included Gary Bailey and Tim Hart in the field.
We featured a preview of the 500cc U.S. Grand Prix of Motocross at
Carlsbad Raceway… Steve Wise out-dueled Jimmy Weinert to win the
10th round of the AMA/Toyota Supercross Series at the Superdome in
New Orleans. Bob Hannah clinched the Supercross title for the third
time… We featured a story on Laurens Offner of Laurens Offner Products,
aka LOP, a company that sponsored, among others, LOP Racing Team's
Marty Moates, who would help make the company famous… Team USA
transferred to the semis at the British World Cup Qualifier Speedway in
Reading, England.
40
Years Ago
JUNE 13, 1979
(L-R) Bobby Schwartz, Team Caption Bruce Penhall and Kelly
Moran qualified for the next round of the British World Cup
Qualifier Speedway 40 years ago.
Kevin Atherton
celebrates winning
the Springfield Mile 20
years ago.
