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50
Years Ago
AUGUST 5, 1969
LOOKING BACK
Mark "The Bomer" Barnett was pictured on the cover of Cycle News
40 years ago. Barnett won the 125cc World Championship MX round in
Lexington, Ohio. Barnett traded moto wins with Broc Glover. The top-
placing non-American was Belgium's Gaston Rahier, who went 3-5… In
Switzerland, Heikki Mikkola won the 500cc MX GP; Brad Lackey went
DNF-4… We ran a feature on motorcycle training, saying that education,
not regulation, is the key to motorcycle safety… Steve Eklund extended
his championship points lead after winning the AMA/GNC TT at Ascot.
40
Years Ago
AUGUST 1, 1979
A photo of Chuck Palmgren (38) leading Mert Lawwill (18) was pictured
on the cover of Cycle News 50 years ago. Palmgren went on to win the
20-Mile Final at the Santa Rosa Mile in California, but Lawwill emerged
with a larger points lead over Gene Romero… We had full coverage
of the Four Aces M.C. European Scrambles from California City. Larry
Bergquist took the Open Am-Expert-class victory… Gary Bailey won the
Stumpjumpers TT Scrambles in Lake Elsinore, California.
(Right) Tony Meiring (left) and
Bryan Smith (right) were named
co-recipients of the AMA Horizon
Award 20 years ago.
Steve Eklund won
the AMA/GNC TT at
Ascot 40 years ago.
