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50
Years Ago
SEPTEMBER 23, 1969
LOOKING BACK
There was a lot of racing coverage in Cycle News 40 years ago, and one
of those races was the Syracuse Mile, where Steve Morehead led a train
of Harley-Davidsons across the finish line… Marland Whaley clinched
the AMA/NATC National Trials Championship with a win in Blue Ridge,
Arizona… We featured a profile on MX tuner Bill Buchka who turned
wrenches for World Champion Graham Noyce's works Honda… New
Zealander Ivan Mauger captured a record sixth World Speedway title.
40
Years Ago
SEPTEMBER 19, 1979
The Sacramento Mile was featured on the cover of Cycle News 50
years ago. A record crowd of 30,000 watched Triumph-mounted
Chuck Palmgren take the win and the lion's share of the largest purse
ever for a mile race… MX was going strong at Saddleback Park, where
Montesa-mounted Tim Hart won both the 250cc and 500cc Senior
classes. He also won the 125cc Senior class aboard a Sachs… Suzuki
ran a two-page ad boasting the Suzuki T500 for being the first two-
stroke ever to win an AMA National Championship Road Race.
(Above) Winner Alex
Criville leads Alex Barros
at the 500cc Grand Prix
at Imola 20 years ago.
Winner Scott Parker (1)
leads Terry Poovey (18),
Dan Ingram (31), and
Ronnie Jones (16) at the
Springfield Mile in 1989.
