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50
Years Ago
NOVEMBER 11, 1969
LOOKING BACK
We showed you the latest production machinery from Yamaha 40 years
ago, and pictured on the cover was Yamaha's new 650cc four-cylinder
Maxim… Drew Smith won the Cowbell National Enduro in Washington
riding a Suzuki PE 250… Shawn Moran won the Ascot long track
speedway qualifier, earning the top spot for the upcoming long track
championships to be at Ascot… We also covered grasstrack speedway
racing from England… We gave you a close-up look at some of the MX
bikes of the Trans USA series.
40
Years Ago
NOVEMBER 7, 1979
We featured speedway stars on the cover of Cycle News 50 years ago. We
interviewed World Speedway Champion Ivan Mauger and vice champion
Barry Briggs. The two New Zealanders had been spending the recent
weeks in California schooling American racers on the local speedway
scene… Cycle News had coverage of the Mexican 1000, Ensenada-to-La
Paz off-road race. Husqvarna riders Gunnar Nilsson and J.N. Roberts
won Class 8 (250cc-plus), and Whitey Martino and Malcolm Smith,
riding an eight-speed Husqvarna, won Class 7 (250cc-under).
We interviewed 1989
125cc MX Champion Mike
Kiedrowski (right, sitting
next to his tuner Shane
Nalley) 30 years ago.
New 250cc World Champion
Valentino Rossi (46) leads Tohru
Ukawa (4), Stefano Perugini (7) and
Loris Capirossi (1) in the 250cc
Grand Prix in Brazil 20 years ago.
