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III ARCHIVES
BY LARRY LAWRENCE
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t's that time of the year again—
Cycle News issue 50, a time
to celebrate the champions of
the past season and take a look
back at the biggest motorcycle-
racing stories of the year. As
always in racing, this was a year
of exciting wins, new and some-
times unexpected champions
and tough losses.
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Baby Boomers, who loved rac-
ing, getting older and giving way
to Millennials, who largely ignore
motorsports.
Yet in spite of the challenges,
motorcycle racing still enjoys
strong support and garners
enthusiasm among its solid core
of fans.
It was also a year of loss.
This also wraps up the decade
of the 2010s. It was a decade
where motorcycle racing (and mo-
torsports in general) struggled to
regain its footing after the devas-
tating effects of the Great Reces-
sion. The sport overall is certainly
smaller than it was in those salad
days and the future is still trou-
bling in some respects, with the
