P104
50
Years Ago
APRIL 21, 1970
LOOKING BACK
We featured a photo of the top rookies of the 1980 GNC Championship.
Pictured were Rob Crabbe, David Jones, Gene Church, Bubba
Shobert and Jeff Haney... We also featured an interview with motocrosser
Marty Tripes, who we said was the most "unexplained" MXer in the U.S....
Cycle News President Chuck Clayton invented and built a hybrid trike he
called "Humbug," which we showed you for the first time. The Humbug ran
off batteries and/or gasoline and could travel 15 miles on a charge.
40
Years Ago
APRIL 16, 1980
A photo of Al Baker leading the way at the Viewfinders Grand Prix was
featured on the cover of Cycle News 50 years ago. Baker held the lead
until John DeSoto (12) got around him and ran off with the 500cc Expert-
class win... Dave Aldana was the week's winner at the Ascot TT... We
reported that Sylvain Geboers won the 500cc Grand Prix Motocross
Championship in England... We also reported that filmmaker Bruce
Brown was working on a movie about motorcycles, tentatively called,
"Any Sunday."
(Left) James Stewart
gets interviewed after
dominating the racing
action at Lake Whitney 20
years ago. (Below) Suzuki-
mounted John Myers won
the Gatornationals NHRA
in Florida 30 years ago.
