30
Years Ago
MAY 16, 1990
Doug Polen spraying champagne was featured on the cover of Cycle
News 30 years ago for winning the AMA National Road Race at Road
Atlanta... The AMA 125/250cc Motocross Championship visited Lake
Sugar Tree in Axton, Virginia, where Jeff Ward and Jean-Michel Bayle
came away with the victories... Billy Liles won again in the 500cc MX
World Championship, this time at the Swiss GP... Raymond Roche and
Fred Merkel split wins at the FIM
World Superbike Championship in
Hungary... Kurt Hugh won the Tulsa
ISDE Three-Day Qualifier.
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20
Years Ago
MAY 17, 2000
Travis Pastrana made front-page news for winning the 125cc East/West
Shootout in Las Vegas. Jeremy McGrath, who had already clinched the
2000 250cc title, won the 250cc main event over Mike LaRocco and
Kevin Windham... Will Davis won the Formula USA/Wrenchhead.com
National Dirt Track Series opener at Texas Motor Speedway... James
Stewart was the top 80cc rider at the NMA World Mini Grand Prix in Las
Vegas. Other top minicycle riders were Davi Millsaps, Kyle Partridge
and Mike Alessi.
(Left) Two riders try to share the same rut
during the Berkshire Trial in Middlefield,
Massachusetts, 50 years ago.
(Right) Wearing
a Cycle News
hat and all, a
young James
Stewart was
the top 80cc
rider at the
World Mini
Grand Prix in
Las Vegas 20
years ago.
