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Volume XXXVI
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Honda-dumpty
Honda the giant sat atop tire motocross wall
Till they started breaking Jer
emy's balls
Then all Honda's money and all Honda's
men
Couldn 't w in a motocross championship
again
Congrat s to Je remy McGrath a nd
Yamaha and Greg Albert yn and Suzuki.
Bett er luck next yea r, Ho nd a.
Rick Perez
Cherry Valley, NY
Give him a break
Two Ponti ac Supe rcrosses and no
Ta m pa . Plu s no o u td oor Na tional a t
Ga torback. A NASCAR numbering system? Mot ocro ss life expectancy isn ' t as
lon g NASCAR' s . Plea s e , g ive me a
break.
Scott Walker
skwsou th@sunli ne.ne t
Who was fourth?
INSIDE ; ISSUE #37 SEPTEMBER 22. 1999
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Davis -1 999 AMAIAcerbis National
Enduro Champion.
According to An sel, tire AMA has a tradition of presenting the 11J/ mber-one plates
f or th e tia rious ama te llr series at the
awards banquet , "I personally congratulated Ty al tire event," said Ansc/. "Bllt tire
banquet in Las Vegas at the end of tire year
is more.prestigiolls for a formal presentation."... Editor
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FEATURES
Jeff Emig
MOTOCROSS
Round 16 - World Ch am pionship 250cc
MX Series from Budds Creek,
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Mar vland
Round 13 - World Champion shi p 500cc
MX Series from Lierop ,
Holland
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DRAGRACE
Round 10 - l\'HRA Winston Drag Racing
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Series fro m Indi an apolis, Indiana
ROAD RACING
Round 12 - World Supe rbike Champions hip Series from Hockenh eirn,
German y
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DIRT TRACK
Round 16 - AMA Grand a tional Dirt
Track Series from Dalla s, Texas
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Washington Speed Week
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FIRST LOOK
2000 Hondas
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INTERVIEWS
Supercross/road race prom oter Dan
Murphy
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DEPARTMENTS
TEST
2000 Yama ha YZI25
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SPEEDWAY
AMA Nationa l Spee dway Charnpions hip from Auburn, California
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EVENTS
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LEADERBOARD
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WANT ADS
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INTHE TAPES
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RESULTS
CALENDAR .,
RIDINGIMPRESSION
1999 KTM 125 Shan e Wa tts Rep lica .....24
RACER TEST
Piergiorgio Bontempi's Yama ha
YZF-R6
Th e results list that you incl ude w it h
cove rage of lo ca l events gene ra lly
. nam es the top five fi nis he rs in ea ch
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LOOKING BACK
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ON THE FRONT COVER
PROJECT BIKE
Tom Morgan Racin g Honda CRI25 .....42
TRIAL
Rounds 15 & 16 - World Ob ser ved Trials
Cha mpionship Series from Biasca,
Swi tzerland
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Team Honda's Kevin Windham took on
the world at the U'S, Gra nd Pri x - and
he won . Photo by Karl Ockert. In set:
Carl Fo g arty - fo u r t im es a Wor ld
Champion . Ph ot o by Gold & Goose .
Banner ph oto s : the n e w H ondas they're all here!
