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30 YEARS AGO••. JULY 24, 1973 Castle Rock National TT winner Chuck Joyner (Tri) slid across the cover of Issue #28 on the way to his victory. Kenny Roberts (Yam) finished second and took a commanding lead in the series points standings with the finish... It was reported in The Latest Poop that Yvon DuHamel made $122,000 in 1972... Daredevil Bob Gill jumped 22 cars at Seattle International Raceway for a distance of 171 feet... Doug Winchell (Bul) topped the 100's MC Hare Scrambles in Barstow, California, over Steve Staats, (Hon) and A.C. Bakken (Hus) ... Randy Mamola topped the Supermini and Junior classes at dirt tracks in Fremont and Oakdale, California ... Pierre Karsmakers (Yam) won the 250cc class at a Kansas Inter-AMA MX, and he did it without winning a moto. Antonin Baborovsky (CZ) finished second overall, while Heikki Mikkola (Hus) rounded out the top three. Mike Hartwig (Hus) won the 500cc class. ow much would you pay to have accurate, there is no way the car was half of the talent of a rider like traveling at anything less than 100 recommend one thing, and he would Travis Pastrana or Anthony Gobert? I mph. Put it this way, the engine was choose to do another. Let's look at can tell you right now that I would sell ripped completely out of the car. Can Road America my soul to the devil to be as gifted as you say hauling ass? And Pastrana According to the team, they tried to either of those guys. That's why I get was ejected from the car - was he talk him out of running the soft com- so pissed off to see these guys not wearing his seatbelt? Who knows? pound rain tire on a drying track. H according to his ex-team - they would example. liVing up to their potential. Here are In contrast to Pastrana come two Eleven laps into the race and the tire two of the most naturally talented rid- of the motocross season's feel-good was toast, while Eric Bostrom went ers in the world, and they just can't stories, Ryan Hughes and Kevin on to win by more than 30 seconds seem to stay focused on the job at Windham. Although the stories are on the harder compound rain tire. hand. Either of them could easily be different, here are two riders whose Gobert said it was a stuck throttle the best rider in the world at their careers looked like they were com- that led to his demise and says that respective disciplines if they gave it pletely over. Yet by working their half an effort. I'm not picking on them he was proven correct when the team asses off, they both have returned to because I don't like them; I'm picking looked at the telemetry. Who knows? their winning ways. It's really just a case of he said, she on them because they are two of my Windham was not only the first favorite riders, and I want them to rider to put an end to Carmichael's succeed. 250cc outdoor total dominance of Okay, you might argue that Pastrana has had a string of unbelievably late - at Hangtown - but he was also said. Either way, it was another blown opportunity. A couple of races earlier at Road Atlanta the team reportedly asked the last to do it way back in 2001 at bad luck, but how much of that has he brought on himself? In the past JULY 27, 1983 few months the kid has tried to clear Gobert repeatedly if they should Millville. Even Carmichael was sur- 20 YEARS AGO•.• form. American Speedway star Mike Faria powered across the cover of Issue #28 in honor of his interview inside the magazine. He said he switched to Westlakes from Jawas for 1983 because the Westlakes are faster, and that he "wd it all for rock 'n' roll" ... Randy Mamola (Suz) went 1-2 at the AMA GNC Doubleheader in Monterey, California. Kenny Roberts (Yam) won the second leg, but a broken bike in the fU'St leg kept him out of the final points taUy for the win. Wayne Rainey (Kaw) won the Superbike event, and David Emde (Yam) won the Formula 2 class... Randy Goss (H-D) won a tough race at the Hagerstown Half Mile, over Steve Morehead (H-D) and Jay Springsteen (H-D) ... Shane Trittler (Hon) won the BOcc Intermewate class at Ascot MX, while Kinney Jones (Hon) won the 250cc Intermediate class in Corona, California. as an a jump at Glen Helen during practice for the national that every single other rider including Ricky Carmichael, Chad Reed and the rest wouldn't even think of clearing - and they were healthy. In the process he jacks his knee up again. It wouldn't be so bad, except that Travis refuses to wear knee braces. Earth to Travis if you're going to be so reckless, maybe protecting your body should be a top priority. If the kid gets a second chance at his motocross career and I'm sure he will - someone needs to take the bull by the horns and tell him specifically what he can and can't do in order to keep his job. He obviously can't make those decisions on his own. He's just seems too distracted by everything else. To top it all off, a week after decid- change the bike back to "dry track" prised by Windham's recent return to settings from the rain settings on the bike for a rapidly drying track min- As for Hughes, what can you say utes before race two on Sunday. He about that guy? Other than that he's said no and ended up eighth with a stud. The guy is 30 years old and tire problems, and he later blamed has been chewed up and spit out of the team. motocross by injury more times than So now he's fired, replaced by Gio- he cares to remember, and yet there vanni Bussei. The Italian then went he is running at the front again. Prior out and finished fifth in his first-ever to his two-mota sweep at Hangtown, AMA ride. Apparently, the bike isn't a Hughes hadn't won a National overall total pile of crap. A few better deci- since Unadilla in 1995. sions on his part, and Gobert could Then he goes out and breaks his beat the rest of the field on a freakin' fibula in the first mota at Southwick Royal Enfield - the guy is that good. and still manages to finish 10th in Like Travis, Gobert is as cool a guy that moto. Then he has the audacity as you will ever meet, and you want to still race in the second moto - and to pull for him. I just wish he wouldn't finishes 16th. Younger riders should continue to let me down. take note and learn from the example of these two. They have shown what Now it appears as though he's kind of commitment it takes to somehow blown a KTM Supermoto ride. He didn't show up for a test at bounce back from adversity. 10 YEARS AGO••• ing to rest of the As for Gobert, he is arguably one Road America, and again it's a case JULY 21, 1993 motocross season, Pastrana goes out of the most talented riders on the of he said, she said when it comes to A couple of West Virginia Dual-Sporters enjoyed the view on the cover of Issue #28 as they worked on completing the Dual-Sport Blackwater 200... Mike Kiedrowski (Kaw) won the AMA 250cc National at Unadilla with a 2-1 score. Mike laRocco (Kaw) finished second overall with a 1-2, and Steve Lamson (Hon) finished third overall with a pair of threes. James Dobb (Kaw) used 1-4 finishes to top the 125cc National, while series points leader Doug Henry seized his Honda in moto one and came back to win the second moto. Henry led the points by one over teammate Jeremy McGrath, who finished second overall ahead of defending champ Jeff Emig (Yam) in third... Ricky Graham (Hon) won the Hagerstown Half Mile over Steve Morehead (H-D) and Rodney Farris (H-D). and crashes the hell out of his planet. But living up to his abilities is exactly why he missed that test. Corvette, endangering the life of his something that he's shown he is basi- No matter who you believe, when passenger Matthew Scott Bigos and cally incapable of. His past World you look at the big picture, Gobert himself. Judging by the fact that he Superbike and Grand Prix troubles remains the common denominator in recently drove a Formula One car in aside, he just can't seem to go out all of his problems. France, one can assume that Pas- and give it an honest effort on a regu- Yeah, I'm envious of the talents of trana is already back to being lar basis. There is a lot more to win- these two riders. I'm also sure there healthy. I only hope the same can ning a Superbike race than just riding are a ton of complex reasons behind sit out the the bike. Perhaps if that's all it took, the scenes that have contributed to I can't believe his continued lack of he would win every race. It has a lot the pair's lack of results. But you judgment. to do with the decisions the rider and can't argue with me on one thing: If the description of the accident by the local police in Maryland is team make prior to the race. The Wouldn't you like to have even half of problem lately has been that - their talent? God knows I would. soon be said of his passenger. Again, In an upcoming Issue of Cycle News CN Laguna Seca Weekend Troy National MX British MotoGP cue I e n e _ S • JULY 16, 2003 99