Hodgson Re-Signs
With Ducati
Continued from page 13
3D YEARS A liD• ..
September 2. 1975
A letter from Steve
McQueen sent to Cyde
News was featured on
the CeNer 30 years ago. It
was addressed to "fellow
motorcyclists" denouncing the Department of
.... Transportation's push to
get the helmet law enacted in Califomia, Illinois and Utah... In a photo
finish, Kenny Roberts topped Corky Keen·
er and Jay Springsteen at the Indianapolis
Mile... It was a Honda sweep at the 12Scc
National MX in San Antonio, where Marty
Smith, Steve Wise and Danny Turner went
Ofle-two-three... Our ceNerage of the SOOcc
National MX had Brad Lackey taking the
overall victory with 2-3 rnoto finishes... Don
Jones revealed his company's 25Occ, fIVespeed, street-legal prototype of the Mexicanbuilt Islo TS 250. "With more horsepower
and better brakes, this thing is going to open
some eyes," we reported... We also tested
the all·new fIVe-speed Maico MC 250 GP,
which sold for $1749. We claimed it was reli-
MX3 class on a KTM, while des Nations
rookie Ham (Suzuki) and McFarlane (Yamaha) will take on MX I and MX2 responsibilities, respectively. The Australian team was
selected based on the unavailability of Chad
Reed (injury), Michael Byrne (contractual
commitments) and Craig Anderson (personal commitments). The race will be held at
Ernee, France, September 24-25, with Belgium the defending champion.
able. saying. "You can now have your Maico
and ride it too."
2D YEARS AliO...
September 4. 1985
We featured photos of
the brand-new 1986
Suzuki RM250, KTM
80 MX and Kawasaki
KX 125 rnotocrossers
on the front page 20
years ago... Johnny
O'Mara won the final
250cc National
Motocross of the year at Washougal, but Jeff
Ward wrapped up the title with a secondplace finish. In the l25cc class, A.J. Whiting
took the win over Erik Kehoe, but it was
Ron Lechien who took the title... Ricky Gra·
ham and Scott Par1
