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50
Years Ago
SEPTEMBER 29, 1970
LOOKING BACK
Speedway star Mike Bast announced his retirement at just 27 years of
age. We had an interview with the champ... Ricky Graham won the AMA
GNC National Half Mile at the Tulsa State Fairground in Oklahoma. Randy
Goss and Hank Scott left the race tied for the championship lead...
We reported that Gary Wells was in intensive care after crashing his
motorcycle while attempting a jump at Ceasar's Palace for the television
show That's Incredible... Brit Michael Lee won the World Individual
Speedway Championship in Sweden.
40
Years Ago
SEPTEMBER 24, 1980
Speedway racer Rick Woods was featured on the cover of Cycle News
50 years ago. He was one of the stars competing at Costa Mesa's regular
speedway... We reported that Grand Prix motocross racers Bengt Aberg
and Arne Kring were passengers in a light plane crash in Sweden. The
plane made an emergency landing on a highway and collided with a car,
killing the driver. Aberg and Kring were uninjured... Don Vesco broke
the all-time motorcycle land speed record at Bonneville, Utah, averaging
251.924 mph on a gas-powered, dual-engine 350cc Yamaha streamliner.
New Superbike Champion Doug Chandler leads race
winner Miguel Duhamel at Topeka 30 years ago.
(Left) Mike Brown capped off
the 125cc Motocross World
Championship with a sweep
at Gaildorf, 20 years ago.
Grant Langston had already
clinched the championship.
Brown finished third.
