30
Years Ago
OCTOBER 3, 1990
Jeff Ward, Jeff Stanton and Damon Bradshaw were pictured on the cover
of Cycle News 30 years ago for giving the USA its 10th straight win at the
Motocross des Nations in Sweden. John Kocinski was also pictured on the
cover for clinching the 250cc Road Racing World Championship in Australia...
Team USA also won the World Speedway Team Cup final in Czechoslovakia
with Kelly Moran, Sam Ermolenko, Shawn Moran, Billy Hamill and
Rick Miller... We interviewed newly
crowned 500cc Road Racing World
Champion Wayne Rainey... Ted
Hunnicutt won the Hare & Hound
National in Colorado.
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20
Years Ago
OCTOBER 4, 2000
Joel Smets, the 500cc World Motocross Champion, was pictured on the
cover 20 years ago. We interviewed the four-time champ from Belgium...
We covered the Fastcross in Italy. Sebastien Tortelli took the win ahead
of Mike LaRocco, Ryan Hughes and Jeremy McGrath... We covered
the Trials des Nations, where host country Spain won... Four-time World
Superbike Champion Carl Fogarty announced his retirement.
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(Left) Winner Mark Brelsford leads
Gene Romero at the Oklahoma
City Half-Mile 50 years ago.
(Right) Team USA won the
Speedway World Team Cup in
Czechoslovakia 30 years ago.
