30
Years Ago
MAY 15, 1991
Larry Roeseler made front-page news for winning the Tulsa Two-Day
ISDE Qualifier at the John Zink Ranch... Mike LaRocco captured the first
Supercross victory of his career in Las Vegas after pulling off a rare-for-
him holeshot; Jeremy McGrath won the 125cc class... We reported that
Jean-Michel Bayle was going to pursue a career in road racing... Doug
Polen won the World Championship
Superbike round in Spain... Aaron
Hough claimed his first career
GNCC win in Pennsylvania... We
tested the Laverda V-6.
20
Years Ago
MAY 9, 2001
won the World Championship
Aaron
GNCC win in Pennsylvania... We
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We pictured Ernesto Fonseca on the cover 20 years ago for wrapping up
the 125cc Supercross West Championship at Salt Lake City, Utah; Ricky
Carmichael won the 250cc main event... Makoto Tamada won both
legs of the World Superbike Championship rounds at Sugo, Japan... We
tested both the KTM LC4 Adventure 640 and standard LC4 640 models...
James Stewart was the sure bet at the 30th NMA World Mini Grand Prix
at L.V. Motor Speedway.
3
Larry Roeseler
ISDE Qualifier at the John Zink Ranch...
Supercross victory of his career in Las Vegas after pulling off a rare-for-
him holeshot;
Jean-Michel Bayle
Polen
Superbike round in Spain...
Hough
GNCC win in Pennsylvania... We
tested the Laverda V-6.
20 20
Years Ago
(Above) Makoto Tamada was the hero of
Japan when he won both legs of the World
Superbike rounds at Sugo 20 years ago.
(Below) Mike LaRocco
scored the first Supercross
win of his career 30 years
ago in Las Vegas.
