50
Years Ago
AUGUST 31, 1971
40
Years Ago
AUGUST 26, 1981
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LOOKING BACK
Broc Glover was pictured on the cover of Cycle News 40 years ago
after winning the 1981 500cc National Motocross final at Carlsbad
Raceway. Johnny O'Mara won the 125cc class... Freddie Spencer
won the Grand National Championship Road Race at Pocono
International Raceway, but it was Dale Singleton who wrapped up
the U.S. Road Racing Championship title... We tested the new Honda
CBX sport tourer and the Husqvarna CR250R motocrosser... Marco
Lucchinelli won the 500cc World Championship Road Race in Finland.
Front-page news was President Nixon's announcing his plan to pump up the
ailing economy, which would include, among other negative impacts on the
motorcycle industry, a 90-day surtax on motorcycles, but no one expected
it to end in that time. All this came as the country was experiencing a dock
strike that kept new motorcycles stranded on boats floating around the
world... Mark Blackwell, Gary Jones and Jim Rice were the big winners
at the Tri-Am Motocross at Rough Rider Park in Simi Valley, California.
Zach Osborne won
championships in
the 65 and 85cc
classes at Ponca
City 20 years ago.
(Below) Larry
Pegram won the
Sturgis Short
Track in 1991.
