50
Years Ago
JULY 4, 1972
P128
LOOKING BACK
Our 1982 Yamaha XJ650 Turbo Seca test bike was featured on the
cover 40 years ago. We said it had the Star Wars looks with hyper-
drive punch. It sold for $4999... Johnny O'Mara and Goat Breker
were the 125cc and 500cc winners, respectively, at the National
Motocross round at New York's Broome-Tioga Sports Center... Terry
Poovey edged out Randy Goss to win the Smoky Mountain Half-Mile
in Tennessee... World Championship trials came to the U.S. It was held
in Norden, California, where Belgian Eddy Lejeune took the win...
Danny LaPorte won the 250cc British MXGP.
40
Years Ago
JULY 7, 1982
Mert Lawwill won the Charity Newsies Half-Mile National in Columbus,
Ohio, and was pictured on the cover of Cycle News 50 years ago. Lawwill
passed Gary Scott late in the race and held on for the victory... We reported
that Gary Jones became the first American to win overall in an AMA-FIM-
sanctioned international motocross race held on American soil, in Boise,
Idaho, to be exact. Jones won three motos... We tested the Penton Jackpiner
175 enduro and BMW R-60 street bike.
40 40 40
Chuck Woodford
en route to
victory at the
Moose Run off-road
race in Illinois 20
years ago.
(Right) Donny Schmit dominated the
German 250cc MXGP 30 years ago.
