50
Years Ago
JULY 11, 1972
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LOOKING BACK
Kawasaki's Wayne Rainey was pictured on the cover of Cycle News
40 years ago to accompany our interview with the superbike super
"sensation"... Randy Goss and Bubba Shobert battled it out for the win
at the Indy Mile. Shobert came out on top... The Motocross Nationals
took place at RedBud 40 years ago. Mark Barnett won the 125cc class
and Danny Chandler topped the 500cc class... Rick Johnson was the
star at the Mammoth Mountain Motocross. Johnson won the 125 and
250cc Pro classes and David Bailey the 500cc class.
40
Years Ago
JULY 14, 1982
The "Burrito" was pictured on the cover of Cycle News 50 years ago.
Gene Romero captured his first win of the year at the San Jose Mile...
We had coverage of the Straddle Line round of the Inter-AMA Motocross
in Tumwater, Washington. Yamaha-mounted Torsten Hallman came away
with the overall victory. Previous round winner Gary Jones won a moto but
eventually dropped out with a mechanical... We previewed the upcoming
Inter-AMA Motocross at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum... We tested
the Yamaha 250 DS7 street bike.
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(Below) Rick Johnson leads Donnie
Hansen at the Mammoth Mountain
Motocross 40 years ago.
Brian Brown won the
Jackpot National
Hare & Hound in
Nevada 20 years ago.
