50
Years Ago
JULY 18, 1972
P134
LOOKING BACK
Kenny Roberts won the Laguna Seca GNC Road Race National
and was pictured on the cover 40 years ago. It was Roberts' 30th
AMA National win. Freddie Spencer won the first of the two races.
A mechanical knocked Spencer out of race two. Eddie Lawson won
the Superbike race... Bernie Schreiber won the Big Sky AMA/NATC
Trials in Bozeman, Montana... We featured an interview with supercross
creator Mike Goodwin... Danny Storbeck and Darren Rhoten were
some of the top motocrossers at the GNC MX National at Lake Whitney
Cycle Ranch.
40
Years Ago
JULY 21, 1982
Sixteen-year-old Marty Tripes made front-page news for beating the
Europeans and winning the Super Bowl of Motocross at the L.A. Coliseum.
He fought back the fast-starting Swedes to pull off the historic victory. The
race was a round of the Inter-AMA Motocross... Mark Brelsford won the
Salem Half-Mile... We tested the 125cc Penton Six Days off-roader.
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Years Ago Years Ago
Donny Schmit won the 250 MX Grand Prix in Ireland 30 years ago.
We interviewed race
promoter Mike Goodwin
40 years ago.
