30
Years Ago
OCTOBER 21, 1992
Kevin Magee won the Australian round of the World Championship
Superbike Series at Phillip Island 30 years ago. Doug Polen was second
and Raymond Roche third... Todd Harrington topped the Daytona Race
of Champions. The 21-year-old racer from Illinois won six amateur classes
over the weekend... Jeff Ward made his Indy Lights Series debut at
Laguna Seca Raceway and finished
seventh. It was his first four-wheel
race ever... Kawasaki debuted its
1993 off-road lineup.
We featured Fred Hoess from the Czech Republic ISDE on the cover
of Cycle News 20 years ago. The previous issue we had brief results
from the race but for this issue we featured more in-depth coverage.
Alex Barros also got a piece of the cover for winning the Pacific Grand
Prix on Honda's V-5 factory racer... Fred Andrews won the Powerline
Park GNCC in St. Clairsville, Ohio... We had coverage of Swede Tony
Rickardsson clinching his fifth World Speedway title... We showed
you some of the bikes displayed at the Intermot 2002 motorcycle
show.
Laguna Seca Raceway and finished
seventh. It was his first four-wheel
race ever... Kawasaki debuted its
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Years Ago
OCTOBER 16, 2002
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Kevin Magee
Superbike Series at Phillip Island 30 years ago.
and
of Champions. The 21-year-old racer from Illinois won six amateur classes
over the weekend...
Laguna Seca Raceway and finished
seventh. It was his first four-wheel
race ever... Kawasaki debuted its
1993 off-road lineup.
(Above) A competitor in the Golden
Bear World Championship Enduro
negotiates this dry and dusty trail in
the California desert 50 years ago.
Forty years ago, Dan Smith and Dan
Ashcraft was victorious again, this time at
the Reno to Frontier 500.
