We celebrated Halloween with a creepy cover in 1972, and we teased
our readers with a test of the Honda 350 Four, which would run in
the following issue... Rick Woods won the United States Speedway
Championship at Costa Mesa, and we had full coverage of the night's
racing... We covered Jim Fishback's win at the Ram's Hare & Hound in
California City... We tested the Bultaco Matador Six Days Replica, which
retailed for $900... Robert Hartman was the overall winner at the 400-
mile Jackpine National Enduro.
50
Years Ago
OCTOBER 31, 1972
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LOOKING BACK
Honda's Jim Gibson was pictured on the Cycle News cover 40 years
ago for winning the 125cc Pro class at the Trans-Cal final at Saddleback
Park. Broc Glover won the 250cc class and Phil Larson the 500cc
class... Yamaha revealed its 1983 off-road models, including the new
IT490 which got a boost in displacement... BMW also took the wraps off
its '83 models... Elmer Trett took top honors at the IDBA Drag Racing
Championship Series final in Mississippi.
40
Years Ago
NOVEMBER 3, 1982 40 40 40
mile Jackpine National Enduro.
Rick Woods (left) and Mike Bast battle it out
in Costa Mesa during the U.S. Speedway
Championship 50 years ago. Woods went
on to win the title away from Bast.
Robbie Reynard
(67) and Jeff
Ward (6) rub
elbows during the
Kawasaki Race
of Champions at
Englishtown 30
years ago.
