30
Years Ago
NOVEMBER 11, 1992
Danny Hamel won the 1992 AMA Hare & Hound National Championship
and was pictured on the cover en route to victory at Lucerne Valley at the
final round... We had coverage of the World Superbike Championship from
New Zealand, where Ducati's Doug Polen wrapped up the championship
for the second year in a row... Raymond Roche finished second in the
championship... Mike Brown was
the big winner at the Honda Top Gun
Showdown at Muddy Creek Raceway.
Kevin Windham won the Schoolboy
and 125cc B-class Championships.
Twenty years ago, we showed our readers what was then and now concerning
Kawasaki's 500cc Grand Prix road racer. Alan Cathcart tested Kork
Ballington's 1981 KR500... Mike Smith was the top dog at the Suzuki Cup
Final Sprint Races at Road Atlanta. Smith topped the GSX-R750 final and
took second to John Haner in the GSX-R1000 final... We had coverage of
the Motocross of Nations from Bellpuig, Spain. Italy took the win. The U.S.
did not field a team after the original race at Competition Park in California
was canceled at the last moment and relocated to Spain a few weeks later.
was
the big winner at the Honda Top Gun
Showdown at Muddy Creek Raceway.
won the Schoolboy
and 125cc B-class Championships.
Twenty years ago, we showed our readers what was then and now concerning
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and was pictured on the cover en route to victory at Lucerne Valley at the
final round... We had coverage of the World Superbike Championship from
for the second year in a row...
championship...
the big winner at the Honda Top Gun
Showdown at Muddy Creek Raceway.
and 125cc B-class Championships.
(Left) Mike Smith was one of the top riders at the Suzuki
Cup Final Sprint Races at Road Atlanta 20 years ago.
(Right) Brad Lackey (7) and Ake
Jonsson (27) fight for the lead at
the start of the Trans-AMA MX at
Carlsbad Raceway in 1972.