Jeremy McGrath made the cover for winning his first Supercross at
Anaheim. McGrath wasn't the only first-time winner that night, Damon
Hu man won the 125cc main event over Phil Lawrence and Jimmy
Gaddis... Danny Hamel won the Mesquite Grand Prix... Michael Scott
interviewed road racer John Kocinski... Robbie Reynard won the
opening round of the AMA Amateur
Supercross Series in Houston... Jim
Neese and Tim Ferry were the big
winners at Dade City in the Florida
Winter AMA Series.
Ricky Carmichael went wire to wire at Anaheim II 20 years ago.
Mike LaRocco and Sebastien Tortelli went 2-3. James Stewart
won the 125cc main... We tested the new Kawasaki ZX6R and
Triumph Speedmaster... Gordon Ritchie interviewed Ducati's Neil
Hodgson... We featured our project Thumper Racing Kawasaki
KLX470... We reported the passing of flat track and road race legend
Dick Hammer. Hammer succumbed to cancer at the age of 63.
opening round of the AMA Amateur
Supercross Series in Houston... Jim
were the big
winners at Dade City in the Florida
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Jeremy McGrath
Anaheim. McGrath wasn't the only first-time winner that night,
Hu man
Gaddis
interviewed road racer
opening round of the AMA Amateur
Supercross Series in Houston...
Neese
winners at Dade City in the Florida
Winter AMA Series.
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JANUARY ,
YEARS AGO
FEBRUARY ,
(Above) We tested the 1973
Mazda 1600 pick-up and were
impressed it could fit full-size dirt
bikes in its bed. (Right) Honda ran
this ad in Cycle News to promote
its 1983 CR motocrossers.
