YEARS AGO
MAY ,
Nothing but winners were pictured on the cover of Cycle News 30 years
ago. Doug Polen topped the Charlotte Superbike AMA National, Mike
Kiedrowski was the big winner at the Southwick National Motocross,
and Chris Carr was victorious at the Sacramento Mile... It was a
mudfest at the Tulsa 4-Day ISDE Qualifier. Rodney Smith came away
with the overall win... We had
coverage of Donny Schmit's
win at the rain-shortened 250cc
French Motocross Grand Prix at
Beaucaire.
Street bikes dominated the cover 20 years ago. We tested the
latest Ducati Multistrada, BMW R 1150 R and Kawasaki Z1000. We
also tested the Ducati V4 Apollo 1260... Sete Gibernau won the
South African Grand Prix... Neil Hodgson kept his winning streak
alive at the Sugo, Japan, round of the World Superbike Series...
Barry Hawk came from behind to win the Loretta Lynn's round of
the GNCC Series... We had coverage of Mike Alessi's dominance
at Lake Whitney and Las Vegas World Mini Grand Prix.
with the overall win... We had
Donny Schmit's
win at the rain-shortened 250cc
French Motocross Grand Prix at
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VOLUME ISSUE MAY , P137
YEARS AGO
MAY ,
Nothing but winners were pictured on the cover of
ago.
Kiedrowski
and
mudfest at the Tulsa 4-Day ISDE Qualifier.
with the overall win... We had
coverage of
win at the rain-shortened 250cc
French Motocross Grand Prix at
Beaucaire.
Rodney Smith avoids
getting swallowed up
in the mud at the Tulsa
4-Day ISDE Qualifier
30 years ago.
Terry Poovey raced Honda's first RS750 dirt
tracker at the Ascot Half-Mile National 40 years ago.
He failed to qualify on it, but he came close.
