Gary Nixon was on the Cycle News cover 50 years ago for winning
the Loudon Road Race National, his first in three years; Nixon took
the checkers 35 seconds in front of runner-up Kenny Roberts and
set a lap record of 76.682 mph... We caught up with "The Jammer"
Jimmy Weinert for an interview… Brothers Gary and DeWayne Jones
dominated the 250 A at the Houston National Motocross… Willi Bauer
took his Maico across the line first in front of Roger De Coster at the
Czech U.S. 500cc MXGP… Mitch Mayes won the Rim Runners' desert
race at Bell Mountain.
YEARS AGO
JUNE ,
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LOOKING BACK I
We featured an action photo on the cover 40 years ago to accompany
our test on the latest Suzuki GS750ES… Ron Lechien and Billy Liles
captured their first outdoor National MX wins at Lake Whitney… Mike
Baldwin ran away with the Loudon GNC victory… Little known Tapani
Pikkarainen of Finland won his home 500cc MXGP... The Canadian
Supercross series held two events in two consecutive days, with Jim
Gibson winning in Toronto and Ross Pederson taking the Montreal
round… Maico-mounted Kevin Welch won the Cherry Creek Hare &
Hound with a five-minute lead over runner-up Brad Strong.
YEARS AGO
JUNE ,
We featured an action photo on the cover 40 years ago to accompany
our test on the latest
captured their first outdoor National MX wins at Lake Whitney…
Baldwin
Pikkarainen of Finland won his home 500cc MXGP... The
Supercross
Gibson winning in Toronto and Ross Pederson taking the Montreal
round… Maico-mounted Kevin Welch won the
Hound
At Lake Whitney, Ron
Lechien won his first
outdoor National
40 years ago in the
Wrangler Super Series.
Colin Edwards (45) leads Doug Polen (23) and Pascal Picotte (21) at Road
America 30 years ago. Edwards and Picotte crashed, Polen won.
Colin Edwards (45) leads Doug Polen (23) and Pascal Picotte (21) at Road Colin Edwards (45) leads Doug Polen (23) and Pascal Picotte (21) at Road
