YEARS AGO
JUNE ,
Muzzy Kawasaki's Scott Russell won his way onto the cover 30 years
ago by topping a wet AMA National Superbike event at Loudon.
Mike Smith and Takahiro Sohwa rounded out the top three. Smith
won the AMA 600cc Supersport final... Mike Kiedrowski and
Jeremy McGrath shared overall victories at the Hangtown National
Motocross... Australian Daryl Beattie edged out Kevin Schwantz
for his first GP win at Hockenheimring... Chris Carr flew to his sixth-
straight 600cc National win at the
Peoria TT... We previewed the
fleet of early release 1994 Honda
models, of which the CBR600F2
was the most changed.
Ducati made history for winning its first MotoGP road race in the
hands of Loris Capirossi, who was featured on the cover 20 years
ago... Ricky Carmichael (250MX) and James Stewart (125MX)
came away with class wins at Budds Creek... Team Honda, with
Steve Hengeveld and Johnny Campbell, won the Baja 500... Joe
Kopp was the winner at Tri-City Speedway in the AMA Grand
National Half-Mile... KTM's Kenny Coolbeth topped the Plymouth
Short Track... Mike Laerty won a brutal National Enduro in
Ohio... Chuck Woodford navigated a muddy GNCC for the overall
win at Virginia Motorsports Park.
straight 600cc National win at the
Peoria TT... We previewed the
fleet of early release 1994 Honda
CBR600F2
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VOLUME ISSUE JUNE , P139
YEARS AGO
JUNE ,
Muzzy Kawasaki's
ago by topping a wet AMA National Superbike event at Loudon.
Mike Smith and Takahiro Sohwa rounded out the top three. Smith
won the AMA 600cc Supersport final...
Jeremy McGrath
Motocross... Australian
for his first GP win at Hockenheimring...
straight 600cc National win at the
Peoria TT... We previewed the
fleet of early release 1994 Honda
models, of which the
was the most changed.
Fifty years ago, Jim Rice
won his first National of
the year at the Half-Mile
in Columbus, Ohio.
Mike Kiedrowski leads the 250cc class 30 years ago
at Hangtown where he secured a pair of wins.
