YEARS AGO
JULY ,
Ricky Graham won back-to-back Miles at the Syracuse doubleheader,
and made it onto the cover 30 years ago. It was also his fifth
consecutive win, which was at the time the longest winning streak
in GNC history... The 250cc World Championship Motocross visited
Budds Creek MX Park, where Stefan Everts took the overall win in the
three-moto format race. Mike Kiedrowski took second, just missing
out on the overall win... Doug
Polen won the AMA Superbike at
Road Atlanta... Andreas Meklau
and Giancarlo Falappa were
double winners for Ducati at the
Austrian WorldSBK.
We featured a little bit of everything on cover 20 years ago, all
from Laguna Seca, though. We had Reuben Xaus and Pier-
Francesco Chili splitting wins in WorldSBK, Je' Ward winning
the opening AMA Supermoto round, and Matt Mladin winning
AMA Superbike... In England, Valentino Rossi won at Donington
Park, but Max Biaggi got the first-place points. Rossi was
later penalized two positions for passing under the yellow
flag... Stefan Everts recorded his 61st career GP win in MX at
Uddevalla, Sweden.
Doug
won the AMA Superbike at
Andreas Meklau
were
double winners for Ducati at the
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YEARS AGO
JULY ,
Ricky Graham
and made it onto the cover 30 years ago. It was also his fifth
consecutive win, which was at the time the longest winning streak
in GNC history... The 250cc World Championship Motocross visited
Budds Creek MX Park, where
three-moto format race.
out on the overall win...
Polen
Road Atlanta...
and
double winners for Ducati at the
Austrian WorldSBK.
(Above) Bruce Ogilvie won the Trailbike class at the
Buzzards Hare Scrambles 50 years ago. (Left) Je' Ward won
the AMA Supermoto opener at Laguna Seca 20 years ago.
Kurt Nicoll and Jeremy McGrath filled out the podium.
