A photo of Nils-Arne Nilsson of Sweden was pictured on the cover
of Cycle News 50 years ago. Nilsson topped the first United States
125cc Grand Prix Motocross, which was held in St. Charles, Missouri...
Mert Lawwill was the big winner at the Peoria TT. Kenny Roberts
took second, and Dick Mann rounded out the podium... Cycle News
tested the 1973 Suzuki TM250 motocrosser. We said, "Maybe 1974 will
hold something better," and that "...cross-ups weren't really fun, just
necessary."
YEARS AGO
AUGUST ,
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LOOKING BACK I
We pictured our Yamaha TT600 four-stroke o'-roader on the cover
of Cycle News 40 years ago. We said: "...you could do a lot worse than
the TT600" ... We had coverage of the Miller High Life Superbowl of
Motocross which was held at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.
Broc Glover won the race, but David Bailey took the Supercross
Championship. Bailey edged out Mark Barnett by two points for the
title... Jimmy Filice won the Hawthorne Mile in Cicero, Illinois... We
interviewed the "new kid on the block," Doug Chandler.
YEARS AGO
AUGUST ,
We pictured our Yamaha TT600 four-stroke o'-roader on the cover
of
the TT600" ... We had coverage of the Miller High Life Superbowl of
Motocross which was held at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.
Broc Glover
Championship. Bailey edged out
title...
interviewed the "new kid on the block,"
(L-R) Valentino Rossi, Sete Gibernau
and Troy Bayliss filled the podium at the
German MotoGP in 2003.
Broc Glover leads the way en route to the win at the
Superbowl of Motocross at the Rose Bowl in 1983.
