YEARS AGO
AUGUST ,
We traveled to Costa Mesa for a five-day jungle cruise... Dale Quarterly
won the Superbike National at Mid-Ohio, but Doug Polen clinched the
title with one more race on the calendar. Miguel DuHamel also clinched
the 600cc Championship for the second time... Chris Carr won again
at the Peoria TT. It was his sixth consecutive win at the track... Mike
LaRocco (250cc) and JeÅ’ Emig (125cc) dominated the Washougal
National MX... We rode down
memory lane and revisited the
Elsinore Grand Prix... Steve
Hatch won the Pikes Peak
National Enduro in Colorado.
We traveled to Italy to sample Husqvarna's new 2004 o'-road
bikes. The WR250 was pictured in action on the cover... We also
tested the latest Honda CRF450R, Yamaha YZ125 and Suzuki
RM250 motocrossers... We took a close-up look at the new rides
from Victory Motorcycles... Brian Stokes was the big winner at
the AMA Grand Championship Road Races at Mid-Ohio... Steve
Hatch won the Boot Hill National Enduro in Colorado.
National MX... We rode down
memory lane and revisited the
Steve
National Enduro in Colorado.
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VOLUME ISSUE AUGUST , P129
YEARS AGO
AUGUST ,
(Left) Forty-years
ago, we published
a photo of Danny
Chandler riding
across the finish
line at Unadilla while
perched backward
on his bike in protest
of being DQ'd for
riding against
tra"c on the track
at a previous race.
(Right) Winner Dale
Quarterly leads the
way on the Mid-Ohio
Superbike National
30 years ago.
We traveled to Costa Mesa for a five-day jungle cruise...
won the Superbike National at Mid-Ohio, but Doug Polen clinched the
title with one more race on the calendar.
the 600cc Championship for the second time...
at the Peoria TT. It was his sixth consecutive win at the track...
LaRocco
National MX... We rode down
memory lane and revisited the
Elsinore Grand Prix...
Hatch
National Enduro in Colorado.