We were so impressed with Can-Am's new rotary-valve engine in the
company's 125cc and 175cc motocrossers that we featured it on the
cover of Cycle News 50 years ago... Bonneville was the place to be for
the annual National Speed Trials and we were there... We had coverage
of the Dutch Motocross Grand Prix, where Roger DeCoster wrapped
up his third straight 500cc title... We also had coverage of the 250cc
MX GP from Sweden, won by Hakan Andersson... Kel Carruthers led
a Yamaha sweep at Talladega.
YEARS AGO
SEPTEMBER ,
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LOOKING BACK I
Hakan Carlqvist was pictured on the cover for wrapping up the 500cc
World Motocross Championship in Holland. The Swede finished just
seven points ahead of Andre Malherbe... Mike Baldwin clinched his
second consecutive U.S. Road Racing Championship at Brainerd... Ted
Boody won the Hamburg Half-Mile in New York, his first National win
in four years... The Dan duo of Dan Smith and Dan Ashcraft won the
Frontier 500 (Las Vegas to Reno) on their Husqvarna... We tested the
Honda VT500 Ascot.
YEARS AGO
SEPTEMBER ,
Hakan Carlqvist
World Motocross Championship in Holland. The Swede finished just
seven points ahead of
second consecutive U.S. Road Racing Championship at Brainerd... Ted
Boody won the Hamburg Half-Mile in New York, his first National win
in four years... The Dan duo of
Frontier 500 (Las Vegas to Reno) on their Husqvarna... We tested the
Honda VT500 Ascot.
(Left) Jeremy
McGrath competed
in the Great
American Hillclimb
20 years ago and
nearly won. (Below)
Ted Boody streaked
to victory at the
Hamburg Half-Mile
40 years ago.
