A random photo of Doug Grant from Spillway Park was pictured on the
cover of Cycle News 50 years ago... We had coverage of the Motocross
des Nations from Wohlen, Switzerland. The Belgians took the win
with team members Roger DeCoster, Sylvain Geboers, Jaak Van
Velthoven and Raymond Heeren. Team USA only had three riders
after Kawasaki chose not to send Brad Lackey, so Team USA did not
have the luxury of a "throw-away" score. Still, Team USA, made up of
Jim Pomeroy, Mike Hartwig and John DeSoto, placed a creditable
fourth... The 25-lap Flat Track National was reduced to four laps due to
severe dust. Spectators rioted.
YEARS AGO
SEPTEMBER ,
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Freddie Spencer was pictured on the cover 40 years ago when he
won the 500cc World Championship at Imola after a season-long
battle with Kenny Roberts. Roberts won the race, but Spencer took
the title by two points... Team USA won the Motocross of Nations,
held in Angreau, Belgium, for the third consecutive year with
riders Je‚ Ward, Mark Barnett, Broc Glover and David Bailey...
Jimmy Filice won the Syracuse Mile... Wayne Rainey won the AMA
Superbike National at Seattle.
YEARS AGO
SEPTEMBER ,
Freddie Spencer
won the 500cc World Championship at Imola after a season-long
battle with
the title by two points... Team USA won the Motocross of Nations,
held in Angreau, Belgium, for the third consecutive year with
riders
Jimmy Filice
Superbike National at Seattle.
(L-R) Je‚ Ward,
Mark Barnett, Broc
Glover and David
Bailey won the
MXdN in Belgium
40 years ago.
Fifty years ago, Mark Brelsford led the
Atlanta National, which was shortened to
just four laps due to dusty conditions. Purse
money was handed out but not points.
(L-R) Je‚ Ward,
Mark Barnett, Broc
Glover and David
Bailey won the
MXdN in Belgium
40 years ago.
