YEARS AGO
OCTOBER ,
Our top headline 30 years ago was Damon Bradshaw announcing
he was stepping back from racing for personal reasons. It came as a
shock, as he was only 21 years old and was just one year into a lucrative
five-year contract with Yamaha... Chris Carr won the Sacramento
Mile. Privateer Ted Taylor stole the show by placing third behind Carr
and Scott Parker... USA won
the World Team Cup Speedway
in England... Cycle News named
Paul Carruthers as its new
editor.
Mat Mladin clinched his fourth straight AMA Superbike title
and was pictured from Barber on the cover 20 years ago... We
reported that Indian Motorcycle Corporation had closed its
doors and was no longer in business... Chris Carr captured
his fifth win of the year at the Columbus Half-Mile... Honda's
Valentino Rossi won the World Championship Road Race in
Brazil... Former ATV GNCC Champion Barry Hawk clinched his
first motorcycle GNCC title in Kentucky.
... USA won
the World Team Cup Speedway
named
as its new
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YEARS AGO
OCTOBER ,
Our top headline 30 years ago was
he was stepping back from racing for personal reasons. It came as a
shock, as he was only 21 years old and was just one year into a lucrative
five-year contract with Yamaha...
Mile. Privateer
and
the World Team Cup Speedway
in England...
Paul Carruthers
editor.
Mike Hale (32), Ted Taylor
(29), Chris Carr (1), Ricky
Graham (3), Scott Parker
(2) and Jay Springsteen (9)
made up the front row at
the Sacto Mile in 1993.
Broc Glover won the CMC
Trans-Cal Supercross
at the Cal-Expo in
Sacramento 40 years ago.
