A photo of Billy Grossi and Marty Tripes battling it out at the
Hangtown Classic, the opening round of the AMA Nationals, was
pictured on the cover of Cycle News 50 years ago. Tripes (250cc),
Marty Smith (125cc) and Mike Hartwig (Open) were the big winners…
The two-day World Mini Grand Prix was held at Saddleback, where
Je Ward, Willy Simons and "Flyin'" Mike Brown were some of the
winners… We tested the 244cc Ossa Explorer dual sport.
YEARS AGO
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LOOKING BACK I
Which one is quickest? The Suzuki GS1150, the Yamaha FJ1100,
the Honda VF1000F or the Kawasaki Ninja. That is the question we
asked on the cover 40 years ago. (It was the Suzuki, by the way)…
Doug Chandler won the Ascot TT… Alan King was the big winner at
Hangtown… We interviewed both Wayne Rainey, who was in pursuit
of the 250 GP Championship, and Je Ward, who said he wanted to
win the 125cc Nationals, the Wrangler Supercross Series and the GNC.
YEARS AGO
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Which one is quickest? The
the Honda VF1000F or the Kawasaki Ninja. That is the question we
asked on the cover 40 years ago. (It was the Suzuki, by the way)…
Doug Chandler
of the 250 GP Championship, and
win the 125cc Nationals, the Wrangler Supercross Series and the GNC.
Dougie Lampkin won day two of the
World Trials season-opening
doubleheader in Ireland 20 years ago.
(Below) A young
Davi Millsaps gets
the holeshot in
the 1994 South
Florida MX
Championship.
He won both
PeeWee-class
motos.
