YEARS AGO
JUNE ,
Pascal Picotte leading Jamie James and Troy Corser during the
AMA Superbike National at Laguna Seca was featured on the cover 30
years ago. Picotte went on to take the win... Steve Lamson (125cc) and
Mike LaRocco (250cc) won the Budds Creek Motocross National. It
was Lamson's second-career victory... We covered the ISDE Qualifier in
Tillamook, Oregon, where Rodney Smith dominated... We interviewed
Damon Bradshaw's Factory Yamaha tuner Brian Lunniss... Jacky
Mertens won both motos at the British 500cc MX GP at Hawkstone
Park on a four-stroke Husqvarna... Greg Hancock won the American
Speedway Final at Ventura
County Speedway.
Ducati's Eric Bostrom won the Pikes Peak Superbike National
for the fifth time and was pictured on the cover of Cycle News
20 years ago... Chris Carr won the AMA Flat Track National in
Kentucky... We ran a feature of World Superbike racer Pier-
Francesco Chili... GNCC rivals Jason Raines and Rodney
Smith battled it out again at Rausch Creek. This time, it was
Raines' turn to win... Destry Abbott won the AMA Hare &
Hound National in Ocotillo, California.
VOLUME ISSUE MAY , P137
YEARS AGO
JUNE ,
Speedway Final at Ventura
Subscribe to nearly 50 years of Cycle News Archive issues: www.cycleNews.com/cycle-news-archives/
Mert Lawwill won the Denver
Half-Mile 50 years ago.
(Right) Twenty-years ago, Destry
Abbott won the AMA National Hare
& Hound in Ocotillo, California.
