The cover of Cycle News 50 years ago focused on local racing from
around the country, but our feature race story was Corky Keener's
win at the Louisville Half Mile... We tested the Yamaha 175 MX...
Brad Lackey came close to winning his first overall victory in
an international motocross race when he went 1-2-2 at a French
International. Arne Kring edged him out with a 3-1-1 score... Torleif
Hansen won the 250 MXGP in England, while Jim Pomeroy DNF'd
both motos.
YEARS AGO
JUNE ,
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LOOKING BACK I
The Yamaha RZ350, which was pictured on our cover, was the hot
bike 40 years ago, and even hotter were the aftermarket exhaust
pipes for it. We took the two-stoke RZ to the strip and found out
which pipe made it go faster... We covered the Road America GNC/
Camel Pro Series Road Race that was won by Mike Baldwin... We
toured the Spandau factory in West Berlin where the BMW K100
was built... Dan Smith and Dan Ashcraft won the Baja-to-Barstow
desert race.
YEARS AGO
JUNE ,
(Above) Stefan Everts (72) works his way
through the pack at the Grand Prix of
France 20 years ago at which he picked up
his 76th career GP win. (Right) Scott Parker
celebrates his win at the Parkersburg Half
Mile 30 years ago.
