YEARS AGO
JUNE ,
We got our readers caught up with all the happenings in the World
Trials Championship 30 years ago and pictured five-time World
champ Jordi Torres on the cover from the Czech round... We featured
coverage of the U.S. Superbike National Championship from Road
America, where Ducati's Pascal Picotte edged out Kawasaki's Fred
Merkel for the win... Jeremy McGrath won the Las Vegas Supercross
held at the Sam Boyd Silver Dome for the first time... Danny Hamel
was a member of the top two
finishing Kawasaki teams at
the Baja 500.
Greg Hancock was pictured on the cover of Cycle News 20
years ago for winning the British Speedway Grand Prix... Ricky
Carmichael dominated the Southwick Motocross National
in Massachusetts. James Stewart won both 125cc motos...
Valentino Rossi battled it out again with Sete Gibernau at the
Catalunya MotoGP, with Rossi emerging the winner... The late
Andrew McFarlane of Australia achieved his first career MX2
GP victory in Italy.
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YEARS AGO
JUNE ,
was a member of the top two
finishing Kawasaki teams at
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Fifty years ago,
Gaston Rahier
celebrated his
first career GP win
alongside Suzuki
teammates Joel
Robert and Sylvain
Geboers at the
250cc German
Grand Prix.
Troy Corser (19) leads
Jamie James (2),
winner Pascal Picotte
(21), Fred Merkel and
Mike Smith (68) at
Road America 30
years ago.
