We covered the 49th ISDT, which was held in Camerino, Italy. The
dominant Czech Team won, while Team USA finished a very respectable
fourth in both the Trophy and Vase classes... We printed a collection
of photos from the Evel Knievel motocross held near the rim of the
Snake River... We tested the Yamaha RD 200 B, which we called a low-
budget racer. It weighed 256 pounds and sold for $995... We featured
a story on Czech motocrosser Jaroslav Falta, who was robbed of the
250cc MX World Championship, which ended up going to Russian
Gennady Moiseev. We titled the story "Falta Sure Was Screwed."
YEARS AGO
SEPTEMBER ,
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LOOKING BACK I
We spun a few laps on a modified Moto Martin six-cylinder CBX
Honda at Willow Spring that was pictured on the cover 40 years
ago... Team USA‹Je‚ Ward, Johnny O'Mara, David Bailey,
and Rick Johnson—won the Motocross des Nations in Finland.
Saddleback MX Park: 1968-1984. The well-known motorcycle park,
aka the "heart of motocross," in Orange, California, had just closed
its doors, and we wrote an In Memoriam in the track's honor. The
Park's landlord, Irvine Company, cited high liability insurance as the
main reason for its closure.
YEARS AGO
SEPTEMBER ,
(Left) Chris Carr
was his fifth
Castle Rock TT
30 years ago.
(Right) Marty
Tripes was one
of the big-money
winners at the
Evel Knievel Snake
River Motocross
50 years ago.
