YEARS AGO
NOVEMBER
,
Our 1995 125cc Motocross Shootout was our main topic 30 years
ago. The four contestants—Kawasaki KX125, Suzuki RM125, Yamaha
YZ125 and Honda CR125R—were pictured on the cover. The winner?
The Yamaha... We also race-tested the 1995 KTM 250 E/XC... Scott
Plessinger won the AMA Hare Scrambles in Ohio... Out west, Danny
Hamel won the final round of the AMA Hare & Hound Championship
in Lucerne Valley... Toby Jorgenson outdueled Chris Carr to win the
100cc Dirt Track National in Lodi, California.
Valentino Rossi made front-page news for winning his ninth
GP of the year at the season finale in Valencia... Rodney
Smith tied o–-road racing legends Scott Summers and Ed
Lojak for the most GNCC titles with five. Smith won the GNCC
Championship at 40 years of age, making him the oldest rider
in GNCC history to win the number-one plate... Destry Abbott
wrapped up his third hare and hound title at Lucerne Valley...
Cody Webb won the Fall Pro Trials in Oklahoma.
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YEARS AGO
NOVEMBER
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Fifty years ago, Cycle
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Davidson SX-250.
Danny Hamel won
the AMA Hare &
Hound National
at Lucerne
Valley 30
years ago.
