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Kenny Roberts, leading the way at the
AMA Camel Pro final road race at Ontario
International Raceway, was pictured on
the cover of Cycle News 50 years ago.
Roberts won the race but handed the
number-one plate over to new champion
Gary Scott. Steve Baker won the combined International
Lightweight Expert/Junior final... Americans Jimmy Weinert and
Jim Pomeroy went 1-2 at the Mid-Ohio round of the Trans-AMA
Series... Bob Balentine was the Expert-class winner at the two-
day DRA California City Grand Prix... We talked with Malcolm
Smith about his win at the Roof of Africa Rally.
The latest 1986 Honda Interceptor 750 was
pictured on the cover 40 years ago. It was the
model's first update since its release... CN
covered the Iron Butt Rally... Ty Davis was the
talk of the town at the amateur round of the
Trans-Cal MX Series at Laguna Seca Raceway... We compared
high-performance street tires, the Dunlop K700 and Michelin Hi-
Sport... We had coverage of the World Championship Observed
Trials in Switzerland, where Frenchman Thierry Michaud and
Fantic clinched the title. Steve Saunders won the final round a
week later in West Germany.
The latest
pictured on the cover 40 years ago. It was the
model's first update since its release...
covered the
talk of the town at the amateur round of the
Trans-Cal MX Series at Laguna Seca Raceway... We compared
high-performance street tires, the
Sport
Trials in Switzerland, where Frenchman
October
14, 1975
leading the way at the
AMA Camel Pro final road race at Ontario
International Raceway, was pictured on
50 years ago.
number-one plate over to new champion
won the combined International
and
went 1-2 at the Mid-Ohio round of the Trans-AMA
was the Expert-class winner at the two-
October
16, 1985
LOOKING BACK
(Left) Roger
DeCoster was
sporting a new
look at the Mid-
Ohio Trans-AMA
MX 50 years
ago. (Right)
Frenchman
Thierry Michaud
clinched
the World
Observed Trials
Championship 40
years ago.
