:,1' YEARS 460...
FEBRUARY
'D,
1976
_ll
rJ
ec at the event... Speaking of Maicos,
we had
a test of the 1975 Maico AW{40
in the
issue. ln it, w€ were right
ahd wrong about
dle bike, statin8 both
that,
"The
Maico chas-
sis nEEic has worked agajn,"
and
"l'lost
ot
the old l.,laico bugaboos have all
dirap
peared."
Oh, well... There was also a tech
article on race-prepping th€ Suzuki
RMs...
CFe News
gave
its readers a 1976
championship events Glendar that could
be
pulled
out and hung on the w"all.
zo
yEARs
A6a...
EBRUARY
'2, '9a6
Steve Eklund
(H-D)
earned his
fifth career AMA
Grand Nati,onal short
track
win at the
Houston Astrodome
on February
I,
marking the last
time that the venue
would serve as the
series opener... ln an all-Northern
Califomia sweep, Scoft P€a6on
(Hon)
and Chris Carr
(W-R)
finished second
and
third,
respectively...
letr
Ward
(Kaw)
won round
two ofrhe AMy'y'Nippondenso
Supercross
Series at the Astrodome on
February
2. David Bailey
(Hon)
and Rick
lohnson
(Hon)
were
second and third,
respectively...
Dan Ahcralt
and Dan
Smith (Hus)
teamed up to win the Parl
