Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

3ti Years Ago--- June ZZ. t976 9Jilr-Ji'*-i ! JJJiJ . tfll ,l s1;1y) i, Bakken on a Husqvarna to win rhe 415- mile raae... Corky Keener won the Delaware Half Mile, and we were there to cover it... Ridrne a four-stroke, Honda- mounted Mike Bell won the Open class at the Mammorh Mountain lYotocross. ,lack Keese and Gary Ogden also went home with wins,,. Kent Howerton won lhe National morocross in Virginia on an Eric Crippa-tuned Husky... lack Penton won the ISDE Two-Day Qudifier in Ore8on... A young Martf Smith came from out of nowhere to win the Grand Prix of Denmark in the l25cc clars. Garth Sweet. land, Billy Gros3i and Br.d Lackey all gra.ed the aover 20 years ago - Sweetland for teaming up with Scot Harden to win the B4a 500, and Grossi and Lackey for doing prett,. good at the Hagoo lnvitational MX in Sacramento- The lnvitetional was a benefit race for iniured MXer Danny "Ma8oo" Chandler... Wayne Rainey won the Loudon Superbike race over Fred Herkel... Eddie Lawson took top honors at the Austrian Grand Prix...limmy Ellis finished ahead of Craig Dack ro win the Manjimump 15,000 lnrernational MX in Australia... ln Hawaii, local Steve Zoll edged outlohn Desoto for the win at the Mauna Kea 200 Enduro, Iu YEdr. Ago--- June t9, 1996 Mick Doohan, hillclimber Tom ffi*"-#r*H ago... Aesrandro GramiSni was prfect in the rain to win the Road America Superbike National... Ty Davis and Paul Kr.use rode off to victo- ry in the Baia 500,,, Rodrey Smith and Chris Smith battled at the ldaho City Two-Day Qualifier - Smith won (okay, Rodney Smith)... Steve Hatch topped the Boyers GNCC in Pennsylwania. AUTOGRAPH SIGNING: At Plaza Cycle in Satt lake City, Uuh, on Thurcday, June I5, from 6 to 7 p,m. Team Yamaha's .lamie Hacking,lason Disalvo and Eric Bostrom are sched- uled to appear. For more informatiqn, call 8011977-8725. OPENED: TUF Powersporrs in Dekalb, lllinois, a Kawasaki motorcycle, ATV and personal watercraft dealership. For more information, visit www.tufpowersports.com or call 8r5i756-3588, ETtr. CYCT E NETYS . JUNE 21, 2006 15 Carl Cranke and a staning grid of dirt bikes were on the cover of Cycle News 30 years ago to accomPany our coverage of the Baia lnternational off-road race in Mexico. La.rr,l Roeseler teamed up with A.C. ZO Yedrs Ago.-. June 25, 19g6 Thomas Hammers Bushkill Hillclimb .F j; .a| ,ffi- {- r{9':. " , t \@ a \4 \ a a a tt I t - ='t-- rEl-: r t-: Jeff Thomos oir3 it out en roule to o cleon sweep qr the Burhkill Hilklimb. The top riders in the 2m6 AMA Nationa.l Championship all list the BushkillValley Motorcycle Club s 550-foot hillas one of their tavorites. Defendint National Champion walrer "Titer" Strank Ji, who swept round one of the series, ha5 scored many victo- ries there, as has seven-time National Champion Dave Watson. But it was Jeff Thomas who emerged from the Freemansbu.S, Pennsy'vania, race site as the big winner onjune I l. The Bushkill Valley hill slans off wirh a flat staning box up to a hump at the 2s-foot mark that upsers the bikes as they rush to the first lump at 150 feet. "You have to get the first one right to have a shot at a good run," said Strank. The bit jump is at 260 feer, with the final jump at 400 feet. The rid€rs have to iump over a J-foot-hith wall at the back of the last jump. and then it s a short. steep run to the time6 at 500 feet. Few riders made it to the top until the Thomas Racing Service/Vnylcraft lnc./Uni Filter'backed Thomas rolled his Honda CBR to the line in the 540cc class. He launched down the center, held i( on to the first jump and got crossed up. but he bulldoSged the bike back on line and ripped over iump two to $e flnal iump. He was clean over (he linal iump, but the bike suddenly rewed up. "lt threw the chain over the iump, but I pulled the clu(ch in and it coasted up to the timers," Thomas explained after tak- ing the lead with a time of 8.514 seconds. Strank ended up with a 9.212 on his Dr. Bob Racin&/B&B Sales and Servi

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