VOLUME ISSUE MARCH , P149
March 15, 2006
Our six-bike Open-class sportbike shootout took
precedence and was featured on the cover 20 years
ago. The Suzuki GSX-R1000 edged out the Honda
CBR1000RR... Mike LaRocco announced he'd be
retiring after the end of the season... The AMA gave
Ricky Carmichael back the 25 points it had taken
from him the previous week for using fuel with
too much lead... Carmichael also won the Indy
Supercross.
took
precedence and was featured on the cover 20 years
edged out the Honda
retiring after the end of the season... The AMA gave
back the 25 points it had taken
Supercross
March 15, 2016
We reviewed the 2016 KTM 1290 Super Duke GT, which
was pictured on the cover 10 years ago... Forty-seven-year-
old Michael Barnes won the Daytona 200 after his 13th
start... Austin Forkner was the big winner at the Daytona
Ricky Carmichael Supercross... Sammy Halbert and Jake
Johnson split wins at the Daytona Short Tracks... Suzuki-
mounted Ken Roczen won the Toronto Supercross.
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(Below L-R) 1. Tony
DiStefano won the three-
moto Daytona Supercross
50 years ago. Jimmy
Ellis (inset) was second.
2. Runner-up Steve
Morehead (42) had the
holeshot until winner Ted
Boody (12) passed for
the win at the Daytona
Half Mile in 1986. 3.
Stephane Peterhansel
(pictured) tied with
Laurent Charbonnel for
the win in the Gilles Lalay
Classic 30 years ago. 4.
Ricky Carmichael won the
Indy Supercross 20 years
ago. James Stewart and
Chad Reed went 2-3. 5.
Ken Roczen (94), Ryan
Dungey (1) and Marvin
Musquin (25) went 1-2-3
at the Toronto Supercross
10 years ago.
