P138
LOOKING BACK
April 30, 1986
Aussie Geo Ballard made the cover 40 years
ago after edging out Larry Roeseler for the
win at the Tulsa Two-Day ISDE Qualifier in
Oklahoma... Alex Jorgensen held o• Bubba
Shobert to win the Ascot TT... We covered
Team Hammer's victory at the opening round
of the WERA/EBC National Endurance Series in Indianapolis... Honda
won the Le Mans 24-Hours FIM World
Endurance race.
FIM World
April 27, 1976
We featured a little bit of everything on the
cover 50 years: speedway, desert racing, road
racing and motocross... We took a look at Jim
Pomeroy's twin-carb 250 Bultaco Pursang GP
motocrosser... Brian Myerscough outdueled Je•
Ward to win the Race of Champions at the World
Championship Mini Grand Prix at Indian
Dunes in Valencia, California… We covered the
French 500cc and Spanish 250cc MXGPs.
April 24, 1996
John Kocinski was featured on the cover 30 years ago
for scoring the victory in his World Superbike debut in
San Marino. Jeremy McGrath also got a part of the
cover for clinching the Supercross Championship for
his fourth consecutive year... We tested the 1997
Honda F6 Valkyrie... We interviewed 18-year-old
flat tracker Kenny Coolbeth... We took a look at
some factory motocrossers.
French 500cc and Spanish 250cc MXGPs.
