VOLUME ISSUE MAY , P143
May 10, 2006
We had the three contenders for the Supercross
Championship—Chad Reed, James Stewart and
Ricky Carmichael—on our cover 20 years ago.
Stewart won in Seattle and was tied with Carmichael
for first in the points, with Reed just a hair behind...
Marco Melandri won the Istanbul MotoGP… Ben
Spies won both races at Fontana AMA Superbike...
Russ Pearson outdueled Destry Abbott for the
Lucerne Hare & Hound win.
and
Stewart won in Seattle and was tied with Carmichael
for first in the points, with Reed just a hair behind...
won both races at Fontana AMA Superbike...
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May 10, 2016
Malcolm Stewart wrapped up the 250SX East title in Las Vegas a
decade ago, and we put him on the cover... Ryan Dungey recorded
his ninth win of the season in 450SX, and Cooper Webb won the
250SX West... Jorge Lorenzo won the Le Mans MotoGP ahead of
Valentino Rossi and Maverick Vinales... We tested the Kawasaki
Z125 Pro and the KTM 1290 Super Adventure.
(Left) Anthony
Gobert (4) and
Simon Crafar (6)
battle at the 1996
Donington Park
WorldSBK. (Right)
Jason Lawrence
landed his first
SX Lites podium
20 years ago in
Seattle.
(Right) We
wore out the
rear wheel on
the diminutive
Kawasaki Z125
Pro during our
test of it 10
years ago.
