P128
August 27, 1986
The cover 40 years ago shows winner Eddie
Lawson dousing Wayne Gardner following
the Swedish GP. Lawson clinched the
championship... Bubba Shobert dominated the
Hamburg Half Mile... Chris Carr won his first
Peoria TT... Georges Jobe clinched the 500cc
MX World Championship in Luxembourg... Eddie Warren (125cc) and
David Bailey (500cc) won at the Hollister
Hills National MX... Donnie Schmit was the
big winner at Ponca City.
(500cc) won at the Hollister
Donnie Schmit was the
August 21, 1996
Doug Polen was featured on the cover 30 years ago
for winning the F-USA race in Portland... Geo Aaron
also got a piece of the cover after winning the Donner
round of the AMA/NATC Trials Championship... Steve
Morehead won the GNC Flat Track at the Nebraska
State Fair Park... Charlie Bogard was the standout
rider at Ponca City; Justin Buckelew was the top
Minicycle rider.
August 24, 1976
Motocross and flat track racing were featured on
the cover of Cycle News 50 years ago... We had full
coverage of the AMA 125cc Motocross National
from the Alamo City MX in San Antonio, where Bob
Hannah topped both motos... The 500cc National
was held in New York, where Gary Semics won...
Kenny Roberts edged out Jay Springsteen for
the win at Terre Haute... Rookie Expert Steve
Eklund won the Santa Fe Short Track.
(Left) Bob Hannah
relaxes between
motos at the
Alamo City MX 50
years ago. (Right)
Michael Craig
was the 250cc
Modified-class
winner at Ponca
City 40 years ago.
