VOLUME ISSUE AUGUST , P133
August 30, 2006
Ricky Carmichael made the cover 20 years ago
for clinching his seventh AMA 250/450 MX title at
Broome-Tioga... Ducati announced it was pulling
out of AMA Superbike racing... Loris Capirossi won
the Czech Grand Prix... Matt Mladin took the AMA
Superbike win at VIR... Henry Wiles topped the
Peoria TT... Ricky Dietrich won the Washougal
round of the WORCS Series.
for clinching his seventh AMA 250/450 MX title at
announced it was pulling
won
took the AMA
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August 30, 2016
Colton Haaker won the opening round of AMA EnduroCross in
Georgia and was featured on the cover 10 years ago... Rookie Austin
Forkner won his first outdoor National (in the 250cc class) at the
series final in Indiana. It was also Andrew Short's last race as a
professional motocrosser... We tested the Honda CBR1000RR, the
last of the analogs... We checked out Triumph's streamliner before
it attempted to break the land speed record.
(L-R) 1. Gary Semics
won the AMA 500cc
MX National in Florida
50 years ago. 2.
David Bailey (left)
and Micky Dymond
celebrate winning the
500cc and 125cc MX
titles at Washougal
40 years ago. 3. John
Kocinski won both
legs at the WorldSBK
round in Indonesia
30 years ago. 4.
Henry Wiles won the
Peoria TT for the
third consecutive
year 20 years ago. 5.
We reviewed the last
of its kind 10 years
ago, the 2016 Honda
CBR1000RR.
