P134
October 29, 1986
We featured Mark Hyde (leading Fritz Kadlec) on
the cover 40 years ago for locking up the AMA
Hare Scrambles Championship... We also had a
photo of the Cavalcade tourer on the cover to
accompany our first look at Suzuki's 1987 lineup…
Elmer Trett set a track record and took the Top
Fuel win at LA County Raceway... Kevin Magee and Michael Dowson won
the Australian 6-Hour.
October 26, 1976
Mike Bast was pictured on the cover 50 years ago
celebrating his National Speedway Championship...
We had coverage of round four of the Trans-AMA
MX at RedBud. Roger DeCoster won again, but
we were excited about moto wins by Americans
Tommy Croft and Marty Smith... Marland
Whaley won the NATC Championship Trials
round in Norden, California... We featured
an interview with new GNC Champion Jay
Springsteen.
October 23, 1996
Honda's all-new CR250R was on the cover 30 years
ago, which featured an aluminum frame, a first for a
production motocrosser... Scott Parker was also
pictured on the cover for wrapping up the GNC title
at Del Mar… We featured all the hot bikes from the
Cologne Show... Greg Zitterkopf won the AMA
Hare & Hound final in Nevada and the 1996 title.
(Left) Sue Fish won
the Women's class at
the National Amateur
MX at Carlsbad 50
years ago. (Right)
Jeff Stanton clinched
the Trans-Cal MX
title 40 years ago at
Argyll Park, but Billy
Frank (pictured) went
2-1 for the win.
