VOL. 50 ISSUE 50 DECEMBER 17, 2013 P211
LOOKING BACK
I'd be amiss not to mention
Kurt Caselli in this space. He
was also a champion this year,
winning the Hare & Hound title
again before tragically losing his
life in Baja. Kurt was also on the
verge of big things in rally racing.
He will be missed.
If a flat track racer is going to
return to the top of the heap and
join the likes of Scott Parker and
Ricky Graham as a Cycle News
Rider of the Year, chances are
that rider is going to be Brad
Baker. At just 20 years of age,
Baker won the AMA Grand National Championship and was
rewarded with the factory ride in
flat track – Harley-Davidson. Ask
anyone who has been around
the sport for a while and they
will tell you that Baker is the real
deal.
In AMA road racing, Josh Herrin and Cameron Beaubier both
won titles for Yamaha. Herrin
took the AMA Superbike crown
and will head to Europe in 2014
to race Moto2; and Beaubier
won the Daytona SportBike title
and will move to Superbikes in
the coming season as he takes
over for Herrin at Graves Yamaha.
One thing is certain about the
season past and that's the simple fact that youth was served.
Just look at when these kids
were born: Herrin (1990), Russell (1990), Tomac (1992), Beaubier (1992), Baker (1993), Marquez (1993).
Seems the kids are most definitely all right. CN
40 Years Ago
January 8, 1974
Our "giant," 80-page year-end issue featured a couple
of very cold-looking dirt bikes on the cover... We profiled Al Eames and Giacomo Agostini... We also took
a spin on the works Montesa 360 motocrosser, Roger
DeCoster's works Suzuki RN370, and Brad Lackey's
works 450 Kawasaki motocrosser... We took a look at
some of the highs and lows in motorcycling of 1973.
30 Years Ago
January 11, 1984
We honored some of the heroes of 1983 on the cover of
Cycle News in our year-end issue. Freddie Spencer,
Shawn Moran, Randy Goss and David Bailey were
illustrated... Kenny Roberts was named the 1983 Cycle
News West Rider of the Year... Cycle News visited the
headquarters of one of the first major privateer motocross teams - Team Tamm. We said that their effort
"just might change the motorcycle racing industry around."
20 Years Ago
January 5, 1994
We had it easy in 1993. Naming Ricky Graham as the
1993 Cycle News Rider of the Year was a no brainer. The
Dirt Track champ was featured on the cover 20 years
ago... We also featured interviews with three-time World
champ Wayne Rainey, Supercross champ Jeremy
McGrath, AMA Superbike champ Doug Polen, 500cc
World champ Kevin Schwantz and Hare & Hound
champ Danny Hamel... Ty Davis won the Laughlin Hare Scrambles.
10 Years Ago
January 7, 2004
A smiling Matt Mladin was featured on the cover of
Cycle News 10 years ago, and for good reason - he
was named the 2003 Cycle News Rider of the Year...
We featured interviews with World Motocross and ISDE
Champion Stefan Everts, Hare & Hound Champion
David Pearson, GNC Champion Chris Carr and 125cc
MX Champion Grant Langston... Steve Hengeveld
and Johnny Campbell combined efforts to win the
Baja 1000... Matt Boni was one of the big winners at the Florida Winter
Olympics.
Subscribe to nearly 50 years of Cycle News
Archive issues: www.CycleNews.com/Archives
