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40 Years Ago June 11, 1974
A photo from the Viewfinders Grand Prix at Indian Dunes filled the front page.
Making waves in a water hole was competitor John Rice… Flat Track racing
was in full action at Ascot Park and this week's Expert main winner was Tom
Rockwood over John Hateley… Kenny Roberts grabbed his first Road
Race National win of the season at the Road Atlanta Kawasaki Dixie National…
Heikki Mikkola and Roger DeCoster con-
tinued their duel in the 500cc MX GP wars
this time in Italy, where the rivals split wins.
30 Years Ago June 13, 1984
A photo of the Suzuki RM250 was pictured in action on the cover 30
years ago to accompany our test of the yellow racer… We covered the
Wrangler Supercross Series round at the Rose Bowl won by Jeff Ward…
Ted Boody was all smiles after winning the Louisville Half Mile… Husqvar-
na's Kevin Hines was the big winner at the Trask Mountain 3-Day ISDE
Qualifier in Oregon… Freddie Spencer reverted back from his new works
four-cylinder Honda to his old three-cylinder Honda to win the German GP.
10 Years Ago June 9, 2004
Ricky Carmichael claimed the overall win with a 1-1 score at the High Point
National Motocross and also claimed another Cycle News cover. James
Stewart dominated the 125 class… Rich King pulled off a last-lap pass to
win the Springfield Mile for the third straight time. J.R. Schnabel won the
Singles race…Noriyuki Haga and Regis Laconi split wins at the German
World Superbike… Steve Hatch edged out Randy Hawkins for the overall
win at the Lead Belt National Enduro… Nathan Woods won the WORCS
round at Honey Lake.
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20 Years Ago June 8, 1994
GNCC racing made front-page news 20 years ago. KTM's Scott Pless-
inger was featured on the cover for winning the Boyers, Pennsylvania,
round... Davey Camlin won the DuQuoin Mile… Mike Kiedrowski and
Doug Henry shared the spotlight at the High Point National Motocross…
Mick Doohan rose to the occasion at the Austrian GP… Rodney Smith
won the Puget Sound 2-Day ISDE Qualifier in Olympia, Washington… Rex
Staten was the man at the La Playa Grand
Prix in Mexico… We interviewed three-time
SX champ Jeff Stanton.
LOOKING BACK
