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40 Years Ago July 9, 1974
We featured the Suzuki RL250 in action on the cover 40 years ago to ac-
company our test of the Exacta trialer… We covered the opening round of
the 1974 InterAMA MX Series in Salt Lake, where Pierre Karsmakers scored
the overall win ahead of Rex Staten and Zdenek Velky… In Europe, we re-
ported on the Czech and German 500cc MX GPs won by Roger DeCoster
and Adolf Weil, respectively… We also
covered the 250 Dutch GP, which went to
Sylvain Geboers.
30 Years Ago July 11, 1984
Geoff Ballard had taken over the U.S. off-road scene and was featured
on the cover 30 years ago to accompany our interview with the super-fast
Aussie… Scott Parker claimed the win at the Lima Half Mile… Yamaha's
Rick Johnson nipped Kawasaki's Billy Liles at the RedBud 250cc Na-
tional MX in Michigan. Jeff Ward and Johnny O'Mara traded 125cc moto
wins with Ward getting the overall… We covered the Yugoslavian GP won
by Freddie Spencer… Mike Melton won the St. Johns National Hare
Scrambles in Pennsylvania.
10 Years Ago July 7, 2004
Jake Zemke made front-page news for winning his very first AMA Super-
bike at Brainerd… Valentino Rossi won for the third straight time at the
Dutch GP… Steve Hengeveld and Johnny Campbell combined efforts
to win the Baja 500… Mickael Pichon spoiled Stefan Everts homecom-
ing with a win at the Belgian GP… Nathan Kanney won the ISDE Qualifier
round in Ohio… Joe Kopp won the Lima Half Mile but the legality of his
race fuel was questioned, putting his victory on hold until a later date.
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20 Years Ago July 6, 1994
"Homeboy Henry" — as in Doug Henry — was featured on the cover of Cycle
News 20 years ago for winning the Southwick 125cc National Motocross for
Team Honda. Mike LaRocco and Mike Kiedrowski went 1-2 in the 250cc
class. Randy Hawkins was also pictured to accompany our interview with the
off-road star… Steve Morehead rose to the top at the Lima Half Mile… Steve
Hislop and Joey Dunlop were the stars at
the Isle of Man; the race was marred by the
deaths of Irishman Mike Farmer and Scot Rob
Mitchell.
LOOKING BACK
