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40 Years Ago July 16, 1974
Motocrosser Nancy Thomas and her glowing smile was featured on the cov-
er of Cycle News 40 years ago. She was one of the participants in the Pow-
der Puff National Champion at Saddleback that we featured in the issue. The
fastest female of the day was another Nancy, Nancy Payne… Jimmy Ellis
and Jaroslav Falta took top honors at the 125 National and 250 International
MX in Baldwin, Kansas… Gary Scott and
Hank Scott made a Scott sandwich out of
runner-up Mike Kidd at the San Jose Mile…
We covered the Mammoth Motocross.
30 Years Ago July 18, 1984
Freddie Spencer was featured on the cover 30 years ago to accompany the
sit down chat Henny Ray Abrams had with the World Road Race Champi-
on… The issue also had our coverage of the World Championship 250cc MX
Grand Prix from Unadilla. Ron Lechien went 2-1 for the overall victory, top-
ping Bob Hannah's 3-2. The top-finishing European was Marc Velkeneers
in seventh; Jacky Vimond was eighth… We covered Randy Goss' win at
the St. Louis Short Track at Busch Stadium… Eddie Lawson won the World
Championship Road Race in Holland.
10 Years Ago July 14, 2004
Rodney Smith in all his glory was pictured on the cover of Cycle News 10
years ago after winning the Wisp GNCC… Ricky Carmichael and Mike
Brown claimed the overall wins at RedBud… Jeremy McGrath showed that
he wasn't done winning just yet at the Mammoth Motocross, which, at the
time, was thought to be the last at Mammoth… Johnny Campbell and Steve
Hengeveld combined efforts to win Vegas-to-Reno… Makoto Tamada won
the MotoGP in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil after both Sete Gibernau and Valen-
tino Rossi crashed out.
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20 Years Ago July 13, 1994
Mick Doohan made front-page news for winning his fourth-straight 500cc
GP, his latest coming at Assen… We also featured Yamaha's 1995 lineup of YZ
motocrossers… Jeff Stanton announced his retirement from professional
motocross racing… Mike Kiedrowski and Jeff Emig were the big winners at
the RedBud National MX in Michigan… Jordi Tarres was the winner over the
World trials round in Norden, California… Kevin Windham was the talk of the
town at the Mammoth Motocross… Rodney
Smith won the Trask Mountain 2-Day ISDE
Qualifier in Oregon.
LOOKING BACK
