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40 Years Ago September 10, 1974
We got your attention with a young model aboard our 125cc Puch test bike that
was featured on the cover 40 years ago… The 1974 National MX Series came to
a conclusion on the banks of the Mississippi River in New Orleans, where Gary
Jones (250cc) and Jimmy Weinert (500cc) wrapped up the titles. Neither rider
won that day; instead, it was Kent Howerton and Gary Semis pulling off the
victories… Kenny Roberts won at Talledega… No records were broken at the
26
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Bonneville Speed Nationals.
30 Years Ago September 8, 1984
Cycle News associate editor Kit Palmer took a spin on Rick Johnson's cham-
pionship-winning Yamaha YZ250 motocrosser that was pictured in action on
the cover 30 years ago… We were at Brainerd and covered Mike Baldwin's
Formula One Championship-winning ride… We covered the Loretta Lynn's
Amateur MX; some of the big winners were Eddie Hicks, Eddie Warren,
Chad (aka Trampas) Parker, Shawn Kalos, Bader Manneh and Jimmy
Button… Davey Durrelle doubled up at the Black Hills Flat Track at Sturgis…
Suzuki announced its intent to take over the 750 high-performance street mar-
ket with a bike called the GSX-R750.
10 Years Ago September 8, 2004
Supermoto made the cover 10 years ago with double winners Doug Henry
and Jeff Ward getting it done in Colorado… French riders Mickael Pichon
(MX1) and Mickael Maschio (MX2) were the big winners at the Grand Prix
of Europe MX in Germany… We covered Johnny Murphree's first win of
2004 at the Sadalia Half Mile… Cycle News interviewed dirt tracker Jared
Mees.. We covered the Legends of Motocross Race in Namur, Belgium.
Graham Noyce, Roger DeCoster and Brad Lackey were just some of the
big names that participated.
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LOOKING BACK
20 Years Ago September 7, 1994
We featured the eyes of the GP stars on the cover to accompany our preview of
the United States Grand Prix at Laguna Seca… Honda's Doug Henry (125) and
Yamaha's John Dowd (250) claimed the overall wins at Binghamton's Broome-Tioga…
We were there to cover Scott Parker's win at the Goshen Half Mile in Indiana…
Chris Carr edged out Scott Parker for the victory at the Indy Mile… Dave Sadowski
wrapped up the WERA Road Race title at Portland International Raceway… Mick Doo-
han won and clinched the 500cc Road Race World
Championship with a victory at the Czech Grand Prix.
