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40 Years Ago March 18, 1975
Gene Romero—aka "Burritto"—graced the cover of Cycle News 40 years ago
after winning the prestigious Daytona 200… Jimmy Ellis won the 250cc class at
the second round of the Yamaha Super Series of Motocross. Steve Stackable
did the same in the 500cc class aboard a Maico… The United States Speedway
team took on the world at Costa Mesa Speedway. Leading the U.S. team to victory
was 1973 National Speedway Champion Mike
Bast… Mike Bell won the 125cc Pro class at a
motocross race in Irwindale, California, while rain
forced the cancellation of all other classes.
30 Years Ago March 20, 1985
Yamaha's groundbreaking new TY350 appeared on the cover 30 years ago.
We did a full test on the innovative bike and gave a glowing review… Bob
Hannah won the grueling Daytona Supercross. Taking second was Jeff
Ward with Ron Lechien completing the podium… Off-road legend Larry
Roeseler was a double winner at District 37's Viewfinders Grand Prix in Riv-
erside, California… We also got to swing a leg over Enduro Champion Terry
Cunningham's automatic Husqvarna 500AE—another innovative machine
that we thoroughly enjoyed taking for a spin.
10 Years Ago March 16, 2005
Ricky Carmichael landed on the cover once again, this time taking a win
at the St. Louis Supercross—his seventh win of 2005. Chad Reed finished
second ahead of Kevin Windham while Grant Langston topped the 125cc
class... We pitted five heavyweights against each other in our 450cc mo-
tocross shootout, with the Honda CRF450R being crowned the winner…
Steve Hatch took top honors at the Arizona National Enduro. GNCC racer
Juha Salminen tried his hand at a WORCS race in Texas, and won. We also
tested out the new Montesa Cota 4RT trials bike.
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20 Years Ago March 15, 1995
Jeremy McGrath won his first AMA National Motocross at Gatorback Cycle
Park in Gainesville, Florida, demonstrating to the naysayers that he could go fast
outdoors – not just in Supercross… Scott Russell won both the first and sec-
ond rounds of the North American Superbike Championship Series at Daytona
International Speedway… Ty Davis won his second National Enduro in as many
rounds at the second stop of the series in Wickenburg, Arizona… An amateur
kid named Ricky Carmichael won the Senior
Mini and 125cc Youth classes at Hillbilly Hills
Motocross Park in Roberta, Georgia.
LOOKING BACK
