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40 Years Ago May 13, 1975
The Trask Mountain Two-Day ISDE Qualifier was one of our featured race
stories 40 years ago. It was a tough one, too. Wet weather forced the course to
be shortened both days and less than half the field completed both days. A win-
ner was not yet announced… Jimmy Weinert won the 250 National MX Appala-
chia Lake Park in West Virginia; Steve Stackable was runner-up… Bill Conroy
won the California City Grand Prix… The 49er National Enduro in California was
another tough one with George Hendix grabbing the win… Jaroslov Falta won
the 250 MX GP in Austria.
30 Years Ago May 15, 1985
Yamaha's new FZ750 with editor John Ulrich on board at Willow Springs
was featured on the cover 30 years ago to accompany our in-depth test on
the machine… Jay Springsteen and Bubba Shobert were the big winners
at the San Jose Short Track and Mile doubleheader… We covered the Dallas
Supercross where Rick Johnson out-dueled Jeff Ward for the win; Bobby
Moore won the 125 Pro-Am final… Jeff Hicks won the Vancouver Supercross
in Canada… American Danny Chandler won the 500 MXGP in Thouars,
France. It was his first GP victory… Lowell Thompson was the top rider at
the World Mini Grand Prix in Las Vegas.
10 Years Ago May 11, 2005
A smiling Ricky Carmichael made front-page
news for clinching the 2005 Supercross Championship in Houston. It was
his fourth career Supercross title; James Stewart grabbed the win that night
and Honda rider Andrew Short won the 125 main… Ben Spies won his first
Superbike National at California Speedway… Valentino Rossi won a wet one
at the World Championship Road Race round in China… Juha Salminen
continued his winning ways at the Steele Creek GNCC.
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20 Years Ago May 10, 1995
Jamie James was pictured on the front page to accompany our special road
race update issue… Freddie Spencer dominated the racing action at the Super-
bike National at Laguna Seca… We interviewed GP road racer Mick Doohan…
It was a muddy mess at a rainy Dallas Supercross, where Honda's Doug Henry
came out on top; Damon Huffman won the 125
West main… We took a look back at Kenny Rob-
ert's amazing Yamaha TZ700 dirt tracker.
LOOKING BACK
