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40 Years Ago July 15, 1975
Local motocrosser Nancy Thomas was featured on the cover of Cycle News
40 years ago… Our feature story, however, was our coverage of the 125cc
United States Grand Prix at Mid-Ohio. Marty Smith and Honda were the big
winners. Yoshifumo Sugio and Gilbert DeRoover rounded out the podium, and
Mark Blackwell won the 500cc Support class… Scott Brelsford made his-
tory by piloting his Irv Kanemoto-prepped Kawasaki triple to victory at the AMA
Regional Championship Stockton Mile. It was
the first win for a two-stroke in AMA Expert
class mile track competition.
30 Years Ago July 17, 1985
Randy Mamola was pictured on the cover to accompany our interview
with the GP contender… We traveled to Buchanan, Michigan, to cover the
RedBud National Motocross, where Ron Lechien, Rick Johnson and Broc
Glover came away with the wins in the 125, 250 and 500cc classes, respec-
tively… We also had coverage of the Dutch TT won by Randy Mamola…
Brian Myserscough won a thrilling battle with Jim Holley to win the CMC-
run Honolulu Supercross… Homeboy Ross
Pederson took top honors at the Toronto
Supercross.
10 Years Ago July 13, 2005
We traveled to Pennsylvania to ride KTM's new line of XC off-road bikes, as
well as race one in the Wisp GNCC… Ricky Carmichael had a battle on his
hands but he still came away with the win over Kevin Windham at the RedBud
National MX. Grant Langston won the 125cc class… Kenny Coolbeth won
the Lake Odessa Half Mile… We interviewed James Stewart and talked
about his first year on the National MX circuit in the 250cc class… We also
interview AMA Superbike racer Neil Hodgson.
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20 Years Ago July 12, 1995
We previewed the 1995 World Superbike Series, which included inter-
views with Colin Edwards II, Aaron Slight and Troy Corser… We reported
the death of dirt track Rodney Faris who passed away the day after
crashing at the Du Quoin Mile. He was 32 years old… Steve Lamson and
Jeremy McGrath were the big winners at the RedBud National Motocross
in Michigan… Mike Healey and Ty Davis were the stars at the Mammoth
Mountain Motocross… Stefan Everts shined
at home in Belgium at the Motocross Grand
Prix, where he won both motos.
LOOKING BACK
