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40 Years Ago September 30, 1975
Jay Springsteen and Gary Scott were pictured on the cover 40 years ago
from the San Jose Mile. Rex Beauchamp, however, won the race, but Scott
came away with the 1975 GNC number-one plate… More than 2500 riders
packed the Southern California desert for the Hook and Ladder Enduro, an
event organized by firemen to benefit a local hospital burn ward… We tested
the latest Swedish-born 125 CR motocrosser from Husqvarna and said it was
one of the best handling bikes in the world.
10 Years Ago September 28, 2005
Lori Capirossi made the cover for winning the Japan MotoGP in Motegi. It
was Ducati's first MotoGP win of the year… We reported on the passing of
KTM North America President Rod Bush… The Grand Prix of Ireland was
won by Stefan Everts, but Mike and Jeff Alessi were impressive in the MX2
division… We tested Kawasaki's first "purebred" KX250F four-stroke… Kurt
Caselli grabbed another win in the WORCS Series, this time at Utah's Bull
Hollow MX; Nathan Woods was second.
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LOOKING BACK
30 Years Ago October 2, 1985
The all-new three-cylinder K75 BMW was shown in all its glory on the cover
30 years ago… Speaking of BMW, we also had a feature story called, "Why
BMW Builds Motorcycles"… We covered the Ascot Half Mile that Honda's
Ronnie Jones won over Bubba Shobert and Ted Boody; Winkie Freitas,
also on a Honda, won the Junior National… The CMC Trans-Cal MX Series
played out on the hills of Laguna Seca, where Robert Naughton, Johnny
O'Mara and Micky Dymond stole the show… We rode all of the 1986
Yamaha YZ motocrossers for the first time.
20 Years Ago September 27, 1995
The Motocross des Nations in Slovakia was one of our main feature stories
20 years ago. Team Belgium took the win, but it was close. Marnicq
Bervoets, Joel Smets and Stefan Everts edged out Team USA's Steve
Lamson, Jeff Emig and Ryan Hughes by one point… We covered
the inaugural running of the Rossberg Half Mile in Ohio, won by Scott
Parker… Luca Cadalora won the Brazilian Grand Prix, but Max Biaggi
won the championship… We tested the
new BMW R110RT.
