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40 Years Ago October 14, 1975
The final round of the AMA Camel Pro Series played out at Ontario Motor
Speedway in California where Kenny Roberts took the win but couldn't retain
the number-one plate, which went to Gary Scott. Steve Baker won the Inter-
national Lightweight race… Jimmy Weinert took the overall win in the second
round of the Trans-AMA MX Series at Mid-Ohio. Jim Pomeroy was second,
followed by Roger DeCoster and Gerrit
Wolsink… Bob Balentine was the big win-
ner at the two-day California City Grand Prix.
30 Years Ago October 16, 1985
Honda introduced its new line of 1986 motorcycles and the hot bike was
the all-new VFR 750 which was featured on the cover… We covered the 2
nd
Annual Iron Butt Rally. George Egloff was one of the four team riders that
took the win aboard a Suzuki GS1150… Ty Davis made headlines for being
the top motocross rider during the amateur portion of the CMC Trans-Cal MX
Series at Laguna Seca… We interviewed speedway racer Alan Christian-
son… Thierry Michaud wrapped up the World Trials Championship.
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20 Years Ago October 11, 1995
Rodney Smith was featured on the cover of Cycle News 20 years ago for
being the top American class finisher at the ISDE in Australia… Geoff Aaron
also got a piece of the cover for his performance at the Trials des Nations…
Chris Carr racked up another win at the Sacramento Mile, it was his eighth
at the venue… We interviewed Nevada Rally winner Johnny Campbell…
And we also had an interview with road racer
Anthony Gobert… We tested the 1996
Yamaha Gold Star cruiser.
LOOKING BACK
10 Years Ago October 12, 2005
First Rides were the watchwords for issue 40 10 years ago. We featured
First Ride stories on the new Kawasaki KX450F and Yamaha YZ250F…
Troy Corser wrapped up the World Superbike title, finding his spot on the
cover, as did Jurgen Kunzel for winning the Red Bull Supermoto A-Go-Go
in Reno… Chris Carr was at it again in DuQuoin after winning another Mile…
We featured an interview with Jeff Fredette after he competed in his 25
th
ISDE, this time in Slovakia.
