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40 Years Ago December 2, 1975
Tony DiStefano and Jimmy Ellis were the big winners in the ninth round of
the Trans-AMA series in Livermore, California with "Tony D" becoming the
youngest rider to ever to win two Trans-AMA events. Roger DeCoster suffered
a bad crash in the event, a 70 mph endo that ended with his Suzuki broken in
half. We did a profile of race promoter Mike Goodwin at his California home,
and he talked about growing the sport through
more stadium events. Bob Hannah rode his
Yamaha to victory in a CMC race at southern
California's Carlsbad Raceway.
30 Years Ago December 4, 1985
The revised 1986 Husqvarna 400 Enduro graced the cover of Cycle
News three decades ago. We also did a test of Honda's new lightweight
road racer, the RS250R. Ed Arnet topped a tough field at the CZ World
Championship at Perris Raceway, beating Gary Jones. Both riders rode with
long-travel full-floater rear suspension. We reported on Consumer Product
Safety Commission member Stuart Statler – who was leading the probe
into ATV safety – being accused by a con-
gressman of compromising the investigation.
10 Years Ago November 30, 2005
The high-revving 2006 Yamaha YZF-R6 was featured on the cover along
with David Knight who won the Las Vegas EnduroCross. We rode the all-
new R6 at the Losail Circuit, and reported from the Orleans Arena in Las
Vegas where David Knight, who was fresh off his win at the Last Man Stand-
ing in Texas, dominated the field. Andrew Short earned the crown at the
Bercy Supercross ahead of the fabulous Alessi brothers while Ryan Hughes
topped the Harvey Mushman 100 at the Lake Elsinore Grand Prix.
20 Years Ago November 29, 1995
Team Kawasaki's Baja-winning crew of Ty Davis, Ted Hunnicutt and Paul
Krause were featured on the cover 20 years ago. The green wrecking crew
had just won the Baja 1000 for the eighth year in a row. Johnny Campbell and
Jimmy Lewis teamed up to take second. Road racing icon Kevin Schwantz
won a NASCAR race in Australia in his NASCAR debut. Jeremy McGrath was
crowned the "King of Bercy" Supercross. We
took a look at new Yamaha motocross and
off-road bikes, and test rode the 1996 Honda
CBR900RR.
LOOKING BACK
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