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40 Years Ago December 9, 1975
Desert racing was the big topic out West, and Larry Roeseler was pictured
on the cover for being the top desert racer of the year in the Lightweight
division… The Trans-AMA MX Series made its way to Saddleback Park in
California, where Tony DiStefano won again this time over Gary Semics and
Brad Lackey, prompting CN reporter Jody Weisel to write, "…Tony DiStefano
watermarked the decline of the European
motocross empire."… We covered the B-to-V
Hare & Hound Memorial Trail Ride.
30 Years Ago December 11, 1985
We took a spin on Steve Eklund's 560 ATK that he rode at the ABS-TV
Superbikers race at Carlsbad, and it was pictured on the cover in action 30
years ago… We reported another one of Dan Smith's victories in the Southern
California desert, this time at the iconic Barstow-to-Vegas Hare & Hound. It was
his second B-to-V win of his career… We showed you the hottest bikes of 1986
from Kawasaki, which included the 1200cc Voyager XII and EX250 Ninja…
We also covered Freddie Spencer's Honda
test at the San Jose Mile.
20 Years Ago December 6, 1995
Personal Watercraft National Champion Victor Sheldon was pictured on the
cover doing a little photo modeling for us on our 1996 Kawasaki KX250 test
bike, which was featured in the issue… Alan Cathcart gave us his take on
riding the European version of the Yamaha TRX850… We interviewed NASB
Champion Keith Pinkstaff… We were on hand to ride the L.A. B-to-V dual
sport event… We reported that Team Honda/1-800-Collect's Jeremy McGrath
had wrapped up the FIM World Supercross
Championship with another win in Tokyo.
LOOKING BACK
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10 Years Ago December 7, 2005
Johnny Campbell filled the front cover of Cycle News 10 years ago for
winning the SCORE Baja 1000, but he had help from co-riders Steve
Hengeveld and Mike Childress… Alan Cathcart rode Noriyuki Haga's
Yamaha YZF-R1 World Superbike and he told us all about it… Ivan
Cervantes won the sixth running of the Barcelona Indoor Enduro… We
covered Kurt Caselli's win at the final round of the WORCS Series in
Mesquite, Nevada… Jimmy Jarrett finished off his championship-winning
season with a win at the OMA round at Cooperland.
