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50 Years Ago January 27, 1966
Our big feature story 50 years ago was our race coverage of the European
Desert Scrambles held in the Mojave Desert, which was co-hosted by the
Spokebenders and Greyhound Motorcycle Clubs. One of the big winners was
Ron Nelson in the 500cc Expert division… The Sinners Elsinore TT Scrambles
got a lot of ink. Dusty Coppage was a big winner, and Don Ogilvie and
Malcolm Smith were among the front-runners… We also talked about Earl
Roeseler, Don Vesco and Jim Hunter and
their racing plans for 1966.
40 Years Ago January 27, 1976
We featured a preview of the upcoming Grand National Championship
Series, focusing on riders like Gary Scott, Kenny Roberts, Mert Lawwill,
Jay Springsteen, and the factory teams… We covered the opening
round of the W/ERA Series in Arizona… Larry Roeseler won a hare and
hound race in California that was hosted by the San Bernardino MC. Brent
Wallingsford was second… We compared two Honda CR125 Elsinores
modified by DG Performance and FMF.
20 Years Ago January 24, 1996
Supercross got underway at Anaheim, and Jeremy McGrath picked up
where he left off—winning—and was featured on the cover 20 years ago on
his 1-800-COLLECT factory Honda CR250R. Mickael Pichon won the
125cc class… Road racer Dale Quarterley announced his retirement after
a 13-year career as a professional racer… Italian Edi Orioli won the Dakar
Rally… We interviewed AMA Superbike road racer Pascal Picotte during
his transition from Ducati to Suzuki… Jeromy Buehl won the PJ1 Super
Arenacross round in Fort Worth, Texas.
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LOOKING BACK
30 Years Ago January 29, 1986
We covered what many considered the best supercross race ever, the back-
and-forth duel between factory Honda teammates David Bailey and Rick
Johnson at the Anaheim Supercross. Eventually, Bailey pulled away for the
win and ended up on the cover of Cycle News… Bob Hannah and JoJo
Keller kept tearing it up at the Florida Winter-AMA MX Series, this time at
Croom Raceway… We finished our two-part 125cc MX comparison test. The
winner? The Honda CR125R… We investigated
new technology by BMW—anti-lock brakes.
