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50 Years Ago March 3, 1966
We covered the Four Aces M.C.'s Moose Run desert race, which was already
an annual event (which still runs to this day), and it was a battle among Dick
Vick, Bob Ferro and Eddie Mulder, who eventually slowed because of badly
blistered hands. Vick went on to win the race over Ferro… Indoor racing on
concrete in Long Beach was still the buzz and Eddie Mulder won again,
making front-page news… We printed a story about a minister, Rev. Robert E.
Sanders, in California who used two wheels as a
means of transportation.
40 Years Ago March 2, 1976
Somehow we managed to get our South Bay-modified CZ test bike on the
beach of Southern California for a quick pose… We ran a test of the Husqvarna
360 Automatic. Author Jim Gianatsis was impressed with the bike and said it
"is very definitely the dirt bike of the future."… Bob Hannah continued to wreak
havoc in Florida, winning the latest round of the Florida Winter-AMA Series at
Gatorback… We tagged along during a photo shoot for Peter Starr's latest film
The All American Race.
20 Years Ago February 28, 1996
Our preview of the 1996 Daytona Camel Motorcycle Week was featured
in Cycle News 20 years ago, which included our predictions for the AMA
Superbike National Championship. Who was our number-one pick? Miguel
DuHammel. We went out on a limb predicted that Scott Parker would win the
GNC Championship. We also featured interviews with Honda's Gary Mathers,
racers Joe Kopp, Steve Crevier, Dale Quarterly, and Mat Mladin… We also
sampled Kawasaki's newest Vulcans… Rich Oliver won the opening rounds of
the Sunoco Race Fuels Formula USA Series at Willow Springs.
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30 Years Ago March 5, 1986
We took a close-up look at the factory superbikes that will be competing in the
upcoming Daytona 200. Kevin Schwantz on the Yoshimura GSX-R750 was
pictured on the cover to accompany the story. Also on the cover was Larry
Roeseler who won the latest installment of the D-38 King of the Desert race
in San Diego county… Rick Johnson won the AMA Nippondenso Supercross
Series round in Atlanta… Earl Roloff captured his first Formula USA race at
Willow Springs, while Doug Toland clinched the
Kerker Superbike Championship.
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