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50 Years Ago February 2, 1967
We focused in on desert scrambles racing in our latest issue of Cycle News
50 years ago and local racer Lonnie Peterson was pictured on the cover…
One of our feature stories was our coverage of the Sonora Motorcycle Club
enduro; two weeks later, the results were still being tallied… Our Meet The
Racer this week was Doug Showler who was ranked National #41 in flat track…
Dana Point in California was a favorite place for SCTA trials riders to test their
skills, but we reported that the area was about to
be closed to motorcyclists for good.
40 Years Ago February 2, 1977
We reported that Superbowl of Motocross promoter Mike Goodwin had signed
a contract with the Coca-Cola Bottling Co. to sponsor the Mr. Pibb Superbowl of
Motocross… CN editor John Ulrich wrote about his first experience at the drag
strip… We tested Husqvarna's 360 Automatic off-roader… The 1977 Camel
Pro Series was about to fire up and we asked the question, who will win the
championship? We wouldn't go out on a limb and make a prediction but did say,
"…It will be dominated by a handful of names."
20 Years Ago January 29, 1997
All things sportbikes was the theme in issue #4 20 years ago. We tested the
Honda VTR1000, Triumph T595, Laverda 668 and Yamaha YZF600, and
we had an interview with Team Suzuki's Larry Pegram… Almost 50,000 fans
filled the L.A. Coliseum for round two of the AMA Supercross Series. Doug
Henry came away with the surprise win, his second on the Yamaha YZ400F
four-stroke, but the race might be remembered most for 125cc winner Brian
Deegan ghost riding his bike over a jump after taking the checkered flag.
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30 Years Ago February 4, 1987
Scott Head was pictured on the cover of Cycle News 30 years riding the
Beta TR34 trials bike, which we had tested… Following what was a career-
ending injury to David Bailey, the hot topic in motocross at the time was the
debate about banning double jumps… Erik Kehoe, Rick Ryan and Brian
Myserscough topped the CMC Golden State MX
Series round in Marysville, and Ronnie Tichenor,
Bob Hannah and Jo Jo Keller cleaned up at the
Florida Winter AM MX Series at Croom Raceway.
LOOKING BACK
