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50 Years Ago February 22, 1967
We were pretty excited about drag racing in our latest issue of Cycle News 50
years ago. We featured drag racing on the cover and a pictorial from Stardust
International Raceway in Las Vegas, Nevada… The American Federation of
Motorcyclists began its racing season at Cotati Raceway, where Art Baumann
claimed the big wins… We ran a spy photo of Honda's newest creation—the
CL90 Scrambler… We also showed you a photo of the new Super-Steen Ace
90, aka SS Hodaka.
40 Years Ago February 23, 1977
Road racing, desert racing and motocross were featured on the cover of Cycle
News 40 years ago. Reg Pridmore was caught in action at Ontario Motor
Speedway, as well as Mike Purdy at the Parker 400 (won by Larry Roeseler
and Rolf Tibblin) and motocrossers from Carlsbad… California Recreational
Trials Committee heard comments from both motorcyclists and "motorcycle
haters" regarding proposals for three new OHV parks in California: Hungry
Valley (Gorman), Ritter Ranch (Palmdale) and Potrero (Beaumont)… Bruce
Ogilvie won the Moose Run Hare & Hound.
20 Years Ago February 19, 1997
Kenny Roberts took the cover off the three-cylinder Modenas KR3 grand prix
bike, which made our cover; the bike was a collaboration between Marlboro
Team Roberts and Modenas, a Malaysian manufacturer of 110cc street bikes.
The bike was built in Robert's facility in Banbury, England... Ty Davis was also
on the cover for topping the Adelanto Grand Prix… Alan Cathcart tested Mick
Doohan's Honda NSR500 GP bike… Mike Lafferty won the Loretta Lynn's
ISDE Qualifier… We made our 1997 AMA Superbike predictions: Our pick for
the title was Mat Mladin.
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30 Years Ago February 25, 1987
Rick Johnson was pictured on the cover for winning the San Diego
Supercross, putting an end to Jeff Ward's two-race win streak. Kyle Lewis won
the 125cc main for the first time and was, at that time, the youngest rider ever
to do so, but he had little time to celebrate. He learned after the race that his
father, Matthew, had suffered a heart attack during the race and later passed
away… We interview road racer Calvin Rayborn III… Sal Hoffman won the
Cow Palace TT in San Francisco.
LOOKING BACK
