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50 Years Ago September 14, 1967
Close racing action from the San Jose 7-Mile National Championship was
featured on the cover of Cycle News 50 years ago. George Roader (94) put the
move on Dan Haaby through the final turn to take the win after Haaby had led
from the start… Haaby, however, came away with a victory at the Ascot National;
it was his fifth win of the year… We had coverage of the Bonneville Speed
Week. The fastest bike under 55 cubic inches was a Suzuki that went 128 mph.
40 Years Ago September 7, 1977
Photos from the Indy Mile and the 500cc National Motocross from St. Pete,
Florida, were featured on the cover 40 years ago. Ted Boody and Jay
Springsteen split wins at the doubleheader, while Tommy Croft won the
motocross, but it was not enough to keep Marty Smith from wrapping up
the title… Jack Johnson, Jeff Jennings and David Taylor were the big
winners at the SCORE Off-Road World Championship at Riverside Raceway
in California… Sue Fish won the Women's National MX in California.
20 Years Ago September 3, 1997
Cycle News grabbed the top touring bikes in the world and took them for
a ride to find out which one was best. Jeff Emig and Ricky Carmichael
were also pictured on the cover for wrapping up the 250 and 125cc AMA
Motocross National titles at Binghamton, New York… Will Davis took the
win at the Hagerstown Half Mile… Tony Lang won the Top Fuel class at the
AMA/Prostar Drag Racing Series at Indianapolis Park… We wrote about our
experiences at the Rocky Mountain 300 trail ride.
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30 Years Ago September 9, 1987
Brian Myerscough (left) and Don Griewe were pictured on the cover 40 years
from the SCORE Off-Road Championship at Riverside Raceway. Myerscough
came away with the win… Kevin Schwantz won the AMA Superbike National
at Sears Point, but Wayne Rainey came away with the championship; John
Kocinski won the 250 GP… We previewed the Motocross des Nations which
was about to take place at Unadilla… Wayne Gardner won the Czech GP at
Brno… Mike Keen was the Black Coal AMA
National Hare Scrambles in Indiana.
LOOKING BACK
