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50 Years Ago September 21, 1967
Gary Conrad was pictured on the cover of Cycle News 50 years ago for
winning the California State Championship Hare & Hound, hosted by the
Shamrocks M.C. Evidently Conrad and his new 360cc Greeves got along just
fine… We had full coverage of the Ascot Eight-Mile National and Dan Haaby
took the big win. It was his first national win of his career and it made him the
only rider to ever win every major title offered at Ascot.
40 Years Ago September 14, 1977
A random photo of Sue Fish was pictured on the cover aboard our Suzuki
RM125 test bike… Mike Kidd won the Middletown Half Mile in New York,
and the Scott brothers, Hank and Gary, joined him on the podium… Jack
Johnson won the Silver City Scrambler-hosted Pioche Grand Prix in Nevada…
We covered the Rock Run Enduro, where Dick Burleson clinched his fourth
national title… We talked about the latest controversy in motocross on how
the AMA was considering doing away with the current three championships
(125cc, 250cc and 500cc) for a one-champion-
ship system.
20 Years Ago September 10, 1997
It was a busy weekend of racing and we featured a little bit of everything
on the cover 20 years ago… Miguel Duhamel led wire-to-wire at the AMA
Road Race National at Sears Point… Kevin Atherton won the Springfield
Mile… Jeff Emig and Kevin Windham shared wins at the Steel City Na-
tional MX… John Kocinski beat the odds at the FIM World Superbike round
at Assen… Team Italy won the ISDE in Lumezzane, Italy… Geoff Aaron
nabbed his fourth trials title… Mick Doohan won the Czech GP.
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30 Years Ago September 16, 1987
We got the chance to sample Yamaha's latest crop of YZ motocrossers and
the new 1988 YZ250 was pictured in action on the cover… Bubba Shobert
was also pictured on the cover for winning the Springfield Mile on the factory
Honda… Holland's Kees Van der Ven won the 500cc MXGP in Switzerland…
Randy Mamola and Eddie Lawson went 1-2 at the San Marino Road Race
GP… Kevin Hines outwitted Dave Bertram to
win the Pine Pen National Enduro in Missouri
by just one point.
LOOKING BACK
