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50 Years Ago October 19, 1967
Sidecar racing returned to Ascot and the Ascot TT, and we pictured the duo
of Jim LeBlanc (pilot) and John Burns (passenger) in action on their Bultaco
sidehack during an exhibition race. Skip Van Leeuwen was the big two-wheel
winner that night… We had coverage of the Checkers M.C. Hare & Hound and
Gary Conrad rode his 360 Greeves to victory in the 90-mile race… We also
had coverage of the Cactus Derby Enduro where the winner gets his name
engraved on a metal miner's cap with a cactus
mounted on top.
40 Years Ago October 12, 1977
It was another busy weekend of motorcycle racing and we covered them all,
like the second round of the Trans-AMA MX Series at Lake Sugar Tree in Axton,
Virginia, where Marty Smith came away with the win over Bob Hannah and
Roger DeCoster… Kenny Roberts won his fifth national road race of the year
at Riverside International Raceway… Mike Hannon and his Yamaha IT400
clinched the California State Championship Enduro at Lucerne Valley… We
told you what it was like to ride Marty Smith's works Honda RC 400 Type IIB
motocrosser.
20 Years Ago October 8, 1997
Our annual off-road special issue hit the stands 20 years ago and featured on
the cover was our test of the Husaberg FE400… We had an interview with
soon-to-be multi-time AMA Hare & Hound National Champion Destry Abbott…
Tadayuki Okada captured his first career 500cc Grand Prix win in Indonesia…
Scott Parker won his 12th Sacramento Mile… Eric Wood won the Bridgestone
Grand Championship at New Hampshire International Speedway… We showed
you some of the cool bikes from the Milan Motorcycle Show.
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30 Years Ago October 14, 1987
Our cover story 30 years ago was our coverage of the ISDE from Poland, where
East Germany went home with the victory. The USA team, made up of Mark
Hyde, Larry Roeseler, Dave Bertram, Kevin Hines, Drew Smith and Jeff
Fredette, finished seventh despite getting caught swapping riders when Hyde
got hurt the first day; his replacement rider also got hurt later on and the cat
was out of the bag… Scott Parker out-dueled
Bubba Shobert at the Sacramento Mile…
Brad Oxley wrapped up the National Speedway
Championship in Costa Mesa, California.
LOOKING BACK
