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50 Years Ago March 8, 1968
Scrambles racing from Perris Raceway was featured on the cover of Cycle
News 50 years ago. Fred Edwards was pictured on his Yamaha 250 while
winning the 250cc Expert class… The Tacoma Ducks Motorcycle Club
hosted a wet and muddy motocross event and we were on hand to witness the
fun… We also covered the Cal Poly Penguins' Hi Mountain Enduro near
San Luis Obispo. Again, mud was the word of the day. But, in the California
desert, dust was blowing at the Four Aces M.C. 18th Annual Moose Run.
40 Years Ago
March 8, 1978
We had a little bit of everything—
motocross, desert racing, trials and
personalities on the cover of Cycle News
40 years ago. We covered the final round
of the Florida Winter-AMA MX Series
from St. Petersburg; Mark Barnett, John Calathes and Don Kudalski
came away with the titles… Roger DeCoster talked about his crash that
nearly took his life. "It was a stupid crash," he said. "I hit a tree and I could
feel something explode inside me." We interviewed Florida MX promoter Bill
West and chatted about his differences with the AMA.
20 Years Ago March 4, 1998
A happy Jeremy McGrath was pictured on the cover of Cycle News 20
years ago for winning the Atlanta Supercross; Ricky Carmichael also got
cover time for winning the 125cc class… We compared our favorite 250cc
motocrosser—the Kawasaki KX250 two-stroke—to the new Yamaha
YZ400F four-stroke… We featured an interview with Castrol Honda's Aaron
Slight, as he and his teammate Colin Edwards prepare for the upcoming
World Superbike Championship… MXer Jim Gibson and Hall of Famer Jim
Davis were highlighted in our Time Remembered stories.
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30 Years Ago March 2, 1988
The second round of the MTEG Coors Super Crown of Stadium Motocross
Series visited San Diego's Jack Murphy Stadium, where Rick Johnson
outdueled Jeff Ward for the win; Jeff Matiasevich won the 125cc class…
Teammates Kevin Rentzell and Jeff Heino of Dutchman Racing won the
AMA/CCS EBC Brakes Endurance Challenge at Firebird Raceway; Kyle
Gunn was the AMA/CCS Sprints
winner… Team Husqvarna's Don
Griewe won the Moose Run National
Hare & Hound… Brian Manley won the
San Diego Ultracross.
LOOKING BACK
