Competition Articles
There are some classic races that made household names of people like Kenny Roberts, Roger DeCoster, Ivan Mauger, Sammy Miller, Dick Burleson and others. The heat of competition was captured by the sports journalist in ways that today's politically-correct writers would never dare.
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Houston: Upset City (1974) |
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A Privateer won the TT and another one picked
off the Short Track, and neither was on A) a two-stroke or B) a Yamaha.
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I Raced Behind The Iron Curtain (1969) |
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An American Motocross Rider Tells What It is
Like To Compete In An East German International Meeting.
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Imola: The New World Champion (1983) |
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Freddie Spencer, A Man Apart, Serenely and
Sublimely Powerful.
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Inter-Am Motocross (1970) |
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From the Atlantic to the Pacific.
Higgins and Bailey fought with Kring, Aberg, Jonsson, and Hallman during the 13-round Inter-Am motocross series, but this year the Europeans were still clearly in the lead.
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A matter of small edges.
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A wheelie big show.
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Livermore Trans-AMA (1974) |
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Maico stacks the deck, but Suzuki holds the
high cards.
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Los Angeles Superbowl of Motocross (1979) |
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In Los Angeles the only thing older than smog
is the Coliseum.
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Luxembourg 500cc Grand Prix (1982) |
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Lackey’s decade of dedication pays off.
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Motocross & Trophee Des Nations (1981) |
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A week that shook the world.
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Motocross & Trophee Des Nations (1982) |
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America fielded a team lacking our new World
Champs, but that didn't bother Danny Chandler - he won all four motos and the
USA swept the series.
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Motocross des Nations (1963) |
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Britian’s Two-point Triumph in Moto-Cross des Nations.
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Nixon is Number One (1968) |
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Triumph’s top man keeps his AMA crown in the
wildest race of the season.
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Olle Pettersson Has Had His Problems (1969) |
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Pettersson is the first European to sign on
as factory Moto Cross rider with an Oriental manufacturer.
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Ontario: Snakebite Rampage on Turn Nine (1972) |
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After two heats and 250 miles, only Dick Mann
had gotten what he came for.
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Old Adolf just keeps motoring.
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Pocono Road Race National (1977) |
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Ken Roberts only finished third in his heat
race. Was he, as one of his competitors said, "just playing around?" Evidently.
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Puyallup Trans-AMA (1974) |
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Pierre turns the tables on lady luck.
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Roberts Does The Hat Trick (1980) |
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He's still King, but not by as much.
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