Racer X Online - Motocross & Supercross NewsRacer X Online

  • Subscribe Now
  • Latest
  • Features
  • Breaking News

Racer X Online - Motocross & Supercross NewsRacer X Online

  • One Click Sign-In

    • Facebook
    • Twitter
    OR

    Sign in with your username and password

    • Sign In
  • Features
    • 10 Things
    • 30 Greatest AMA Motocrossers
    • 3 on 3
    • 250 Words
    • 450 Words
    • Between the Motos
    • Breakdown
    • Deals of the Week
    • GNCC Report
    • Great Battles
    • How to Watch
    • Injury Report
    • Insight
    • In the Mag, On the Web
    • Lockdown Diaries
    • Longform
    • MXGP Race Reports
    • My Favorite Loretta Lynn's Moto
    • Next
    • Observations
    • On This Day in Moto
    • Open Mic
    • Privateer Profile
    • Race Day Feed
    • Racerhead
    • Racer X Awards
    • Racer X Redux
    • Rapid Reaxtion
    • RX Exhaust
    • Saturday Night Live
    • Staging Area
    • The Conversation
    • The List
    • The Moment
    • Things We Learned at the Ranch
    • Unphiltered
    • Wake-Up Call
    • Where Are They Now
  • Multimedia
    • Podcasts
    • Photo Galleries
    • The Weege Show
    • Racer X Films
    • Video
    • SX Preview Shows
    • Factory Tech Tip
    • MX Preview Shows
    • Behind The Bars
    • Racer X Rapid News
  • Races
    • Series Schedules
    • TV Schedules
    • Results
    • Champions
    • Teams
    • 2021 Numbers
  • Results
    • Points Standings
    • Race Results
    • Riders
    • The Vault
    • Loretta Lynn's Vault
  • The Mag
    • Customer Care
    • Digital Magazine Bookstand
    • Current Issue
    • Subscribe
    • Newsletter
    • Free Stickers
    • Store Locator
    • Sell Racer X
  • Shop
  • About Us
  • Table of Contents
  • Subscribe Now
  • Latest
  • Features
  • Breaking News
Results Archive
GNCC
Wild Boar
Articles
Overall Results
  1. Ben Kelley
  2. Josh Strang
  3. Jordan Ashburn
Full Results
XC2 Pro Results
  1. Jonathan Girroir
  2. Craig Delong
  3. Michael Witkowski
Full Results
Supercross
Daytona
Articles
450SX Results
  1. Eli Tomac
  2. Cooper Webb
  3. Aaron Plessinger
Full Results
250SX West Results
  1. Cameron McAdoo
  2. Stilez Robertson
  3. Pierce Brown
Full Results
Live Now
Amateur
RCSX
Articles
Upcoming
GNCC
The General
Sat Mar 13
Articles
Upcoming
Supercross
Arlington 1
Sat Mar 13
Articles
Upcoming
Supercross
Arlington 2
Tue Mar 16
Articles
Upcoming
Supercross
Arlington 3
Sat Mar 20
Articles
Full Schedule
On This Day In Moto: October 28
Davey Coombs

Davey Coombs

On This Day in Moto October 28

October 28, 2018 6:30pm
by: Davey Coombs
  • Home
  • On This Day in Moto
  • On This Day In Moto: October 28

October 28

1984

In what will turn out to be the last major win in his AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame career, Texas legend Kent Howerton, the "Rhinestone Cowboy" himself, wins the ABC Television/Nissan Superbikers competition at Carlsbad Raceway aboard a big-bore Kawasaki. Howerton, 30 years old at the time and a multi-time AMA National, Trans-AMA, and Trans-USA Champion, topped a bunch of fellow motocross legends in the hybrid MX/road racing/flat track event (what we know as Supermoto today). Howerton was followed by Yamaha's Rick Johnson and Broc Glover, as well as Honda Support rider Danny "Magoo" Chandler. It was Howerton's second win in the event, the first coming back in 1979. 

Here's a feature on the works motorcycle than Howerton rode that day to win the Superbikers.

That same afternoon over at Indian Dunes, Yamaha's 15-year-old sensation Eddie Hicks was once again dominating the minicycle ranks at the last round of the 1984 CMC Trans-Cal Series, to no one's surprise. But what was surprising was the fact that Hicks and Yamaha factory support rider Jim "Hollywood" Holley, who won the 500 class, were riding on the 1985 YZ pre-production bikes, which for the first time were white, not the yellow color Yamaha's in America were made with since the early seventies. For the next decade Yamahas in America would be white, before changing again (this time to blue) in 1996. 

1973

The ageless German hero Adolf Weil wins the Trans-AMA at Orlando Sports Stadium aboard a Maico, followed by recently-crowned 250cc World Champion Hakan Andersson and Suzuki's Sylvain Geboers. The top American at the sandy track was sixth-place Brad Lackey aboard a Kawasaki. At this point no American had ever won a Trans-AMA race, but that was about to change one week later in Texas.

  • Where Are They Now: Jeff Stanton Where Are They Now: Jeff Stanton 9:00am
  • Wake-Up Call Wake-Up Call 6:00am
Read Now
April 2021 Issue Now Available
Get Racer X on your iPhone
Check out all the exclusive content this month on any device!
Read Now
The April 2021 Digital Issue Availalbe Now

Motocross & Supercross News - Racer X Online

122 Vista Del Rio Drive, Morgantown, WV 26508 | 304-284-0084 | Contact Us
©1999 - 2021 Filter Publications LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Terms of Use | Privacy Policy
designed at: Website DesignImpulse Studios