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
Supercross
Orlando 1
Articles
450SX Results
  1. Cooper Webb
  2. Ken Roczen
  3. Zach Osborne
Full Results
250SX East Results
  1. Jett Lawrence
  2. Colt Nichols
  3. Christian Craig
Full Results
GNCC
Big Buck
Articles
Overall Results
  1. Grant Baylor
  2. Thad Duvall
  3. Josh Strang
Full Results
XC2 Pro Results
  1. Michael Witkowski
  2. Craig Delong
  3. Lyndon Snodgrass
Full Results
Supercross
Orlando 2
Articles
450SX Results
  1. Cooper Webb
  2. Marvin Musquin
  3. Justin Barcia
Full Results
250SX West Results
  1. Justin Cooper
  2. Cameron McAdoo
  3. Garrett Marchbanks
Full Results
Upcoming
GNCC
Wild Boar
Sat Mar 6
Articles
Upcoming
Supercross
Daytona
Sat Mar 6
Articles
Upcoming
Amateur
RCSX
Sun Mar 7
Articles
Upcoming
GNCC
The General
Sat Mar 13
Articles
Upcoming
Supercross
Arlington 1
Sat Mar 13
Articles
Full Schedule
On This Day In Moto: November 26
Davey Coombs

Davey Coombs

On This Day in Moto November 26

November 26, 2018 5:00pm
by: Davey Coombs
  • Home
  • On This Day in Moto
  • On This Day In Moto: November 26

November 26

1972

At Livermore in Northern California, Swedish Maico rider Ake Jonsson kept his winning streak going yet again in the Trans-AMA Series. Jonsson would close out the series with nine straight wins as well as the title. By this point the competition had partially given up, including Finnish Husqvarna rider Heikki Mikkola, who had beaten Jonsson in a moto the week before at Puyallup, Washington, on a borrowed bike—his van and all of his gear and both of his bikes had been stolen one night before the race. By the time of Livermore, Mikkola was back home in Finland. Suzuki's Roger DeCoster finished second and the top American was fourth overall Brad Lackey on a prototype Kawasaki. 

Here is a cool Cycle News cover of Ake Jonsson, who had already clinched the Trans-AMA title by now.

Here is an ad that appeared in Cycle News for Malcolm Smith's signature company.

1977

The Phantom Duck of the Desert, a riding activist in disguise, once again thumbed his nose at authority by helping organize a third annual Barstow-to-Vegas trail ride that emulated the once-great race that had been lost to land closures. In 1974 the Bureau of Land Management decided to stop the huge Hare and Hound race known as Barstow-to-Vegas. After much protest from motorcyclists and other land-use advocates, the BLM went ahead and gave the race a permit, with some restrictions of where the race could run and how wide the course could be. An estimated 3,000 motorcycles and 10,000 fans turned out to watch. But then after the race the environmentalists and land-use opponents showed to measure the damage to the course when 3,000 riders were funneled into the same trails, and it was apparent that the BLM's attempt to control the race had actually failed. So in 1975 they just flat canceled it all together.

The Barstow-to-Vegas desert race from a 1972 photo.
The Barstow-to-Vegas desert race from a 1972 photo.

That's when a "phantom duck of the desert" showed up and organized a 100-rider protest parade of dirt bikes. It went on in '76 and '77, and grew. And then the race was reinstated in 1982, with more restrictions, though the identity of the Phantom Duck, now an off-road and land-use hero, was reveled in a court case. His ride was canceled, but the fight went on until the race was soon allowed again, at least for a few more years.

If you want to read more about the Phantom Duck of the Desert, forty years later, here's another article we found that you might enjoy.

2015

The 44th Annual Thor Winter Olympics wrapped up with the likes of Austin Forkner (250 A, 450 Pro Sport), Jalek Swoll (Supermini 2 13-16), and DJ MacFarlane (250 Pro Sport), among others, capturing championships.

  • Austin Forkner
    Austin Forkner Rob Koy
  • Jett Reynolds
    Jett Reynolds Rob Koy

Here's a cool video from the motocross industry's best-ever bowler, Matt Wozney of MXPTV:

  • Fly Racing Racer X Podcast: Soundcheck with Beau Bamburg Fly Racing Racer X Podcast: Soundcheck with Beau Bamburg 2:20pm
  • Between the Motos: Mitchell Oldenburg Between the Motos: Mitchell Oldenburg 9:40am
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