Throwback Thursday: Mike LaRocco Wins 1992 Gatorback 125 National
Larry Lawrence | April 14, 2016
Cycle News Photo Collection/Donn Maeda
This week’s Throwback Thursday photo takes us back 24 years to Gainesville, Florida and Gatorback Cycle Park. That’s Mike LaRocco out front on the No. 7 factory Kawasaki KX125 en route to the moto 1 victory. Behind LaRocco is Barry Carsten (No. 34) on a factory Suzuki and Ron Tichenor (No. 23) on his Tuf Racing Suzuki. LaRocco went 1-2 to win the overall that day with Guy Cooper and Tichenor rounding out the podium finishers.
The Gatorback victory marked LaRocco’s fourth-career AMA 125cc national victory.
By the end of the summer Jeff Emig edged out LaRocco to win that year’s AMA 125cc National Motocross Championship.
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