THE HALCYON ERA OF RUSSIAN MOTOCROSS

In 1974, 1977 and 1978, Gennady Moiseev won three 250cc World Championships with his teammate Vladimir Kavinov also placing in the top three, on three occasions. In 1978, over 200,000 Russian fans came out to watch Moiseev clinch the World Championship at a track called Jukki, near Leningrad. Capping an amazing year off, on Sunday, September, 3, 1978 at Gaildorf, West Germany, the Russian team of Moiseev, Kavinov, Valery Korneev and Vladimir Khudiakov stunned the world by winning the Motocross des Nations.