Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

THE IIEW MOTORCYCLE .J01JRJll'AL - Thun.. Sept. 23. 1965 - PAGE SEVEN the n ati onal final. Mel L a cher dropped a ch a in coming of f the sta r ti n g l in e while Tanner and Elliott Schultz went out w ith mechani cal problems. S urprise ent ry a nd finalist w as TT rid er S kip Van Leeuwen who was trying oval racing for the first time. H e finished in a surprising 12th p lace. Pre-race activit ies includ ed a spectacular rear wheel riding demonst ration by Jerry Hawkins who wheeled his Triumph the full length of t he front straightaway. The only track r ec ord t o be b roken came in the 10-mile amateur final when C huck Palmgren sped to v ic tory aboard the sa me machine that Nixon won the expert r ace on in '64. It w as no contest from start t o finish. Second place Jim Nicholson slipped off the groo ve, losing t im e. P almgren received a further assist w he n pre-race fa vorite Chris Draayer fell off in his he a t race. He remou n ted b ut d id not finish high enou gh to t r ansfer. Dr a ay er edged P al m gren last mon th in S pr in gfield . ABC TV's "Wide World of Sports" taped the races for future release . The Sacramento event was the final national of the year. T h e only major racin g a ctivi ty r e m a in in g is t he w eekly Friday night half m il e races at Ascot Park. POINT STANDINGS cont. IO-Larry Schafer (H -D ) 200 Washington, D.C. II-Buddy Elmore (Tn. Yam) . . .. 181 El Paso, TeL 12---Ca1 Rayborn (H -D) 179 San Diego. Calif. 13---Roger Rei man (H-D) 151 Kewanee ill 14---Anson H oll ey (H-D) 145 Baton Rouge. La. IS-Dick Hammer (Tri) 142 Lakewood. Calif. 16-Ronnie RaIl (H -D, BSA) .. .. 136 Mansfield, Ohio 17-Eddie Mulder (Tri) • .... . . .. 115 Burbank. Calif. 17-Dan Twigg (Tri. BSA) 109 Hagerstown, Md . 19-Garry Hall (H -D) 104 Columb us, Ohio 20-Bill Haast' (H-D) :. . 97 Mia m i, Fla. 21~id Payne (Tri) .. .•. .. .... . . 88 Bakersfield. Calif. Sacramento continued 1965 2O-Mi1e Natiollal Results: r....: 13:21:32 I. awrr LAWW1I.L •• •• • • •• • • • • • • • • • • 2. t;,IIX NIXON • • ••• • •• • • • • • • • • •• •• 1 llJCI( _ .t. GEOM>E IlOBlBl 5. loUT MAIICB. 6. DAN HAABY 7. CAL RAYIIOIH L llJCI( HAMMBl 9. fIIB) NIX 10. GAl« HAll ~ Ttl ISA ~ H-D ISA H-D Ttl II. TOM C1AIII: ch roars past in practice. No . 27 Red McKeen . No . 16 Dick Ha mmer. No.9 Gary Nixo n. H-D H-D H-D 12. SlCIP V_ LHUWfN •• ••• •• ••• • • • •• 11 DJCJ: HAlIDEMlYBt I .t. EIlOIE /IIIIIl.IlB! 15. SAM SA1TBIUT 16. ~ TI8BEN 17. RUSS IQA_AN lL EllIOTT SCHULTZ 19. SAMMY TNtNOt :llI. MB. lACHOt Ttl Ttl Ttl H-D H-D Ttl ENF ISA H-O lo.Mile A-teur Final: Ti_ 6-.51:12 (N- Track Record) I . 0l1JO: PAI.MGIIEN 2. JIM NIOlOtSON 1 JBIl!'{ SEGUIN .t. lAJIr( J!()SI; 5. PAUl. CONSBtRIE 6. SONNY NUTTOt • •• • • • • •• •• • •• • •• • 7. aN HRLlNG L IUTOl 1ANIlGRIITH 9. Ga

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