Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

THE FINISH LINE .3 By ROXY ROC KWOO D ' Weather fair, track fa st, point leader cold . This could also be titled, "How to get shot out of the saddle, Ascot style". Sam my Tanner went into the race with 11 str aigh t wi ns . He hadn't lost a race since Se pt. 3. He was paired with Blackie Bruce, a rider who b~ad not won a heat race in 24 tries this year. Bru ce won the race, fai r and square. Tanner got off to a poor start, but following-instead of leadingthe early laps is nothing new to Tanner. The two did not run fast enough to qualify for the trophy dash so Tanner's hopes of at lea st a tie for the all-time one-season victory record were completely gon e. Th e main event still r emained. Sam my was trying for five in a r ow . He finished fifth , mo ving out of sixth pla ce on the final lap. t Haaby A Winner Dan Haaby won th e final for t he fourth time this year . He stands second in points , and this was hi s best ride since openi n g n ight. Haaby and Tanner may be the t op two in the st andings but of late the rider you ha ve t o pass and then ho ld off t o win the m ain event is Guy L oui s. Guy again gave it another re al close go. He led ea r ly and t he n r efused to let Haaby run away . -Th is is th e way it has been the last fe w weeks, Amazin g? No. L ouis has yet to win a ma in event ! His consistent riding and la te season hi g h fin ishes are st art ing to payoff. With five ' weeks to go Guy could climb all the way ' to third in the fin al standings. Bruce is again blowing hot now t hat he has cli mbed aboard the machine formerly ridden by Elliott Schul tz. Blackie has been the Lion tame r fo r some time. Last year he stopped Schultz 's lon g win streak at the mid-season mark, then came back the final night of the season to top Schultz and Tanner fo r the state champion ship title. Blackie, 27, can ride them all. He rode a BSA at Springfield, a Harley at Sacr ament o, a BS A most of the w ay at Ascot and n ow he is moving u p on an Enfield-the fastest Enfield in captivity. Sam my and sponsor are having a t ough ti me gett in g parts and backi ng . Sammy says they are now using spare parts that were first used early in the season . We' would like to be the first to make the pred ict ion that Tanner and Axtell will tea m up with a new brand for '66. Th e name of the brand? Can't say it th is time but Sammy has never r idden under this ba n ner before on the dirt. Haaby says he is ready to pour it on the rest of the way. His in jured teammate Ralph White w as in the stands last F r iday champing at t he bit to get back in action . He'll be ba ck in two weeks. He won the last race of t he season three years ago. F ive races are left . It they run li ke the first five we could have five d ifferent wi nne rs . Th is coul d include first timers such as Bruce an d L ou is. Dick Hammer came back to Ascot last Saturday night and t ook his first ride in a Sp rint car. Dick is anxiou s to get a ride in the cars. Aggie was ba ck down in the trophy da sh circle to presen t t he troph y for the fir st time since h is accid ent. He also says t ha t the third annual victory banquet for the half-m ile and TT rid ers is sla ted Friday night, Nov- embe r 19 at th e G ar d en a Elk's L odge. It will again be open t o the public. If J ohnny Isaacs goe s the re st of th e way without a loss in the novice class he will break all "B" m arks both local and around the nation. I wonde r how old he REALLY is????? LOOKING UP OUR FUTURE BY LILE DAVIS _ l,.. CYCLE NEWS, (Moto rcycle Journal) will "all ow no emotion t o sway its im partial judgm ent ." It w ill be "cool, cri tica l and examining." It will have "impeccable taste," see things "clearly and pr ecisely ," and contain writin g that is "bril lia n ' , 1 pictorial and impressive." . At le ast that's w hat our horoscope says. Now wait a minute . We know w hat you're thinking . You figure there are en ou gh crackpots in this world withou t a newspaper published by believers in astrology. You' r e right. An d we don't believe in astrology. But we do derive am us ement from occa sionally glancing at the forecasts of t he a strolog er. We did th at last week, looking up an astrological an aly sis of the CYCLE NEWS, r eb orn out of the old Mot or cycle J ournal September 21, t he paper is, the refore , Vir go. And before you start laughing, you oug ht to glance at t hat analy sis, t oo. Though ob viously general and frequ ently irrelevant, the descriptions of the Virgo ch aract eri stics are sometimes quite concise an d pertin en t. For in stance, astrologer Evan geline Adams says a Virgo born in the Sept. 13-23 period "has a n atur al tende ncy toward some form of artistic expression that brings pu blic notice." And astro loge r Edward Wagn er says the Virgo "expresses himself succinctly in writing and has a natural ability for anythin g detailed or techni ca l, involvi ng to ols, preci sion in strum en ts or machi nes." Lest you thin k Virgos are perfect (some may be; we are no t ), take a ' look at th e negativ e tr aits of the Virgo. Th e Virgo is "inc lined to let little things overshad ow t he more im portant thing s." He usually "has an ax t o gr in d." His "outlook is a pt to be petty." We at newl y renamed CYCLE NEW S hope to avoid these pi tfalls. W e also hope we will not fall prey to t he ty pical Virgo habit of h aving our "aims in fluenced by so me so -ca lle d material, advantage," as Adams says. We are pleased that astrologers say the killer of most unsuccessful pu bIications-"mismanagemen t and selfindulgence" - are "generally av oided by the Virgo." We are ev en happier th e New Motorcycle J ournal is a Vir go newspaper , n ot a Virgo person. For the human Virgo is ugly. Ad ams says the Virgo is "generally hom el y," with eyes that are "cun ning but hardly ever sympathe ti c," a mo uth that is "small and thin, " a nd li ps that are "very gross;" Th e body is "often ungain ly with t he limbs ill se t." In leafing through this trivia of th e zodiac, perhaps the most stri ki ng and appropr iate comme nt we encountered was the stat ement "The Vir go is one of the signs tliat confers great len gt h of life - if the perils of early CYCLE NEWS - - PAGE ELEVEN infa ncy are avoided." With the help of Its growing staff a nd profession al contribu tors, readers. advertisers and distributors, CYCLE NEWS (for me rly Motorcycle J ourn al) ho pes - and ex pects - to avoid these perils. We are equally ex pectant of long life. FLAT TRACK T.T . JOSEPH BUEGElEl5EN CO BOX lOb 5 NORTHLAND CENTER S OU THF IELD • & ROAD RACE SEATS Best Made Anywhere GUARANTEED M I CH I GAN Also RACING FAIRINGS BROWN FAIRING CO. 13041 P alomar Way Santa Ana, Ca li f. 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