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CYCLE NEWS Thursday, Oclober 21. 1965 PAGE SEVEN • Waiting for the smoke bomb to start the Checker chase, riders line the horizon out of sight. CHECKERS HARE 6< HOUND Oct 10 . 1965 CLASS 1. G. Conrad 250E 2. W. Morales OE 3. P Bowers 250E 4 . B. Friant 250A 5. B. Thorwaldson 250E 6. R. Price OA 7. C. Hockie 250E MICE Gre Tri CZ Mon Bul Tri Bul 8. W. Axthelm 9. H. J ackson I O. Ron Nelson 11.B . Steffan 12 .S. Staats lJ .G. Preston 14 .G. Smith 15.J. Mart ino 16.B. McLaughlin 500E OE 500E OE 250N OE OA 500E OE CZ Tri Tri Tri Gre Tri Tri BSA Tri Ron Singer of No . Ho llywood d id n't sto p with the swe e p st ak e s tr ophy. He a lso ga thered up Indio Date Festiva l Queen, Sandy Slocum , a nd bu ssed her so undly. Only th en d id he proudly march away with his m agnificent a w a rd . Road Riders Tour Indio By Roberl O. Fee Over 200 road riding motorcyclists of Southern California straddled their machines Sat ., Oct. 9th, and rode to Indio for the 1st Annual Indio Tou r spo nsored by the Pacific Coaster s Motorcycle Club of San Diego and the Indio Chamber of Commerce. The weekend activities began with a parade through downtown Indio followed by a performance of precision drill maneuvers by the Ace of Clubs M.C. Best dressed competition was held in the Date Festival Stadium. A fried chicken dinner was served the riders in the fairgrounds cafeteria, after which the program of contests, dancing and awards began. Tents and sleeping bags ' dotted the green lawns of the Date F estival F airgrounds and the riders partied and slept under a full moon. 17 . L . 18.J. 19.J. 20.G. 21.0. 22.E . 23.0. 24.R . 25 .G. Peterson Cameret Byers Aguilar Romas Crowell Vick Morrison Sequin OA OE 500E OE OA 250E 500E 250N 500A Tri Tri Mat Tr i Tr i Bu l Tri Bul Mat 26.J.N. Roberts 27.J.Froelich 28.A. McKnight 29.J. Steen 30 .J . Edwards 31.C . Gates 32.B . Ewing 33.C. Brewster 34.G. Griffin Cle te Evans of Az usa, Ca lifo rn ia ra re s way back to d e a r the ba r and w in th e "lim bo" co ntest. Throughout the night m embers of the Pacific Coasters M.C. remained by the gates protecting the r iders and their property. After breakfast, field events followed at 9 a.m . to round out one of th e best pl anned and smoothest run rallies presented to Southland Road Riders. ASCOT HALF-MILE Continued main. Gene Rom ero was second to Nicholson, who will be seen no more on the Sims Matchless this season. Kruseman's novice win snapped Johnny Isaacs' win streak at ni ne straight mains. Isaacs, Kruseman and Alex Yerkes won the amateur heats. Kruseman came from behind on the fifth lap for his main event victory. Keen and Nicholson both led wireto-wire in their w in s. Keen beat Ray- (Continued on Page 8Y 250N 500E OA 500E ON 250N OE OE 250A Blackie Bruce "( # 3 Bl varooms corners with Ca l Rayborn . Hon ve ie . Tri Tri Nor Dot BSA Tri CZ