Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

14 DAYTONA Coa't, frlm page 3 On the li ne for the big one with less than th ree minutes to go, FuIton decided to change spark plugs. One of them was cross th readed and the machine would not start. The officials pushed him off th e track and th e flag dropped . Th e leaders wer e heading for the back s t re tc h when Wait got off th e line-in dead last position. Th e blue and white c lad rider rode s moot hly and fast to shoot thr ou gh th e pa ck and pass as many as 20 rid er s at a ti me to finally tak e th e lead on lap six. He twice gav e it away by missing .s hirts and taking th e famed bank s too high. Back he would co me and it was Fulton and Suzuki in for th e win with ove r 25 seconds to spare at th e finish ! J im Deehan was th e e arl y leader until his bik e s lo wed down . Ron Pier ce al s o was a front runn er with th e pa ck early in th e rac e. Fulton WQS th e only double winner du ring the e nti re speed week. ( Res ult s o n pact 12) HODAKABILITY IS THE WAY TO WIN JUST A FEW MORE OF OUR RECENT WINS JACK MORGAN HODAKA 90 FIRST PLACE TRAIL BIKE CLASS SANDBLASTERS HARE SCRAMB March 13, 1966 ROGER SMART HOD MODESTO ROUGH SCRAMBLES HODAKA !Occ First March 13, 1966 THE FINISH LINE By ROXY ROCKWOOD MAX BUBECK HOD the fi rst attempt fo r Suzuki at bi g time raci ng. .. Ha ppies t guy in Day ton a ? Walt Fu l ton Sr. , Walt J r. was a close second. . . Buddy Elmore' s dad , Mason, on the verge of tears In the winners circle. He and Buddy worked long and alone all week in a far corner of One of th e garages , no limelight prior to the race but plenty from now on ... Ni xon ra tes El more as one of the rive be s t on th e pa vemen t... That comes from a guy that Is in the same group in anybody 's book ... Hammer a gain proving for a few laps that he can best anybody and anything if the bike stays togethe r. . . John Buckne r, a n amateur in the AMA. rid inl: like a prov en e xpe rt all the way ... J ohn leaves road ra cing s oon to be come an airline pilot.. . Good sport award to Buddy Parriott, a rar e s pill gave him his first racing injury In 20 years, yes 20. . . Parriott's Norton twin left sitting in th e corne r at ra ce time with Bob Winters taking ove r his Yamaha and winning th e race•.. Mert Lawwlll on the fastest 250cc rig during th e practice days.. . Yamahas running slower than last year's jobs - until race day . .. Sam Corona's Yamaha rac e r s tole n out of the pits the day after th e 2:lOcc ra c e... Sam says It would have never happened ifhis ride r, Dickie Newell had not talked hi m into painting it UP real nice an d pre tty for the race . .• Both las t wet k' s Dayton a SUNLAND SHAMROCKS MARCH OF DIMES ENDURO FIRST ULT. LTWT. AREA DISTRIBUTOR IN SOUTHERN CA LIF. BELOW KERN COU NTY LIN E H. A . NELSON (213) 243-10 17 Glenda le, Calif . SEE YOU R HODAKA DEALER I I I I IS HERE! TRIUMPH OF BURBANK 1329 H . HOLLYWOOD WAY B48-7233 I I I ~E AD PDRTlNG, SP EED T UN I H~ L-.!:0R RAC ING - OUR SPEC IA LT".-.J Roya l Enfield Specililist N E 8- 4864 COMPLETE ROYAL ENFIELD PARTS SUPPLY 1955 TO 1965 SHELL MOTORS 33C6 Century Rd. Lynwood, CaIH. - SPRING TIME IS TRAIL TIME Own five acres of land in the heart of A ntelope Valley's trail r id ing area. Buy p roperty now. $17.50 Down & $17.50 per Mo. Larger parce ls as low as $125.00 per acre • CLYOE JENSEN, Realtor 2949 Sierra Highway Box 746, Rosamonel , Calif . ATIONAL MOTOR SUPPlY CO DISTR IBUTO FOR R Largest stock on West Coast Dealer Inquiries Invited QUALITY MOTORCYCLE ACCESSORIES ALSO IN STOCK Without a doubt this was the finest year for theAMA In Dayt ona . The races were far superior to anything presented In the past. The entire show has just about outgrown the six days that It now takes to run. Every race had a record crowd over lUI.Y othe r ye ar since the ra c es were moved to the s peedway. lt rai ned often early in the week and t hen did a co mplete rever s e with pe rfect rac in g weather prevailing when it really counted. Here are some of the notes of interest. Once again Leo nard Andre s had the fast est quallfing ' mach in e, Tt wou ld be rar e if he fai le d to grab off th e pol e position. .. Cal Rayborn and Mel Lach er are now orticially known as th e "San Die go Racing Team" . . . Mel bl ew one of his e ngines dur in g th e we ek but was running well ear ly i n t he race, . • 200 winne r Buddy Elmore rod e at As c ot th ree ye ars ago a fe w times as an amat eu r .•. . Goodyear tire Co. was In the pits selling s kins for $47 .00 per copy . . . They we re offe ri ng $200.00 to the 200 winn er If he had a Goody ear on - $100 .00 to the 250cc winne r. . . Yamaha , Suzuki and ' Bob Hansen's " T eam Hans en" the three racing team entries that really showed the rest of the brands wbat a racin g team should look like with matching cycles . leathers and pit crew uniforms. .. BSA-Western also goes on this li st for that e~tra e trort that will help make cyc le racin e: more professional .. . Hansen again coming UP with the fastest pit stop of the day on Sunday - with Ralph White in and out for gas in a shade ove r nine seconds. .. White also the rider with the best two -race performance with a third and a fourth . _. TIle two most nervous guys In DlIYtoaa all week? Leo Lake for Yamah a and F red Modey for Suzuki . _. Leo had pres s ure to re pe at last year's sweep, Moxley sweating ant YAMAHA OWNERS THE SECOND ANNUAL YAMAHA SAFETY A GO-GO IS COMING- CompetitlOll Riders Always Welcome Yamaha and Suzuki are re ady to enter thei r teams for tbe second time out at the AMA road rac e slated fo r Carlsbad in mid-May . . . They will then take the te ams to F t. Worth, Texas the following wee k for a first time pro rac e at the new Gree n Valley Race way . .. 200 MILE CHAMP TO CARLSBAD? Carl sbad track owne r Sa ndy Beland now co ntacting Buddy Elmore a bout coming out for the May race th at will run bot h t he 250 's and t he big bik es . . . Nov i ce rid e rs a t Day t ona looki ng and ridin g li ke ve te rans , Ron P ier c e . Jim Dee han and F ulton. . . Cal if. us ual ly very s hort on talent i n this cl ass, not t his ye ar... Th es e three co uld have run 12- 3 with a ll ttle lu ck . . . W ashington ' s Larry Sc hafe r ente ring an H-D fo r tb e 250cc rac e an d t hen switc hing to a Yamaha for the event.. . He finished hi gh bot we' ll bet that Cycle News Is th e only publi cation to catch the switch . .. The new BSA twins runnin g muc h fas te r t han th e olde r singles . .. With a llttle more effort they will be co ntende rs next year_. . Ted Wassell over from En gl and for the race . . . 1 gave him my official's cap and armband. . . Says he Is e:oing to wear them at the Isle of Man race in June . .. ON WITH THE POINTS RACE Credit Norm Lee's pi t crew with an extra effort. P et e Brown and Woodie Leone pumped over 129 mph out of the same engine that timed in last year at 114 mph. . . The little black cloud still following Ski p Van Leeuwen at Dayton a ... for more reasons than one.. . Carroll Reswebe r showed up right before race time from Texas . .. He's looking gre at and feellng the same but no more cycle racin g.. . Ed Kre tz Sr. and wife Ma ry down for the week and Ed running into many of the old time beach racer s . . . Bot h nights of short trac k racin g found the stands jammed to the hilt.. . Ove r 200 fans were turn ed away tbe second night. .. Ask Montesa man Kim Kimball how much tro uble It is to s hip cycles to Daytona.. . It would fill a bi g book.. . Webco boys , T om and Bob again hos ting a party to end all parties for al l th eir many frie nds . . . I wished I would have T~~pp eUL.T~CC GREEYES HONDA PHONE: 213 633.5178 157 10 Garfie ld Avenue, Parameunt, Califomia 90723 SAN FRANCISCO CYCLE SCENE By Darryl Skrabak (Conti nue d from last week) BUS INESS GROWTH The business sid e of motorcycling continues to grow in the San Francisco area just as it does elsewhere in California. But one setback will be suffered when the BSA distributorship heads south. Since BSA came to the United States it has been distributed to the West from Oakland. via the firm headed by Hap AIzi na. A similar operation headed by William J ohns on served Triu mph In P asad ena. Now both the Triumph and BSA finns ar e to s ha re headquarter s in Duarte . Both rinn s are unde r the co nt rol of the BSA manufacturi ne: group in Englan d. According to Pete Colman . who for years served Triumph at P as ad en a and was named to head BSA Motorcycles Western afte r Alzlna 's retirement, a compelling factor In the move south. Is sales in the all-Important Los Angeles market. Tri umph has consistently out s a I d BSA three-ta-one in LA. acco rding to Colman, and he feels Triumph's southern distribution prov ided the ed ge . MORE RIDERS - LESS GROUND ITHE 19661 I passed it UP fo r many t hrobbing reasons . . . Calif. rid er s and equi p ment again showing the res t how they s houl d look but the res t a re s tarti ng to catch up . . . Th e national poi nt ra ce Is now on with Geo . Roede r and White s itting in t he d rivers seat... w. s.mc. AI Makes 7.4 Los AllcJeIes St. Simi. Califonla 526-"55 With the continued growth of population around San Francisco , the attrition of off-the-road playgrounds has inc reased. Where ten years ago dirt rider s on an outing would mount up In front of their garages. now most embark in cars with their mac hines in tow, so much has the number of highway miles to thei r des tina tions risen. San Francisco itself once offe red hills for a n evening's rid e . McLaren Park, fo r Instance , provided many a rid er ' s first non-pavemen t v e n t u r e. Now McLar en, named for th e c re a to r of famed Golden Gate Park , has been " impro ved" into a golf course. Last year the o tr- th e- road sport su(fere d It s createst set bllCk. MlIriD Co...ty. an area or comparative wlde-open spaces which holds down th e northern ead o( the Golden Gat e Bridce. closed It s (ire road s to motorcycles . The county board of supe rvisors, whi ch pa s s ed th e anti- bike ordin ance , is admired by th e motorcycle co mmuni ty neithe r (or the ef fe ct of th e rul e or th e mann er In whi c h the rule was made la w. Acc ordl nc to MlIriD Co ...ty dealers. the supervisors di d not consul t them. clubs or other obviou s ly interested orc u l zation s prior to cousiderinc th e ordln..ce . And by the time motorcycllsls l earned what was afoot. it was too late to organize any etrective OPIlO ition. At the prese nt time the re ar e only two Iocattcns close to San Fran ci s co where the futu re of dirt riding for fun is reasonably assurred. One is In Oak land , where the county P ar k and Rec re ation Department has for years staked several acres of park land with a sign re ading " mot orcycles only. " The other location is in Richmond, where the Richmond Ramblers Motorcycle Club enjoys the use of bills surrounded by shipping and 011 faclllties. A few years ago the 0 a k I a nd playground was ad equat e, but these days it can get . mighty crow de d on a Sunday afte rnoon, both with moto rcycles and spectators . So me ride rs hope the area will be e nlarged. The futu re of di rt riding ror fun near met ropolitan areas may lie solely in such moto rcycle parks as those In Oakl and and Richmon d. Motorcyclisls with an eye towar ds co nserving th e sport would do well to work for th e establishme nt o f s imil ar parks in o ther areas whlle th er e is still time. and space . ATTN: fast Ibis . . . . Gilera Owllrs gil CIllIe in f. a FREE SP EED KIT estimate -Special kit s for scr_les, flattrack, HSerf. *1& LONG BEACH GlLERA -Suzuki too 2142 Lonc Ileacll Blyd. 591-U19

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