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10 IMPERIAL BEACH APRIL 17, 1966 rr Boys Club Benefit Race sponsored by fbe OILERS M OTORCYCLE CLUB'" ..... ~'f' ~ " ..~ ' (T,.phies to be presented by Hoiiday H0 nda and Hodalc:a, 249 Broadway , Chula Vista) Limed from Highway 101 and I~eria l Beach Tnoff P rac tice at 10 a.m , Races bee l. 12:30 W ell-watered and gradld ce ll'SI! YO U'LL ALWAYS SEE IT FIRST IN CYCLE NEWS ANOTHER CALIF, W1N-.... HODAD 90 FIRST PLACE lOOee CLASS FRANK MORGAN .' LOS ANCIANOS DESERT BASH By B. G. Goodi ng From tbe smok e bomb, tbe cours e broke over a s andy ridge leadin g int o tb e picturesque Ocotillo Mudbill s and up a narrow canyo n allowing good us e of eacb machi ne ' s suspension. Harry Greenle e , T riumph , who ba d al ready sustained a fla t rear tire, broke into an ear ly lead follow ed cl osely by Greevesmounted Don McCarley and Bill Friant on a MoJi,sa . Th e trai l tben broke out of a sandwas b for a bit of cros s -c ount ry rambling into sandy twisting hills, and up to check t bree in the middl e of a deep, contorte d sandwasb . F rom tbere came more bills , then a narrow , handle bars craping wash which required s ome very tricky mane uve ring, par ticularly for th e long desert s l eds. Check four was reach ed, turn in g the r id ers back toward s the pits through a larg e was h and a flowe r covered vall ey , with McC arl ey now holdin g down the lead . At this point , Greenle e dropped out due to his fl at ti re and the battle for the lead wa s r e s u me d between McCarley and F riant, followed by Reed P rice on a Triumph. Veteran rid er Willy Tayl or; BSA and Zan e Pr ather. T ri umph'. By the end of lap two , Fr iant ha d taken over the le ad but with McCarley ri ght behi nd him. The lead switched back and forth until l ap thr ee , wben McCarl ey had the bead spot with the sam e four close behind . Th en he lost his two minut e le ad-jus t before che ck thre e on the last loop by runnin g out of gas , leaving Friant to take first ove r-al l. All ride rs seemed to hav e enjoy ed tbe cours e , and are lookin g forward to the next " Los Ancianos Sc eni c Des ert Cruise. " (Res ults on page 12) COOLIES AMERICAN CYCLE ASSOCIATION MOTO-CROSS SCRAMBLES HODAKABILITY IS THE WAY TO WIN AREA DISTRIBUTOR IN SOUTHERN CA LIF. BELOW KERN COUNTY LIN E H. A. NELSON (2 13) 243 - 1017 Glendale, Calif. SEE YOUR HODAKA DEALER Win With POWER RESEARCH Proven Performance Geo, Walker Walks Away with 2110 elass on Bullaeo By Power Research Cylind er P or tin g, Heads & P i pe s Power Research 269 Orange Ave. Goleta, Calif, (B05) 961-8919 MICKEY MOUSE from Dage 3 Los t, El mer? Try the Ve llow P aces . Easter joined in the fun. As a climax to the run , whic h covered some 110 miles from the starting point, a nice dinner was s erved , conststing of beans, franks , col e slaw and cold drin ks . Th e run was fun and well planned and the P ac ific Coasters are to be congratulated for a s ucc essful job on th eir firs t RRC Run . COLUMN t: II , r. I,,, Fo r th e first tim e , I kno w how a produc er must fe el whe n p uttin g o n a Broa d way sho w. So muc h ti me a nd e ffo rt by s o man y peopl e wa s pu t tnto last we ek' s A.C .A . Moto c ro s s to t ry to mak e It a s ucc e s s, th at It mad e all o f us fee l th a t mo to rcy cling ha d ta ke n o n a ne w mean in g. W wan t to than k th e ride rs who part i cipated . Man y e xce llen t comme n ts e from the spe ctators on ho w clean and s harp t he e qu i pme nt and rid ers wer e and how we ll pe ople in ge neral cond uc ted th em s el ves , will gre a t ly help in s ecur- n at Eastside W ith mos t of the California rac ing plants s hut down for Easter Sund ay, April 10, a la rge continge nt of our twowheel ed warri ors are headed to Tucs on' s Eastside Cycl e Park, where a pool table smoot h TT tra ck awaits , al ong wit h a hear ty welcome from Arizo na fans. Ca lifornia riders who have t ried the Eastsi de trac k dec lare it's just great. Herb Morri s, th e co- promoter, te lls us he' s bought t v time to adve rtise the eve nt , and every Californian will get a free "I TT' d in Tucson" t-shi rt , win or los e. Show ' em no mercy , men! INDOORS RETURNS THIS SAT. Music to the ear s of pro racin g fans will be the sounds of eager engines tbis Saturday night in the LODg Beach Arena as ove r 100 of Californi a's top ra cing money makers vie for their sh are of T rojan En terprises fat purse. Top-fli ght prize money has at tr acted an all-star cast of competitors and a full house of fans is expected. J udgin g from tbe way th e previous th ree indoo r shows were rece ived, the best seats s ho uld be sold out shortly aft er th e doors open a t S:30 . Tick e ts go on s ale at 10 a. m, R a e i n g begins at 8 p.rn, Can anyone beat Mulder on concre te? Be on han d to see. ing ad d itional rid in g spac e in the Orange .c. n.ty.a.r.e .•. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • o.uii . a At presen t, we are plann ing ano Uler • eve nt before the rire hazard se aso n becomes e ffec tive. Keep your ey e on thi s co lumn for more information concern ing thi s dat e . An inexhausti ble variety of co urs es ca n be set up in Irvine Cycl e P ar k, and we ha ve deci ded that each time the area is us ed, we will change the course By BOXY BaCKWOOD s lightly . HALF-MILE NOTES Along with our own flag cre ws , pi t TT TOPICS p er So n n e I , announcin g and s coring , Are the other guys at Ascot that slow On the TT side last Saturd ay . that people, we would lik e to thank th e riders • --or is Sammy T anner reall y that good?? had to be tb e wild est show e ve r run on from the San Ga briel M Cl ub who came lc " Old" Sammy played wi th them again in Vermont Ave . his favo rite yard an d took home all the out and helpe d us . W really app reciated e There were so many riders comin g off marbles . the help from these people. an d landing i n the lake tbat the score Of al l tbe people who rode Sunday , Th e half mile ope ne r was a good one sh eets will bav e to be revis ed . Ha aby , from s tart to finish. Tanner bas a fine the har d luck t rophy would have to be Romer o and Coppag e forgot to read the supporting cast this year to follow bim presented to Nbr. 622 , J obn Rice. He press cli ppings on Muld er . Van Leeuwen around in bis weekly trek to the payoff put OD an exciting di s pl ay of fearless and Hammer an d did Dot ride accordin g to window. riding. le ading in two of his events an d the usual script where they are supposed Th e amateur class was es pe cially being robbed of the checke red nag both to be also-rans . sharp looking in action. No hot sh ots this times by mechan ical p ro b I e m s , e ven Th ese th ree put On one of the best though he changed engi ne s . ye ar , just a bunch of guys who know and closest main e vents in many a ye ar . We would li ke to than k Torco Oil for how to rid e cycles and have a lot of denot month , at As cot. Let's bo pe the sir e to win rac es . Tbi s class hears donat in g a case of oil which was give n others tak e Dote and rid e the m all down watchin g as it could produce some real away to the winnin g participants. Our to the wire to kee p giv ing the fans their money ' s worth . top talent befor e t he season is ove r. appreciation also goes to STP for th e It was s omewbat disapp ointin g to s ee couple of cases (an d al l tho s e decals ) Like the halt milers, tbe TT ama teurs given to the riders . only abo ut 70 novic e riders show up for appear to be the bes t group of ye llow the ope ne r. Th i s is th e one night a "B" pl ates in many a moon. More than one ONWARD AND UPWARD winner can mak e more than enough for winner be re for sure but the hard ridin g April 17th the ACA road rac ers will j us t a tank of gas to get home on. bY Jim Berry will be a de cidin g factor return to Car ls bad Raceway. SOme of the Th er e wer e as many s e cond ye ar noin co ming e vents. Day tona winner s will be in ac tion. J ohn vices as the re were first ye ar riders . Th e new s hort co u r s e for novic e Buckner , participating in th e 2S0cc clas s Anoth er di sappointm en t was the lack of ride rs is ano th er improvement . I would and s howi ng his flne ridi n g abil ity which at least one of thos e hot- runnin g Yamahas ha te to thin k how lat e the s how would al though 0 n 1y an Amateur, won hi m tha t have been aro und the pa st three ha ve run had the new rid er s s till been second pl ace in the Amateur-Expert 100 ye ars . on the l ong tr ack us ed by the amateur mile champio ns hip at D a y to n a . Walt Sam Corona says he is re ady wit h rid e r and exp ert rid ers . W would s till be there. e Fulton ill finis hed firs t in the Novi c e an d time i f s omebody will only replace event at Daytona . He al s o won the Sportshis hot Yama tbat was stolen at Daytona. INDOOR SHORT TRACK TIME: man road rac e s ev eral day s before . He Gone ar e su ch former winning tun ers as Brymer an d Dowi s come forth this will be co mpeti ng at Carls had on his Skip Clark and Ber t Smith. Satu rday night for an oth er of tho s e crowd Day tona Suzuk i. Thi s will also be an Th e novi ce ride rs loo ked bet ter than pleasmg in doo r s hort track events at opportunity for the t op AMA Clags C usual for ope ning ni ght. Not nearly as Lon g Bea ch Arena. Th ey ha ve paid just riders to participate on the Carl s bad many mistakes as one would expec t. under $9, 000 in pri ze money in the th ree course befo re th eir profe ssional eve nt Only one rid er shut off and pulled in on previous events to set all kind s of records. the following month. the ye llow f1 a g, thinking it was the Eddi e Mulder has won all thre e main A reminder tor all of you who plan to cbeckered. Tim e march e s on. events to da te with J ac k Simmons dogging par tici pa te in the F'.I.M. s anctioned InterTanner won his 300th race, most of him all th e way . If Edd ie Hammond will national R 0 a d Rac e at Ri versi de on them at As cot since he moved her e in forgiv e and forget he may be the rid er to M 22nd. W urge you to get your F1M ay e ' S9. T he way he is running he will be ups et the troops this time around. li cense appli c at ions compl eted and turned around to be th e first to s cor e 400. Or After this Saturd ay, only one more in. You mus t have an F1M licens e in maybe eve n SOO. s ho rt track remalns until next win ter . order to enter this ev ent , so appli cations Dick Hammer has not made t he co mThis hay bal e ban g e r comes off on sho uld be turne d in as early as pos sibl e . pl et e cy cle of brand s . He s tarted on April 30t h. 120 rid ers sh owed up for th e Write to A.C.A . • 14 t b Whit in g St . , BSA back in ' S9 and returned las t we eklast indoo r ev ent. How many will be F ull erton, Calif. riding a BSA. He had third plac e wrapped the re now t hat the season bas really up until the engi ne quit. be gun? THE FINISH LINE