Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

in circles. Sammy gets paid by th e minute, not the ho ur, He is only on track once a we ek for a grand total of about ten minute s!! The cy cl e he rid es is s e t up at the beginnin g of the season and left that way week a fte r we ek. Th ey may change a t ire once in 'awhile or do a val ve and rin g job, but not much more . Racin g at As cot every wee k does ha ve its advantages if you a re a winn er . How abo ut the rest of the rid ers ? It must get pretty discouraging week after wee k to ha ve di rt thro wn allover y ou an d take ho rne a frac tion of the pur s e, But th a t ' s racing. As cot still has more riders win main events than any ot her trac k going . T ann er receives , and ri ghtlj' so, most of the glory, money and li me li ght. But he does have a great group of riders that make up the s uppo rting c ast. The s emi -main la st week was th e prime e xample of this. "E ddie Wirth, Jim Nicholson and Chr is Draay er pu t on e ve ry bit as goo d a ra ce as has been run at As c ot in a lon g time. It was only the s emi an d all we re tailend Charlies in th e fi nal , but it was still racing that yo u seldom see anywhe re but a t the lo cal s pee d path . ... LONG BEACH INDOOR T he c urtain co mes down on t he final Long Beach Ind oor event a wee k from th is Saturday nig ht on April 30t h. I would rate th e last event earl)' in the month as the be s t to dat e of the four tha t ha ve bee n run . The ride rs ar e ge ttin g th e e xpe rienc e and know -how. The equipmen t is now mat ching the rid er ability . It is a completely different ty pe of racing than on the dir t tracks so there c an be no co mpar is ion , Trojan Enterprises has tak e n a giant s tep in bringing a new type of racing to th e area. The race a we ek from now will be the last until next winter . It is a show from start to finish on th e small bombs. Th ey are already planning for the new season th at will start in la te October or early November. Indoor racing should be come a winter month s e ve nt year in and year out . Dirt track racing and indoor ra c in g should not ove rlap, th ere is e noug h time and room for both in the ar ea. CARLSBAD A A ROAD RACING M Will s ta rt ne xt week writing a bout the co ming pro fe s s ion al road race at Carls ba d on May 15th. T he response has be en unbelievable for the fi rst mon ey roa d race in the s t ate since 1959. It will be ope n to a ll no vic e , ama teur and expert rider s . The s ports man por ti on that was orgi nally inclu ded has bee n eliminated for the May race to de vote full effort to the pro re s s i ona l' s . If the fir s t purs e event goes well ther e will be at le a st six a year from then on , with room also for the spor tsman ra cers without pro licen s e s. COOLIES COLUMN . H'I IlL' Coof'lj With the ap pro ach of May 22nd and the first FIM s anctione d rac e at Ri ve rs id e International Raceway , the U. S.' Na tional Open, we have hop e th a t a new era will begin for Grand P rix Motor cycle rac in g in Sou th ern California. This v.ill be a c er t ifi c ation race and will be o bs e rve d by Major Good e. secre ta ryGen er al of th e FIM. Major Goode will be brou ght by Riversid e Rac e way from Gen e va, Swit z erland in ord er to ce rtify the course so it will be e ligible for a world ' s poin t ra ce, hop efully in the latt er par t of 1966. Ri verside ri ght now ex pres se s inter est in holding two lar ge inte rn ational events per year on their rac e c ourse , Of Cours e , this all dep ends on th e su cc e ss of this fir st e ve nt . In format i on and e nt rie s may be obtained by contactin g th e ACA offic e at 145b W. Whitin g, Fulle rton. California. The deadlin e fo r ent rie s is s e t for May 16th. participate , so Mr. Gran t wa s ask ed e're -ver y happy to hear that the W e're sur e T Ony is to fill his spo t. W fin al team for Cy cl e W orld entry in very disappoin t ed . but forme r En gli shJun e at th e Is le of Man has bee n man Ron wi ll do an excelle nt j ob in selecte d . T he t e am will co nsist of repre s ent in g the United Sta tes at Buddy P arr iott , Don Ve s c o and Ro n thi s eve nt. Gran t, an d as an a lte rn at e , Gor don F or th e in format ion of an yone who J en ni n gs. Th e te am will be furnis hed is in t er e s ted in ente ring the Isle of with 250cc Yamahas a nd will particMan TT Classic. ent ries clos e May pate in the 250cc class . T his will be 22nd. If you would like to know more the fi rs t tim e that the Unit ed State s conce rn in g this e vent . you maY als o ha s eve r e nte re d a team at th e famous contact th e ACA offic e li s te d ab ove . Is le of Man eve nt, and we 'r e look in g T he ACA will hav e th e opporforward t o more team s participatin g tunity to pr omote an ot her Europ ean in th e futur e. We had previou sly Mot ocros s a t Irvin e on May 1. Mor e re por ted in this column that T ony Murphy would be a memb er of th e on thi s in next week' s column. te am, but T ony is still in th e Army and will not be rel eased in tim e to 13511III ,*,,,m·.. 2Tl& IIH*Lcalfna 918113 ZS9· 5039 C

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