Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

B PLEASANTON %-MILE 'Pla ORIA L • Photo s B)' Walt Maho ny Heat race action at Pleasanton before the dust cot REALLY bad. Main event was stopped at five laps; promoter promises beller track conditions for next halt-mile outlnc June 5. ASCOTTT TO R OMERO F irs t ye ar e x p e r t Gen e Romero, runner-up in last mo nth' s As c ot TISteeplec has e eve nt , co uld not be put off this time . After winning his hea t rac e, th e San Lui s Obispo rider pushed his Triumph from s ev enth place to ove rta ke ea rly leader Dic k Hammer on lap s ix of the IS-lap Main E ven t. Des pite all Hamme r could do, Romero was nev e r s eriously c hallenge d thereafter. Th e crowd , pleased by Gene' s so ar ing jumps and I'm -gonna-do-it det ermination , roar ed th ei r a pproval of his first TI win as an expe rt . F ollowin g Hammer in were J ack 0' Brie n, Jack Simmons , Bob Bail ey and C hris Draa ve r, Simmons had ea rlie r won the T rophy Dash. Amateu r honors went to J a c k Konl e, also a first-time Main Ev ent winne r, a nd Gene Ca nnady won the Novi ce 8-l a pper . Weird Accid ent The most unus ua l accident eve r witnes s ed in a TT at Ascot occurre d ea rly ith riders in the Expe rt semi-main. W tightly pack ed through the dogleg tum , Mer t La wwill unl oad ed. Alon g came Phil Canc illa wi th nowhere to go. He made a ramp of Mert' s machine, n ew hi gh and parted compa ny from his machine. While s oa ring , arnaout, in midair. Ca nc ill a was scoope d from dan ger by the rider dire ctly behind him- Travis PeUon.Phillanded, fa cing forward, on the tank and handlebars of P etton' s machine ! It loo ked like some kind of fantas ti c s pli t-second t ric k a ct , and both ride rs played it that way. As P ett on s lowed and pull ed off t he track with hi s unex pected c argo, Cancilla ga ve him a bi g hug a nd wa ved to th e crowd, as if it were a ll pre-arranged . T he crowd went wild , al most una ble to believe t hei r eye s . They had witnessed a one- in-a-mil lion phenomena , and both rid ers a re to be comme nde d for thei r e xce ptio nally cool reac tions i n an emerge ncy . Th ey each rec overed t hei r machines , remounted and fini shed the race. But P att on, ac cepting co ngratulations on his " trick act" a fte r the ra ce , was heard to re mark, "Good show but I missed the Main. " MISTY DAY AT PRADO By Red Ludford It was mis ti ng a littl e , and continu ed to do so for ab out two hours , but it sure made t he Gophers ' tra c k s tay in good co ndition. Only two accid ents occurre d all da y. Once , when th e sidec ars wer e running , two of the m ran off the track with one of the passenge rs fallin g out of th e s idecar, but he got up and rode again. T he ot her time , a solo bike ri der fell off i n a co rne r but although getti ng run ove r he was up ri ght away. Th e li ttle bike s ran with Da ve Ha m doin g a lot of winni ng. Anot her rid er who showed a lot of c lass was J eff Runya n, eve n if he did do a had " endo" on the start of t he thi rd mota . Harry Stankey also did well , s o did Dal e Smith, an d Lar ry Ha mmond won one of his mot es. There a re s ure gett ing to be a lot of 2S0cc Novice rid ers . J ohn ny Ca rbone took the win in t his rac e , wit h T im Eyc k coming in for 2nd . And so wen t the little ones . The sid e cars were fi rst in the bi g bikes and did a fi ne job. T her e were four of them this time . All the Amateur and Exper t races were mota c rosses , so everybody got to ride a lot . It was T. White ove r Jack Cood e in th e 21" Novice , and J ohn LoHot too k the ~OO Amateur by winning all th ree motos. The Ope n Amat eur was close . between W ood and Sprague , with bot h of them having good a nd bad luck . Anoth er cl ean sw eep took pla c e in the 500 Exper t ev ent by P . Brown. P. Da le and J. Sel s on were right in the re behind him. Bill Riley did it in the Expert Open with Wilburn second a nd "Fri endly J oe " Robe rts co ming thi rd. Novice time , and there wer e se ven novice eve nts i n all. Aft er t he heats a nd semis , it was Anth ony Simon in the 500 Novice Mota all th e way. T he Open Novice went to J . Cr ouch . The California Gopher s put on a very nice s c rambl es ; th ey had enough men to cove r eve rr spot and job. Remembe r, the re are thr ee more eve nts this month at Prado Park. fRe s ults on pa ge 16) SPORTS COMM, from page 1 LAP CHARTS Rider Number R Y Ca ro l Si ms '7 sammy Tan ne r Z7 Gu.y Lou Is 77 Chri s Draa)'er 2Zr Brncr Holl and n 2·41; Cbuck J OlI 10 S d l K~a 381: BlackJe Br1K'r ZZ [Ja a IlaA b y h~ 1 2 .. ' : 3 1 5 4 i-j 22 --/VI I .. I 18 9 10 11 : I -+ 17 = V , 241 - • 22r 8 I I 12 13 I * k=.. 3)71 --- 4) 18 l - - 5l22r l--- 61241 _ 1)10 I . / 1 . - 81 141 . I I/ """" 91381 I * 1012! - - j -- ; -_ I 38x:;:TV "" r> 10 _+ -ID -J ASCOT AMATEUR MAIN Rider NIIIIIber 1 2 3 4 5 1 8 9 10 31J: u er l f'.f'5bl c 12x Ron K ru!W'ma n 411: Ja dl. Kon JI" sponsibility to poli c e this ru ling, it is th e pr ofe s s i onal ri ders t he ms el ves . T hey have a ll be en not ified that t hey are not t o rid e s po rts ma n e ve nt s , a nd t o do 50 will ' cost t he m th eir profe s sional lic ens e. So me on e as ked , " Ho w abou t i ncl uding a s e parate c lass fo r the profe ssionals ? "Ea rl Fland ers sai d no , t hat would still be competin g in a spor ts ma n e ve nt , a nd t he re fo re not ai low ed . Boycon Tim e Bob Ha y es, a C o mmittee man , stood and complained vi gorously about the ru ling , tha t It wa s hurtin g Di stric t 37 more t ha n a ny oth er, wa s deny in g t he professional a c ha nce to practic e , and that proba bly ni ne ou t o f te n s po rts man E xpe rts and half th e Amate ur class would be effected. He felt that this whol e t hi ng is a pow er-play to pr omo te profe ss io na l ra c in g and th e mon e y It i nvo l ve s a n d su g gested a boy co t t o f all profes s ional t rac ks un t il t his .n a tte r Is c leared up. Hi s s ugge stions we re applaud ed , bu t J e a n Carte r said he wi s he d t hat Ha ye s had not s aid t hem , and while he sympathizes he c ould not condon e s uch stateme nts from a C ornmitteeman , a nd t he re fo re wou ld conside r them as Bob' s pers on al opinion s not refle cting o n his status a s C ommitt e e man . It wa s s uggest ed tha t a ll rid e rs write to t he A.M .A . at 5030 Hi gh St., C olumbu s, Ohio a nd pr ot e s t thi s e nfo rce me nt . Noisy Session Fland ers po in t ed o ut th a t t he A ,M,A , was ev en consid e r in g " droppin g th e s a nc ti o ni ng of sportsman e ve n ts he caus e th e y a re c os ti ng the Association too much mon e y. "The re is a $25 0, 000 law s ui t ri gh t now In th e c o urts o f this Di s tr i c t," s a i d E a r l, "whi ch yo u d idn't kno w a bo ut, di d yo u?" Remark s from t he fl oor, when yo u c o ul d he ar t he m inCl ude d , "Fi ne , let's all j 0 i n th e A. C .A " · and " We ll . wh y ha venv t we heard abo ut it? We a ll belo ng to th e Association so why all the my stery ? " Mr. F l a nde rs' reply to thi s wa s no t a udi ble du e to th e noise . I Date Change T he Duste rs we re allowed a change i n dates from May 15th to Aug us t 14th for their Europ ean scrambles , th i s being passed with a vote. A no ther vote was take n regard i ng t he clubs destg nat i ng and FInish 1)1 2121 ~:h: C_~ r Grt" H 19 h. Lan'Y Shipman 64 x Mike LH)by 20x M r lIarper ille 49r John Carte r 1911- Finish 11311 21121 3) 411 4155x 511911 61641 * 112Q J * 8) 491 so voti ng th a t t hey are e it he r scra mbl e s o r dese rt c l ubs. D i s cus sio n ha d p re c e d ed t he vo te , and t he o utcom e was t hat it re mai n t he wa y it al ways ha s . Mo s t c l ubs wil l s pli t a vo t e any way if t he y a re not s ure on a n iss ue . HALF-MILE from page 1 tu re the " B" final for t he fo urt h time in s ix wee ks . Hi s s ha d o w , Don Ro bert s , a gain ran sec o nd with fast i mpr ovin g L arry P ru e t t mo vin g up to tak e t hi rd fo r t he s e c ond straig ht wee k . On hand fo r the fi rst tim e was Daytona c ha mpi o n B udd y Elmore from EI Pas o, T exa s . B uddy c a me up wit h mechanical problems in hi s he at ra c e a nd was fo rced to d rop out . Elmo re , in tow n fo r t he Carlsbad roa d ra c es this Sun d a y , is ranked with C a l Rayborn as the prera c e favori te . ASCOT HALF-MILE RESULT S Friday, May 6, 1966 EXPE RT MAIN E VENT-15 Lap s 1. Sammy T an ner BSA Enf 2. Guy Louis H-D 3 . Chris Draa)'er H-D 4. Mert Lawwlll 5 . Bruce Holland Tri Vel 6. Chuc k Jone s BSA 7. Neil Keen BSA 8. Swede Savage 9. B1acki e Bruc e Enf BSA(DNF I 10. Dan Haaby No Time-Race Bla c k F lagged at 13 Laps Ti me: 4" 53 :07. AMATEUR MAIN EVE NT-IO Laps 1. Bert Ershi g BSA 2. Ron Krus eman BSA BSA 3. Jack Konl e BSA 4. Casper Gre if BSA 5. Larry Shipman BSA 6. Mike Libby BSA(DNF ) 7. Miller Harp er BSA(DNF) 8. John Ca rt er NO\l CE ~L:\IN E VENT-8 La ps I . Marty M cDona ld a II-D Yam 2. Don Roberts Yam 3. Larry Pruett 4. Phil Todd H-D 5. Chri s Hartm an Bul 6. Roy Spiker Enr 7. Ron Spillman Due 8. Jim Ashmo re II-D 9. Dav e Lewi s Bul(Dl"F ) 10. Ph il Brown Hul(Dl"F) n . Dan Reed Enf(D:"F ) T ime: 3:26.18 DNF: Did :"ot F inish Novice s look shorf roule. • ASCOT T.T. RESULT S Saturday, Ma)' 7, 1966 EXPERT MAIN EVENT-I5 Laps I . Gene Romero Tri 2. Dick Hammer T ri 3. Jack O'Brien BSA 4. J ac k Simmons Nor T ri 5 . Bob Bailey BSA 6. Dan Haaby 7. Chris Draa yer II-D BSA 8. Dallas Baker Tri 9. Dusty Coppage 10. Eddie Mulder Tri 11. Mike Konl e Tri 12. Chuc k Jones Tri(DNF) Time: 12:19.21 AMATE UR MAIN EVENT- I O Laps 1. Jack Konl e T ri Tri 2. Jim Berf)' 3. Ken Cla rk Tri 4. Rich Thorwaldson Tri 5 . Lonny Walter Tri 6. John Bradford Tri 7. Ron Kruseman T ri Tri 8. Dick Mills 9. Ken Helling Tri 10. Dick Mercier T ri BSA 11 . Les Lollar Tri 12. Wayne Kizziar Ti me: 8: 25. 26 l"O\l CE MAIN EVENT-8 Laps 1. Gene Can nady Bul 2. Dan Reed Enf Jaw 3 . Joe Bro" n Bul 4. Car l Patrick Bul 5. Boscoe Bum s Hon 6. Mike L ith icum Mon 7. Phil T odd H-D 8 . John lIeynemann 9. , Ioe Wright Bul 10 . Barf)' Hirs t Bul(DNF ) BuI(DNF ) I I. Ken Spa rkman BuI(DNF ) 12 . John Spra gue Time: 5:14.67 DNF: Did Not Fi nish • ,. • • • •

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