Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

• • .. • • • THE FiNiSH LINE II you n ave ne ver attended a ro ad race. you mi gh t t a ke a l oo k at t he t r ac k and t he tale nt t hat Car l sb ad Rac ewa y has-in store for t his Sunday afte rnoon , May 15t h . Pr evi ous road races i n Callforni a various national AMA road rac es hav e have had rid ers on converted street been st udie d and the good thin gs f rom bi kes and di rt tracke rs wi th brak es each i ncorporated into t he Car l sbad added. With road racing beco mi ng much event to in sure good 'clos e fast racing more popular the past few ye ars , t he - the type the fans come to see. equipment and the abillty has become Faclory Riders top grade i n every way. Yamaha will hav e the four riders that Previous road races in these par ts took the top places at Daytona. Suzuk i were al so strictly Cali forn ia riders, brings in Dick Hammer who cleaned up which gave t he lan s no idea 01 how at a recent non-AMA rac e at Carlsbad good. or bad, the locals really were on in both the bi g and small bike finals. the pavement. Road racin g also lost Harley sends Cal Rayb orn , who won ground to the dirt tracks because they both the bi g and small final s at the last were so long that the lans could only AMA sportsman rac e. Mer~ Lawwill, the see th e riders for a split second and only rider to challenge th e Yamahas at then they were out of sight . Day tona . will ride lor the first t ime on All of th ese things were tak en i nt o his Sprin t . consi derat ion by the Carl sbad peopl e H-D . Triumph , BSA and Mat chless when t hey butlt t he track and then apwlll all be gunnin g for the bi g bike wi n. plied fo r some AMA road racing. Th ey Budd y Elmor e has hi s Daytona-winni ng al so held a coupl e of sportsm en races T riumph here, t he one t hat shattered all earlier t hi s ye ar to te st t he tr ack and previous rec ords on the famed speedway l et th e ri ders bec ome acquaInt ed with and topped th e finest and fastest race rs the course. i n America last March. T he l as t AMA road rac e down t here How good are E l more and new 250cc produced tw o back-to-hack main events champ B obby Wi nt ers? Th ey were th e that found the win bei ng decided right best at Daytona against all the Califorat th e fi nish llne i n bot h th e 250cc final nians. Now we will see what t hey can and the big bi ke featur e. do on a short course i n th e Kamikaze T he one t hi ng that makes any rac e a pilots ' backyard . succ ess is to have a l ot of talent and T he short courses are not new to many fast cyc l es. Carl sb ad has both ei t her ri der . B ot h l earned how to road this Sunday and i t can' t miss i n th e race i n t he T exas area on similar typ e good raci ng department . courses where the man has to be able to All the stars that made up th e most ride and not just hold on and l et th e successful Daytona show ever last thr ottle do th e res t. March are in town and will be ractng With so much talent on hand t his is this Sunday. The speeds will reach beone time we are not going out on a limb tween 120 and 130 mph down the front and t ry t o predi ct a wi nner i n any cl ass . cbute on the fast one-and-a-baH-mile Young Walt Fulton in t he novice class , course. Fast riders actually get airth e two-time winner at Day t ona, i s t he borne down the back :stretch due to a only pre- rac e bet to keep ri ght on goi ng series of small hills. Carl sbad boasts si nce he left F l orid a. Mel Di nesen in both high and l ow speed turns to make Bak ers fi eld may have ot her ideas wi th it even more interesting. his thr ee pin t-si z ed aces . Instead of having l ong-drawn-out The riders shoot for a $1500.00 guarendurance type races , all event s will anteed purse in the Carlsbad race , This be short and quick to keep the racing will be the first time for th e bucks close. T his has been th e one bi g drawsince 1958 when they ran on t he long back to many road races i n the past ; Riverside course with Brad Andre s the they 're just too long, whi ch results i n winner, not who i s the fastest winning but rath er Any and all novi ce riders are eligiwho has a machine that will sta y tobl e for t hi s one . No sc ramble s car d i s gether. necessary as th ere are many riders who No rider will be eliminated due to do not care for the dirt but have ple nty time trials . 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