Cycle News is a weekly magazine that covers all aspects of motorcycling including Supercross, Motocross and MotoGP as well as new motorcycles
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13 • .. • RIVERSIDE SUNDAY - Go or No? By Chuck Clayton Les Richt er. manag er of Ri vers ide Raceway, hos te d a par ty Monday night at Little Jo e's restaurant in Los Angeles that brought together th e top ec helo n of th e South ern California motorcycle sport and industry to make them a deal. In essence , Ri cht er offe re d the considerable facilities and bankr oll of Riv erside Raceway to help promote a road race of intern at ional prestige. A profes sional racing circuit comprise d of fa mous sp orts car road courses was mentioned as .another incentiv e to accepting Richter's offer. Coming on the heel s of Lin Kuchler's resignation n om the sec retary ship of the AMA, to join an auto sanctionin g organi zation , Richt er ' s proposal was that th e warring fa ctions in motorcycle racing s hould come to so me agreement 'for the benefit of the sport as a whole . This was taken to mean that AMA rid ers had nothing to gai n and much to los e by boycotting thi s Sunday's A.C.A .-s anctioned Ri versid e Grand P rix. Riverside has nev er been accredite d as an Int ernational motorcyc le course .. Sunda y' s race will be mainl y for the ben efit of F .I.M. obs erver Baron .v on Essen of Sweden , who will presum ably decide wheth er th e co urse facilities and rider potential justify an inte rnatio nal sanction. The one-day program will consist of a series of events for cycles ranging from 50,100,1 25 and 175cc to ISO , 350 and 500cc machines , plus an event for production cycles . By failing to show s upport for this • confirmat ion" eve nt , rider s would only .be hurting their cha nces to compete with the world's fi nest in our own back yard, A.C.A. presi dent W Cooley pointed out . es By some miraculous che mistry Ri cht er's app eal s eemed to work fo; a moment .. . some suggestions for unity were actually voiced i ndicating there may be more 'hope for the American spo rt tha n there us ed to be. MRI president Neil Keen s uggested that one way to ins ure an impressive turn out of rac ers would be to offer impressive prize money . • M Matchl ess G-50 is the bes t I y can buy and it cos ts me paymen ts of $100 a month . Now, $100 a month can buy a lot of ,fun. I s ee no point in taking my mach ine where the re 's no money paid." • It wasn' t lon g. howev er, befo re th e old s ensitivities grew back lik e sediment ' on a s tagnant pond: but we take encourage ment from the fact that the old res entments seem to be wearing thin. CLEAN SWEEP r HILL TOPPERS WINS 4 E UROPEANSCRAMBLES EVENTS Sweeps ALL Other Cycles t 250cc NOVICE It L20EOEcc AM.&EXP. I 81 LL STAATS S TUMPEN HAUS ~~ 250cc EXPERT t GARY CONRAD I ~ It 250cc AMATEUR STEVE COLE ~~ = ~~ ~ITING FOR PARTSl ~frDm wit h many otne r stars and " erashe rs" from the s outhland in action filmed in color at the 'most recent Dehesa scrambles and Carlsbad road races . Pres ented by Cycl e News , the voice of the 2-whee le d sp ort , th e , two-hour s how will also feature "The Ri ght Line," a movie th at expla ins th e allure of motorcycl e racing by putting the au di enc e behind th e handlebars of a Grand Prix cyc le at s peed. As part of thi s ne wspa per ' s unrel enting effort to wak e up the public to the better aspect s of th e s port , journalists , radi o and tv commentators will be admit ted free. ~ COMING DISTRI BUTORS NICHOLSON MOT ORS 11629 Vanawen St., North Hollywood, Calil. eUL.T=CO q~ YAM~~ '@) AL NE 8· 4864 IFII Royal Enf ield SpecIalist CO MPLETE ROYA L E NFIELD PARTS S UPPLY 1955 T O 1965 SOON SHELL ,MOTORS Calif. 3346 ce ntury Rd. Lynwood . - nT R M O CYQEMOVIES .' • • Cycle Action Theatre Features San Diego"Hotshoes" San Diego' s winning 1966 crop of two-whee l athletes, local s portsme n and professional motorcyc le racers will make their movie debut thi~ Fr iday e v e n i n g at 'Hoover High Sch ool Auditorium at 4474 E . El Cajon Blvd. Starring in Cycle Acti on Th eat er will be names s uch as Cal Raybom , Chuck Baker and Don Vesco. All from t he San Diego area , they are as well known to California cy cle racing enthus ias t s as Willy Shoemaker is to handicappers. They will share the spotlight _ _P-RESEHIE 0_ BY '-'- """'S .' " ,,=,~,,~, - :J IK=MA N.NIN:C ~:~ -