Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

1 • Who's beating the crowd in both track and traffic competition this year? The man on the 1966 BSA twin. A t L odi Bowl May 22, 1966, the Stockton M.C. By Bob Ebeling • • Drag raci ng com pe t it or s and f ans l ooked with eag er an t i cipation to t hi s wee kend for a gathe ring of t he west coast 's fi nes t and f aste s t machine ry in a "head s- up ·, s howdown ra cing pro gram. Di ck Rios brought his " Two T i mer" to L i ons Dra g Strip and succeeded i n def eating P erry and Scotty's "S ta ge Fright, " Bor is Murray and Jim C ook' s "Flustration,· and Don Harris ' singl eengine T riumpb f or t be $100. 00 top fuel bike award . Don Harris won bis class elimi natio n by getting to tb e finisb Lights first i n a matcb against Cbuck Adams ' new 45incb Triumph, Harr i s turn ed 10. 77 elapsed ti me and 134.1 2 mph, In t be sbow down for top fuel be defeated yo ur columnist's 450 Honda witb an E.T. of 11. 09 and speed of 134.21 . Tbis gav e Don a guarantee 0 f runner -up money and a cbance against Di ck Rios for more. Wben time for a finai race was called, botb Rios and Harris promptly arrived at tbe rollers and fired the fuel-drinking monst ers, rolled to the starting line and froze when tbe staging ligbt sbowed tbey were in position. Botb bikes were run up to maximum rpm and tbe clutches released in almost simultaneous action but none of tbe Two Timer's power was wasted, for Di ck Rios turn ed 10.09 E .T. and 148. 02 mph to win and eve n more firmly establisb his rating as top bi k e. scrambl es, it was Ray Rice with his BSA unit twin, ove rpowering the open expert main event for the climax of the day's racing. Your B SA ro ad twin, the Ca dillac of Bri ti sh motorcycles, has ev ery t hi ng a winner wants in speed, acceleration and pinpoint control, perfected by racers and tamed for the road. That gives the man on the 1966 BSA twin an extra reserve of performance and dependabili ty. That is ho w y ou beat the crowd - - be the man on the B SA. BSA builds fine singles, too. Wit ness Ralph White win ning the 15-l ap Exp er t final of the A sc ot Spe ed way way rounds last F ri day night, and Dougl as Sco t t's 500cc Amateur win at L otii Sunday, and Byron B oaz' s 500 class win a t Las Vegas, and Bruce Baker's 500cc Novice class win in San Diego - - all on BSA 's. F rom the designers of the famous Gold Sta r BSA comes now the 1966 Victor to carry the singlemined ri der to victory. Hard to decide which motorcycle to buy? Let your ne ar by BSA dealer provide you with the fac t s, plus a demonstration ride , then make up y our ow n mind. We think you 'll ag ree - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - ~ ............. . . . This is the year of the BSA. , \ \ I I Best Speed And Time T op el apsed t ime for Sunday was turned in by Perry and Scotty. In a single run Perry rode the !;tage Frigbt through the IIgbts in the sbort time of 9.9 8 seconds. Jim Cook had been tbe victim of a red light loss i n eliminations and to sh ow t hat hi s and Bor is' bike woul d always be a thr eat wben luc k wasn 't against them , tur ned a spee d of 152.27 Jim and Boris wore T-sbirts and Ja ck ets t hat wer e pro vided by tbeir sp ons or. Foothill Cycle Center. It sure makes for a good looking team. It's A " Gasser" .. • • Reading t be results and believing tbat Sonny Ras lowski bad only Ricbfiel d gas i n tbe tank is a little hard to tak e. It is true however, and be can be reco gnized as tb e fastest gas bike around . Sonny turned 11.14 and 121.45 on hi s Harley-Davidson. To him tbere is one immediate problem and that is to be tb e first gasser t o turn i n tbe 10-s ec ond realm . Hot on tbe Harley's beels is t be Norton of Moulder and Reese. Tbey won top gas at Irwindal e turning 11.69 and 111.24, tben se ttle d for runner-up money at L i ons . wben t be Norton couldn't adjust to tbe altitude and bumid ity chang e. turning 12.12- 108.04 . Tbe Norton performance was almost as fast in tbe street class. Geor ge Jonovi cb won top st reet eliminator at L i ons, turning 12. 47E .T. and 108.17 mph, Tb e street Norton was equal ly as strong at Irwindale. but became a victim of tb e red ligbt and lost the money to L e Roy Wyman's hauling 350 Honda. Honda also took tbe top fuel bike money at Irwindal e wben Murray and Cook broke a chai n j ust of f tb e Iine, such is t be fortune of drag racing! Records Most impressive was tbe new record of Sonny Raslowski's Harley (pre viously mentioned) . but Harley-Davidson can now boast of two . Ed McDonald bas led in class eliminations for a long time and now bolds tbe "A" street bike elapsed time record of 11.98 . Tbe smaller bikes al so made a mark i n t be weekend's program. Bill Clark tur ned in his Cb rondex tickets and into the book went hi s name and tb e brand Honda witb an el apsed time of 17.24 and speed of 73.23 as tbe official Lions Drag St ri p " F" st reet bike record bold er . Edi tori al . • This weekend's racing was a reward ing experience. I profited by le arning tbe names and fac es of tbose willing to promote our sport and i nversely those wbo will not . Mr. C. J . Hart. manager of Lions Drag Strip. will not post tbese money awards again. Two reasons prevailed in his decision; one was th e lack of an increase in tb e spectator attenda nce and two . t be competitors failed to respond in numbers. Odd thing about t be situation i s tbat t be top competitors wbo did not appear were tbos e wbo bave lam ented wi t b t ears and sbo uts that tbere is nev er any (C ontinued on page 10 ) .SA MOTORCYCLES-WESTERN o_'--y""o. -~ . ~~. 1966 " ... 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