Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

OILERS COME THROUGH • .. .. • By Bob Goodi ng Having lostthe us e of their scramble s track, the Oilers M.C. of San Diego were fac ed with a sancti oned eve nt scheduled In less than two weeks , plus their remainin g event s of th e year. This would seem a large problem Indeed , but not so with strong leaders like Don Mathews and Al Finan directing the red-hot club, along with many oth er hard working members. Th e Oil ers have already opened their ne w scrambles ar ena. a nd I for one was "stok ed ." Their new location Is In Imperia l Bea ch , not far from the ol d site but with e ven greater poten tial. Six ty acres near the freeway, plenty of wat er, completely fenced. and-get this-two tra cto rs with grading equi pment , plus a water tru ck all donat ed by the Swiss Farms Dairy loc at ed adjacent to th e track. It's no wonder the Oil ers sa y, ·Make Mine Milk." The chargers open ed the day with David Alonna winning the 90cc Novi ce main on a Suzuki wit h s o-coo much hors e pressur e no one was eve n near. Nln ety-c c Exp ert Chu ck Bak er ha d no easy win to day as he was challenged in two of his mot os by DRvid Ham. J ef f Willis , sometimes known as " free fall fir e ball" captured the 200c c main. Th e 250cc Novice boys allowed Fred Ange lo to win on a real good looking Bultac o; a very clos e second was Rick Eckhart on a sharp new M esa, just nos ing out ont J oe P hillips on who was out of the groove doi ng big slid es on his Honda . Red Clemo ha d the 250cc Amateur again , and I believe I see "Expert" written all ove r him. Experts in the 250cc class were all on two-strokes, with Bill Sil verth orn the winner of the moto-cros s .H owever, Da ve Ham. who was s ec ond, fail ed to wait for the official resu lts, stopped by the srgn UP table , collected first plac e trophy and headed for home one hundr ed and fifty mil es away . Dav e rode real good and we woul d like to s ee him more often, but not In s uch a hurry to le ave. T he 500 cc Novic e wIMer was Bruce Barker and Ronny McCa llaster too k the Open Novic e. The 500cc Exp erts e lected to rid e a gainst the forty-inch Ex perts • and here was a re al sh ow stopper , as th e winn er was on a. . . would you belie ve a Honda 305? Well, that's what it was. Ridi ng like the re was no tomorrow, Bill Silv erthorn cleaned hous e. Rounding out a great day for all 120 riders was t he P owder Puff with Carol Goodin g sho wing the way home to s ix lady rid ers. • • • • • 90cc NOVICE MAIN 1. Da vid Alonna Suz 2. Byron Krene k Yam 3 . Cly de Foster Hod AIN 90cc EXPERT M 1. Chuc k Baker Z un 2. Rick Foster Yam 3. Da ve Hamm Hod ZOOcc MAIN 1. J e rr W illis 2. Tom Warren 3. To m "bite Hoo Bul Hoo a~~\s'Ol\\:'fJf" 1st. 100ee EXPERT S Norm Elledge - 250cc NO\1CE MAIN 1. Fred Angelo Bol 2. Rick Eckhart Mon 3 . Joe Phillipson Hon Greenhorn Behi nd The Scenes: NIGHT ON RED MOUNTAIN. ~ 250cc AMATEUR MOTO 1. Dave Cle mo Hon Moo 2. Mike Aci n 3. Bob Sharp Yam 250cc EXPERT MAIX 1. Bill Silverthorn Mon 2. David Ham But 3. Hany Hayes CZ 500cc NOVICE MAIN 1. Bruce Barker 2. Dave Clemo Mat 3. Mike Chamberlin Tri BRIDGESTONE OPEN NOVICE MOm 1. RoDlI.)' McCaUaster Trl 2. Jack Barrer Tri 3. Pete Davies Tri POWDE R P UF F MOTO 1. Ca rol Gooding Hod Yam 2. Marsha "bitten 3. Maggie Darnell Yam · Not Legible BOY SCOUT DONATION Th e recent Sprockets Tri-State Scrambles in Bakersfiel d was a well-publiciz ed event . due in part to the s uspe ns ion of winner Skip Van L eeuwen's AMA competi ti on license. As the pos t-race controve rsy grew, howev er, t he origina l purpose of t he e ve nt became so mewhat c louded. It is t he Sprockets intention to choos e a diff erent recipient e ach ye a r for profits gained from their benefit c ha mpio ns hip. Th is ti me the proceeds went to the South ern Sierra Council of Boy Scouts of America. A c he ck for $1,272.80 was presented to the Scouts for expa ns ion and improvement of their rec rea ti onal fa cilities, among other proje ct s . Over 325 riders from California, Nevada and Ariz ona took part in the 1966 serie s , most s uccessful ye t held by the Spr ock ets. ~ THE REAL THI G! OPEN EXPERT MAIN 1. BIU Silverthorn Hon Tri 2. Al Finan 3. Grant Brown Trl T he Hi-Boots Club of San Die go have scheduled a sp ecial "Ol d Timer Motor Sickle Race," this in addition to their re gula r T. T. SCrambles program to be held at Dehesa on Sunda y, June 12th. Rules ar e as follows: 1. Contestants must be ove r thirty-five years of age . 2. T hey mus t not now be racing in competition. 3. Must have A.M.A. ca rd but no Sports Committee card. 4. Machine mus t be 100cc or less. 5. Helme ts and at leas t one pie pla te (number plate) ar e required. Fir st plac e man will receiv e oneJ a rge bottle, second place man will re cei ve one medi um-si zed bottle and thi rd place man one small bottle (Gerit ol). T he Hi-Boot s a re ce lebrat in g th e purchase of thei r new grad er and guarantee a smooth course. No fuel . no knobbies and no pep pills. First ra ce 10:00 a.m. By Elaine Bail ey Saturday, May 21, at 3:3 0 p.m., we, the pit cre w of the Harry D. F oster Tr iumph s hop team , arrived at Red M ountain. about an hour before the boys were due in at the end of the fi rs t day' s racin g. W st arted setti ng up cam p for the e night, wit h J o F oster in charge of th e coo king detail and organizing the work that had to be done , such as setting up ta ble s , etc . W had quite a team system e goi ng all weekend . Th e s pot we c hose was on top of a hi ll from which we could s ee the whole are a. Th e c a mps ite was cleared of sagebrush , rocks and dirt bef ore we unloaded the s lee ping a 90cc scrambler that WINS· , UT Qf THE BOX O rJII Western distributor: ~ '(J////////////////// r - McCULLOCH DISTRIBUTORS 1205 E. Grand Ave. EI Segundo, California WANT TO DO WHEELIES ? --First install a BARNETT CLUTCH AVAILABLE NOW: BT & E V:LlIERS & DUCATI CLUTCH PLATES RIDERS SEE YOUR DEALER. WE DO NOT SELL RETAIL. Desert types never give up. Lack of rear tire dldn'l deler lhl s Prospector. ~ 3 II ~i~~ ••I..'."'.".I•• ~' 4915 PACI FIC BLVD" VE RNON , CALIFORNIA, PHONE: 589-5488 bags . At 4:28 p.m, our team ca me roarin g i nto the last c heck, four ab reast and ri ght on the money. T eam membe rs were Harry F oster. Bob Bailey, Mike Han ey and Roger Stark; ot her rid ers in our group were Wayne Th ornton, Paul Ston ekey and Jim Hurs t. As the first group a rrived in camp, dus t-c ove red and red- 11 .JJ SPECIAL DEHESA EVENT • • SA1\1 DIEGO OILERS IT SCRAMBLES Imperial Bea ch , J une 5, 1966

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