Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

18 mained ill their seats after the main e vents were treated to a little e xtra ente rtai nment , the courte s y of tra ck mana ger Ron Jones in the form of a s tock ca r exhi bitio n ra ce. usin g the s mall i mported se da ns whicb ar e becomi ng Quite popular i n Southern California on the sh ort tracks. SOUTH GATE RACEWAY .» Thursday night at South Gate Raceway saw on of the most exciting nights of racing during the season. Begi nning with the 50cc class trophy dash and main event. Gary Calkins, riding a Benelli for the rirst time, won over Dave Smith who has only heen bea ten once in the 50cc class this year when he ran out of gas. Dave had to settle this time for second place. T he point le a der i n the l OOcc class. Rick Woods. too k the 100c c trophy da s h an d the main eve nt on his Ya maha. paying close a ttenti on to the flagman edn afte r his mislake W esday night. After winning the 100cc trophy da sh on his Yamaha. Rick ca me right ba ck on his Ducati to win the 250cc trophy da s h. Perhaps having two tr ophy girls for the e vening was a determing facto r i n his trophy da sh perf ormances! In the 250 B Main, Butc h Landguth, out for the second time this year , took s o . .c '" '" e " 'c" c Q '" c Sli ght di ffer ence of opi nio n as to corneri ng styl e at South Gate Raceway. DELTA FALCONS o TO the win on his Honda. T he 250cc A main was, undoubtedly, the most exciting race of the evening, with the lead swapping hands many times, the evenwinner Mike Spitzer on his HarleyDavidson. Greeves-mounte d Lee Stumpenhaus ran second, Gene Canady took third on his Bullaco, Ivan Oden fourth on a Honda, and 250cc poi nts leader and trop hy da s h winner, Rick Woods, had to settle for rHth, wit h t he speclator favorite , Steve SCott, on a Bullaco out for the rirst time this year, finishi ng in sixth pla ce. T he short track scene now looks mor e a nd more promising with the announcement of a pra ctice se s si on Saturda y ni ght. June 25t h at 6:30 for the 500cc singles . Th is will be just an e ven ing 's practice session to see if enough interes t ca n be gene rated in the 500cc single cylinde r Class A type rac i ng to possibly make it a wee kly eve nt. A hike must he single cyl inder and it must be 500c c s. With all the co mpe tition type 500 single s i n the Southern California area t his should provide enough ent rie s to make this Class A s ty le short tra cking go over with a bang. Naturally, sa fety Qua lifica tions su ch a s helmets, leathers, e tc. mus t be me t. (Res ul ts on page 14) • • LODI , Craig Bastard showing the Open Novices the qui ck way. . Ken Boyer, winner of the wild 250cc Novice go. By John Ramos SOOcc novi ce To m Burnet almost didn't make It to his second place fini sh • Lod l L ine up. Just a f ew of the 173 that battl ed at the Lod l Cyc l e Bowl. • ATIONAL MOTOR SUPPlY CO DISTRIBUTOR FOR F irst Licensed Cyc le Wreck ing Yard In 11 Western States O.er 10.000 Largest stoc k on West Coast Oealer Inquiries Invited QUALITY MOTO CY R CLE ACCESSORIE S ALSO IN S TOCK Par.. ' or All M. kr. Prompt M.iI DeHnry A Mode l. Cycle PHONE: 213 633-5178 157 10 Garfield Avenue, Paramount, California 90723 TOM CLARK 'S Spec ialties 725 8t h St reet Mode. lo. c.m. Are. Co de 209 52 4·29 55 Mor e t han a t ho usand s pectators t urned out Sunday, June 12 to wa tch 153 c ompe titor s battle it out at the Lodi Cycl e Bowl. This eve nt . promot ed by t he Delta F alcons M.C . , attract ed riders from as far away a s Nebraska ' and Alabama. (T hose boy s must be rec ent transplant s I hope t hey didn' t ha ve to co rne all this way just to go racing. ) Th e Falcons put on a comple te program with races for all cla ss e s but the most excitli g e vent of the day was the ever popular 250c c Novic e Main. Thr ee starts were needed to get this one 'I I A SANCTIONED .FM Road Racing Whiteman

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