Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

new BSA Spi tfi re. turnin g 13. S1 E. T . and 98. 68 mph. Bob c an tune a BSA like no othe r and wit h his knowledge plus th e ne w MK 11 Special . an unbeatab le combin ati on may be under way . Sal E strada had won A St ree t. tu rning a half- s econd qui cker than Sirke gian. W hen Sal 's Ha rl ey wa s s taged opposi te the BSA it wa s an even bet as to who would reach the finish firs t. It was close, hut if you bad wage red for Ha rl ey you would hav e been just as happy as the winning Sal E s t rada. The Harl ey turned 13.04 elapsed time and 101.80 miles pe r hour. • At Lions Many bik e s and lots of racing action presented a good s how. Bruce Miller' s ' Harl ey-Da vids on wa s the fastest street • bi ke of the day , but was the only A stree t bike ente red . Bruce was a lon ely compe titor as was Te x Hall i n th e A gas class a nd so the two faced eac h eu~c=·~ · other for a " ki ck s race", Bru ce won t he mat ch turning 12. 93 E.T. and 103 .09 mil es per hour . B Street was a different ma tt er, lor Ken Gra ves had to wa de throu gh a field 01 eigh t bikes to win hi s class. The BAY final race wa s K en' s T ri umph vers u s MARE June 26 , 1966 Norto n, and the Tri umph' s 100 cc s horta ge did not hurt a bit. Ken cl aim ed the trophy turning 14.41 E. T . and 90. 18 mph. T riumph was ag ain t he winner i n C St reet. Duan e P uet t had to out-do the 45-inch flat head Har ley 01 Da vi d Lowenbe rg and out- do he did . tumin g 16.17 E.T. a nd 79. 18 mph. Steve Cox took home the D Cla s s gol d after dele at i ng the first st rong (Continue d on pa ge 10) Los Padres M/C... 1 W Zimmerman 125ce-115ec AM-E X Sf BUL 250CC Moviee 1 L>. A1liu,sf " 1 j. Riggen f 200ee AM EX 2nd R. COX - BULlACO 3rd D. STRONAN - BULTACO Short Track Slants: TT -Scrambles s 3rd ' S. COYNE - f - BUL 2nd J. LOAHAS - BULTACO 3rd R. GILES - BULTACO BUL BULTACO 250cc Am 1 B. Cody s BUL 2nd J. HANSON - BULTACO 3rd D. AFFLACK - BULTACO sf 250ce -EX 1 RJames • 3rd D. YERKES - PO 9-0441 • Ca ll Bultaco-We slern lor your nearest Bulll·To·Go Dealer LOM ITA HONDA New ' 66 Honda's and 2073 W. Pacific Coa st Hwy Bultaco's 326-3810 W II I. e se Jor less MAYWOOD-BELL HONDA 6101 AUantlc Blvd. 583-3409 T wo Big Loc atio ns • BUL BULTACO TR 7-2400 " Ho me Of The Hillto p p er s" • • •Coo rs on ta plil• • • House 01 Pip.ers Tavern ALL RIDERS welcome! 4663 Long Beach Blvd.- 423-9846 E • .9 o .c llo T alk about off·th.- wall riding sty l. s! (H. r.cover.d • •• an d so did t he photog rap her. ) ORANGE COUNTY • • • • T his week 's ra ci ng at Oran ge County saw the SOc c cl a s s pi cking up e ntries but still unable to bea t out Da ve Smith and his Tohats u. who took t he TrophY Da s h and Mai n Event wins. Pus hing hard for second place in both rac e s was Gary Ca lki ns (Benelli). Russ Robin s on (Yama ha) took anot her big s te p toward the 100cc point lead. He won both th e T rophY Dash and t he Main on hi s Yamaha with Gary Calkin s second. also on a Yamaha. P oi nt leade r Ri ck W oods wound up fourth. Keith M shburn (Montesa) fough t all a the way wit h BSA-mount ed T ommy Bannan i n the 2S0cc B Main. and tha t' s how they finishe d. Th e 2S0cc A Main found Ivan Oden (Honda ) hol di ng off Tr ophY Da s h winner P at Gos ch (H-D) in his bid for top money. SOUTH GATE At SOuth Gate, although Da ve Smit b aga in topped the T rophY Das h and Main Event i n the SOcc class . was quite a bit diffe ren t in the 100cc an d 2S0cc classes. Norm E ll ed ge. out for the first time in the 100 cc class on one of the new 90cc Bri dge stone scramble rs , recove re d from a s pill i n time to get a transfe r positio n to the sem i. The 100c c Tr ophY Da sh went to a Keith M s hburn (Hodaka) but in the Main he had to take a bac k seat to E lledge. The 2S0cc B Main was taken by Gree ve s-mounte d Pres ton P et ty with Dave Smit h second on a Cot ton. Le e st umpenhaus (Greeves) saile d to fir s t plac e in t he 2S0 T rop hy Dash and Main Event. Sec ond in the 2S0cc A Main Eve nt went to Mike Tillman out for the firs t time this ye ar on a Honda . ••••• ••••••••• •••••••••••••• • •••• ••• •••••••••••••••• ••••• THEYRE HEREol 500ee PRACTICE Sa turday ni ght , s out h Gate Rac eway hosted the first practice session for t he SOOcc Clas s A s hort track . Alt hough the tur n-out was not a s l arge as expected . it was a n exciting night . with quite an arr ay of equipment on hand . St eve Hurd (M hless) and Bob Grauer (Velocette) atc were getti ng ar ound real good and s eemed to be havi ng a baH. Jim Dora n. on th e W Cooley JAP . provi ded the es s how for the eveni ng with his power-on whe eli es and full lock s li de s. T he s pectators enjoye d thems e lves and the rid ers' rea ctions were eve ryt hing from exhil aration to amazeme nt that a SOO coul d be s o easily handled on a short tra ck . . It was the unan imous opinion 0 1 the riders that the track s hould ha ve a deeper cushion on it, and if enough Interest can be gene rated perhap s anot her pra cti c e session will be held helore a race s che dule is ac tually set up. . T he rules are bas i cal ly simp le. beSide s the usual short track safety rules: no brake s. no down-shifting . full leat hers . and the engines must be of single-cylinder SOOcc capacity Fo r racin g. but not ne ce ssar ily for pr~ctice , they mus t have the rear whe el block ed ri gid, a nd no springers will be allowed. Al so, s inc e thi s i s Cl a ss A raci ng. fuel IS allowed; yOU do not have to stick to straight gas. yo u may bum alcohol if yo u c hose. Any number of motorcycles are eligible to ride , AJS . Matchless. BSA. Velocette, JAP , Norton. Ariel. Crocker. etc •• as long as they are a SOOcc single . Anyone who would like more i nfonoati on on thi s typ e of racin g. send a post card with your name on it to A.C.A.. 14S-B W. W hitin g. Fullerton, ca li fornia . or call 847-7629. ( Re s ul ts o n pa ge 12) A.F.M. SANalONED PROFESSIONAL 40% PURSE • JULY ROAD RACING 10th WHITEMAN AIRPARK STADIUM For directions, see Ca lendar 01 events, page 2 Spectators: thrill to close rac ing on Ihis exc itin g new course. r • • 'fJ,,§ B,a~1fJ HfI"tla HOW ~ ha4. tk ~ 1966 es« Luut.

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