Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

PERRIS from page 1 1 see n arou nd for a long time. P err is is a great equalizer, inspi ring ride rs to do wild and woolly things to adve rsa ries on large r cc 'd machin es . Th ey have a chance to out ride them, if they ca n. One particular J ohn Doe was placed l' in the 500 clas s on a 305 Honda. A ·::Ji g good-loo king relati ve on a Victor .t ~ok him on a nd it became a hair-r ai a in g battle as each was eq ua lly determine d to win . In the Mai n, they wer e joined by a Tri umph-ridin g re la ti on, but th e Victor got a bad start when a foot pe g fe ll off lea ving th e Triumph and the Honda to 'mix it up. And mix they did . T he Honda won. It was a fa irl y la rge class too , but so me of the entrants wer e not up to thei r us ual standa rds because ther e had bee n a .. family gathe rin g" - the night before for the be nefit of a newly-married relation. In the othe r 500 class the Novic e brigade did ve ry welL A Doe on a Tr iumph and the other on a Victor led the pack a nd really went at .it i n the ~eat with the Tri umph winning, Pos tr ons revers e d in the Main tho ugh, with the BSA e merging the Vict or. T he 250 Exper ts were e xciting too. Two young and handsome Doe' s we have n't se en ar ound for a whil e (we ' re usually bus y cove ring A.M.A. s crambl es on Sundays ) ca me al ong to help the benefit and had a lot of fun on t he i! • • • " • M uree n Lee Photos a • .. SGVMC SCRAMBLES from page 6 was held a t the finish by J an Dits on. Boy if sh e e ve r dec ides to go to the 2 5 0 ~c c lass I for one will go to the 500cc class . She has really improved in the past six mont hs . rides like an e xpert, with ve ry good form a nd never out of s hape. Good Courses Th e 250 Novic e and Open class es starte d together at 9:15 a.m. , each on thei r own course . T he lightwei ght co urse was short turns a nd hog ba cks , wit h tig ht sand wash es su itable for litt le bike s . It was laid out bY Bob (Mac) MacLaughli n, who is a master at lig htweight courses , while the big bore loop was laid out bY T iny Maxwe 11. who understa nds wha t the bi g boys li ke -"speed." It fea tured the downhi ll used bY the Greyhound s on their Eur opea n scrambles last wint e r. Th e heavyweight Novice was won bY T ri umph-mounted Doyl e F ields, tha t famous stunt man from movie la nd , followed bY Bill Bl omgren , also a Tr iumph. a nd Richard Brade n (T ri.) in third position. Th e 250 Novice class was won by George Wal ker (Bul ta co). second man was Russ W oodwort h (Gree ves J, with Darrell Kilpatric k third on a Gree ves. Th e Amateurs took off at 10:30 and the Heavywei ght field wa s won by J .N. Rohe rts on a 350cc Honda, aga inst a fie ld of 650s and SOOs. This guy really haul s. Se cond place was Tr iumphmounted J ohn Gaetz and third went to Steve .Hill, also on a Triumph. On the ot her course , the li ghtwei ghts wer e lea d by J a ck Ogle, from Shaft er , Ca lif. for the fi rst l oop on a 200cc Bulta c o, followed bY J ohn Dailey, who finally won on a Huskr , Se cond was Bill J ohIison on a Gre eves , followe d bY Charles Gat es on a Gree ves. Tiley Haul Then came the Experts , and if you think the Novices and Amateurs go , you s hould see the hotshoes get after it! The tag bores were led by Larry Bergquist ahead of J. D. Williams on the first loop, but J. D. hit a big rock on that downhill, got out of control and unfortlDlately wound up with a broken leg. Reed Price laid back and g~t Larry when he tired to take the WID, with Larry in second on a BSA and Lonnie Peterson, Triumph-molDlted, in third. The Experts only ran 45 minutes, but made just as many loops as the Amateur s did riding for one hour. T he 250cc Li ghtweight was won by bY Ga ry Conrad on a Gre eves , but not wit hout working for it . He loaded his engine up twice on the first loop, putting him back to about fif th, but came on s trong as us ual a nd trounced every-: one thoroughly to give Gree ves -mounted second place manMax Swit zer, an d third pla ce rider Lynn Cole (Bultaco), something to c ontemplate (about how to go fast). (Results on pag e 12) HU GHY BRIGADE" SAFETY CAMPAIGN A campaign to improve the nation 's traffic safety reco rd by urging America's 1~ million motorcycle and scooter riders to illuminate the i r headlights even in the daytime on a year a round basis was launc hed in L os Angeles J une 16. The " Li ghts On For Safety" dri ve was trigger ed b.v su rveys s howing that most motorcy cle-car acci dents resulted when a n aut omobile driver fa iled to see the small , two-wheel ve hicle. To promot e the drive , the M otorcycl e, Scooter and Allied Tr a des Association is urging al l riders of mot orcycle s and s coot ers to " Joi n the Light Bri gade" a nd turn thei r headlights on every ti me t hey start thei r machines. Th e theme of th e campai gn is derive d fromthe fac t that light a ttrac ts the 'human eye fast er than unli ght ed objec ts . As a res ult, the i ndustry association formulat ed the "Lights On F or Saf ety" campaign. W holehearte d endorse ment of t he " Light s On Fo r Safety" campai gn has bee n voi ce d by Dr. Merrill J . All en of Indiana University, one of th e nation's foremost autho rities on vehi c le identification.

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