Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

- yC c CIy CIO the National Circuit LL YOUR PlCTUIE BE .1 THE U UAL! CIO - iil =. ::s "C CI) ~ :z: ~ U :>. U This "wiDter-. rilIbt arllWlll ~ giving time. a new book will a _ on the market COlltaiDing all tile bichlicJlts of tile year in motarcycliDg. It will be a large boot. deyoted mainl7 to pictorial close-ups of clDb and ~OII aetion. persoaali1ies. ,...,... b!e _ ~ ery. fashioas of 1966. aad politics.. TIle 1966 Actioa A.la. will Iaye bani CO~. niceb 1InaIId. aad will seD far between $3 and $5 depepdiac 011 bow IIIBIlY color plctwes it will IiaUJ' .,..... laiD. Whicb briDes lIS to tile poiDl of Ibis adYallCe notice: We waul to .-: _ pictmes In it. In OIle year CYcle News pohlisbe'5 a total of oearlJ' 4.000 picbfts. bal we still lave t!lon- w1s of cood oaes ill c.files u.t Iaft ne.a beeD (II'iIdI!d. am we SlISpecttbat _ oaaer ~s!aft beeD taken bJ .-!em phrAocDphers t1at are Cood eDOllCb to beblc ill Ibis book. SO we _ a COIllest. {_ 10Yers. to lind tile best pb.--pbs of 1966 motorc:rcliDc ill tile wbole UDited states. To eIItft. llele"s wIal , . . ~ 0IIt _ bes& _ c.-. or IIIIocII .. ..wee (celer II: ~ies are oil Ie . . . . . . . . ceIer pl'iII&s R 8de). Aa.d a .,.... -= ~ _ _ tJpewdUea ..-s ........ _ _ _ ~ ~ ... isel,. .... ... ill lbe ~ lbe~ ,... a6IIII :t • ~ AI-... IIaiI it tr. ews Adina " - I Box 4!NI. l.-c - . . . cauL Cyde EElose a'" ! ~. =ed_ "elope, if ,... wi.8 _ to lie relnnoed. oCIIenril!Ie dI .-nes l i e . tile 01 C&:S .....UWWC Co. .... will .-It be ........., Every pictlR will be carefullJ ~ sidered on the Iasis of I) pictatial q~ ity. 2) suitabi.lity far reproductioa. 3) subject interest and 4) does it bnI _ ...-u on? 11Iose . . ~ seledell ... ~ tilla will lie .-i4 ... at lIIe nile . . $Z5 for lJIII~ c:okw. $Ie ~ page caIcw. ~ far WI _ .. white, $2 far ....... ~ . . . . .. white. u.w. a ea-I IIrize .. $100 will lie a to lbe lIiIIcIe ........ grapII t1at best _ . . lIIe " " l i t . . DIOtoI'C"cIiJIc." We WllIlt this first edition of tile Action Annual to set a new b.idI staDdard in enthusiast pub1lcatiOll. and if yo..picture Lsn·t in it, it'll be own dam fault! "our TECHIICAL TIP en. To correct oil lealliac lIIe ACE 90 ""D_issi_ ".,., . . . lIIe emmission oil . . . RIlIace it 1IittI 1% IIiIIts SAE38 _ oiL Dd C"- ~ oils ... tile oil tIat lIIe IiIdoI:Y - . ia. tends In .... &-.s IaR:iIIc itself .. Uae t n _ i s s _ YML ~ is ....... bilit" tIat ,... _ _ ~ to ...-:e lbe oil level to Ilalfway ~.,.,. ~ ..,.s aDd 10_ U. lit c:onect lbe _ .._ If :roD lIaft • II '..... oil ill lIIe vieaU,. of lbe ....,.. -.rt thatlbe b ·8d __ is..&JUaM c:aasiJIc euessift 1ft e ill lbe a-....-.. ....t fDIpt I1Iat aen. is .... a P""'¢NliQ tIat lbe e:e.ter ... .. ClDIIar is - . lbe IeM. ~!t«&mt c:--. A..,... ..,.Dre. _5.'. 1st 8Icc TIII*J ... IIaIt ....stInI- Ossa ........... - .... AIt__ THE COUI.I' 11I11I THE CALiFORllUS a statioo wagon. 'Ibis would be OK if il was eqnipped to baDdle injured Iacers. This one ..as not. TheY were trying to lift lhis rider into the station wagon on a blanket. They t:inalb' brought a stretc~ er. Wbo·s to blame? The referee? All this was !lad enongh lIIItil tIIey arrived at lbe hospitaL Babe De...,. .eat with this rider 10 tile hospital and wbeD the" cot lhere it was so poorlY staffed that Babe lad to help the doctor take tile X-ra:rs. '1'ben the station wagoD took off and left Babe staDdiDc there witb no way to get lack to the track and be lllissed the maiu eveDt. At the start of tile Amateur Main. Keitb .Jobnsop did the DJ06t spectacular wheeJy I Iawe ever seeD. taking out a ... other rider. Alter a!Iont {our laps it was b1ac1J-flacced. 'Ibis didn"t make sense either. On tile re-slart it was .Jack warrea oat in the lead. Keilb lad warked his way lIP to secODd and on tile last lap be was reaJl:r pg11igc warren. wIIo had • Cood lead. WarreD won. Keitb was seeond. Rnd Garrett was thiJd" and .Jac k McNairy was fOllrth. lu the eQJert fiJBl it was Fred Nix all tile way. Rued Reiman and Neil Keen battled it oat (ar a time (or second spot. with Rocer winDing out for the re.aiDder 01 tbe U1Ce. Neil was lbird and PIJil Hawk rode in fourtb spot all tile way. crossinC the ftDisb line with a brokea sprocket. Beginninc Wednesda.J. Aug. 3. was the lone weekend of racing in five states. First of( tIIere was the usual santa Fe shorUlack 011 Wednesday nighL .Jim Mc II!Jrren bad his sprint nmning good again to talle tile win in his beat. Then be took a fourtb in his semi and a IiJ'th in lbe -.in. .Jack McNairy took a second in his beat race. a lbirc! in his semi and a sixtb At Faidanlt Lawwill won his beat aDd Sid Carlson was fonrth. In the seeond beat Ked lIcKeeD was thiJd and .Jim Mc:IImreD was foartlL The Expert .-in here was WOll ~ Job Tiben. Sid was seaJDd. cal .JUish. was thiJd and lied Lawwill was fcmtIL T... IIcIlDneD c:onIda"t ride llIe IiJaI dill! to • .... . . Iia8e aid Bed lIcKeen pnUed off ~ cause o{ lbe dD8t.. '1'be AJateur fiDaJ was won 1lr DIldle:J' Clllies of IIimL. TheD .most all tile ridas bere lao&ed lIP {Ill' tile fonr hl-. driwe to P

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