Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

SIMPSON CYCLE SAFETY SUCCEEDS II YEGAS MOTORS 547S 53n Fem,'lIIdo Rd. West The first annual three day Cycle Safety Show held in Las Vegas under the directioo of Cycle City's Reg She1drick and the Las Vegas Police Dept. was a resounding success. Full stolY will appear in Cycle News next week. 1.0< Anl:clr< 39, California DISTRIBUTOR 01 -JUDSON produ (inclu"inl: Cycll!-Tron transistor i::nition) 3n" F'RANClSCO OILS and chcmic.~Is. SIDEHACkS TO RACE IN EIISEIlADA Ten sidehack teams have alreadY entered the Ensenada Grand Prix this coming weekend in Baja California. The Sidehack Association of CaliIornia wishes to invite all their far-nung members to bring their hacks to Ensenada Sunday, Oct. 9 and really make a show of it. The course is just about perfect for hack outfits, with wide turns and plenty of passing room. -FLATTRACKERS!!! - *** 'IONT '''s lEAl HUIS (rear AID ....rsi6Ie) *** COMPARE OUR HUB AND WlIEEL TO ANY ON THE MARKET. YOU WILL FIND THAT OURS COST LEss.•• ARE OF FlNER QUALITY, BEAUTY AND RUGGEDNESS! TRULY AMERICA'S FINEST! Write [or brochure••• B. N. SUPPLY, BOX &51, LA MESA, CALIFORNIA, 92041 • ARIAS IAIIEI SHOP lOI1~ I.e"~ A_ I.el.wood, California MOTORCYCLISTS WELCOII Chariots to Chargers The traditional American style of oval racin g may have been deri ved from the anxient Roman sport of chariot racing. The sport progressed very slowly in Europe, in fact it was looked down on by many early racers on the Continent who even in the Eighteenth century preferred to race on a course that provided an assortment of handicaps and challenge s. The imaginative and competitive Americans who pioneered th e traditional oval racing in this country disliked this European concept. Realizing that an oval race course would letall the racers tra vel at about the same speed and that "the true competition would be in the same speed and that the true competition would be in the drivers' hands, unlike the European style where car design and faster speed determine the champion. the forerunners of the oval fraternity designed a raceway similar at both ends so that a driver could use his ahility to get around the turns as quickly as possible to overtake and pass his competitors in the straightaways. Because of the close proximity of the race course to tbe spectators, oval racing Is truly a spectator sPOrt. In fact, oval track racine today draws more spectators than any other type of automotive competition event. As the popularity increased so did the purses offered the racers, and the expenditures of the promoters also increased by providing better spectator accommodations and improvements to the race track, such as better pit areas and asphalt paving that included banked turns for faster lap times and higher speeds. Will Tlce, who recently owned San Gabriel Valley Drag Strip, has now built one of tbe finest oval racing facilities in the United states. As the name implies, the new raceway is located in the Southern California hot bed of automobile enthusiasm. the San Ga briel Valiey. Wanting to modernize the sport, Tice rejected old traditional ideas and built a raceway to the specifications of a super swift and irmginative layout. The familiar drab black and white checkers which adorn almost every square foot of painted areas at most race tracks have been eliminated in favor of pleasing pastels with planned contrasting landscapin". The track is surrouoded hy a concrete crash wall that is topped with a six-foot baked enamel steel fence that carries the pastel colors of blue and hawaiian sun and white in alternate twenty foot panels. The black asphalt, rich brown of the motorcycle course, and the gre en grass infield certainly qualify this raceway as one of the most beautiful and appealing facilities in the entire United States. The success of this venture naturally depends on the quality of the perfo!,: rmnce given to tbe spectator. Only Championship quality events are scheduled. This schedule will inclUde only the finest machinery and men available in the entire country. Quality Championship racing was the reason for the unbelievable success and admiration of the San Gabriel Valley Drag Strip while it was in operation with Tice's direction before its untimely closing due to the progress of Southern California, which needed the land the track ocCuPied for an expansion of the growing electrical producing plant that is now situated there. This quality will be stressed according to Tice. Tice plans on using the same philosophy as he did at the drag strip. This is to provide excellent prize money that will entice the best drivers, riders and cars and bikes in each class, thereby providing the spectator with a show that could not possihly be duplicated, and to treat the participants with friendship and honesty. This philosophy paid off at the drag striP. as its prestige has yet to be attained by any other drag strip to this time. It is really quite simple: If the racer is more than satisfied he will naturally put On a better show for the spectator. who in turn will be extremely contented with his expenditure and'continue to suPportSan Gahriel Valley Raceway. The asphalt surface at the San Gahriel facility Is a measured one half mile with fourteen percent banks at each end. The ·chutes· are seven hundred feet in length which combined with the fast banked turns provide for an ultimate raceway. Motorcycle competition bas long been a favorite sport for Southern California novice s and professionals. With this in mind Tice planned a decomposed granite inner track to include a TT Steeplechase and a Flat Track. The TT course employs two jumps on the front straight that vary in lift angle as the speed of the motorcycles increase. After rounding the first turn the bikes will be immediately faced with a reverse turn of two hundred and seventy degrees after which they will approach a similar situation at the far end before returning to the Iront straight. The TT track measures a minimum of thirty feet in width as it borders the inner edge of the massive fifty two foot asphalt automobile surface. Tbe San Gabriel Valley Is proud of of this new facility and hopes to fill a gap In the lives of the many thousands of Southern California residents who enjoy the pleasure of seeing Championship automobile and/or motorcycle racing. As time elapses improvements and additions wlU make this raceway's rel!utation ahu IlOPularity that of which all citizens of California can be justly proud. ONLY 13 MORE DAYS UNTIL SOME LUCKY SUBSCRIBER WINS THE MACHINE OF HIS DREAMS! Will it Ite yell? See !liCe 19. ( 0 entries accepted after Midnicbt, Dec. 15, 1966). DIS IS oIJ"erllAlY I SHE'S A GOOD MIXER, ASMOOTH MOYER, AND VERY PARnAL TO 2 CYCLE MOTORCYCLES. WANT AN INTRODUCTION! SHE'S AT BETTER BIKE S~OPS EVERYWHERE. TWO DECAU 25 eMts NUZOIL 2312 E. WAUUT - TEL 44HMI PASADEIIA, CAUFOItNIA . ,I 4../ Tbe l00cc trophy dasb and main event winDer was last year's 50cc cbampjon. Dave Smith, rid1ne a Hoada. Dave was _ted on Dan Kelly's .... chine whlcb Is excellently prepared and tUlled, and bad no trouble wlnniDg either of the events. Second place went 10 Gary Calkins. Pushing Gary was Marty Endless, also on a Honda. The 50cc main event went 10 top 50cc points rider for the 1966 seasoa, Paul Wilde on a Yamaha. In bot pursuit and in secood place was last year's cbampion, Dave Smith, on a Tobatau. The 250cc trophy dasb went 10 Nbr. 2 man in the ACA national point standIn IS, Ivan Oden OD bJs Hoada. Ivan bas a lremendous jackrabbit start. geta oat SO," G,'e I.cewa, in froat easily wi th bis powerful Honda, and is a very difficult man to catch in a three lap trophy dasb.. However, tbe tables were turned in the 250cc main when Lee stumpenbaus was able to pass I van on the last lap and in the last turn going inlo tbe stlllightaway. With the fans in the cnmttstands on their feet and Lee's Greeves cbarcine down the stnLicblaway. it was a neck and neck fftlisb, with Lee comiDe oat abead by appmxJmalel,y balf a wheeL Tbkd place went 10 Jeny Isaacson on a Buitaco. ext week, besides the u~ events, South Gale will fea~ JAP .... 500cc rield frame . .chiDe demonstratJons. (Resnlta OD pace 16)

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