Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

ACA NATIONAL POINTS RACES SUBSCRIBE HERE AND SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, U&& By John Bardwell September 25th was· Buddy Parriott day at Willow Springs as the veteran road racer scored a double win. taking both the 250 and 500cc races back to back. Parriott had to battle for both victories. however. and against the same opponent. Ron GIant. When the green flag went down for the 8 lap 250 main event. Grant left the other 15 riders behind in a cloud of dust. and had his Suzuki halfway around before most were out of earshot. Walt Fulton. who had snuck in on a l75cc Suzuki. was in pursuit with Parriott close behind. Fulton kept a small margin over Parriott's Yamaha. squeezing every available ounce of power from the 175cc plant. However. neither rider seemed to be gaining on Grant until the 4th lap when Parriott turned it on. passing the determined but underpowered Fulton on the front straightaway. By the next circuit. Parriott had closed the gap on Grant and the two riders went wheel to wheel for the next two miles. With both machines wide open on the straight. Parriott sQueeked by. Grant's lap time on the next go 'round was a little off his previous pace. and to remedy the situation Ron tore off the right side of his fairing at over 100 mph. tossing it into the infield. Fulton remained in a distant third. followed by Torn Murphy who just couldn't get with the pace although he had nipped Grant in the preceeding heat race on the same machine. On the last lap everybody turned their throttles wide open in a frantic dash for better positions. Grant had gained a little speed from his Quick customizing job but was 5 seconds too late as Parriott passed the checkered flag. Fulton retained third place. still winding full revs from the 175. Steve Gibson. who spent most of the race in 6th place. rushed into 4th ahead of the faltering Murphy. In the next and final race of the day (350. 500 and Open) Grant was out for the win, and was again the first man into tum one despite his lack of cubic inches on the 250 Suzuki. Art Baumann, Honda 350. was close behind Grant, pushing hard for the first 3 laps. But again it was Parriott moving up quickly on his powerful Norton, passing J.D. Williams and Baumann on the same lap. On the next lap Parriott passed Grant and began building up a lead which lasted out the 10 lap event. The real show of the race was between Williams' big Norton and Fulton's Suzuki. It looked like a David and Goliath a[[air with nearly everybody pulling for the little machine. But the Norton's power told the story, leaVing Fulton in 4th. The 50 and 100cc field was an open contest with the obvious absence of Haruo Koshino and the amazing Suzuki 50. Ken Gardner was first off the line with his Yamaha 100. but Jeff Pasternak took over on the first tum on a similar machine and stayed in front for the full 6 ·laps. Pasternak showed fine style in building up an untouchable lead. Gardner continued in second place until the 5th lap when he unloaded on the hill at turn 5. Second was inherited by James Damron riding something called an Ocelot and Larry Pruett was right on his tail for third with a Yamaha. The 125-175cc main event was the Walt Fulton show all the way as the Suzuki 125 made itself scarce from the first lap. Walt completely torqued under thf seven man field, lapping the two last placed machines by the end of the 8 circuits. Jon Graber held second place throughout the race with a Bultaco 175 but couldn't come close to Fulton. Steve McLaughlin, who might have given some competition, was out with mecbanical ills on the second lap. For the sake of clarity. at the Dirtdiggers' Hopetown (Corriganville) Moto Cross. the 250cc international and the 500cc international events will be the only two professional events at the twoday meet. In order to run these two professional events. you must have an international license. You may obtain this license from any MIeUS affiliate club. such as the A.C.A .• Box 247. Fullerton. Calif. We would appreciate it if riders would spr ead the word concerning these two professional events. If there is any misunderstanding. please call us as we would be more than happy to straighten out the confusion that seems to exist concerning the 250cc and 500cc international events. USGP Nov. 6 The 3rd Annual USGP will be held at Willow Springs on November 6th. All competition riders from various associations are eligible to participate in this event. Entries will be mailed out this week to all A.C.A. competition riders. Members of other associations who would like to obtain entry forms may do so by writing the ACA office or phoning (area 714) 847-7629. Pre-entries are $10.00 and close October 31st. Post entries are $25.00. This will be the last ACA national points road race for the 1966 season.and in most of the classes. the championships will be decided at this event in both G.P. and production classes. All GP classes will be professional events and there will be trophies for the production classes. FIM rules will be strictly adhered to and there will be no mnvP-lJn~ in class. All machines must perform on an inch-forinch displacement basis within the FIM rule structure. including the 100cc. 175cc aod open classes. SHORT TRACK AT VENTURA The ACA will again run Ventura Fairgrounds short track event on Sunday. October 16th. Pits will open at 10:00 a.m.• with practice starting at 12:00 and first event getting under way at 1:00 p.m. The short track is iocated attheFairgroundsin the city of Ventura. The track can be easily found by taking the California cut-off on the Ventura freeway and then follnwing the signs to the fairgrounds. For those who are interested. it is approximately an hour drive from the Los Angeles City HalL GARY GOES INTERNATIONAL It is interesting to note that Gary Nixon. number two in the AMA national point standings. will probably be participating in Japan in several international road races some time later this year. It must irk the AMA to no end that Gary will be required to join one of the MICUS affiliate clubs and apply through nne of these organizations for an international license. or for that matter. any rider in the AMA who wishes to race in European events is required to go through a MICUS affiliate clu b for an international license. I. too. think that Gary will probably do a fine job in representing the United States in international competition. Maybe if a few of the top AMA boys do get a little exposure to international racing and the type of rules and manner in which the events are run in other parts of the world. the AMA won·t seem to be the last word in motorcycling. 0> .... 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