Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

• Near Nipton, California 52 miles south of Las Vegas, at the Bailey Rd. offramp, there is a small mining communit;y called Mountain Pass. Not much bigger than a trailer park, this community has a couple of very unusual things going for it. The Molybdenum Corp. of America have here the only rare earth metal mine of its kind in the world-and the Hill & Gully Riders M.C. have the only scrambles track of its kind in the world. ance on the track and rode to a 5th place finish. And Al just got over a hospital t;ype illness 10 days ago! Mike Whittington rode his first race on a Honda push rod 90 and after a spill or two managed a 3rd place finish in the 100cc Jr. class. Bultaco rider Chuck Hatcher won his first 1st place trophy taking the 250 Novice main event. Las Vegas' favorite starter Gene Drew waved off the 100 Jr. class. Hard riding Robert E. Lee, came south on his Suzuki 50 and rode to the victory. Maybe if novice rider Mike Wittington's battery hadn't failed while he was leading the 3rd heat, Robert E. might have wound most of the time, like he was completely out of control, rot no denYing his riding ability. He clung to the bike and track throughout the heats and main and linished with a good lead ahead of Expert Terry Grie ble (Bultaco). Third place to Dan Harnett. Han Bites Hound Mike Chadburn, who rides about on the cleanest looking Triumph in these parts, look all 3 heats in the open class. Dutch Cunningham in the 2nd heat joined a game of real bare and hounds. During the 2nd heat a dog chased a rabbit across the path of the oncoming cycles. Unable to avoid it, Dutch's cycle entered the chase with disasterous results to tbe dog. The hare got away clean but "endsville" for the hound. To sum up the day ••• a good time was had by all (except one) concerned. Met ::e east. Feb. 19th. Sunday, will feature Grand Prix raCing uoder the A.F .M. '" banner. Details will be announced in ~ Cycle News as the weeks go by. Cl.. Next year promises to be the biggest and best season of motorcycle racing and other mlc fun activities ever held ~ in Nevada. New tracks, night races, ~ road racing and prn events are in the ~::~gw~g~ :~e 1;~~ '~o~~t~c~~~ ~ circles. For Stardust and all other events, further information can be had by dropping me a line at P.O. Box 5511 Las Vegas. Nevada. MOTORS 5475 San Fernando Rd. WISt Los Angeles 39, Calif (213) 247-3068 DISTRIBUTOR of JUDSON proclucts (inc.:ludinJ: Crch.'·Tron tr:msi~tor i~ni lion) and FRA CISCO OILS and .. chcmical<. I~ ",u -- ><.:Iu NIpton racers wlrl nlp·and-tuck as photo The Hill & GuIly track is well named. Last week's scrambles was a blast from the spectators view, and a rough go for the riders. It was a track that called for cool riding and fast thinking. A big thanks goes to Mr, B.D. Bailey, Manager of the mine, who gave the club use of tbe land to build the track, lent equipment and saw to it that an ambulance was in attendance. I was told that lacking a few of tbe necessary tools, club members manicured the track SUI'" face with brooms, shovels (and mucho elbow grease) to prepare for the races. It was a day marked by a number of interesting sidelights: Vegas Yamaha dealer Al Titus made his first appeal'" above bears aut. ~O "' .... :7;0 ",:i: zOo ~163SW.VALLHIlVD AUtAMllllA, CAUFOllNIA 91803 HARLEY· DAVIDSO CLEANS HOUSE AT Friday AMA ~ Mile EXPERT MAIN 1st Mel Lacher HARLEY-DAVIDSON Soufflern Calif. H-D Dealer Assoc. ASCOT~ Sunday AMA %Mile UA" MAIN-TROPHY DISH & HEAT RACE 1st Cris Draayer H-D Sprint 2 ad Cal .s t.J 0 U) SIMPSON '" ~~ UP in 2nd instead of sam Lee. Third was Mike, 4th place to Norm Hanson. Again the 100cc Sr. was won by Danny sromalla (Honda) who swept 2 of 3 beats by a wide margin. Bob Tooley (Yamaha) took the 3rd heat and a second place finish. Danny Darland (Hodaka) .unloaded in the 3rd Heat but managed a 3rd place finish. 250 Novice. main bonors to Chuck Hatcher (Bultaco). 2nd, Chris Lee and third, Tom Jones. A good showing was made by the desert riding Groundshakers M.C. of Las Vegas who are very rarely seen at a track meet. Casey Folks showed up on a spanking new Jawa CZ but it didn't perform the way its desert master hoped. Riding the 250 Amateur class Casey had to settle for a 4th place spot in the main. 1st place trophy went to Bob Tooley (Bultaco). Bob rode this race ~ ""'0111. H-D )priat ''I" Mai. 1st I.d Corrler- H-D Spri.t s c.:z ~ c.:z -.J U :... U

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