Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

ta blished re cor d atFontana's me et. tablisbed a record a tFontana's hig meet. Suzuki bas sbaved SUzuki has s haved a few more digits dig its it s mile of time from its quarter mile assault. Vinc e t urne d 13.96 elapsed Vince Rowles turned a 13.96 e la psed time at 92.49. W hope that one day at We bope e day will drag dress Suzuki wi ll appear in dra g dres s and top give us its best in top weight per displacemen t performance. placement performa nc e. NEWy DRAG ASSOCIATION ng lEW the Motorcycle Drag Racing ASSOOATIOI F inall Mot orcycl e Dra g Raci Finally Association reality. A first As s oci at i on is to become reality. A firs t meeting, open to all . will be held on all. will Thursday, 17th . at El Th ursday. November 17th, at El Nido Park in Torrance, Calif. Time will be 9:0 0 P.rn. and if you wish success to a if 9:00 p.m. big step for cycles be su re and be there. sure and bi g It's reac h tu rning It·s easy to reach by turning West off Hawthorne Blvd. on 18 2nd s treet. T hi s 182nd street. This club house was given for use by the us e hous e wa s Calif. Squirr els M/C Club and they wish Squirrels us s uccess. success. Dragstrip Gassers Gass ers Millard Disharoon and Nira Johnson Millard J ohns on were the A & B class winn er s. Nira is B winners. Ni ra t he A getting the elapsed time of his Triumph get t in g hi s • Agt is i" into the realm it once dominAgtisi' t he realm ated. Sa turday his best read 11.82 at saturday 11.82 at 116. 58. 116.58. Dishar oon Disharoon is really getting w th it rea ll y ge tting with it i aod co ntende rs . and defeating all contenders. This week it was Dish vs. Joe Smith a nd it was a J oe and it a clos e One. Joe bad been turning consistclose one . J oe had been turni ng speeds above ent mid-elevens at s peeds abov e one mid-e lev en s hundred twenty. Dish came out on top at t wenty . Dis h 11.58 -117 .03. Next week Joe will return J oe 11.58-117.03. Next with the golden gleam in his eye and gol de n gleam Dish is going to have a hard race to win Dis h ha rd again. the 'Ron Knapp was chief of the small bores on his 250cc Yamaha. Ron and and Bob Braverman were the class entries Braverma n were and Ron took the honors turning 13.31 tbe E.T. and 97. 71 mph. 97.71 E _T . ... Fontana Record Meet ... E beli ng By Bob Ebeling books of entries that thai hundred miles per hour. pe r Three machines and their respective riders won top gas,, while an res pective gas and laurels two top street cash andlaureis were awarded to two at Irwindale Raceway. lEACH LIn. of Part. CENTEI CYCLE CENTER Full and Full Lin. of Part• •d AcclilOrl•• far Acc••_I•• for ALL BRANDS Spedalli /nc In Handa" Modall Speellllz", 'I Homla. H. . . . 6SO EIIO.~·"EItIAL BEACH UO EIIO.~Y·IlIPERIAL BEACH \714) 423'1331 '714) 423-1331 o Part. • For Yamaha Parts , • For Yamaha Service o Serv ice • For New-Used Yamaha. o Yamahas See s- So. 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In order 10 s atisfy o rde r to satisfy were unab le the remaining contenders, the strip r emai nin g co ntende rs , management paid each top money a nd top money and pa id bonus . ga ve gave guest passes for a bonus. Top Fuel had four contenders an d Ihe Tall Fue l and tbe in la s l last race wa s staged in final moments was before curfew regulations brought the befo re c urfe w regula ti ons broughl action to a halt. to hal t. Murray & Cook had caretully checked ha d care fully checke d all visible moving parts and tbeir a dve rvis i ble part s their adversaries. McE voy mea s ured s a rie s . McEvoy & Whiteman measured the fuel percentage to exacting amounts. perc enta ge t o exac ti ng amounts . Considering M & C's two Triumph enM C' s gines and nine seco nd elapsed times, a second times. man taking bets would have given two to man odds against McE voy Whiteman. one odd s a gainst McEvoy & Whit eman. The courage to wa ger a gai ns t such odd s co urage wager against odds ha ve would have no reward, for Murray an d and Cook stormed off the line in a manner tbe in that produced a fi nal E.T. of 9.98 at the produ ced final speed of 157.34 mph. A note of interest i s earlier A DOte of iDterest is that ear li er in Jim Coo k work the day Jim Cook was detained at worll and could not ani ve iD time to qualify arrive in tim e co uld lhe double. Murray summed lbe do uble. Boris Mnrt'ay s ummed up hi s Bonn evtlle Bonneville courage, climbed aboard and and shot down the quarter mile to a 10.44 mil e 10.44 elapsed time. ti me. Another view, for Harley lovers, is view , Har ley lovers , Tom Whiteman's ef forts to develop speed Tom efforts de vel op from his ideas employed in a good looking machi ne that is only a degree or two degree ing machine tha t strong contender. from being a s t rong co ntender. Fontana produced thirteen records F ontana record s credited to top machines and a great c redite d deal of cash a wa rds fat ten ed the pocket awards fattened "The Bes t Service in Town" Best Town" CANUCjA PARK CANU~A bettered bettered t t t t t , t ... . ... . . . . . . . . . . t . .. ... ... .. . ... . . . . . . . . .. .......t St reet-Gas Haudicap Street-Gas Handicap Th e eli mina tio ns for top street and The eliminations Irwinda le gas di visions at Irwindale were run on a divisions handicap basis a nd shall be for a time, ba sis and ti me, until we determine if it is acceptable to until det ermine it is all contender s. contende rs. In order to make it work tbere will be the re fair play a great need for fai r pla,y and • sand bagging- will not go unnoticed. bagging" What would the punishment for cheatpu nishment I ing be? I would leave that up to the lea ve racers that were victimized by such an were an act. Classes Triumph in the hands of Tony Dodge ha nds Dod ge is a machine that doe sn' t go unnoticed. doesn't How can it, when its the quickest and it , fastest street bike on a drag strip . This drag strip. week T ony brought the Bonneville to Tony irwindale i n Irwindale in a Johnson Mtrs. Van (his employer) and unloaded it to win B it B street class at a speed of 101.27 with a at 101 .27 fantastic elapsed time of 12.53 seconds. of 12.53 Later in top bike eliminations Tony lost top to LeRoy Wyman's Honda that ran a L eRoy tenth or two Quicke r than his best of the tent h quicker day. Due to tbe handicap it was a valuday . th e ha ndicap it able period a ble period of time. time . In lhe future we will have a break-out the futu re ba ve rule. LeRoy did not run quick er by derul e. did not nm quicker sign, it was only a matter of so me ellra st zn, some ext ra traction or beuer co mbustio n Ute lractioD or better combustioo as the temperature changed, but we will try and temp eratur e c hanged, bot protect the competitors with in a reasonprot ect th e compe ti tors within a ble margin, say one-tenth second. able s ar ooe-tenth Eddie Witt brought his Honda to the Eddie brougbt local strip from Sa c rame nto, calif., and sacramento, Calif.. the des ire to race did not go to wa ste desire waste for be won the E s t reet class a nd eshe street and Fontana Raceway held the fi rst of F ont ana Ra ceway he ld first its its strip rec ord e ve nts that s hall be run record events shall four times a year. Th is was quite a This package of racing for each entry . You entry. pa c ka ge of raci ng privileged only were pn vi leged to run not only for a record but the choice of eliminations bot against other bikes for class trophy, or t rophy . time mixed elapsed time brackets against a mixed bikes breed breed of cars and bikes with money the a ward.. award. Th e a ward whi ch places Fontana The award which pla ces drag strip as number one of all tbe number dra g places I like to race, is its miJeS'1lerplaces race , mil es-perhour money. Win or lose your class, mon ey . bracket, etc. you ar e s till awa rde d fifty are still awarded fif ty cents a mile for e very mph o ver one mil e every over hundred you attain during the day. T his This yo u is paid a gainst yo.. 6e s t liming ticket. is against your oost timing ti ck et. As e xample, yo u turn 130 tbe As per eumple, if you tum 130 mph the mooey you receive is fi fteen dolla rs . money rec eive firteeo dollars. This is paid noeere else on the W t no ..h ere th e West es Coast and I and albers appre cia te tbe I others appreciate t be Coa st system, system. SOme of the really haulin' machines SOme th e rea ll y ha ulin' ma chin e s provi ded provided a da y of good a ct ion. Murray day action. Murra y ra ce i n brack et and Cook chose to race in bracket numCo ok t hat ber one that paid forty-fi ve dol la rs to forty-five dollars the winn er . Th ere was only one competiwinner. There comp eti t hat matcb ed t hei r ra te tor that matched their rate of travel and tra ve l that wa s an altered Pie Wagon out of was an altered P ie Blair's Spee d s hop. Blair' s Speed shop. "ben the nacbiDes were staged and When machines recei M &. recel ved the green lite, M & C hauled the twin engine Triumph iDto a quick t win into lead but suddenly' lbe chain s nap pe d but suddenly th e snapped abuut th e The abo ot a third of the way down. T be Wagon went through the finish lights thro ugh finislt lights Wagon first to win the bracket. Later iD the da y in day • kicks' beld belween a "kicks" race was held between the two and Murray & Cook showed how it a nd Murray &. Coo k sItowed would have come 5.17• Tw o ent rie s wer e in bracket number brack et Two entries were two and SOnny Raslawski had the best Rasla wski elapsed time of 10.25 seconds . Clutch seconds. Clut ch troubles were a plague fo r Sonny and for and trou bles were when his Harley was staged against his Ha rley Bob Ebeling's Triumph, the clutch gave E beli ng' s cl utch him a push a cr os s Ihe foul line a nd the across the and red eye wi nked at Son . Ebeling came off eye winked at Son. E beling the line s t rong but did a se ries of strong a series wheelies that carried him across three him three whee li e s tha t dragster lanes. Ebeling won the bracket money but there was not really a race. the re not rea lly Jen Gough Cycl e Jelf Gougb who works at Cycle World worlls in Buena Park, fo und some minor adiD Bu ena Park , found minor justments that gave him and T riumph a j ustmen ts t hat ga ve him Triumph victory' brack et victory in bracket number three plus the th ree plu s elapsed ti me record for B fuel. J efr s time reco rd err elaps e d time was 10.80 s eco nds and be he elapsed time was 10. 80 seconds Jlagon promis e s promises that the Alf Hagan framed machine is only wean ed on quick times weaned times and plans to grow s tronge r. pl an s grow stronger, P et e Hut ton ha d Pete Hutton had the fastest gas bike at and at Fontana a nd set a new A gas record of 11.84 - 124.1 3. Another record for 124.13. 11 .84 rec ord Pete and his lovely wife an d friends is and the aid rendered hy tbem to other racers. render ed by them Early in the day Pete was shut down Ear ly in P e te from mechanical failures a nd instead of and loading up or going home the remaining going day was spent doing everyth ing from doing everything from loading machines to filling gas tanks loadi ng mach ine s and lowing for a start . Th anks, Pete, towing start. Thanks, Pete , from everyone! everyone! To Sum It Up Sum Up Th er e were a lot of races a nd racers There and ra ce rs that space cannot cover in this column, ca nnot t his is rec ogniti on. and each is worthy of recognition. If you a re not here in printers ink. look next are i n print ers ink , loo k week and the next. for your name will be nex t . na me on tbe pages at one time or another. the one Ne xt Irwi nda le Next week we will go again to Irwindale progra m. and then Lions to see a great program. t hen ( Results (Results on page 16) pat:e •

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