Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

• Steve I n acti on on his Tri um In acllon on his Triumph. ph. Keith Mashburn, Greeves winner. Keith Greeve. winner, SE ESCOTT V T R SAT VENTURA STEVE SCOTT VICTORIOUS AT TV ICO IOU Joh n By John Shedd Steve Scott, of Thousand Oaks, wiped out the competition Sunday Steve Scott, Thousand wiped to win two trophy dashes and three main events along with two #2 and three main #2 spot s. spots. Sunday was the second day of TT racing for the Ventura Fair the day Grounds this weekend. The sportsmen classes were run on Saturday Grounds thi s run on with the professionals taking over Sunday. The races were held in The were conjunction with the five-day U.S, National Surfing Championship. U.S. Some of the riders proved to be men of many talents by competing in men both surfing and TT racing. There was even a special trophy dash both and was even speci al trophy dash cycli sts. held for the surfing cyclists. Pucker up, Champion. Rain early In the week Packed the earl y I n pack ed track puttlng It In top shape for the putting I t In to p sbape weekend. aft er t he water was pumped atter tbe wat er off of cou rse . The I nfield remained wet of course. Tbe [nfield remained rid ers wbo and riders who missed th e turns fo und tbe found themsel ves quite muddy al ong with the tbemselves along witb tbe officials and photographers who had to photograpbers wbo t ramp thr ough it to do t heir [obs during tramp tbrougb tbelr jobs duri ng the course of th e day . Th ere were two the day. There ci nematographers tbere sbootlng the cinematograpbers the re shooting races for use with tbeir surfing films rac es thei r which wl1l wbich will be shown on a T. V. surfing sbown T.V. show. j / Y manet Yetllan· Ducati Four Dashes in A Row Dashe s i n Row Tropby dashes T rophy das hes were UP first. and UP first, tbere were fQur In a row. Tbe first was there T he f~ur I n the 100cc dash with Marty Endless on 100cc dasb wltb End l es s H onda a Honda beating out Steve Scott, the Scott , bottest competitor of the day , mounted hot test competltor day, on a Suzuki. In the 200cc trophy dash t he t rophy Scott came back on a Bultaco to take came Bultac o t he Wil1 from Bo b Zltar al so ast ri de a the w i.~ from Z itar also astride Bul t aco. Bullaco. T he 250cc dash was quite a race, qui te The with Keith Mashburn sto rming in for tbe K eith Masbburn storming in the wi n moun ted Greeves . win mounted on a Greeves. Scott took a rest during the 250cc dash and then res t came back for the 350-open dash and blasted his Bonneville around th e track blast ed B onneville the track for an easy win. Ventura Ventura boasted plenty of bikes and pl enty of classes plenty of class es for unday' s race. W1day' The fi rst cla ss to run after the trophy The first class dasbes was th e 100cc main event. It dashes tbe was a large class with the first three cl ass nrst pl ac ee going to the same riders as in placeE th e in the trophy dash. This time the order trol>hy dash . Th i s wa s changed, with Scott winning ou t was chanae d, Sco tt wtnnin g out over ov er Endless and Coyne still in thIrd. sUli thir d. For the 175cc main. Scot t fired up F or 175cc main , Scott uP his Bultaco and slipped pass George Omo IlIon a Mont esa to captu re some III on Montesa capture more greenbacks and his second main mor e greenbac ks main event win. T he three swapped posiTbe tbree posi tions several times and had a close go seve ral of .it the entire race. For the 200cc it F or mai n, Sc ott took a break while John maln, Scott J ohn starred Riggen st arred in t he show ri din g a the sbow riding Bultaco, Bullaco, around the curve s, ove r t he curves, over tbe j umps and fi rst past the chec k ered flag, jumps first cbeckered flag. Scott was back again f or the 250cc for main, but eve n after laking a rest, he maln. even taki ng be was no match for Keith Mashburn , t he K eith Mashburn, the 250cc tr ophy dash winner. Mashburn trophy Masbburn grabbed the lead early and had no inthe l ead bad tentlon of giving it up. Scott fi nally tention finally beat it around the t raffi c overt aking tbe traffic overtaking second pl ace man George Omo , Jr. place Omo, After taking Omo, he set his sigbts for Omo. sights Mashburn. Mash burn and Greeves proved Mashburn to be one wbale of a combination and whale combi nat i on wouldn't give an inch, so Scott had to gi ve in ch, settl e fo r a seco nd with Omo in fo r settle for second i n for third on his Montesa. hi s Mont esa. ' 16 POUNDS OF ABSOLUTESTABll.ITY , r This is wha t the editor of the largest what th e motorc ycle ma gazine In c ountry motorcycle magazine in the country has sai d abou t our all new Ducati consaid about our con- ve rsio n frame. version fr am e. If you have a Ducati. you owe it to yo u ha ve Ducati , you ow e yo urse lf yourself to write for more information. write for more Information. It', It's free. TH£ tHE YET~ YET ~ 1277 Rantoul St . 1 2n St. STREET - - seems al ways Below, Ray McCarty seems always up In the RI)' air about something. sornlthlne. - ,. TRACK HILLS Beverly, Mass.OI91S Beve rly, Ma's.0191 5 DESERT ~8W0~0~@~@G~~~ '-=J@)Ji [1~ @~r:J1?[3~ I 531·9 984 531 -9303 205 N. HARBOR, SANTA ANA 1 bl ock from Bal sa on Harbor = - - Yamaha &len'a ~ --First ··First install a BARNETT CLUTCH :(:·~W€, . . . .....",~ Wanta Do WHEELIES Scott Again The Th e 350cc and open main were commai n bined. The hottest tw o cl asses proved bin ed. hottes t two classes to be a jam-up race to top off two days be rac e of raci ng. Alex Chrzanowski mounted racing. Cbrzanowski on a H onda put on quite a show leaving Honda tbe riders the ri der s of hi s class far behi nd and his behind wi t h only two of tbe big bore bikes with the bi g hore getting by. Alex was number one man one man geW ng off the line, but Scott took him getting line. took on the outside in the fi rst corner. first corner . Justin Glidden had to follow Alex a Ju sti n couple of laps before he could get by. c ould SCott and Glidden managed to keep Scott t hei r 650cc T riumphs ahead of Alex 's their Triumphs Alex's haulin' Honda to be the fi rst t wo past tbe first two the fla g. The open win made the fifth flag. win of tbe day for St eve Scott as he brought the. Steve a Suzuki , a Bullaco, and a Tri umph into Suzuki, Bul taco, Triumpb the winner's circle all in the course of wi nner ' s cou rse day 's racing. one day's raci ng. 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