Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

I • or HONDA 01 TORRANCE EUROPEAN SCRAMBLES AT HOME By Tom P a rham t'arbam With the skies grey and sk ies threatenin g rain the first annual threatening European scrambles bombed off Earopeau sCl'UIbles the line. Co-sponsored by the liae. Co-spoasored by Sage-Hoppers and Lions Motorcycle Clubs under the supe rvisapervisioa sion of the very able Bob Gooding, the eveat was staged in the event soft-rolling, soft-rolliDg, sage covered hills just oatside of Enciait&s, Calif. jast outside Encinitas, C&lif. The course was a 3.2 mile loop, (8 course 3.2 loop . ( 8 laps for the small bikes and 16 laps for th e bik es the 250 and over), cutting and hacking and th e its way through the sage and bush to a long fiat-out section on a mesa top lo ng mountain•••sage hopper domain, the club hoppe r th e name seems Quite fitting . quite fitting. The und er T he race got under way about 11 o'clock to a great roah from the riders from the and the 100cc's lined up to go. All th e 100cc ' s riders st arte d in the dead engin e, started in the engine, straddle-and sit-on-yo ur-f ront-wheel sit-on-your-front-wheel style . style. Th e nag dropped, I double-expos ed I double-exposed The fia g my film . and the one hundreds' were film, OFF. T here wer e to be three s ep ar at e separate OF F . There were and ra ce s . 100c c novi c e and and distinct races. 100cc novice and an d expert first . and eXPert first. 250 am. and e x. and ex. a nd ope n expert second. an!! 250 novice and open t hird. In t he novice event open third. In the l00cc DOv1ce e ven t By little fourteen-year-old Clyde Grizzl e Grizzle took first on his Hodaka with J. Grace with J . Gra c e (Hodaka) and Bob Frauenverger (Bridge Bob Frau en ver ger (Bridgs to ne). Expert honors went to Jack stone). Morga n (Hodaka) , J ohn Morgan (Hodaka). John Nixon (Brig.) in the number two s pot and Stan W spot and stan Whiton on hiton his Yamaha. Next up we re the e x-Am Nex t were ex-Am and ope n class. Light weight win went opeo to a scrambling man's s c rambler. Don a scrambler, MCCarley on his potent Greeves. Mark Gree ves. Gooding gave a hard ride, but it's hard hard rid e, it' s hard Good ing to catch McCarley. Mark placed second (C-Z ) on his Maico with Lee Cochran (C-Z) his third. Open e~rts wer e Pierre Ra by expe rts were P i erre Ra~ ( ortoa), Don Finan (Honda ) and Gil (No rton). FinaIl (BODCIa) Gil Vada (Triumph) in the " ada (Triumpb) ... that order. By Ibe time the novice 250 llIId open came to and open novi c e the line it was starting to get cold, was lin e with the s ky getUng darker. sky dark er. I could hear some of the rid ers verriders bally coaching the clouds fo r rain ... th e cl ouds for •. • mud would be fun. The la s t rac e saw L e wis , on Th e last race s a w Allen Lewis, o n Hus ky, a screaming Busky, take first in li ghtIirst lightweigk novice followed ~ V. Colvard weight by Colva rd (Greeves) and Sian Colvin (Bultaco). (Gree ves) and Stan Colvi n (Bul taco). Open winne rs were Joey Cabell (BSA) winners Ca bell J ames HjalmarSam Steams (BSA) and James Bjalma... son (Ma tchles s ). so n (Matcbless). The planned, a nd Th e me et was run, planned. and ofprofess io nal touch . fici ated with ficiated wit h a professional touch. Lunch wago ns and an ambulanc e wer e ambuiance were L unch wagons and and t he on hand ' and both the Lions a nd the han d and t he sage pro ved t he mse lves excelSag e Hoppers proved themselves exce llent clubs with fine s port sman members. cl ubs sportsman SALES, PARTS & SERVICE 18411 HAWTHORNE BLVD., TORRANCE, ToRRANCE, CAUFORNIA SP 2-1823 2·1123 fa 1-7533 fR ~~;IT[HLE55 ~:l\ HODAKA HODAIA ~ SALES' PARTS· SERVICE SALES· PARTS · EDDIE CROWELL 10 427 10427 P , a i ti r . 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His right knee curtai n rin ger nex t Hi s voll eyball i t di d not is is the s ize of a volleyhall but it did not size keep him from wlnning the much soughtfrom winning t he after State Championship, on e of the fe w Champio nship. one few local titles be had yet to grab prior to he ha d yet last week n~w th e rid er Dan now becomes the only rider at Ascot win th ree As cot to ever 'fIin all three State ChampionshJJ)s. He did it as a novice in '63, i n ' 63. pionship s . an a mateur in '64 and now a s a n ex pe rt amateur as an expert in ' 66. in '66. Sammy Tann er took the overall high Tanner overall hi gh point title for the fourth time with Haa by Haa~ moving uP from tbird on the flnal night to movin g third final flnish s econd in the points for the secfinish second ond straight year. Chris Draayer. Chuck Draayer, Chu ck Jones and Pat Gosch also moved up in Gos ch the final standings the last night out . standings th e out. th e Shorty Seabourne made his last ama- Many cOnflictln~ s torie s a bout how conflictln~ stones about the lndoor races Wlll be run ha ve come i ndoo r ra ces will have from the usual rumor circuit but tll'l way t he u~ual tlIt> we get lt lS that an y a nd all nders can g~t it is tha t any and ri ? ers ca n prac ti ce noon saturday until p.m, practice from nOOn Saturday untIl 4 .p.m. Thisincludes nders With out professlonal ~his i nc ludes rid ers w1thout profe s s ional lic.enses. Only a ~e gula r $2.00 memberIicenses, ~egular membe rship card is reqUlred to test the track ca rd i s required th e tra ck that brought back the Triumph Cub and and Ed di e Muld er laat season. Ca rds Eddie Mulder last s eason. Cards will be On sale at the Jll.t gate. On Illt . Then tbe P1tS an d track Wlll.. be the pits and t rac k will cleared at 4 p..m. a nd the regular Si gnregular Slgndeared and in proc edu re lD procedure Wlll take place for the pro's. pro' s. In a ddition. this year will find new pro addition. class for 100cc a nd under machines. If and a no.vice, amatEOur or expert has two novi ce, amateur machine s . machines, One bigger than a 100cc and one s maller. he ca n nde for money 10 smaller, can ride lD not one but two classes. . classe s . Th e s how has been scaled down t~s The show bee n year to ha ve not thr~e but one malO have not thr~e mam ev ent for the 250cc. nders. Th er e will event the 250cc rid e rs , There w1ll also be one main eve nt for the s mal ler event th e smaller jobs. ~ HEADQUARTERS ---- -----.._- - - - --- -- -_. --_._------------------ ~ .- HAR'LEV- DAVIDSON HAR·LEV- Pit Gate Opens at 5 p. m. at Shorly Frl Shorty In a cti on last FrI day. action teur ride a good one, just like he has the rid e one . has pre viou s five weeks. ge ts previous fiv e weeks . He now gets a vacation until being tossed to the wol ves unt il bein g th e wolves next season a s a n e xpe rt. Mighty Mike nex t as an expert. Mik e Morton an d the sizzli ng Suzuki bowed sizzling Suz.uki Morton and waiting out of the novice class with a wai ti ng th e novic e cla ss with list of rid ers for the machine next year riders mach in e nex t ye ar now reaching about a mile long out at lo ng reach in g Baldwin Park Cycle. Bal dwi n Cycle. th e season On Will recap the seaso n later On but it was a good One to say the least. Out of one Out or the first year expe rts. the amateurs and experts, the novice riders will come many future rid ers top riders and national champions. and Racing Moves Inside this Sat. T he lights go out at As cot and go on The Ascot at at Long Beach this Saturday night. For saturday ni ght, Fo r fans who like it warm and colorful. the lik e it and co lorful. th e Long Beach ar ena holds a one-shot arena e ve nt this wee k before returning with event thi s week be fore ret urnin g with three races in January. January . thr ee rac e s Due to Ibe record amount of entries a th e gates opening and th e new time for Ibe pit cates openin g and closing. The gates for race s ign-ins rac e sign-ins cl os ing. Th e ga tes open s at :I p.m. a nd closes at 6:3 0 p.m. a t 6:30 p .m , opens 5 p . m, and There will be DO e xceptions. Th is is TheJ"e no exceptions. This rather a wel l-ke pt secret so if any readrathe r well-l

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