Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

co ... co ~ • 0.. <0 ~ ... ... ... ~ ..Q S ~ <.l ~ Cl ~ [oJ Z .. [oJ ..,J o o :>.. Panoramic pre-race presentatIon of s lnllnc shorttrack specialist s. Classe, comfortable and collrful are the three most descriptiYe words to capture the opening nigbt of the second annual winter seasan of indoor lightweight racing at Long Beach A rena Saturday nigllt, H 19tb. oy. O hundred riders fougllt it out in the 250cc class witb fiftJ more on ne hand to do banle for the first time in the 100cc and under divi sion. The Long Beacb band ballyhooed the leathered knights onto the " field of banle" for the opening once again before a crowd that paid oyer $250 0.00 prizes, the largest in the area in over three m onths• The fi rst I OOcc main eve nt eve r run at an i ndoor e vent had Simmons ri ght back on hi s 90cc H onda fo r his second st raight bi g one of the ni ght. He l ed a 1-2-3 Honda parade ac ross the lin e in t he eight lap fina l with novi ce Dan K elly in second and Steve Scott taking third. Russ Robinson on a Yamaha 80 broke the Honda string and took fo urth with Hodaka's new ace , Cal Rayborn, running fifth . T he ten lap " B" final was agai n pl ac ed on the program for the rid ers that finished outsid e th e top t hree places in the sellii main events. T his one was a runaway for . BSA mount ed Ralph White who agai n went to the museum and brok e out his 1937 250cc " Speci al". Steve Scot t . this time on a Bultaco, ran second with Bultac o mounted Sonny Nutter a cl ose third. A mat eur Jim Berry brought the first Honda 250cc job in for fourth. ., 'E .." ., '" .. c ~ e ., . ! Q E ., .s Above: Moment of truth as "8· MaIn Eventers Cet off the line. Front row, from left, Muldw, WhIte, Balle)', Scott, T lbhen. f erred to the feature and i t was typical sl am- bang Long Beach action all the way , spi ced with spills and upsets . The little bikes opened the show with ~ four heats of under 100c c machines and llo it took a novice rid er. Dan Kelly, on a Honda 90. to show t he many experts the way around over th e six- lap distance. Gllera-mounted Randy Lane. also a novice , won his heat race befo re Yamahamount ed Cal Rayborn came through in the other t wo heats to uphol d t he honor of tbe experts. No l es s than te n novice n eers finished In t he front runnin g four posi tion s in the various heat races to advance to the four semi-main events. One novi ce, Ducall-po wered Ri ck Woods , won hi s heat over the experts for the only green pl at e victory. The showdown f or the main event pos itions came i n the four semi-mains. T he fas test rid ers from each semi trans- o LAWNDALE CYCLE INC A YAMAHA 0 ) :tJt DUCAT . VELOCETTE SALES·S RVIC · P T · R NTAL E E AR S E S' 15324 HAWTH OR,NE LAWNOAL.E CAL IF BOU LEVARD • S P 2 18.22 OS 6 e S48 THE FAMILY FUN CENTER . GI, Eddie, go! When i t came time to move UP to the bi g bikes, over 100ccs and under 251ccs it l ook ed like last ye ar's champion Ed die Muld er was again going to have a bi g night as tbe Triumph ace blast ed around fait he faste st six l ap heat race ov er the other nine heat winners . Jim Berry on a Honda and Elliot t Schultz, also on a Honda. rounded out the fastest three heat rac e winners. SlOW, Muhler, Slow! F ast-i mproving amateur Randy say. on a l25cc Yamaha won the opening semi ove r Mert L awwill and Sonny Nutter. F our-time main event winner Muld er ran a sl ow and distant fourth. mi ssing the feature race for tbe first time in six attempts. T be se cond semi, the fastest or the fo ur. was taken llY Chris Draay er on a H-D Sprint . Two novice ri ders, Ri ck Woods on a Duca ti and Mike Lithi cum on a Honda , finished two-t hree and also went t o t he fi nal. Th e third semi found Schultz winn in g hi s seco nd st raight race of the night. beating Amateur Norm Elledge on a Bul taco and expert Mike Konle on a T riumph. Th e last semi t o obtain the final three riders was won b;j" Honda-mount ed Ja ck Simmons with T ri umph riding Skip Van L eeuwen i n second and BSA amateur L es Horn runnin g third. E very one of the f our si x- l ap semi mains were run under the one minut e mark. Draayer posted the fastest si x i n t he s econd round of elimi nations. T rophy dash tim e pUted the four fastest ri ders froin the semis In a thr eelap hlazer with Jac k Simmons cOllli ng from third on the fi rs tIap to lake the wi n. Schultz was seco nd wi th Randy Say thi rd and Draay er , fo urth . This gives jolting Jack two dash win s under the roof i n six tries. Cal Rayborn dl spla)'ed beautiful st)'le on his ~ prlnt. LONG BEACH HONDA THE m otorcycle . ~:~i :~~ ; BILL KRAUSE a:::S~:r~:s Dept. Store. ~ ~A.~(j• • ,>Eh ,C:( • '611~~ • 1"Ou~"'''-! H O N D A/ T •PIUMPHG'f": . ~,f '"~'1. ";}jJ; ~ ----1257 S.LA BREA at Ce ntu ry. Ingle wood . 671-O4ll6 . 678·5035 I';'\' XI· · "z. ~ HE A D Q U A R T E R S

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