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Cycle News 1966 12 01

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• * Draayer, O' Brien, Ershlg round lurn two. The feature event , for 15 laps , too k t hree tri es be fore the riders even got . pa s t the first turn. Laww ill and his Sp rint took a header on the firs t turn and was run over by two other ride rs . The black came out a nd they t rie d it again . Aga in rid er s kiss ed the concrete and a gain t he race was re- s tarted. Finally, on the thi rd try , Lawwill was off like a shot and was neve r headed as he went wire to wire for his first win under t he lights at Long Bea c h. Simmons was a dis tant second with novice Rick Woods running thi rd. Schultz was still ha ving his bes t night of the enti re year and ran fourth with novice Mi ke Lihthicum in fifth. Two novice ri ders in the fi rst five - things are cha ngi ng at Lo ng Bea ch! Tibben Picks up a Passenger! T he most outstanding exhibition of rid ing came in the .. B" final whe n Bob Ba il ey crashed into the rea r end of J ohn T ibb en. It broug ht T ib ben to an a brupt halt to find lo ng Bob Bail ey mount ed on t he bac k fe nde r of T ib ben' s machi ne . Ne ith er rider was fined or s us pende d for trying to ride doubl e. It was Ba il ey' s firs t ride on a Sprin t. T i bben hopes It wi 11 be the las t , The Long Beach races return in Janua ry 7 th. 14th and 21st. T here will also Three start s were ,required 10 gel Ihe " B· b ft t' 11 th d t Main underway. Above: Russ Robinson Irlg· e a e moon prac Ice a re e a es, gen (89) one of !he chain reacllon melees. Jack Simmons won Trophy Dash for four faslesl semi riders. Here he accepls trophy and congratulations [ram prom,olers Brymer & Dowis, trophy girl Suzl Jane Hokom. (M re indo or pic tures on page 10) o HARLEV- DAVIDSON INDOOR SHORT TRACK LONG BEACH ARENA, NOV. 19th 1st MERT LA WWILL and Harley-Davidson Sprint GO SU PER FAST with CYCLE CITY OSSA - BENELLI - SUZUKI Compl ele M achine Shop 2142 Long Beach Boulevard Long Beach - 59:-1389 BELLFLOWER FULLERTON BURBANK EL CAJON INGLEWOOD LONG B EACH LOS ANGELES PALMDALE PASADENA POMONA IUVERSIDE SAN BERNARDINO SAN D1EGO SANTA MARIA SANTA ANA SO. SAN GABRIEL TAFT VAN NUYS VE NTURA WHITTIER Southern Ca lif . H-D Dealer Assoc .

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