Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

Clijfji!{!!!!IlB[] SPANISH AMAb CARBURETORS They don't call it a national but the 100 lapper last Sunday had all the fringes that go with such an event. 186 riders showed up [or the show that . included sixty o[ the best TT experts to ever put on leathers. It was the first time a rider ever fell off and then came back to wIn. It was also the first time a rider fell off and came back to take second place. But what is a TT race if Van Leeuwen or Hammer don't fall off? SCRAMBLIN' .... IlIClNOBLOC Immediate deHvery on all models and parts. Competitively Priced. Complete Carburetors in all sizes! #375 22 mm Monobloc 0 #376 27 mm MonobJoc 0 #389 30 mm Monobloc 0 #389B 32 mm MonobJoc 0 #389 G.P. with remote float ALL PARTS INTERCHANGEABLE WITH ENGLISH AMAL for complete information and cotolog; ANAHEIM MOTORCYCLE CENTER INC. 127 SOUTH MANCHESTER BLVD. ANAHEIM. CALIFORNIA PHONE; 714 772·6330 HUGE DISCOUNTS on New 67 Hondas --;-""0 3:g L:Jcat:O'l'io uARiNER ENTERP lIE 2J~: Eo PJc. Cst. 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We kept the minutes at a special meeting called ror scrambles clubs by District 37 Pres. Jean Carter. There were 14 clubs present, some with one representative and some with two. Ten men voted for a 50¢ raise, 6 voted 'for $1.00 and one went for 75¢. This was a discussion meeting where all complaints were aired out. A COUllle or clubs said they were very happy WIth the present system, they always made money at a race and they spen t that money for good dinners for workers at the event and for (lances for their membership. Others said they had got beefs because they n eve r threw a trophy presentation. Some said that they went in the hole every time they threw an event. Now we'll stick our neck out. It seems to me that some of our problems are not so much as how much money you make on a day but how you run your event. (Clubs are a non-profit organization and if you start "making money" Uncle Sam will breathe down your neck!) Lately the lightweights have be~n taking so much time that the heavyweIghts are left out in the cold with just a few laps to run before it's dark. When surrnner comes no one will care about this any more because it is light until 7 o'clock Or so. O.K. posters advertise heavyweight practice at 12:00 or 1:00 p.m. At this all heavyweight riders will giggle. Lately it's been about 3 o'clock before a heavyweight rider even gets on the track for practice! So on we go again. The idea has been presented that the li ghtweights he run on Saturday. Whoever made that suggestion must have Saturdays off. but many people have to work on Saturdays. Somewhere along the line there just has to be a solution, but what? You can't solve the prohlem by taking it out on the lightweights.Ita club runs just heavyweights right now there aren't enough of. them around to pay the piPer for the use or a track. But if events were broken up maybe we would see more heavies come out. Some guys just aren't riding now because they can't see sitting around in the back or a tmck for hours waiting for a chance to ride a two or three lap heat. And now that the fee has gone to $3.25? Egad, marmaduke. that's a lot of money to spend for those few laPS if you don't make the semi or the main! I personally feel that the beef has been brought to a head by the short daylight hours, even though as far hack as July clubs were complaining about losing money at scrambles. Once again, what to do? There has to be a solution. Maybe just once or twice a month we could split a day with heavies at one track and lights at another. There are always at least four Sundays in a month, so why not run a scrambles on an Open Sunday? Ascot has been running on scrambles Sundays lately so we could run a scrambles on an Open Sunday -for lightweights only as that is where the largest number of entries are. One thing we know for sure. The clubs who throw rather careless events are going to be UP to their ears in complaints if they don't co-ordinate things properly from now on. When a man pays $3.25 for a day'S riding, he expects to get to ride and that should mean two rides for everyone - a heat and a semi It you don't make the main. It's either that or the desert events are going to gain in numbers. Just think of how much riding you get out there for your money. Skip and Dick both rode tremendous races.. The same can be said for the first eight finishers. It was a tough break for Dick Dorresteyn. The spill tore up his leathers, lore off his face shield and may have busted a couple of ribs. But the old pro got right back in there and rode like the champ he has always been in TT events. It may be tenned a black day for Triumph. They let a Norton and a HarleyDa vidson sneak Into the first ten places. In fact, Triumph's next door neighbor, BSA, that shares the same restrooms with them out In Duarte, ran tbe pants off the Tigers the first 3~ laps. Dan Haaby and Dallas Baker el ther held the lead or were Inches away until that point. Both BSA men led the race at various times the first thlrd of the way and were both definite contenders. It was Van Leeuwen's biggest payday since he started racing back in 1960. He'll now head for Daytona with pocket money to buy enough ammunition to shoot all the 'gators in Florida. It was another setback for Hammer who has beeo trying for seven years to win this one. It was the second time he has been the mnne.-up. He still took home over t wei ve bills. Only 2 Yellow Plates Last year three amateurs made the show this year there were only two. By next year there may he none. It is time to have a special race for the yellow plates. Jim Odom, ODe of Ibe amateurs who made it, was inside the fjrst ten places for a few brief seCOllds before his clutch went out. An amateur finished 81b last year and never bothered to show up this time. Tbere were ~O riders with yellow plates who time trlaled. Two made the show and four made it to the semi. That thi rd place finish hy Uusty Coppage further bears out that this is his year. Dusty won the main in January and backed it up with the show position after what seemed like a thousand mile tussle with Jack Simmons. Dusty'S wife still thinks that he, not Skip, won the race. A typical wifely version. Now it's back to regular 15 lap main event racing, starting the first Saturday night in April. The amateurs no longer have to do hattIe with the experts. Carlton Top Novice Danny Carlton shot the front as the top novice in the state and should stay there. He rode a flawless race in both the dash and main. It was also a record purse for novice riders, anywhere. The only larger one was paid at a novice-only show at a mile track race last year in Detroit. This year's 100 lapper found the lead changing -hands more times than any other past century grind. The talent is even more balanced this year. Tllrs Sunday it's Carlsbad for the riders who stayed hehind and did not go to Daytona. We leave for the land of sunshine right after the sportsmen race down there. Carl shad' s Futnre Plans Look for Carlsbad to soon start running a combined show that will feature sportsmen racing In the morning and professional racing in tb e afternoon. It can only be done because of the crack crew of officials and the sponsoring Playboys M.C. The national race down there in september is closer than you may think so all riders who want to ride and shoot for a new and larger purse at the National should start breaking in the equipment. On to Florida and a solid week of work on the microphone. Please pass the orange juice. 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