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Issue link: https://magazine.cyclenews.com/i/125501
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SOTERMYCLE CONTEST BRINGS
SOME STRANGE NEW COMBOS
For die secoDd year iD a row old mlUl weadler WO. OD& at Ascot.
18 '16 be scored the first two weeks aud then came back tlais year to
do the sallie. So we try apin this Friuy Bight to eet the weekly half!lile seasou 0(( the groldld aad uadenray for die ru to November. There
was a record tIImout o( riders ou blLIId last week, waimC to try, bat
the tract was IIOt iD good coudition aad on tile IOIIgIa side. Hardly the
Long Beach the last two years, with
way to open a new season.
Irwindale got off the ground last
saturday night with their now twice-amonth TT shows on saturday nights. To
keep things less confusing this season,
separate TT points will be kept for each
track, plus a combined total, to eventually come uu with the overall steeplechase cllarnps.
If the weatbennaJI cooperates, the
season is lIIlderw"Y full tilt every weel!
for the next seven DIOIIthS. There will be
balf-miJe raciag every Friday Dipt, TTs
three S811m1ay Dicbts of eacb DIOIIth, ODe
iDdoor short tract. per· DIOIIIII aDd one
road race per montll.
Then for Novice, Amateur and nOnlicensed riders there is also the new
Trojan Speedway in SOuth Gate that will
host sportsman short track and TT races
every week on Tuesday and Thursday
nights.
With a full schedule like that keep a
close eye on Cycle News· little black
book located elsewhere in the paper that
lists all of the events that are bappening.
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Sal DI"eco AC.l VhY
Riders in the San Diego area are in
for quite a bit of racing and are urged to
obtain a professional AMA license as
the opening indoor short track race down
there is just aronud the comer On Satu~
day night, APril 29th.
It will be at the new Sports Arena and
they say that this new palace bas never
drawn less than 7,000 people for any
event held there to date.
The San Diego events under the roof
will closely follow the format set down at
classes for lOOcc machines and also for
the 250s. Riders can also look for an
all-aftemoon practice on race day.
On April 23rd the riders return to
Carlsbad Raceway for another sportsman
road race date. That one got rained out,
also, last month.
This time aroUDcl one of tile highlichts will be the first rumling ill the
west of ODe of tile new Honda 450s out
of the three madliJle Te--Bansea entry
at Daytoaa. Bob lias sbipped one oat
here for Swede S8vage to ride. 1& is the
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macbine that Swede rode to 10th
place at Daytona, minus rear brakes
and tacb,
This is perhaps the best-prepared
road raeing machine in competition today and the many features on the bike
will have to be seen to be appreciated.
It drew more comments and photographers
down at the beach than any other equipment. They have it -redlined· at 11,500
rpms, which should vibrate the Carlsbad
canyons like never before.
The Culsbad event will host a full
program of sporting races for all classes once again, including the streetproduction classes. Playboys M.C.
again play host.
We bad a chance to talk with the
owner of Phoenix International Raceway
last week while over there announcing
the USAC I5O-mi.le Indy car races. They
have a paved mile that would be ideal
for the first attempt at running expertenced E:r;perts on a pavement ovaL They
are highly interested and we will bave
more On that later.
QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
bike to make sometbtng they calI •
Never let it be said that Cycle
News readers are lacki.nc iD the
Ilnmor departlllt!llt. AUatest COllllt
there are 32 (aatastically 6eadisla
coBtrivuees composed o( variODS motorcycle brand naaes entered iD our lew ·Soteraycle"
contest annouuced a coaple o(
weeks ago iD the April Fool issue.
Strangely enough, there were no
duplicate entries, proving Once again
that motorcycle fans are not copycats.
Naturally, the task of the judges in
selecting a winner from all these hilarious SOtermycle suggestions was a
toughie. According to the rules, the
funniest sounding Sotermycle wins, so
we tried tbem all on our Cycle News
Laugh-a-momete, and the One which
broke the dial was the entry of Airman
Steve Riggen, of Madrid, SPain.
Steve elOssed a Benelli with a He~
cules and got a Ben-Her. Guaranteed to
win the cbariot races, we presume.
To Steve goes ow first and only
prize of $5.00 American money. That
should translate into muchos pesos.
Congmtulalions, Steve.
HONORABLE MENTION
Runners-up who sent more than a few
peals of laughter echoing down tbe
somber halls of Cycle News were as
follows:
Gary Martel of Goleta put a Bultaco
eaeine in a BeneW frame, added Norton
forks and called it a BELLI BUTTON !
Ed Anderson of Hayward asks if we
would believe be crossed a Greeves
with a Rabbit scooter and got a GRABIT. NO, Ed, but woald yon lieJieve that
Leo Malli of Cbina Lue crossed a
VelIoceUe with a Bultaco and some
Indian parts and Il)t a CE'IT'n BULL?
Ed Anderson also says be combined a
Gilera and a Parilla to get a GABlLLA!
Bob Williams crossed a 'Taco with
a Beezer to make a motorcycle be calIs
a TEEZER!
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