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TUESDAY, MAY 31, 1961 INDIANAPOLIS 500 FUGHT. preslntld bJ J.C. Aeajanl •• Fly ta Indy on a 727 Astrojlt, sal thl racI" .. In thl pit.. be back In I..s than 24 hr.. All maals and tr.sportatlon Included. Two plans-$21S with Tum 3 Slit. $235 with PlIlthou.. sut. Wrlta Aea/anlan Fan Club. PO Box 98. Gardllla, Calif. or call DA 3-5055 or FA 1-S323. INDY 500 CLOSED CIRCUIT TV. II you can't be at thl raci. watch It on thl larpst cloSld circuit TV scr_ In thl U.s., 4O'x30' at thl LeA. Sports Arena. Praslntld by J.C. Apja.. Ian. Othar locations Include Swine Auditorium In San "IlIr1U1rdlno. Civic Auditorium ItI Bakar.. fllld, lIamorial Auditorium In Richmond. Sports A1l1la In San Oil" and Convention ClIltar In Frlsno. SIltDAY, MAY 28tb, 1961 12.... LE NAT'L CHAIIPIONSHIP DIRT TRACK RACE. at Rudlnl. P_a.. Fair· pound.. EntrilS from AlIA or sponsor Jack Vanlno, 611 N. Wyomlsslnl Ava., Wyomlssine. P_a. 19610. Entrlls clo.. Illy 7. AFII NATIONAL ROAD RACE at W11ltaman Air Park. All Grand Prix and Production classl" sldears Wllc_ Pr.ctl" 12 noon. first rael 1:30 Po... Tacb Inspactlon clo..s at 11:45 ..... Location: 12930 Plarce St., Pacol1u (cornar Plarce St. & San Farnando Rei.) SAT. & SUN., JUNE 3 & 4, 1961 R ASeO SOFF 10-11. ATURDAY NIGHT. 5OO-iliLE NArL CHAIIP. ENDURO Oldest 1I.e. R... In U.s. RlqUlSt mall IIltrllS from Pasadllla 1I.e., 21 E. Howard SI., Pasadllla. Calif. 91103. EntrilS cloSl lIay 20. Lleal road 1IlPl. requlstld. Llclll.. & mufflar, IXP. chamber or spart< arrestar mandatary. Start! finish at Gorman. ovamllht at RldllCrlSt. SUNDAY, JUNE 4, 1961 TT STEEPLECHASE RACES, Capital SPIlde way In WISt Sacramlllto, NOYlCI, Amatlur, Explrt will run for ~ of thl pt.. AlIA sanctlonld. Practice at 3:30 p tlml trials at 5 P..... first raci at 6 p. Admission $2.00 for adults, $1.00 ailS 12-16 & unllormld SarYlClmlll. under 12 f.... Fral parklne. TORTOISE & HARE TOUR, 2nd annual bJ Tarraplns !l.C., AlIA sanctl_d. RRA point run. Starts from Floyd Emdl Co.. 929 Columbia St., San Dileo and from Santa Ana H-D1 501 E. 4th St. Santa Ana. Sip In 8:30-1u a.m.Mallllltry fM $1.75. post $2.50. Chlldrlll 12 and under $1.50. Trophlls, chick.. dlnnar, marchandl .. Award.. lIall addrlSs Tlrraplns M.C., 3211 39th St., San Dileo. For Info call LeA. (213) 835-0778 or S.D. (714) 281·2150. SUNDAY, JUNE 11th, 1961 15-11ILE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP DIRT TRACK, at Hlldllb.1 Raclway. For ..tries contact Piltsburch Raclnl Assn., 718 HopI Hollow Rd., Plttsburch. P_a. or AlIA. En· trllS clo.. May 21. GURNEY SPONSORS AMERICAN EAGLE CLUB SHORT TRACK SUNDAY A special short-track motorcycle race meet Sunday afternoon April 30 has been added to the regular Friday night meet on the weekend menu at Ascot Park. The 18-event show Sunday will get underway at 2 p.m. over the quarter-mile oval. The sbort-track meet at the 183rd and Vermont Avenue layout is expected to bring together most of the stal riders who cavort each Friday night from April through November. Among those signed for Sunday are Ralph White, Swede Savage, Dan Haaby, John Tibben. Eddie Wirth, Mel Lacher, Jim Odom and Steve Scott. Ever get the patriotic urge to see a hometown lad beat the T-shirts off the racing champions of foreign lands? California's Dan Gurney, car racer by profession. cycle rider by preference, is trying to give us that thrill. Dan is camPaigning his California-built Eagle Racers on the championship circuits of the world for real and he kinda needs OUf help to get the job done. Recently Mobiloll, wbic1l used to be an Eagle sponsor, pulled out, leavine Dan to make out the best be could with only Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. to belp with the tails. Let that be a lesson to us: Doo't buy any more Mobil gas. Use GUmeygas. You can help America win a World Championship, even if it's only a car championship, by joining the Dan Gurney All-American Racers Eagle Club. For $15 donation you get a T-shirt and emblems. membership eard. a sterling Silver Tie Tack, a newsletter to let you know how it's going for the Eagles, and too much more to list here. To be a charter member. just send $15 to All American Racers Inc., Eagle Club, Box 2283, Santa Ana. Calif. 92707 and tell Dan you saw it in Cycle News. ·Take a swan dive from a 7Q-ft high palm tree? No man, you've got to be kidding. It·s just not possible ," ·No, I'm telling you the truth. Pack's gonna scale the highest palm tree at Ascot and dive off it. We're going to put Butch half way UP the tree with a parachute and he's going to hand it to Pack on the way down." ·And then?" ·Pack's going to grab it and release the chute before he hits the ground.' • And he'll do all that within 70 feet? With no net underneath?" ·Sure'- Sound impossible? Not if you hear it from Evel Knievel, daredevil par excel- MORE FLATTRACK FRIDAY (WE HOPE!) FLATTRACK RACING AMA SAN CT. EVERY FRIDAY MC~ 'lp••• PRACTICE B'15pm START • At Ascot Pari 183rd & Vermont - Off Harbor Freeway How the first-year experts fare is being watched closely as the West's top motorcycle riders prepare for the second meet of the 1967 season Friday night, April 28 at Ascot Park. Last Friday's effort was rained out - so was the season opener. Post time for the first race will be 8:15. Practice starts at 7:00. Among the former Amateur standouts who've moved up to challenge the Experts this year are Ron Kruseman, Ventura; Randy Say. Whittier; Pete Bodette. Venice; Dewayne Keeter, Gardena; and Shorty Seabourne. Lawndale. Last year it was Gene Romero and Chris Draayer moving [rom the amateur ranks to match speed with the Experts, and they did il terrific job, finishing well up in the standings. Sammy Tanner, Dan Haaby, Mert Lawwill. Ralph White, Dick Hammer, Romero, Elliott Schultz, Guy Louis. John Tibben, Bob Bailey. Blackie Bruce and Draayer will be amongst the cast for Friday's 18-event meet. FOR CUSTOM INSTALLATIONS. see the machinists listed under SERVICES in the Cycle News Dealer & Services Directory. • '.'.'...'.·...........'.·.'.'.·....v.·.·,.'.'.'.'."rI .... 1ence, who specializes in doing tbe things that can't be done. Yes, this is the latest stunt he has concocted for the Evel Knievel stunt show, scheduled for Ascot Park this Saturday night at 8 p.m. The man who will be performing this unusual feat is Rod Pack, the only man who has ever jumped from an airplane wi thout a parach ute and lived to tell about it. Also scheduled for Saturday night is Evel's longest ramp-to-ramp jump to date, stunts by Skip Van Leeuwen, Eddie Mulder and Swede Savage, firewall crashes, and a demolition derby. Worth seeinll:? You bet! Ascot Preview A banner field of more than 150 motorcycle riders is entered in the second American Motorcycle Association race of 1967 Friday night (APril 28) at Ascot Park. Post time for the first race 1S 8:15. Action starts at 7. There is both quality and quantity in the field lined UP by J.C. Agajanian. Sammy Tanner, the four-time Pacific Coast Champion is again the man to beat, weather permitting. But the quantity is in the news category. There were more than 160 riders in the opening show of the season two weeks ago. The program called lor 18 events. It was necessary to expand that to 25 even 1s to make room for all the competitors. The fans will probably get a bonus agaln Friday in the way of more races. Tanner figures to get his stiffest test from amongst Mert Lawwill of San Francisco, Chris Draayer of Salt Lake, Lawndale's Dan Haaby. Dick Hammer of Lakewood, Gene Romero of San Luis Obispo and Mel Lacher of San Diell:o. Whereas the EXPerts dIaw most 01 the public attention. riding action also figures to be intense in the Novice and Amateur divisions.