Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

C YCI. £ A 1.1. £ Y by Bob EbeUnc .... Early indications of Saturdays action at IrwincIale Raceway looked all but quick or fast, as qualifying elapsed times for the top eight ran from 10.82 seconds by Murray & Cook to 11.66 seconds by Ebeling. Of the machines that secured Back U R d positions in the battle for bucks, pecor, Joe Smiths 8o-inch Harley was the Murray & COOk, backed up thelT highlight. His fabulous Gasser was s~eed record ,and dispatched ~beling the second Quickest with a 10.96 WIth haste 10 an elapsed hme of E.T. Tony Dodge's and Bob Sirkegi9.89 second:, and at the record speed ans Super Bikes were Qualified in of 161.57 ~I1es per hour.. , ~oe Srruth ro~e the bIg mches to the number six and five positions. Forty-five inches of custom Triumph a vlcto,ry overDls~aroons Sportster, power put the Richards family dragGary RIchards pU,t It to Tony Dodge, ster in the number three slot, while a~d ~uddy Martinez defeated Bob the McEvoy-Martinez twin-engine SlTkeglan. Of, all the fust round Triumph and Disharoon's Harley losers, Bob Su~egians BSA Super Sportster filled the field with number Bike was the qUIckest at 11.21 sec· four and seven, Qualifying positions. onds and l24.~0 rrules per hour. ~hat To build anticipation of the close dear readers IS a real Super BIke! races to come, number one machine Round Two was matched with number eight, or Four down and three to go! Only fastest with the slowest, so that in one would come out on top and the remaining rounds only the quickelapsed times made it any man or est would remain. machines race. .... ~ ~;~re~Ft::~:b~1;:::~~!~1:~ vs. fuel? A hole shot by Smith could do it, but it did not. Another nine second run by the twin-engine Triumph brought Harley's defeat. Joe was not ashamed of the defeat, for he turned a 10.84 second elapsed time at 128 mph. Don McEvoy was holding out a secret as his rider Buddy Martinez, fired up in preparation for a round against the Richards and Richards single-engine Triumph.In round one, the double had -holed· a piston in the front engine and to still run and avoid further destruction, the drive chain between number one and two engine was disconnected. Well, Gary Richards was at the lights first with a low ten second run while Buddy trailed with about 14 seconds elapsed time. Final Round The Quickest single engine fueler around was like a lonely soldier on a bloody battle ground. Gary Richards felt the pressures of spectator attention and the previous M&C elapsed times. There was only one [J PUZZLED By Your Motorcycle Insurance Coverage Get the facts on the West's leading Motorcy.cle Insurance Company, EIC • Broadest co"arage • Low. .t rates " Special package plan. " Premium Iinanea plan • 20% ra....al discount lor one claim-I,.. jaar Find out why your nexl insurance coverage Ihould come 'rom EIC. Write for Iree infor· mation and rafes or ask your tocal motor· cycle dealer. Cooverage available in the following States: CAliFORNIA, ORUON, NEVADA, WASNINGTON, IDAHO a , ELITE Insurance Con,pany Joe Smllll jUlt snappad the clutcll oa the Smith and to lUck 10 low fl1I111 P".' "'~rwortb "Eccentric· far a quick trl, thro..... lIIe II...... TIIDH caltl_llIrl look bllo_&b way to put the big double down and it worked! Gary anticipated the green light, left while the yellow was just fading out and reached the finish ligbtl\ first. The 45 inch Triumph turned in a 10.39 second run while Cook went through with a 9.96 second clocking. The winning lights in Richards lane were cancelled out by the bright reflection from the red that was left back at the starting line. His reaction time was quick - too Quick - Murray and Cook were the victors, record setters and all else that can be summed up in the title -Number One of the Top Eight- • Lions Top Street Bruce Miller is back again, after a brief layoff with mechanical overhaul and rebuild by Bracket. The work by Bracket must really do the job, because Bruce won Top Street at 12.20 seconds E.T. and lOS.56 miles per hour. Could it be that the superb green metal flake paint helps also? Top e.t. of the day was set by the Sta-Lube -Expresso· at 11.14 seconds, but early in the day Nira Johnson had put in a 50/50 nitro load and broke the traps in 11.36 seconds. Could have been his honor for top E.T., with a little more kick from about a 30 per cent purer mix! TELL THEM YOU SAW IT IN CYCLE NEWS •••••••••••••••••••••••••• FUtIOD Air Fillers, Jw- Prods. Fla8ciaco C.atonril, Dri-alide, Fi- &tass taJ*a .. seats, John Cooper .. Ric John Boot.. All A•• lalIIa From SlllP80N MOTORS s.. 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