Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

1- NEVADA NEWS THE FINISH UNE Br BOXY NORTHWEST CYCLE SHOW BO~KWOOD by Gene Drew One w3J' to beat tbe Las Vegas Valley heat is to go to the mountains. And go to the mountains we did, where the Hill & Gully Riders of Mountain Pass, 60 miles south of Las Vegas, were the hosting club. The track, the site of many past exciting events, was changed slightly in that the second hill, nemesis of many a rider, was deleted in favor of some esses and a fast right hander. Stickum On Your Tires Glue on your tires was the only way you could stay up on the hard, fast, slick surface. This was evidenced by Elsinore champ, Chuck Hatcher, who did a good imitation of a gingerbread man doing cartwheels off into the boonies. Each class developed rts' own little duels from the 50's on through the Open bikes. The Arizona contingent brought it sown 200cc class with them to insure a race. I'd f<:>rgotten just how rapid a 200 Triumph Cub can run. Casey Folks of Las Vegas and Bill Dickie, resplendent in his Hipple knee-length sweater and brilliant orange tie, had at it in the 250 go with Casey being content with second place in the first two heats. The third heat was called and all the kings horses and all the hill & gully men couldn't get Dickie's Bul started again, so Casey went to bat and got a home run. Terry Griebel gave his new 350 C.Z. a shakedown cruise and swept the 500 class. Kicks Mountain, Hurts Ankle The Open class was comedy of errors with crashes, controlled endo's nat tires, etc. The only casualty of the day was Karl Jesinghaus who tried to move part of the mountain with his foot and tweaked his ankle. Our thanks to Molycorp, operators of Mountain Pass Mine for their generous use of grounds and ambulance. We're looking ahead to the big one of the year on Oct. 15th, when Silver City Scramblers M.C. present their Annual Dist.37 100-Mile Championship Hare Scrambles. All motorcycle activity is not limited to just riding, as evidenced by the Vegas Valley M.C. Annual Trophy Presentation. , This year the event was held at Tule Springs Park 15 miles west of Las Vegas. The park area boasts 100-yr. old trees left from the ranch that the par k was converted to. There, under huge fig and elm trees, protected from the 1150 heat,nearly 100 riders, wives and families enjoyed a day of just resting, playing football, volley ball, baseball and badminton. It was a real switch from the usual Sunday acti vity and a we 1come one at that. The competition was hot as the five clubs represented, chewed up the football field, or worked up an appetite and thirst for the beer and hot dogs. Dan~erous Intruders During a wild game of volleyball, with about 40 on each side, this writer and Terry Griebel decided we would play some badmin ton. As the only net available was the one on the valley ball court, we joined the fray, arme d with our racquets and bird. Undaunted by the mad gyrations of the volleyballers, Terry and I calmly went about the business 01' playing a set of singles right in the middle of that mess. We weren't bothered a bit but some of the other players soon became leary of our swishing racquets. Especially Casey Folks - since the hat he was wearing sported a large feather, almost as tempting to swat at as the shuttlecock. Aside from a twisted ankle, suffered by old man Tom (Bridgestone dealer) Johnston, when he tried to make like a kid again in touch football, the day was a complete success. Lotsa gold was given, lotsa lies were told, lotsa kids happily got muddy and lotsa beer and bot dogs were consume d. And lotsa very tired but happy cyclists went home to nurse their aches and hurts gained from pbysical activity that is different than pounding tbe seat of a desert sled. Skip Van Leeuwen made it. He came as close as you can to losing and still won. The 50 Lap National TT was a hard one to lose for Jack Simmons who turned in bis greatest ride. Anotber good ride by nice guy, Dave Palmer. The Nortons are now ready to challenge the Triumphs for top TT honors at Ascot. Mert Lawwill closed the point gap on Gary Nixon but not enough to really hurt. The Indy road race is next with Nixon again favored to score a basketful of points. Gutsy Bart Markel tried to qualify with a broken foot. No excuses from the champ, just another superhuman effort by one of the best of them all, Bart didn't make the-show but then who else but Marke I, in the same condition, would even try?? Nixon and Freddie Nix both looked good in the heat races, considering their lack of TT time. The same for Roger Reiman. Roger and Nix both blew up ear ly in the Final. National night is going into the books as the best TT show that bas ever been presented. There's been a different winner every year in the big one. Amateur Roger Goldthwaite is doing amazing things with the Enfield and Odom was as lucky as Van Leeuwen. Both admitted it right in the winner's circle. That's part of racing - especially at Ascot. Biggest goof of the year was pulled by Novice Cal Rader in the pits on Friday night. He was racing in the pits, instead of on the track, and ran over Bobby Winters and broke Winters' leg, a stunt that should be worth a year's time on the fence. Odom now has an Amateur record of four in a row on Triumph and H-D. He will try to go for five straight at Indy on Aug. 6th aboard the Bob Hansen sponsored Matchless G-50. The race should be a rematch between Daytona winner Walt Fulton Jr. and Odom. This will be the first time the two will get together since Jim fell off while leading Walt at Daytona in his first and only road race attempt. Watch Mark Williams. The Oregon ,teenager is learning fast and riding them all. He is not afraid to leave home base and even though he finished higher at Castle Rock and Portland, his Ascot ride was still the best of the three. Another big weekend for the riders comes, up again with road races at Carlsbad on Sunday and also a mile track event up North of San Francisco at Santa Rosa. Hotsboe Amateur road racer, Art Baumann, has moved to the Los Angeles area and will take his first crack at Car lsbad this Sunday. Carlsbad bas only two more events before the nationalin late 8eptem ber and many of the top runners will be heading down there this Sunday. Up at Santa Rosa it will be an Expert-Amateur show only on a track that is over 80 feet wide with a five foot bank on the turns. Markel may make this one with Tannff slated for sure. If the race is a bit tbere will be a mile track national there next season. CARLSBAD HOSTS THE lOAD RACmS The Playboys MC bost their monthly sportsman road race this Sunday, July 30th witb a full morning of practice and a full afternoon of racing for all classes from 50cc to the Open class. There will also be a production class for street machines, 250cc and under. Pits open at 9:00 a.m. with practice running from 10:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. Racing starts at 1:30 p.m. All entries will ride in both beat races and Main Events. No license or ad vance entry is required. Races are open to both licensed and nonlicensed riders for all classes. Carlsbad is located just east of Pacific Coast Highway at the Palomar Airport turnoff road. Tbe event is AMA sanctioned. Trophies will be awarded to all class winners and to first time riders finishing"in front running positions. At lonf last,bere are the winners of the custom judflnf con.sts at the June C,cle Show In Seattl.. At left, " ..d S_lIIstakes winner Gary Lllllejohn from Arleta, Calif, and Nnnerup Show Custom winner Bobll)' Clark of Sun Valley, Calif, Miss Cycle Show, Linda Humble of 1I0untlake, Washlncton presented the trophies. CPboto by Smithson Associates) NORTON-VILLIERS APPOINTS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Dennis Poore, head of the giant Manganese Bronze Holding Corporarion, parent organization of NortonVilliers, announced the appointment of Hugh M. Palin as Executive Director. In securing the services of Palin, Poore pointed out that Norton-Villiers had obtained the talents of an experienced motorcycle personality, a man who had represented the British motorcycle industry all over the world. CLUTCH CARGO'S SPEED SECRETS IN BSA 'ZIP KIT' Turning the new BSA squarebarrel singles from street scooters into race winners is a simple proposition with the $49 .• Zip Kit- developed by the factory's favorite racer, Clutch Cargo. Chief elements in tbe kit are 1) heavy duty air cleaner 2) Lucas Capacitor and 3) racing valve springs with alloy collars. Installation is a simple, • strip down, bolt on- procedure and the wiring change to eliminate the battery is no chore. The Zip Kit fits tbe new 441cc Shooting Star and the 250cc Starfire and the results are nothing short of astonishingl BSA dealers should bave the kits by the time yo u read this. , If still not satisfied, take .0625off the bottom of tbe barrel to raise compression to 10.2:1. DAYTONA ~~~" ELITE MAKES 1/4 MILLION PROFIT IN 6 MONTHS Elite Insurance Company of San Francisco announced an underwriting profit of $257,914.00 for the first 6 months of 1967. Combined underwriting and investment profit was $376,756.00 before taxes and $231,691.00 after taxes. These figures were released by Mr. John V. McGraw, Jr., United States Manager of Elite Insurance Company. 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