Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

~ 1____ r-;;;iiiiiifiiDir-'I ~ By RDxy Rockwood .... 0> c : g; ~ "l: One of the best and one with a lot of new faces at Ascot last Friday. Schultz is back in form after too long a slowdown. Blackie Bruce is again having one o[ his hot spells so everything is changing on the local speed path. Tanner missed making the main This Week-lady National event at Ascot for only the second Floyd Clymer's 110 mile national time since he moved we~t in .195~. road race goes this week at IndianaIt was only the fourth t1me 1n h1S polis. Over 70 novice riders entered e~ire racing career tha~ he has for the green plate event. There will falled to make any oval malO eventalso he a novice race for road racers at Carlsbad in September. In the anywhere. Don't look for it to happen again in the near future. amateur race. Walt Fulton rides for 'I'rL or Nort. This Sat? H-D. Jim Odom's up on a Matchless Jack Simmons and Dave Palmer and Art Bauman will ride a private take another shot at Skip Van LeeuHonda 450. These three ran away from the rest by a long ways at Daywen. tbe newly crowned national TT champ. Should be interesting. ~ona. Look for a repeat. (See story Santa Rosa mile action was close 1n Cycle News next week). all the way and a good event that Dick Hammer and Ron Grant again try on the Suzuki's to stop the win should be here to stay. Everybody wants more mile track events. The streak by Yamaha and Gary Nixon. west now has three for this season. Odds are good tbat they will make it A special note to all northwest this ~ime. riders. Yes, there will be a mile NlX~n should really sc~eam on track rational at Sacramento this the Tnumph 1n the 110. m11e . road ra~e and ~ag 82 more big natlOnal year so please stop rumoring up that po1nts. He s the hottest of them all way tbat the race is off. WiDters Not Rader right now b~t still bas to come back • . . to Calif. 1n september for four In t~t recent clash In the P1tS at straight national championships. t~ nahonal TT t~t found Bobby The one and only previous time the Indy course was run, back in '62. Wmters coming up w1th a broken leg. The otbe r side of the story Is tbat the now retired Tony Murgia won the big bike race-his only national win. Winters was the guy. not Cal Rader, ~ho w~ doing the unofficial racing M'ld-Ma d Wh'te? 1n the P1tS. I nDere. I . There are always two sides to In the '62 event, m11d mannered all stories so now the column bas Ralph blew a rear tire running right printed both. This one is best laid behind Murgla. He was doing well to rest with a word to the wise: over the 100 per mark at the end of -Race on the track and not in the the front straightaway. Last Friday pits." night he blew two fuses when he was Another dumb one pulled off at short circuited by A. Bruce Holland. Ascot last Friday. An amateur was Will be back at Indy and will have the full rundown in the next issue. not able to get his machine started for the heat race. He was pushed to A first will also be scored this the side where he sl?ent four full month by the Montesa brand. They laps lUcking the machine. It finally b.ave organized a three-rider scramstarted. He pulled onto the track, bles team to invade the midwest for right in front of a rider. It was a five a month and hit all the tracks. Many lap event. No wonder it took this that you have never heard of. The same rider three years to get out of team should produce good results the novice class. for both CaillorDia and Montesa. .,..• AIID lOW••• MAIL ORDER PARIS DEPT. EIClTJ G ACA SIfOIT TRACI by RJcb Eaton Excellent racing in the heats preceded the Mains and the Trophy Dashes Tuesday night, July 25, as ACA-sanctioned short track racing con tinued at South Gate Raceway. Slidin' Steve SCott was doing whee lies down the front straight and other top riders such as Lee Stumpenhaus and Keith Mashburn were hard at work around the whole track, which was in beautiful condition. In the 100cc Trophy Dash Gary Calkins (Yamaha) jumped into the lead and in a short time had a Dice four-bike-length advantage built up which no one could challenge and Gary went home with a trophy. In the 250cc Dash Keith Mashburn (5-speed Pursang) jumped into the lead with Steve SCott after him, followed by Lee Stumpenbaus and Stan Rogers, but Mashburn held on to his lead and recei ved his just rewards from the pretty trophy girl identified as -Mike" by the announcer. Out of the four 'Tacos in the Dash. three of them were sponsored by Steve SCott from his shop in North Hollywood, which sounds like a bit of a record for sponsorship! Rockwood Wire-to-Wire The 100cc 12-lap Main was a good one! Tom Rockwood (Honda) was first off the line and never lost his lead, but behind him a lot of battling was going on. Gary Calkins held down second with Rick Woods right after him, followed by Stan Rogers. Rick finally nailed Gary on the back straight but, on the last lap, Gary re-took second place by the skin of his teeth and had the spec tators stand ing, it was that close! Keith Mashburn was off and running first In the 250 Main followed by SCott and Stumpenhaus. Stan Rogers popped into third and then started working away at Steve SCott. He'd pull up inside Scott on every turn, then Steve would outrun him to the next. But, finally, Rogers took second behind the hard-sliding Mashburn. Then -that's what makes rac· ing" bappened.Mashbum's 'Taco Quit (suspected whiskered plug) leaving Rogers in first spot with Lee Stumpenhaus in second after he had passed SCott - and tbat was the way it finished. Riders are invited to practice at South Gate every Sunday from 10 'til 5 for the fee of $3.00. the rules being that you must wear full leathers, boots and helmet and sign a release - then you can ride all you want. Opportunities for separate practice on the short track and TT course will be provided and machines of equal si ze will run together. The track promoter wants to start a big bike class so if you ba ve a 500 and want to give it a try. go on out and you'll be able to run. IT you have a go-kart take that along too, as they can run on the asphalt while the bikes are on the dirt. Sounds like a good way to spend a Sunday! The plush elegance o[ the cootinental-like La Jolla-Miramar coast line greeted riders of the S.C. T.A. [or their July 23rd meeting. The Trial was staged in the gently rolling hills and tricky deep sand washes a few miles inland from the coast. It consisted of a six-mile circuit made up of seven .Amateur sections and six Expert-Master sections. San Diego folks supported the trial ttY turning out en-masse with a showing of seventeen Expert-Master riders and Amateurs numbering into the eighties. Each competitor rode three laps in the pleasant sea breeze. Festivities got under way for the - gung-ho· ones on Saturday evening when 20 of the members assembled for a camp-out, course lay-out. cock and bull story swapping session, impromptu wheelie contests, and miscellaneous other ribald activities. On '1'0 the BasiDess At R&Dd The obj ecti ve of the trials rider is to control his machine over a dif· ficult section of ground. If the rider is skillful enough he will be able to control the machine without the aid of his feet; that is, without using his feet to balance the bike or to push the machine in a walking-like motion. Riders found the various Miramar sections both challenging and enjoyable to ride.In the Amateur class commendable performances we r e turned in by Lightweight rider T.K. Geachin on his 250Cc Trials Bultaco (4 pointS) and by Ultra-Lightweight rider Geoff Hammond. Honda 90cc (8 points). Bill Stowers demonstrated his ability to control his 250cc Greeves on the more difficult Expert-Master traps with a score of 41 points to win the Expert's Award. Up-And-Comer That young sensation. Jim WIl· son, took Top Award again on the Triumph 200cc Cub which his dad, Forrest Wilson. has helped him prepare for trials. Jim. noted for his fantastic sense of balance at -near stand-still" speed and his Quartermile-long second gear -wheelies" • Dipped his score to 16 points and came out 5 points under his nearest competition. the Infamous Scottisb hill billy, Jack Ward, on a Triumph 200cc Cub. What Does It All Mean? several readers have ask ed for explanations about -what Trials are" and -what the terminology of Trials means". To help answer these Questions this column will include at each writing a Glossary of Trials. This week's definition, -Trap·: A section of ground marked wi th an entrance and exit through which the rider is to ride. The trap contains obstacles which will test the rider's ability. These obstacles can be turns, climbs, rocky surfaces. deep sand, fallen trees. stream crossings. etc. Also called -section" or • Sub-. IRe UUII on IIllce 16) (Results on pace 16) MOIO BETA HARLEV- DAVIDSDN 01 J MA'" u. Long S".., '65 '66 Tri."'s fro. $795 3654 "Ow L.., .... IIwI. 426-7101 STlffT - TIACr - HIUS - DESEIT ~&W0~0&m@~@0~~~ SPONSOR Of ELUOTT SCHULTZ, JIM HUNTER, CHUC' JONES &ALEX CHINOWS., a_a_g_a_a_a_a_a_a_D L.A. AREA'S .,GGEST DEALEI 15745 La....ood BIYd. Para_nt. callfomla 224 ... Au_1m Blvd. Ana.lm. callfomla (213) ME,lH3U (114)515-1141 9536 E. Flre.t.... Blvd. o-.y, Callfomla (D3).H&II 531-9914 531-9303 V? 205 N. 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