Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

;LIGHTS SCRAMBLES ACTION! Q., By Don Wallen C SeveDty riders show up for 100 Novice battle aloDel R. Marquis WiDS 350 Novice battle royal OD a HODda that be says is breathiDg bad! ElsiDore prepares for 1 st District 37 Digbt point rrml ~ ~ GeDeraIly ~eakiDg ~ Q:i .Q ~ lo:I ..:J U :... U 1be battle at the night, sat., sept 23 Joe Flores and D. Voll ended up in tile 8weepsta11es wttll D. Damron on tile small Hodaka taId.ng tile 50-y3rd advaDtage. YoU and Batley got tile hole shot on tile rest at tile field and tbings were pretty close unUl Voll picked up tile ront of hts Bultaco and kept It there until tile first turn, gaining about a bike le~tIl in tile process, as Bailey on tile Greeves fought bard to maIte up the distance on tile 2nd lap. YoU and Bailey zapped by D. Damron wbo was goiog l1ke tile wind, and Joe Flores followed sult, cbaBiDg the leaders into lap 4 to nip by Bailey. AU tb1s time Voll's many supporters were eoiDg w1ld as were Joe Flores' 6ans, and Bailey's. ADTn.Y, Voll took a weU deserved first place, Flores Inmg on for second and Balley WOUDd up 3rd. 100 Expert rider T. Warren brought tile bacoII home 10 tb1s class after tile US1IIJ bIc bass1e wttll Bailey and L. TYlor, wbo fought so bard tbat ODe race was declared a tie betwMD T8,yIor and Warren. T8,yIor came over tile jump sQped up as Gary Bailey, D.all Kana. . shoWI 0" hll unique 1!Jle of tlldnc lbo swoop•• on tile last lap wttll Warren unaware at hts last ditch effort to win. It was too close to judge, so Tom Paschall awarded two tropb1es, one for each. G. BaIley laid It on T. Warren thts time for a first 10 tile 250 Expert class as T8,ylor on b1s Bultaco cbased botb of tbem wttll vigor all oteht. 350 Novice The 350 Novice battle was fought bard au n1gbt, especlal1y by R. MarquLs, rldiDg a Ronda be clalos is sick. Well, all I can say is motorcyclists are all tile f'lt KtI'11!J _ I coepemI_ ".. ...,. buds. H_ • H.. ph tile treatII08t. same; "speed secreis, speed secrets." J. Wahl wasn't About to let Rick MarquLs put it on htm so easilY andgaft Rick a race to remember. wahllostltat tile start of ODe race and was bit, got up and was overhead sayiDg. "Lets go qa!n." and "Is tile bike O.K.?" Stuff and ThiDgs Stwort.. of 0. Voll show otItbttli. . 0_ hli TropItJ Da. wi.. ACA TT & SHORT TRACK By MlUIJ'een Lee There's a new prograa of raciDg at 'fJojlB DOW. Instead of 8Ilort track nmning on Tuesday aipts and n races on Thursdays, both programs will run on TIlursday, providing the spectators with a chance to see both kinds of racing for one admission fee. However, go earlier nen week as racing will start at 7:30 p.m. instead of 8:00 to give more time for all the action. ThIs Tursday nlgbt's action (sept. 21) gave tile fans all tIley could want, locludiDg two guys maIdng It front wheel and bead ttrst into the wall side by side but hotb walIdng away. In tile lOOcc class tile Junior Malo was won by Hoclaka-mounted Jim Connolly wltIl Don 'Eide bard after htm but unable to close tile gap. The real action centered around tile riders vying for third tbrough six places wttll postions being swapped back and fortll and Dennis Noll (Honda) eventually getting tile drop on tile Hodakas ridden by steve Holladay, Ted Toudin and Mike Toussau. Warren Wins The Senior Main went to Tom Warren on a Loblto, rldiDg liIte he always does, nat out! Gary Bailey{hodaka) took second and AI Baker (Yamaha) third. Stan Rogers on a Honda was really in tIlere pitcbiDg but slid out on turn one wttll Baker on hts inside. He re-mOlDlted and beaded out after tIlein again manAging to end up wttb 6t1l over-all. In the 250 Mains, tile Junior went to Jim Connolly again, tb1s time on hts Greeves and tile senior to stan Rclgers on a PurSang. The Trophy r:.sh gold went to two lIOIl-malo winners to spread tbiDgs around a little. Steve SCott (Lobito) won the 100 and Lee stumpenhaus (Pursang) tile 25Occ. Tbe weekly Powder Putt Malo bad Hodakas first and second ridden by Kelly Struble and DIane Connolly, wltIl only four girls mAldng the scene tb1s week. Pit Action, Too After Intermission a lot of tile same riders re-appeared on tile track for tile sbort track events after much hasty disassembling of brakes in tIlepltsl Tom Warren again dld'em in in tile 100 bash, wttll Gary Bailey again chasing him but just unable to pull up and really challenge. Warren went on to also win tile 100 Trophy Dash. The 250 Main saw Bill Fultoo (Bultaco) really getting tile rest of tile gang ott tile line but It waBn't long before Lee stumpenhaus and stan Rclgers on two more Buls got him,foUowedbyGreevesrider Jim Connolly, wtth stumpeDbaus eventually taking the win wttll a nice lead built UP. Connolly walked ott wttll tile Trophy Dash. So tile "tally" for tile evening amounted to tbree wins each for Connolly and Warren and two for Lee Stumpenhaus. (Results on page 16) R. Burkert and father were out on thts night again as tIley usual1yare. Rusty got a third In b1s class on a 200 Bultaco tbat has been raced tbree times since Rusty has owned it. J. Hart got second on a 441 he's only raced a couple of times. COII8E!DSUS has it tile night point run on OCtober 7 by the Grip8ters w1U be a great success and I agree. Tbe races were eood as usual wltIl a total of 47 evenis, 137 riders and 600 spectators. So••• see you all at ElsiDore next week. (Results on 16) Red McKeen, weU-known Southern California rider wbo bas been competing 10 tile east thts summer, crashed at a balt-mile event in Henderson, K)'. on sept. 10, S1IStalniDg tbree broan bones in bis arm and tbree cracked ribs. HIs wlte, JUdY, Cycle News' "Back East" correspondent, reports tbat Red spent a week 10 the hospital, is nowback in Maryland and fee~ okay, but w1U be out of contenHon tor tile rest of the year. 1M. . o.t for TIle SeI_ "stinky" 5argeDt1, reported 10 ~ week's issue as havtnc susta1ned a broken hlp at Lincoln, California, was later l[- rayed and found to be only b8dI;y shaken UP. We're glad to report tbat tile damage was less severe tban or1c1DaUY thougbt.

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