Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

iNEVADA !STATE ~ ~~ ~A jCHAMPIONSHIP ~HARE SCRAMBLES a.. . u ~ :2: ::l By Dick Wright Photos by Jeff Wright This weekend produced a new ~ Nevada State 100-mile Rare Scram- U bles Champion: Mike Patrick rode his hot Norton Twin to an overall Win like a true champ. Phil Bowers picked up the 250 championship on his new CZ, with Wes Anderson, Jr. on a Rodaka, zapping the field in the 100cc Class. The battle for the right to carry Number ODe in each class next year brought all the top rlderll.. to Vegas on october 15 for the Silver ctty M.C. sponsored event. In the Open Class, J.N. Roberts Is ..: 'f' .~ " .. .... Boundln, alone thlllU. tile powdllry sand pes #16. Gary Grlffln on a Bultaco. the point leader by over 500 points, but steve Hurd and Jack Byer& are having it out for &eCOnd spot. All three men were there to protect their point standlngs. There is a real tight battle In the 250Cc Class, withonlyalOO-polntspread among Howard Jackson, Don Watklns and Bob Belt and agaln, all these riders were on the line. In the lOOcc Class, Jack Morgan has #1 wrapped up by over 500 points, with Jack Froelich holding down second place. Roy Barnett and Wes Anderson, Jr. are trying to move up the ladder In this elite group. The Championship course was 25 mUes around the typical Vegas territory; powdery sand that seems to suck your rear tire down Into It, lots of rocks, and those sharp edged dry stream beds (our California washes have rounded edges which are easier to jump). The big bikes were to go four laps totallng 100 mUes, maJdng the winner really deserve that slx-foot trophy. At the end of the ftrst lap, the first rider to come through the pits was steve Hurd on his Matchless, followed by Mike Patrick. The third man blasting up the fire road to the check was J.N. Roberts (Husky), and hot on his tail was Jack Byers on a Triumph. Tracking them both was Marvin Van Buskirk, a Vegas rider on a Greeves, and Jeff Foster on a Triumph sponsored by Mark Alge (the same Triumph, incidentally, that Howard Beach rode when he did the spectacular endo that retired him for the next three months). Phil Bowers (CZ) came Into the pits looldng super-good, and leading the 250 Class. The rough course was leaving Its mark on riders and machinery as earJr as the first lap, and among the early dropouts was J.N. Roberts, with a broken rear brake. There were also numberous flat tires due to the rocks, putting quite a few out of the running. The second lap, however, revived low spirits and produced a new leader, Mike Patrick, placIng steve Hurd In second position. By this time the course had really been put through the grind, becoming a three-foot wide and one-foot deep powder mill. The danger In this was that it was rough to ride In the deep groove, but If you rode off the trail you could get into trouble In the rock beds or wor&e yet, (Continued on page 10) vI"'- ......... IRON CROSS BELTS a_ Sooth c .... & 2-."" _ h 1 ~. send 25_ tot Color _ . PARR of ...ri....... 1700 Sai.... Mollica 8"'d. w. Holly . Open FriNy . I :~==,. ". 1 JIIdI ' " - n.. ·1 1 ..... ·1 DIdu • 1 s.t 0re..I ..... ·1 . . . . . . . ·111II""'''' • 2-. c-. u.-, • 1 hIiIIuI Cell ·1 . . . . . . . c:..... .... ~ ~s::~ a-n ·1 • 1 e..tI T ..... PI,. ·la11" ,,.. .... ... • lol/1 TwIt "hNll1e ·11'111 . . . . • 1 oJ" Air .- ea-- ·J.a-~I ·lC......... J ... 10427 Prairie, Inglewood .... (213) 613-5562 development co. Double

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