Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

... :; SIIII7 MIl.... _ Ioa.e w ...p BOAT C i 1be FOIIII:Ua Boat aDd stI Club, a w1th IDterelIts lD various sports. &; bad tbetr tirst motorcycle outlDg on Q) OCtober 29 at Plooeertown, four m11es "": oortII of Yucca Valley, C&l1f. TIIe1ftBther ~ was a llttJe w1Dcb' but tbe wun was out Q, gJ'OQP .. lIDd shin1Dg. ~ TIle t1rst llftnt of tbe dllY was a 7E! mUe bare scrambles for small bibs~ 100cc aDd UDder. Trophies were gmm ~ to tbe t1rst lbree places lIDd 1I0Il by two Hoda.ta riders aDd a Honda S- 90 rider. CI) A 1Q-mne bare scrambles race far ~ big bikes - 160cc to 500cc - was oe.xt, ~ wltb trqlb1es for first aDd secoad place. ~ TIle awards WBDt to a w1DD1IIc 250 ..::l 8asqftrDa aDd I'1IIlIIIl1'IlP Montes&. U FoIlowIDc tbis was a race far J'lm1or riders wbich was 1I0Il by a 15-year-old boy ridlDg a Hodab.. After a hmch break, a reJa,y race was nm wltb tbree teams - 6 men 011-.:11 tam. E\IvyoDe seemed to enjoy tbemse1ftlI aDd tbere was a good turDout of COIl...... nts. Inclnct!ng IDIUJ,J bers wbo toot part lD tbe lmlDta aDd up:t _sd an 1DtereI5t lD JoIJIC tbe club. A.dd1tl,..J awards were to lIJIbscr1ptloos to Cycle News. "Freedom of tbe ac.d" booklets from tbe Pom,.. Trtumpb-SWAtti dealer aDdSla-Lube dBcaJa. SO successtul was tbe llftnt tIat FOIItUla Boat " stI Club members are plennlng to 011 a name cbup tIat wI.D CO'NI' tbe De" iDterest 011 motorcyc1.Ing. B TAKES UP BIKES Last _ k wilen Maureen Lee 'tII'olie tIat Sedan, Kansas was 100 m11es from DOwbere sbe made a mistake. It's 105 mUes and If tbe world D!M!dIld an eDema tbey'd stick It lD 8edan. After drt"91ng 28 hours from Palmdale. CalifarD1a (85 dllgrees) ROIl Nelson aDd yours truly. Rq McCart;y arrived late saturdllY nIPt lD 8edan (23 dllgrees). 1be IIlClte1 aDd hoa!l bad heen f\Ill UP threi days before tbanks to tbe ~, "".. dian. MexIcan aDd Eastern riders wbo seemlngty could DOt haft come as far as _ did to G _-mem- .. ""* ...._ ................. u.., or UIcc ......... ..c*. . . It f ...... lINt & aJ cttdt'. Int ..werel............ Ie Yeca VII•.,. ell.. ~_ tbiB tow nut slated to be burned 011 Garrison's Gortllas. After paying more than tbe town b&n.II: had lD Its ftlIlt for a room _ IIWlIC8d a well-oeeded ulgbt sleep. 6 a.m. sa" us at tbe Ioca1 cafe hoplng to get out to tbe course early as most enryooe bad ~ spent SUurdllY practldng. Wb1Ie we were attDc, in waJbd Pre8lIOII Petty aDd watt Aztbelm - just ne" dcnrD for tbe tun they said. Pracl1ce was to bec1D at 8:30 but _ started at 7: 45. No ooe stopped us. tbere _re DO fIagmeD, DO amhql,nce aDd practically DO spectators tbe f\Ill day. TIle course, boweftr. was 11lOI1II tbe trip. It was a real motel-cross. Gra.say starttng area - slippery wet left hander at 30 yards - over a jump _ tbea lots of bump£ to tbe rtebt. OYer tbe secood jump on a turn - tbrougb a waller m1lll hole' that got so had _ tbe ~ SMmed to _ cantton Tbeo a wet rut of a stralcbt wltb tbree d1fferent in-l1ne jumPS. fo1knred by a left sklag tbe trees wltb deep gutter turns and first gear mlJdho1es (1gIin) tIleD a "waU-of-deatb" bend wltb a dash of mud and hack to tbe bome stralcbt after cross1ng tbe mud hole (1gIin) twice lD a "5" bend - II01r you were rlllUlY tor tbe 4tb gear bumps and a JumP. That was lap one - 3 '-ts of 19 laps each to go. U your Husky didn't lose two motor mount bolts aDd It bad bad a good rider on It you might haft stayed 011 tbe same lap as tbe Europeans, 1nsteIId of falling off two times to tbebeat. JOEL ROBERT .. .. Enter Cycle News' New Subscription Contest! PRIZESto .. RULES•. .,.-Iyllll ... ,.. Jd" 51• • Ills - , . -so. . a.. • .. _ ... e - _....... _."-I!57,11l1_..-... ... cas ........ "Illts l1li PREmI! ,rs • - " P-U _ ID ClIIl I.s ,,<-"l1li_ I0Il_ ..._IS..,..,I',Y_ .mer. ..... - mila'" ._. e-1II_1o.....,.. CIS _"'11 1'IIZI-No. _ GIt.'IIlDPIIZlh_"'_P-ll~_ ~ tydo! pool l . _.... ........... all .. ~. oIl"ilIs . . . . . . . . . III""""" Io.L Al, _ _ ... ,...., .. 11 .. _ 1 0 _ .. . . . . - . . . . Ilorl IIIIlrllI(_ lit rutn TIJII.sIot 100. _ lor .... .... _lies. _ _lIS _ ... Ililllllils _ ...,01 all ...... ... lias Y_.TIll '''''''''' bestsudI .. _ so _ . - OIlll1JodiGI .,.., lIS!' *ltinc 4-spood l1li _ _ .... _1III1rIi1-..'_lor _ - . . ..... - . _ a,,*ol~_"""" _ ... -.. ". rldiDI. ... t .. lIS!' IiIclnc _ . ~. l1liliiio ~ _ Co. qI ....r_h~ i--·· HOW TOn,.,. ··---i ENTER • I • rutn-_IoCydo-' It IS . . .try Mull fDr a. COlt lOT ....=,0......l. SI '11,. 1Ubscra.., I If you an olrdy 0 I I pi.- otMdl odIha label '"CYCLE EWS.... I · • ·....-....... I I • • • • • 'm: • • SIaINIl- l:alIIIIole .. ""100011 _ II Z5 .. ofs Of I '. Ulla lIibc .....,d.. 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Everything from CZ to Suzuld on tbe tine• waIl Axtbelm was probably tbe highest placing American, estimated 9tb unotflcally. I Imagine I was somewhere close behind him tbough It was almost dark When the lasl heat ended and we did not get tbe full results. The 500 class saw 8 Europeans versus 5 Americans In which Ron Nelson (360 Montesa) came out 5th overall (unoffic:lal) ahead of world Champ Torsten BaUman and 3 otber Swedes, due primarily to outlasting tbem mechanically and energetically. All lD all we bad fun and thank very much Wes Cooley's A.C.A. for paying our way 100% to represent tbem in Kansas. By tbe time you read this we'U be back lD CaIiforD1a and you w1ll also have wttDeSSed tbe European iImIs1oa. By Ra,y IIIcCarQ-

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