Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

~ ~ LIONS DRAG RESULTS Sat. & Sun., Feb. 3, 4, 1968 ~ SATU RDAY RESULTS ~ TOP BIKE: Rick Gordon RUNNER UP : Bob Bmvennan ~ SUNDAY RES ULTS • TOP STOCK : Sher",in ~ TOP MODIflED: J. Murphy '" RUNNER UP: Tony Nicosia . '" '" i; STOCK : AA - George Markwick r... A - Sherwin C - G. Dunn D - Allee (I) E - J . Ly nn ~ r.:l F - G. PheUes :c: :5 MOD:AI Sherwin U A- :>.. B - D. Strickland U D - Jack Murphy E - T ony Nicosia F - M. Velasio GAS: A - Cha mbers C - Bob Bravennan D - Ron Knapp E - Spivack TROJAN SHORT TRACK So. Gate, Cal if. Fri., Feb. 2, 1968 By Mike Capal t te l 00cc J UNIOR CLASS 2. Ray Sch ultz 3. Richard Ray ~. Mike WilIowgbby II-D 10.71-133.00 Yam 11.09-128.31 II-D 12.8~103.80 Suz 12.53-1 05.75 Suz 12. 97-108.04 ASCOT PARK T.T. 15.23 - 82.72 Gardena, Cal. 12.85-103.80 14.1 0- 94.81 r-------~- ----==--~--------...., Sun., Feb. 5, 1968 13.21- 99 .77 250cc MAIN 15-LAP EXPERT FlNA L 17 .68- 71.25 SEATTLE SCRA BLES M 1. Jim Einarsson Kaw 1. Ski p Van Le eu wen Tri 22. 87- :iI.94 Seattle, Wash., 2. Hal Wels h Bul 2. Mert Law wi tl H-D 3. Dave Clift Kaw 3 . Dusly Coppage Tri SUn., Jan. 28, 1968 4 . Bill Manley T ri By Vic Eb butt II-D 17.30- 109.75 500cc MA IN 5. Ca l Raybo rn H-D BSA Tri 1. L a rry Linde 6. Da ll a s Baker BSA l 00ec MAIN Suz 12.53-105. 75 1. Bill La ngley 2. J ohn Sweatt Gre 7 . Sonny Nulte r Hod T ri Suz 12.97-108.04 2. Mark Nlmlck 3. Dave Yosl Han 8. Ge ne Romero Ka", Tri Brl J:i.I4- 85.95 3. P aul Wesl 9. J im Be rry Tri M -B 10. Sonny Burres T ri 200cc MAIN 650cc MAIN Ll , Ron Krus eman Tn Bri 1. Dan Kirk 1. TerlY Maupin H-D 12.16-113.78 H-D 12. Bob Bailey T ri 2. J erry Gmppe Bul 2. Buz Gellenbeck BSA Yam 10. 70-124.00 Time: 12:23.2 0 Bul 3. Dale Silvey 3. Bill T Ibbets T ri Yam 12 .15-1 09.48 Suz 13.8 0- 97.40 "--.1 8-LAP NO\lCE FlNAL 1. Kei th Mashburn Yam 2. Dave Alda na BSA l v- LAP AM.A TEUR ASCar TT M N AI 3. Sie ve Basi Bul 4. Jim T homas Bul 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 V .Lu Fl,nJ,sh St a rt 5. ,Ie ff Runyan Bul 6. Dave SIroma n Man 1) 35x Al e x Ch ln ous Kl ( Tr l ) 7. Tad Sloan l) I Gy Ka w 8 . Don Dudek [>< Bul ~ 2 ) 1 6y Bl l l J a~~son ( Trl) ~ ) 35 x I-I9. Don Ca stro Man 10. Ron Moore Bul 3 ) 4lx B l ~.L Cody (T r 1) 3 ) 5 ~x I-- ~ l l . Ron Taylo r Bul ~ 4) 69 1' Ben PaJdw ld y ( ~' rl) 4) VlJx 12. lIarry Dring I-Ka w Tim e: 5:1 0.9 0 X 5 ) ~5x j,il k B I,;o r t or. ( '11'1 ) ' 5 ) ~ 5x I-,\P 6 ) 3 7y Bruc e An de r son ( T r l ) ID-LAlex AMATEUR FlNAL G) lJ8x I-1. Chino ws ki Tri 2. Bill Jamison Tn 7) 'J7 z - 7) V5y Bob Hyne s ( Tr1 ) 3 . Bill Cody Tri / 8 ) ':J~r Re ~ Cho snoy ( T r i ) ~ 8 ) 921' -to Be n FakkeldY Tri 5. Mike Morton I T ri ~ 9 ) lJ8" i3ut c h Turne r ( ':.r l ) J ' ':J) 4lx 6 . Bruce Anderson Tri ~ 7. Bob Hyn e s T ri .Lv) ~ 7y - l u ) 5~x J~ Pe t or son ( BSA) I 8 . Reg Chosney Tri 11) ~ 9x Don Ca rlt on (T r1) 11) evr t-t9 . Butch Turner Tri [X 10. J im Peterson 12 ) ':J7z Han f acr- ce ( Tr l ) ''< BSA l~) ~5y f-Ll , Danny Ca rlton Tri T:u::e : 8 : t:::5 . 0 8 ~·D1.d No t FJ.nJ..S h 12. Ron Pierce , T ri Time: 8:25.38 Ari II-D Suz Ha n Suz Yam IU 1. GalY Scott ACA MOTO-CROSS Castaic, Cal. Sun., Feb. 4, 1968 lion lion 1I0d M-B 100cc SENIO R CLASS 1I0d 1. Mike Lane 1I0d 2. GalY Bailey li on 3. Jlmml' Raymond 1I0d 4. Dale 1I0p kins 250cc JUN IOR CLASS 1. Larry Verdoo rn 2. Larry Taylor 3. P aul Coberly Bul Bul Bul 250cc SENIOR CLASS 1. GalY Bailey 2. Danny Jones 3. Mike Boal Gre Bul Bul 100cc TROP IIY DASII 1. Mike Lan e 250cc T ROP HY DASH 1. Gary Ba il ey lIod rxl-- - 1 23 1) 1.r .) -~ V.... 5 ) 25 '- 0 ) BE:: G V lu) 3.x l J. ) .ivx l S-LAP EXPERT TT UA I K EVEIIr 4 5 CZ Mal Mai 3. Ray Sledge CZ 4. P res to n P elty Mac 6 7 8 9 aou 1. 1 3 14 15 ~f- l- ~t>< - - fX - rX' I V ~ 250cc EXPERT 1. Preston P etty 2. Bill Sil verth orn 3. Lon P e terson -to Walt Axthelm 5. Gary Conmd 6. AI Raker )iI/' f- I- V' f- l - I>< B , 1:<) " :.:::: (tie) 2. Stu Peters 2. Lo n P eterso n ( ti e) ~ V 3) 5. 'GI l 500cc EXPERT 1. Walt Axthe lm - ~ ~3 6) " 0 7 ) av CALIF. MO TO CROSS CLUB Carl sbad, Calif. Sun., Feb. 4, 1968 - -X - - D< - =~ - xscor Start ~ / / tx ~ ) 3:< Gre ~ Suz Hus CZ CZ Suz lI us f- l f- i)t R. V. "Chub" Kellam, who for the past ten years has been Chief Steward and As st. Referee fo r the profe ssional races In So. canr., was last week appointed by Wm. T. Berry as the new District 37 Referee. Kellam joined the AMA ranks as Chief Steward at the start of the '58 s eason and was then moved up to the position of Asst. Referee at the start of the '67 race year. He started riding cyc les In 1945 and has been connected with the sport since that time as a rider and later as an o!!lclal. F'1... sh "'l1 250cc J R. 1. George Ethe ridge 2 . Don Shore 3 . J im Wilson 4. Stan Ro gers 5. Bo b Kul ek 6. J ame s Bentley 7 . Robert Allen ilkin son 8. Ra lph W 9. M. W F ree ny . 10. Kurt Lohmeyer Ll , Ron J ones Hus Gre Gre Bul Bul Hus Ka w CZ Gre Bul Gre 250cc SR. 1. Rus s Darnell 2. Gary Ba il ey 3 . Ray McCa rty 4. G eorge Walker 5. Tom Senner 6. ,Jimmy SIein 7. Chuck Minerl Gre Gre lIus Bul Als Hus Gre 350cc 1. Joh n Maynard Bul 500cc 1. Sieve lI urd 2. Ste ve 1I0llad ay 3. James Marlino 4. Bob Camp bell 5. Gary Bailey Mat BSA BSA Tri Gre OPEN CLASS 1. Dennis Stinson 2. Jay Robb 3. Al Ho ll ey 4 . Sc ott Lapmik 5. Ro ber t T roiano T ri Ric Tri Tri Tri S U HGATE TT fE 1 OT IJ, 968 1) 5~ Sk>p Van Leeuwen [Tr » er a ) . aa M t Le=l1 ( H- D) 3 ) 3~ Dust,. Coppage (Tr » 4 ) l~ B>l " M a ~e ,. (Tr » 5 ) 25 Ca" Ra,.born ( H-D) 6 ) sex Da" Las BaK ( BSA ) er 7) l l/x s onny Nu t t er [ T r 1 ) 8) ~U Gene Romer o ( T r~ ) V) 3." J:un b e rry [Tr» Iv} 6~ Sonny Burr e D ( ~ r1 ) 11) l~~ Ron Kruscman ( ·l ~ 1. ) 1 2) 33 1. Ly nn Fortoer Hus 2. Bud lIe drlck Hus 3. Don Glascow Mai LAMA Dls l. 37 Referee R.V. ·Chub" Kellam. Suz lion lion Hou 1I0d Ha n M -B Ha n Bul MoB Kaw LAP C!lARrS by Carol S""'" 500cc J UNIOR KELLAM APPOINTED DIST.37 AMA REFEREE 100cc CLASS 1. Rus s Robinson 2. Je rr Creager 3. Dan E theridge 4 . Tim Morriso n 5. GalY Bailel' 6. E .C. Blrl 7. Mike Runyard 8 . Larry Nolen 9. Marshall 10. Di ck W righ t 10. Alan W rtzel Bob Ba i l ey [T r 1 ) 250cc J UNIOR 1. Ti m Ha rt 2. J im Ashworth 3. Carl I vers on 4. Bruce Ha s erol 5. DenDis Dunn 6. Arth ur W ittig CZ CZ Hus CZ Kaw Ka w Much of his time In recent seasons has be en spent be hi nd- the - sce nes at the pit gate and In the officials' booth where he also assumed "the duties of Chi ef Scorer . Kellam is recognized within the scope of offic ials a s one of the fi ne s t s corers In the business and bas bullt much respect and admiration from the hundreds of r iders that he has dealt with over the years. Chub Is a native of Mlnnesola, movlng to Calif. In 1949. His ful l-time occ upation Is that of Senior Building Inspector with the City of Los Ange les, assigned to the Wes t Los Angel es offi ce. At the pres en t time he Is the lead instructor for all new Inspectors, not only for the Building Dept. but for plumbing and electrical, as well. 'The new Refer ee of the large st and most ac tive Distric t In America Is 41 years old, married , and ha s two sons . 'The Kellam family lives In Lawndale. No drastic changes are planned nor are an y wide changes In the present policy a nti ci pated In the near fut ure. A fas t and safe s how Is till the byword at Ascot and a ny other tracks that may host AMA professional racing In the area for the coming s eason. Kellam refereed his first race las t Sunday afternoon at Ascot. The biggest question now Is , "Who will replace Kellam as the Chief Steward?" A kings ized palr of shoes a walts some promisIng future official. The job Is one of the mo st difficult and demanding of them all. By Mike Capallte M te r a we ek' s delay brought on by a lack of co-ope ration by the wea ther man, the 1968 TT s eason got underway a t the Trojan Speedway In Sou th Gate last Fr i day , Feb. 2. It started r ight off with an upset In the 100cc clas s when last year' s 199cc clas s cha mpion Gary BaUey was beaten In the Trophy Dash by a lad down from Bak er s field. Young Mike Lane, r idin g a Hodaka for the firs t ti me on the Trojan TT course, shot off the line for the lea d In the Dash and was never headed for the full three laps. Bai ley, ha d to be content to settle for second, but made up for It by coming r ight back out and winning the 250cc Trophy Dash hands down on hi s Nick Nicholson sponsored Greeves. 'The 100cc Maln Eve nt proved to be a repeat of the Trophy Dash with Mike Lane doing a beautiful job of r iding for the full te n laps and looking r eal s moo th on the corners. Second place again went to Bailey with Jimmy Raymond coming in for a strong third. As if to ma ke up for his loss In the 100cc class , Bailey again proved hi ms el! the man to be a t in the 250c c class by taki ng hom e a win In the Mai n Event, but not without some trouble as he was fourth man out of the first cor ner and had to work his way up through the pack to take the lead. Larr y Verdoorn on a Bullaco finished s econd an d Danny J ones, als o on a Bultaco, wound up thi rd. Al though they ran together, the ride r s wer e s eparated in to Junior and Senior div isions for the trophy presentations with Gary Sco tt on a Honda be i ng the first Junior rider finishing In the 100cc cl ass while Larry Ver doorn was the fi r s t Ju nior In the 250cc Class . 'The TT will r un again tonight (Feb. 9) with the classes be ing divided Into J unior an d Senio r to give the new r ider a chance to win some brass. They will also r un a program of shor t trac k on the same pr ogram if the entries warrant It. The gate open s at 6:00 p .m. for practice, so get there early and get In s ome practice. All that Is needed to ride is a membership In an a ccr edit ed motorcycle organization such as ACA AMA, AFM , etc. As the event Is ACA sanctioned, any rider holding an ACA Senior Com petitio n Ca r d will have any points that he may get credi ted toward the ACA TT or Short Track Championship for the year • (Resul ts on page 16)

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