Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

SHA·MROCK TWO-WHEELERS CHAMPIONSHIP MUD SCRAMBLES Story and PII0t0 by Marie Layton The Shamrock Two- Wheelers M.e. of Salem, Oregon presented. their fourth and fi na l r ace of the s eason, Sunda y, F e hr uary 4, in Silvert on. Or eg on. near Victor Point. So me 110 r iders from all over the V,1IIIamette Valley and some parts of Washington, including three local disc jockeys from station KBZY, scrs ENGLISH TRIALS Canyon Crest, Cal. Sun., Jan. 2B, 196B MASTER '1. Bob Grove • 2. Bob Nickelsen '3. Jim Wilson '4, Dave E van s 5. Jack Ward 6. Jack Milne 7. Jim Bronson (tie) 7. David Smith ( ti e) 8. Bob Lersclr 9. Don Morgan 10. HafTY Brattin 11. Jim Cameron EXPERT '1. George Steward • 2. Lee Rambeau '3. Duane stone '4. Jim Bollingmo 5. Warner Mobley 6. JoflD Walters 7. Joe Ward 8. Forest Wilson 23 Pts. Gre 29 Gre 29 Tri 33 BuJ 34 Tri 47 Mat 54 Gre 54 BId 57 Gre 59 Gre 61 Trl 68 Mon 41 50 54 55 57 58 61 69 Tri Hod Gre ' Mat BuI Hon BIll Gre AMATEUR WOMEN '1. Carmi Slone 31 Gre '2. Wclde Fry 46 Tri 3:. Joan Wilson 47 Hod 4. Carol Lawrence 61 Hon AMATEUR HEAVYWEIGHT 'I. JOM SChindler 26 Mat '2. Wally Albright 44 BSA 3. WlIIiam Smith 54 BSA 4. Mike Shannon 76 BSA 5. Allen Johnson 80 Mai AMATEUR LlGHTWElGHT ' I . Warren Bunlfne 7 Bul '2. Gary Davi s 9 Gre '3. Roger Drak e 12 Mon ' 4. LafTY Berg ( ti e) 13 Bul '4. Tom McGeachiin(tie) 13 Bul '4. Loyd David (tie) 13 Tri ' 5. Don Lawrence (tie) 14 801 '5. Roy Sheridan ( ti e) 14 Tn 6. John Penner 15 Gre 7. Jobn WoodroU 16 BuI 8. Ca ry Temple( tie) 19 BIll 8. Ron Roach ( tie) 19 Tri 9. F ran cis Steward 25 &1 10. Robert F ry 26 Gre A'IIATEU R ULTRA LlGl TWEIGlT ' I . Gary Barton 18 90 Hod '2. Don Cl emen t 18 90 Hod '2. Walt Bird 22 90 Hod ' 3. Kev in Walker 23 90 Hod ' 4. Dexter Kinnaird 25 ,90 Hod ' 5. T ed Dore 29 100 Hod ' 6 . Jacq uali ne Mobley 301 100 801 7. Art Barda 38 90 Hod 8 . Bill Babro lf 39 73 sac 9. Dee Ca me ro n 43 90 Hod 10. Brian Harber 47 80 Yam inners , Denotes Tro phy W ATTENTION CLUBS - CORRESPONDENTS When copying results to send to Cycle News please include names, brands and riding nllflt" Iters of at least !be first three winners in each class. Space is sometimes Uniled and coIqllele resulls will gel first preference for pultlication. Deadtine for Cycle News to receive results is Tuesday: a.& of the week of issue. Resatls, receivetl later 1IIan Tue_ will lie hell over until1be flnoRilg week. TlIanlcs for ,Iur anetllion. signed up for the event . Larry ( Lars ) Laws on, a Hus qvarna team rider, heard of th e r a ce whlIe passing through Sale m and brought two Hnskys out to try hi s hand at the WIllamette Valley mud. The competition was such that Larry later s ald that i t was the best he had co me up against In local circle s . The heats began promptly at 1:00 p.m , and were interrupted about halfway through to pr ovide the hundreds of spe ctators who turned out wi th an unusual s ight. Our three di sc jockeys, John Vaughn , J im Trett, and Jerry Whipper, two of whom we r e com ple tely unfamiliar' with cycles and barely knew how to stari them (let alone s hift the thfng:s), c r ep t off the' starting line, and around the slippery, treache rous track, which had been well pr epared the week before wi th heavy r ains and snow. Two laps were all that were needed to s ingle out the winner, John Vaughn rlcl1ng a Bultaco . John Is the mo re experienced rider and at least has a bike of his own. Jim Trett came fr om bebtnd and literally over the top of Jerry Whipper to nab 2nd place. The 100cc: Mains were easy wins for Bili Oliver, Sr. and Eric Forster, riding a Honda an d Hoda.ka respectively. Eric after fo rfeiting hi s trophy to 2nd place rider, Jim Delay. on a Hodaka, went on to the B Main where be ran out of lu ck on the first lap. Young Bmy Oliver and his Honda worked up from 6th In the first lap to win the B MaIn. Dave La Pore on Harvey Crawley, us ually an A Main contender, fell vi ctim to the mud and ended up 10 a 250 C Main which he won ea sily on hi s CZ. Larry Mas cotte and Paul Zellner , also CZ r i ders , came In 2nd and srd. Th e 2nd 250 C Main wa s a little more competitive with the lead changing back and forth. Emerging the vi ctor was Monte Rellfng on a CZ. Dave SCott aboard a Kawasaki settled for 2nd. Th e 3rd an d last bike to come In was a Greev es , r ide r Jerry Clark coming up from 5th place . The 250 B Main was a gr ea t spec tat or race with much passi ng goin g on be twe en the 1st and 2nd place r id ers.Genl' Snook proved vi c torious with J ess Rodriguez ciose be hind hi m . Both are CZ r i de r s. Third place bel onged to Gr eeves mounted Norm McFadden all th e way. As co uld be exp e cted, our Swedish Hus ky r i d e r , Lar ry (Lars) Lawson grabbed and maintained a qui c k lead In th e 200 A Maln with Larry Parke r close be hind. Parker fell after his 2nd lap and broke th e s hif t leve r on hi s Kawasaki, leaving BllI Cook and his CZ to go for an undisputed 2nd place. Mike Gregg, r iding a Kawasaki fi nis hed 3rd with BllI O' Sha ugh ne s sy, an Irishman on a Husky coming In 4th. Randy SCott, a youngster who is usually a top co ntender , got water In hi s carburetor after his fir s t lap and dropped out of the running as did so many others who fell vi cti m to the hazards of the course. ~ ~ Cl.. ~ 2; ' ~ t- '" :~ :Of::d~~.~hn;:~:c/~~~~u~ ~ thi r d where be stayed. The fifth bike to fi ni s h was a C Z, ride r Ron Powell. (R esults on page 16) c... ~ t. U WEBER HARDWELD BIKE CAMS LAST LONGER PERFORM BETTER Weber is the cam tnat lasts longer and performs belle r. It makes no diff er· ence if your race is a quarter mile or 250 miles a Weber grind will give you performance plus! lift. Timing and Duration are computed lor each and every use so that you getthe ultimate cam for any kind of motorcycle compet it ion. Local KBZY dI sc Jockeys entered Int o the spl rlt of th ings at Silve rton, Oregon mud scrambles, presenting an exhib ition race that had the fans crack ing up. The panting victo r was Hand.· mounted Jim Trett (47), Behind him, Jerry Whipper Inspects damage to his Suzuki Incun ed by slight (?) mishap as he was overtaken by second place John Vaughn (Bul taco), a Kawasaki fi nally got enough edge on Dennis Shipman to co me In 2nd, Dennis being a close 3r d. The 100 A Main was a real close race between winner Denny Glasgow on a Bultaco, and 2nd place Suzuki rider , Bob Straye r. Twe lve-yearol d Ronnie Smith managed to s lip around some mired -up riders on his Suzuki and co m e In 3r d. Jim Sutak, another Suzuki man, after having 'some hard lu ck In the s econd lap wound up 4th. Kawasaki rider Dave La. P ore gra bbed the lead In the 200 B Main but soon lost It to another Kawasaki ran, Le Roy Have n, who held It all the way to the finis h . A lfttle too hard on his heels was Le Roy Thompson on a Honda, who was later disqualIfied for cu tting tires,Ieaving the honors of 2nd place' fo r Tom Gilkson aboard a Trlumpn..Dave La Pore recovered some of the ground he had lost and came In 3rd. The 200 A Main belonged. strictly to Kawasald riders. Larry Parker grabbed 1st place an d held It, Jerry Dobbins held on to 2nd all the way and Glenn. Putnam trailed them in srd, Don Watl10 put lIP' a good fi ght on his Bultaco as he fi nished the first lap In 4th place, but later drowned out and couldn ' t fi ni s h the race• In the Open B Mal n Lars again led the way on his Husky with Randy Sc ott, this time on a Malco, following hi m in 2nd place. Harvey Crawley riding his 360 ez fini shed 3rd and Gary Ols e n, a no the r Malco rider, placed 4th. Not content with a B Main trophy, Lars quickly transfe r red to the Open A which turned out to be the best race of th e day. wi th John Taylor on a ez giving hi m th e mo st competition he ha d r eceived so far . J ohn passed Lars twice an d at one ti me both got into a co r ne r so hard th eir bikes crashed toge the r, but fo rfunately ne l ther fell at that ti me. John did go down during the last lap, allowing Bill Coo k, a Maico rider . who had been at least 150 yards behind, to take over and fi nish in 2nd. John quickly recovered lost yardage and placed 3rd and Larry Buchanan on a Greeves finished 4th. The grand finale of the da y was a Sweepstakes In which all riders could, if they wished, participate. Thirteen bikes lined up for the start with only •••••••• •••••••• HARLEY- DAVIDSD Long <;; '. •••••••• • • ••• Of five finishing. Our Swedish victor again proved himself a champion and walked off with the 1st place trophy. 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