Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

After a wlnler of I nacll vi ty, new Nal ional Numbe r 77, Ji m Ddom, li mbers up al the San Jose Indoor Irack. He had broken his fool whi le runni ng i n the San Jose National last year and lhls ·was his f irst appearance since then. Although he didn't find the winning comblnation,he should soon be back i n shape. PORTLAND INDOOR SMOLDERING SAN JOSE SESSION By J.K. La c ey Story and Photo s by William M. Clark A leaky roof resulting i n a somewhal wei track, slowed all contestan ts and complelely demolished the current highpoi nt leader L arry Parker during the weekly Friday night indoor race s February 2 i n Portland, Oregon. Par ker did again win the Trophy Dash, keeping his season r ecord intact as he has yet to l os e a Dash but that was it, as he never got out of a heat race the remainder of the night . Wailing Di ck Donaca was on for m , wi nning his heat and his semi during the scratch events, then com ing on strong to top Ed Richardson and T. L. Hoglan i n th e Main. It was almost the same in the handicap races but " Hoppie" Hodson had other i deas and wanted back i n the win spotlight again so put tt on-em when it counted i n the fi nal, bes ting Donaca, G. Papa. and J. Gordon. (R esults on page 16) The San Jose i ndoor event on F riday , Feb r uary 2nd was still affected by th e smolde ring fire of di ssension bet ween th e officials, rider s an'1 spectator s. If nothing more it I s providing excitement to l ur e more people to the payi ng gate s. Pappy Ford (District 36 Ti mer ) was given the duties of starter for th e event. At this time it is a job at which even Solomon couldn't al ways be right . Our hats must be off to Pappy and Chuck Guluizzo for thei r sincere efforts . Other than missi ng the leader a few times with th e yellow and checker, Pappy did a very good job. In the Novi ce event 35 r i ders signed in and ran si x five-lap heat races. Jerry Clark from Alameda r iding the Calif. Kart 175 Bridgestone set a new 5-lap track record of 41.73 seconds. He went on to win the Novice Trophy Dash. Novice point leader Don Castro from Hol- A lthough not even li sted I n the program, #58z Russ Powell ( Bultaco) has taken a lst, a 2nd, a 3rd and a 4th at San Jose. Here he leads Bruce Anderson (37Y), who I s hiding Mike Vam (46z) and Dave Bostrom. This event was stopped at 10 l aps when 16y Bill Jamison (I n background) hll the guardrai I. seems to be unbeatable on the indoor lister spilled I n th e heat race and failed short tracks. to qualify f or the main . I n the Mai n In the A mateur/ Expert sem i Bill Jam i Event Jer r y Cl ar k was caught napping son charged off th e line and made rather and l ost the advantage of th e pole to Ian hard conta ct with Steve McCants. Bill Mac L aclon, To m Booth and Ed Garza. went on to get th e check er, but was di sJerr y charged through the fiel d to second • qualifi ed fo r r ough r iding. After the place, and as he at tempted an inside m ishap Steve pull ed up and coasted into pass of Ian, Jerry spilled and Ian was the infield. When he got of! llis bike and pushed wi de. T om Booth took over the dropped to the floor, Lance Prestidge lead with Wild John Silva pushing him. went to his ass istance and was assured After that spills occurred all over the that he did not need immediate help. trac k and po sitions became conf used to After t he race was over arid Steve was all I ncluding th e offictals. John Silva did taken to th e hospital on the stret cher a get by T om Booth to win his fir st Main rhubarb erupted over not stoppi ng the Event. After that th ere was no agreerace. This demonstrated how sensi tive ment but the officials posted the enclosed the situation i s in San Jose at this time. order of finish. It must be said that Jamison is a very Th e Amateur/ Expert event was very agr esslve rider and Steve suffered a muc h an old record wi th Mike Yarn of broken leg . (He is now out of the hospital san Jose taking his heat race, the Trophy and expects an early recover y.) Dash and the Main Even t. This is four (Results on page 16) out of seven for Mik e. In this Main, as i s his habit lately, Mike was over a ha1flap ahead of the second place rider. His Bulta co, pr epared by A & A Motors, t • Mike Varn (46z) won four Main Events at San Jose, four out of four races at Santa Rosa, then traveled to Houston where he took a solid fifth i n the Astrodome Indoor Championship, only first year Expert to qualify for the fina I. He credits A & H Motors for keeping his Bultaco In top shape. Scott Wilson (90y) thinks, "There must be an easier way," and his T riumph agrees with him. The Amateu r/Expert sem i had two restarts and each time Scott was sprawled on the track. Here Bill "Biscuits" Verblscio (20z), AI Ludwlgsen (65y) and others avoid the mishap. SANTA ROSA WRAP UP Story and Pho to s by Will i am M. Cl ark R;AMiaa* HIGHEST TRADE-m 239 N. Anaheim Blvd. Anahei m, CaL Phone (714) 533-1309 ••••••••••••••••••• .. It Fillmn r \ir Fillers• .Judson Pro ds. .. Fran cisco Casto ro il, Dri-sfide , Fi- • It ~Iass tank s & seal s. John Cooper & .. I h g John Bools. All Avail able From It .. It SIMPSON MOTORS 4210 San Fernando Rd. Glendale, Cali f. 91204 .. It It It It (213' 247-3068 It ******************* It The last Indoor event of the season at the Fairgrounds In santa Rosa was one for th e fans to remember . The Ascot TT opening caused a shortage of riders on Feb ruary 3, but those present put on a very good racing program . Three-tim e win ner Mike Yarn was present and held off all attempts to dethrone him . Mike ma de It fou r out of four and was lapping riders by the fourth lap. Russ Powell who took seco nd was still on the back straight when Mike took the check er . Mike also won his heat race and the T r ophy Dash. The AmateurExpert semi saw a l ot of action with the r iders tr ying to get into th e Main. The r ace was restar ted two times and each time Scott Wilson was In th e middle of a big pile-up. T om Steele f rom Santa Rosa was unable to make th e Exper t Main Event, but he di d set a new 5- I ap r ecord fo r the lightweight bikes I n his heat race. T om f inished second In the Lightweight Main with Harol d Raggio of San F r ancisco leading th e di stance. Novice Jerry Clark still had the 175 Bridgestone red hot and set anoth er new 5- lap record, re p e a ti n g his r ecor d br eaking run i n San Jose th e night before. Don Castro was headed to Ascot when he realized that he'd left his card with th e San Jose officials . He and his erew made a fast trip to Santa Rosa from Hollister and Don entered the evening race to safeguard his le adi ng point standings. Don won his heat r ace and qualified for th e Tr ophy Dash wi th Jerry Cl ar k, Jay Kanemoto, and Ed Garza jumped Into the l ead of the Dash and when Jay and Don becam e entangled Ed was all alone for the gol d. Rldlnga 175cc Brldgestone against the 250's, Jerry Clark (258z) of A lameda gets the ehecker from PaPllY Ford to win the Novice Trophy Dash at San Jose. In his heat raee he set a new 5·1 ap record, and repeated the' feat at Santa Rosa the follow ing night, also winning the Main Event wire to wire. Jerr y Clark did som e f r antic work trying to cur e th e plug oiling condition of the Bridgestone and things l ooked doubtful at th e start of the Novice Main. The Bric' .gestone did co me to life off the line, however , and Jerry led the Main all the way. When the chec ker came he was about to lap Trophy Dash wi nner Ed Garza. Don Castro placed sec ond and was declared Santa Rosa point l eader for the year . Jerry finished secon d In points with Jay Kanemoto close behind. Don c as tro, Jay Kanemoto and Jerry Cl ark all have a common karting ba ck gr ound and are three young men that will bear watching as they progress In the i r Novice year. All three have th e skill and det ermination to be winners i n anything they r ac e. Each ar e backed by wellknown two - st roke b u ll d e r s ; Don by George Hall of Gilroy, Jay by his cousin Irv i n Kanemoto of San Jose, and Jerry by Bob Stout (C alif. Kart) i n San Jose. (Results on page 16)

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