Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

... 00 '" Q(; 01 a, Close comerllll on the dry. slick track took plent)' 01 COlIC_irati... #32 Ousl)' Coppaee's de"" mlnaU08 Is eridl!llt, and desplte """,lac on OIIe cylinder In lIle last lew laps. he took a well. deserved second place. Harlan Bast (82x). alter a rap Id pit stop, sUII wound up 8th. SlIch! mlscalculaUon In the twn at lIle end 01 01 lIle front sttal &!ttaway b)' L1D)'d Houchlos (20)') doesn't seem to perturtJ the othe rs Harlan Bast (82x), Bob Bali I)' (33) and Dus!)' Coppaee (32 ). All are Ii cline T riumphs In the ble eo. Dav e Hansen an d F rank Gillespie battl ed all the way for s econd spot on Sunday w1th Hansen and hi s Kawasaki taking the honors. Skip Van Leeuwen made it look awfully easy in winning his third T .T . 100lapper at Ascot. It was by far his best and easiest of the three and there should be many more to come for the colorful guy from Sherman oaks. However. Triumph does not appear !xl bave it all locked UP as it has in past Seas005. Much of the race found HarleyDaYidsons holding three of the first flve positioos and only a stroke of late-lap bad luck kept the lfilwankee brand from taking three of the first six payolr spots. H- D has gone to work for '68 and it appears that the effort, the best ever in the west, will be paying off before the season Is over. The Sidehacks Three- whee led action saw the sidehacks on Sunday open the show w1th two heat races and a six-lap final. Wlde slides and close raclng produced Doug Bingham and Ed Wade as the winners of the feature on the H- D. The colorful .. Hacks" put on a wild show, using much more of the course than the two-wheelers. 'lbe hacks featured H-Ils, BSA, Honda, Triumphs and a Bultaco. Ascot TT racing now r ev erts to night events w1 th the next r aces slated for the first Saturday night in Apr il, the night after the half- mile opener F riJay, April 5. (Results on page 20) And here's the talenled NoYlce wllller, Keith lIasbbu (l Olr). who rode his 250 Yamaha slnde wlth sty le and verve to a .. sou d1111 dean sweep both da)'s.He's shown with tu_ Dennis Mahan and s Illne Trophy GlrL SUZUKI OW E S BIG BORE KITS Convert your 50 to 55c c - $24.95 Con vert your 80 to 97 cc - $34.51 (cut !rna cyl.) $39.51 (allo)' c)'t.) Convert your 118 to 133 cc - $31.51 SEND OLD CY UIIDER III EXCHANGE Kits include : Jumbo domed piston. rings. P ins & Keep ers new gaskets Slull tabDr cllaree If laslalled Ie _ sltop fork braces (50·s. 80's and 120's) ti ngers to con vert e xhaust (most 80 's) Compression Releases sold & install ed Mail Orders Accepted Sead ......ey 0 .... To 3 STAR SPORT CYCLES fOlmerly Rio: .. EDt. of SaIl Pedro DAVE FRISK well known speed tuning specialist fonnerly with B & WEnl is now OUI new service I11313ger• OEPT. ColI. 1525 so. La Cienega Blvd. Los Angeles. Calif. 90035 OL 5-5101 or OL 2-1885 Improving ith Age Mert Lawwi1l., like Van Leeuwen, appears to be getting better w1th age. He now has a second and a third in the only two TT outings this year. Cal Rayborn cootinues to impr ove, and surprise. cal led the Houston National and then ran in the first five all the way last Sunday. He Is not noted for his shori track and TT ability. Dan Haaby and Gene Romerobavealso switched to H-D and will be even bigg er threats OIl the bali-mile than they are on the TT track. They have Mel Lacher to back them IlP when oval time comes. TII1s Is not to say that Triumph and their many riders are not still the masters of the TT but it does show that tbere Is somebody wbo IswUlingtoclla1Everybody. escept cycle f2ns, love a parade. H-D has its work cut out for tbem but Triumph DOW at least has 1ezIge. a challenger. Tag NortberDer Mark Bre1sfordas the Amateur to watch in TT racing this seaSOIl. He put together l5near-perfectJaps !xl win the semi over many Experts but the 1acII: d. v:perleDce showed UP wbeD he was dumped in wtth the best in the world for IJIe b6g ODe. 'nine aDd expert- ence will make him a good one. Hammer Hauled Best come-from-behind ride in the lOO-lapper was tamed In by Dick Hammer. A super slow time trial stuffed him so far back in the lineup that the front row would have bad to phone him long distance. Dick came all the way UP and Ioept passing riders to climb near the top at the finish. The only rider to pass him was Haaby. EddIe lalder was shot

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