Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

p CK IS SCRA BLES B y E mie Win s l ow NIGHT SCRAMBLES Tb lrteen-year-old Kei th Tennis with /lis family afler spectacu lar Sweepstakes wi n at Els inore 'nl&llt scrambl es. 10 the 200-250 Expert baWe It was B y Don Wallen good racing also as Paul Cober l y on a flying Ossa which is owned and tuned by Ken Rowley came back to Elstnore after Fun Scrambles a long bout at school to wln this class, Clear, warm nights have returned to hattling an the way wlth riders like Elsinore tor the coming season, as the second place R. James and J . West In track condition Improved even over last third. week for smoothness and traction. in the big bike blast the man wlth an The 100 Kovice Main Event winner on the support, T om Simpson, did the job Saturday, Feb. 24 was awarded a Wynn again in the Open Novice by putting It on all jacke t and In this case It was a 3-lap the guys well. T om had trouble though. 'runnoff between the two winners of the dropping it onc e and having to do a lot 100 Novice Main, KeIth Tennis on a flyof passing to wln. Another charger, as Ing Hodalca and R. Chew, also. Hodalca. always, and r i dlng a new 44 1 BSA was It turned out to be a real thriller as am Finley who l ooks like he has taken Chew took home the wln just a shade to the Bee zer like a duck takes to water. ahead of Tennis. This 3-lap race brought am rode well to a second place just to mind the Class A days of mo torcycle ahead of G. Nord on a Triumph. racing as the full-lock slide seemed to Three Triumpbs topped the 500cc Exbe the order of the ntght , pert action - first J . Taylor , second L. While on the sub ject of the 100 NovShtpman and third T . Simpson. I ce, It must be said that many riders In The warm seas on has s tarted out real this event could have taken the race, well; everyone I s hoping it wll1 stay this riders such as D. Hopklns, J . West , H. way . Keep y our eye on Cy cle News tor Egge, D. Northern, D. Kuhnhoff plus new and dlffer ent events for the f uture at many more as they all seem ed to be Elsinore. See y ou all there next Saturday turning up the wlck. nigbL CUSTO COR S&oIY and Pbo~ by Bill P e ttigrew A large contingent of racers trom the F r esno and porterville area shoWed up In Bakersfield, earn. on February Z5 to pr ovide one of the most exciting scrambles programs presented by the Bake rsfield' Sprockeis at Sprockets Park In a long time. The track was In excel1ent condition and riders and maehlnes me t th e eha1 enge to the utmost. One of the floest rides of the day was turned in by Rick Newby. RIding Baker sfield Motorcy cle' s potent 250Cc Bultaco, Rick kept the crowd in an uproar wl th hts power slides through the sweeper . This was Rick' s first ride on the r i g and he served notice to the rest of the 250 A mateurs tha t be's going to be hard to beat. Butch Turner, the Kerman Komet, quietl y slipped in!o'SprocketviUe and soundly trounced an/comers in the Open Expe rt class. Butch bad it sewed up fr om wlre to wir e in all three moto-crosses , Joe Roseberry continued to dominate the 90cc Expe rt class wlth his potent Kawa saki . Mike Lane l et his pr esence be known as he and Roseberry fought one of the hardes t battles of the afternoon. Th e Open Novice class saw Midge Griffith ' s rooster tall mo st of the day as Midge and bis trusty Norton 650 worked v; to perfection to set down the competition. Bob Leppek won an three events In the Open Amate ur class fo r a clean sweep in his class, s h o w i n g smooth for m throughou t . in setting up the program the Spr ockets were faced wl th the pr obl em of combining bike classes . This was bandIed by the larger bikes being giv en back r ow starts fo r the afternoon. In the 250CC Novice class the l75ec machines were In the f r ont r ow wlth the 200c c riders sandwlched between them and the 250Cc boy s, which made for some nice scram bles In the first corner. Sin ce the AMA r ule Is tha t a r i der may not be moved out of his riding class, but must r i de with the next machine group of like ability, the Sprockets felt thai this complied wlth the rule although many of the riders express ed disfavo r wl th the setup. The Sprockets are going 10 con tact the District Refe r ee f or a ruling on th i s problem. Overall, however, It was a smoo thly run affalr and the trophies wer e of the high caliber that the Bake rsfield track is noted for . .... . , (R esults on page 20) LIJ,,§BeattA HIJ",fa # in SlIlES SERVICE ond Sports Roeing Congratulates John Rice E . 101m Ri ce, Nuber One for 1968 in Dis tri ct 37 Champions hip poi nts on the 450 Hon da from Lon~ Beach Ronda. See John and the potent 450 at L ong Be a ch Honda. Get Your Honda P ower F rom J ohn Rice a t o GBEACH HO DA Honda BSA Hodaka Bob Ogle, owuer d Hacienda BeIgbts Honda, has combiDed patience and a lot d bard work to come up with a Yel'Y well done Honda 450 custom. Bob spent $1700 and 6 months In conv erting a stock 450 Honda Into a show- worthy street custom bike. Bob started by r eplacing the Honda steel rims wi th Akront Alloy jobs that are highly polished and look terriflc. Then on to the big job of a new Yetman f rame and Ceriani suspension. The sea t and tank are combined In a beau tiful copper tone metalflake tlberglass ' one- piece lUlit. Almost everythlng else on the bike ts chrome and what a beant1flll job it is. The triple plate chrome work was done at El Monte Chrome and Plating in El Monte, California. T o top off the total outlook are the all-chrome headlight and ch rom e cables. Total weight is at a mere 290 I bs , The engine is stock. Bob Is giving this beauty to his 14year-old daughter Sheryl. This will be her fourth bike. From what Bob reports she plays at the drags on her 305 Honda wl th a best time..o! .15: 87 and 83 mph f or the quarter; . . . •.. .. .. . . 4 COII'EII'Ellr LOCAr,ollS 5105 Atlantic BIYd. Long Beach 423-1433 11&0 Long Beach Blvd. Long BeadI 591-1301 11741 E. carson Blvd. Lakewood 4328 E. Anaheim St. Long Bea ch 439-0943 860-1354

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