celved trophies but no money), but found
out that he lacked the horsepower and
ended up 5th In the 125cc GP, and 6th
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s tory and Photos hy Len Fallscheer
The Los Angeles Chapter of AFM held
another road race at Carlsbad (Calli.)
Raceway on Sunday, June 23 w1thperfect
windless riding weather throughout the
day. With 63 entries , all classes were
surprisingly well represented except the
lightweight production class. The heat
races all ran smoothly establishing the
grid positions for the MaIn Events.
The finishing order of the first MaIn
Event of the day, the Combined 50- lOOCc
G.P. classes, was somewhat unusual although logical. All of the 100cc r iders
fini shed ahead of the first place 50cc
bike, an ltal-Jet ridden by Rod Scbrnldt.
Winner of the lOOCc class was Roy
Nakam oto on a Yamaha, followed to the
line by Mike Morse, also on a Yamaha.
In the combined 125-175 GP event, the
opposite nearly occurred. with the first
place In the 175 class finishing 5th overall. Reg Pridmore rode to first overall
and first In the 125cc class on his watercooled Bultaco , followed by his Power
Researeb teammate, Ken Green. Mike
Lane rode his lOOCc Hodaka with the
125' s In hopes of taking horne some of
the $200.00 purse (the 100cc class re-
Vamaha jockey Mike Morse looklne eood In
100ee GoP. race.
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had no lack of horsepower as he won a
very close and very fast 250Cc GP final
event. Lane led the entire race except
for one and a half laps In which Steve
McLaughlin, also on a Yamaha, slipped
past him but couldn't hold !be lead.
Salvado Soto from Guatamala (residing
In Long Beaeb) held a close third on his
Yamaha until he almost lost It from acceleratl ng too s oon corning out of the
hairpin. Some wild acrobatics saved him
fr om falli ng but he was unable to cateb
Lane or McLaughlin by the checkered
fla g and settled for thir d.
There was only one producti on race as
there wer e not enough entries to make a
lightweight class . The race was a combination 250, 350, open event with first
overall going to a Harley r idden by Hugh
McLean. Jerry Green took second overall and first In the 350 class on a Brldges tone . Reg Pridmore was first In the
250 class on a KawasaId. Reg and his
pa ss enger Ernie Cadsar gave a sidecar
exhibition go on their super-rast Triumph
charlot, but no one else showed up to
give them any competition.
Sportlne a new Norton ·Commando· Georee Kerker walked away wlth the Open GP class win on
a producllon bike. Seen here leading D lc~ Klleroe's Honda GP ric. Ihls was Georee's flrs l road
race.
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sldehack. Reehas Ihls beautllul machine lor sale as he has a new Ihree cy linder ric in Ihe works.
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was In the comb ined 350-0pen GP 15- "u~~
lap event. Geor ge Kerker, r iding In his. " •
fir s t road race, pUoted a production
750cc Nor ton Commando (the fir s t >p'n~ R a
to be brought Into the states)tc> ~ s<:;or£IJn n
Ing fir s t over all and a first In the Ope n ...,
Grand Prix class. The bike was r idden to
the track fr om Los Angeles to " br eak
It In.'' Dick Kllgr oe took second In the
Open Class on his GP 450cc Honda. ThIrd
was the open productio n winner, Hugh
McLean agai n on his production Harley.
ThIrd overall and first In the 350Cc GP
(fini s hing In fr ont of the Harley) was
Jimmy Chen on his half-falr ed Honda
(he lost the left half of his fal r lnl(in a
fall during practice).
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who atte nded and the next AFM r ac e
(Sunday, June 30, at Orange Co. ,Rac e' way) should be even more of a success.
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