Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

chest-high by race day, and the fast combination of turns seven and eight was completelY blind, but still the little bikes cam e through banked over to the limit, using uP all of the pavem ent and taking the two turns as one, the ground shaking under their tread. Off Bryant tried to seco nd his 100cc Johnnythe Yamaha and onto a 175 Honda, ******************** NATIONAL N .UMBERS IN WEST TEXAS ******************** ... ... _ ~ '" • ;c ~ ~ 3" ~ 7 SAN ANGELO, TEXAS Course : 2.0 Mi. ... Diagram of airport course at San Angelo.- Second turn of 200cc final and the pack searches for leaders George Johnson and Johnny Bryant. Included are #126 Butch Nelson, #81 Danny Forke, #14 Butch Stubblef1eld, #119 David Watkins and #99 Darryl Hurst. W inner (and lead. every lap) of the combined 250cc/Open Grand Flnal, 650cc Tr iumph mounted Rusty Bradley leans It .ay over In the turn. last two laps of the eigh t- lap chase his engine lost a bit of i ts tune , and Geor ge Johnson ( 180 Yamaha) eased by . For the last si x laps John Moyer pr essured David Watkins, but he coul d never tak e third from Dave. Both were on 175 Bultacos , John's being the ex-Mike _Kidd mount. Don Hollingsworth ' s Sprint failed to make an appearance In the combined 25Occ/Open heat and in any other outing at the race, fo r that matter, but Walt Fulton and Art Baumann were fully ready to test the measure of these local boys. The flag came down, and the pack rounded the first bend and disappeared behind the maize, the -Iabo r t ng of engines and occasional glimpses of helmets above the green stalks telling of the epic tussle. Then _ back Into view at turn seven first Bradley on the 650 Dalio Triumph, second Fulton on the KR, then Mike Cone on the 250 Yamaha, Vi rgil Davenport ( 650 Triumph), Le roy Ferry (750 Norton) and Ron Pierce (250 Yamaha). You see! It does help to know the course. But Fulton's Har ley was faltering (it seemed to be overgearedfor the course), and it dropped out after two laps. Then Baumann eased Mike Cone out of second place, and they finished that way, with Larry Beail bri ngi ng up fourth on a high-bar Yamaha. In the 200cc final Johnny Br yant's Honda once again began to go rough toward the last, but, after taking the l ead In the second turn of the race, he had bullt uP such a wi de lead that George Johnson could not manage to disturb him . Johnson managed to get some di strubance f or himself, however, on the part of David Watkins, who snatched secon d f or two laps toward the end. John Moyer was f ourth behind Watkins . The fir st lap of the 250cc fi nal saw a gri nning Ron Pierce i n the lead, but Art Baumann finished the remaining ei ght laps out front. When David Townsley (250 Yamaha) dropped out In the fourth lap, Mike Cone came uP to fourth place on a rather sluggish Yamaha behin d Larry Beall. Once again, Rusty Bradley led every lap of the combined 250cc /Open Grand Final. For a while It looked as though Fulton would give him some competition, but Walt was not pressing the i ssue very strongly as he eased the KR through the turns - with pavement to spare. Then Baumann's Yamaha passed Walt in the seventh lap, and the chase was on. Whereas he had previouslY been leaving untouched five feet of good concrete on the outside as he exited turn number six, now Walt's wheels lifted little puffs of dust as they brushed the verge. But Baumann would not be passed this day, and Walt had to settle for third, ahead of Leroy F erry . ( Results on page 16) CYCLE NEWS IS NEAT GRAND OPENING RACERS PIT STOP Motorcycle Accessories 4200 E. Chapman Ave. - Oranie, Calif. <7(4) 538-4212 Illanufacturer of Quality Motorcycle. LONG BEACH HONDA #1 IN SALES SERVICE AND SPORTS RACING HAVE YOUR MACHINE TUNED BY JOHN RICE #1 in Di stri ctS? Sc ramb les HONDA BSA HODAKA 4 convenie nt locations 5105 AlIantl c Long Beach 423-1433 11747 E. 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In the Production Class perseverance fInallY paid off for Bennie Cimpbe11 and his 500cc ·Suzuki as he ended a losing streak that had lasted since AprU,Rusl;v Bradley (350 Yamaha) was determined to spoil Bennie's day, but the wild man from San Antonio was i n top fo rm, and Rusty's all-out effort to pass him on the last turn of the race almost came to grief as the Yamaha executed some SPectacular maneuvers at seventy miles per hour• Rusty righted the bike without using any leather, but his last chance f or victory had vanished down the long straight. Ji mmy F oster' s 350 Yamaha was third. Running In the same event, Richard .... '" ~ win with one In the 200cc heat, but ln the ~ ~ S F 00 <0 U.s. Distributor GAIDNEI CARBURETOR 26901111 Ave. Goleta. 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