Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

c:: ... Q.l "" a.. '" ASCOT TT DUSTY DUSTS SKIP " detennlned 13Z Dus l)' Coppace(Triampll) shalter.d v.. Leeuwen' s fantasl lc TT wln str.ak by IakIne " ~co l Expert lIaln Evenl 18 beautiful st)'1. and breaklne track record 10 booL Skip was Znd In lIle IInal. First year Experl La rry Wi lburn (59r) I. ads Skip Van Leeuw.n (59) and Dalla s Bak.r (5h) In thelr heal rac•• And this Is how lhey IInl sh.d, IIrsl of several upsel losses for Skip throuehoul th••venl"'" By Maureen Lee Photos by John Shedd GARDENA, Cali f., Aug. 3 - M ore Iban one recwd was broken at e Il1IIItbly Ascot n . Two ew traclc records were estalllislled and Dusty Coppage ended Skip Van Leeuwen's wilming streak II)' taking the EllPert Main wilb a recoli time of n:4G.92. TIle old record s"od at 11:43.3& . The first Expert beat was a goody. A determined Larry Wilburn (Triumpb) won over Van Leeuwen and 0I.1Ias Baker ( BSA) In his best sbowing as an Expe rt alter a great season last year as an Amateur. Skip cballenged seriously but WIlburn just never made a mistake and kept the throWe turned on. Paul Bostrom grabbed of! the lead In the semi but Dick Hammer (Trtumpb), Hoda ka Motorcycl e s Greeves Monles a Kaw asaki Westminister Sport Cycle Guy R. L ou i s (714) 893-7057 7574 Weslmini ster Ave. W estminster, Cal. going like his old sell, came up from third place and won with a nice margin. Coppage All The Way It was Coppage's MaIn right trom the start as he took the lead wi th Eddie Mulder ( Tri umPh) second and VanLeeuwen third. On the third lap Skip moved Into second and a short time later Baker also passed Mulder to take over third. Dallas had third sewed up when he was sidelined by the same type ot ta1lure that g rounded Dick Mann In the National. As he landed alter the Jump the back axle broke and his r ear wheel came ott and rolled down the track l eaving 0I.1Ias coasting to a stop avoiding what could have been a bad tall. By lap twelve Skip was up to Coppage but he j ust couldn' t make It and said laIer that his gearing didn't seem r i ght . So tar Dusty Is the only man who can take some wind out of the Flying Dutchman's salls! Mike Haney (Trlumpb) had a good raee wi th Eddie WIrth (BSA), finally passing him on the back straight tor the tourth spot with Ralph White (Trlumpb) getting sixth, and Wil burn seventh. Jack Si m mons had made th e MaIn but wisely scratched when he detected a vibration In the t resh engine ot his Norton. Exper t Y _aha all-arounder K. lth Mashburn (10lr) Sleady Eddl. Icier (l Z) swept III Trophy • Dash wln, Triumph-lllounted, then wenl on III 3rd In the I S-lap lIa ln Ev.. t. , .1 " 1 .,. "W," ' ..... li , , ~l . ~ ' ,r! ' - '" ~ ...... '( ~ . ", ~/I ' . ,.! , '. .' "/t z -.z t" " _ _ _ _ __ - -- Am..... w1_ #lOy Jim RIce (85") broke the y.llo....lat. Irack record by two soconds Sm'" over Gene ROOI.ro· sold U... Dave (Ux) ..d Bruc. Anderson (37y) • • behind him here. TroPhy tash winner was Mulder with Van Leeuwen second and WIlburn tb1rd, alter CQppage dropped out. Allate8r Record To Rice 1liIS BUSINESS EXECUTIVE TYPE ISLEE STUM HAUS. HE IS A RACER M PEN AN WHO WON THE #1 AT sours GATE TRACK FOR ITS AN D FLAT TRACK HIGH POINT MAN FOR 1967. HE uso RACESCLASS A AT WH ITEMAN SPEEDWAY IN PACOIMA. THAT OTH ER BIKE YOU CAN'T S roo GOOD IS HIS ESO FU EL EE SPEEDWAY RACER. look both the Novice Trophy Dash and f.". bI.. races. The sec ond recor d of the nlgbt went lv Amateur winner Jim Rice ( BSA) with a time of 7:54.57, knock1ng two sec ond oil Gene Romero's time ot 7:5 6.7 4 set In 1965. Ben Fakkeldy (Trlum pb) too k the l ead but there was a re-start and It was Butch Turner ( Triumph) who took over next time with F a.ldtel dy second. Rice passed Fakke1dy co ming out ot the baItmile and Into the straight and although Fakkeldy had all stops pulled, b1s machine lacks the speed ot so me ot the others In his class . Next lap Rice passed Turner at the same place Iv lake over th e lead on b1s flying BSAandJim Peterson moved In to third and then too t over second by passing Turner In the dogleg by the lake. By the time the MaIn was over Rice bad built up a straightaway lead over Peter son . Te n hacks were ente red with all entries going to the MaIn after two beats . Th e Harley ot Bob Johnson and MIke Van Laar won with a nice lead over second place Crash Roesc h and MlkeGoodnlght, The team of Mottltt and Burns (BSA) grabbed third wi th pas se nger John Burns carrying the colors ot b1s sponsor, Casey ' s In Pacoima tlown to b1s IDes. fIJ(Jric ', .. ' , .f,"), ~. . Sidehacll rles put on 1II.lr usual IIIrllllne dis· play oll1lr...wh•• I. d racine. T.n teams com' prlsod tIie lIaln Ev.nl and IIIls I.aplne duo, J im IIelfIIt and John Burns (BS"), look 3rd. 1be soles ot his sneakers are painted green! Cl eve Pa ttus and Keno Mesecher tram Las Vegas made a good try to take the number three spo t but their rig quit just before the finish line on the yellow flag lap. More Mashburn Keith Mashburn (Yamaha) continued b1s winning r ecord with both the Main and the TroPhy tash. David Aldana (BSA ) took the lead In the tash wi th Mas hburn trying I t on the outside going Into th e turn but Aldana hung on. When they came out onto the straight, however , the power d. the Yamaha was just too much and Mashburn too k over the l ead. In the MaIn Mashburn almost dropped it at the end ot turn one and was passed by quite a few r iders. He got going alter them and moved back up passing Dave Hansen (Kawasaki) down the stra1g ht and then pulling up on the rear wheel ot Aldana, the tront-runner. There was a good bump be tween the two as Masbburn took ove r tront spo t Just before turning onto the straightaway but A ldana was still going hard altho ugh lacking the power ot both the Yamaha and the Kawasaki ot Hansen who passed him to wrap up second. Randy Smith (Bultaco) too k fourth and Montesa-mounte d Don Cas tro f1tth. (R esults on page 16) Large Selection Of New &Used Motorcycles LEE BOUGHT THE BIKE CARRIER FROM JIM 'M)OLW A ROBERT HALL INE T CHEVROLET, TUJUNGA. Irs A 1 968 EL CAMINO LOADED 'M 1li ALL TH E GOODIES. JIM SPECIALIZES IN CARS AND TRUCKS FORM TO RC O YCLE RIDERS. HE WOULD LIKE YOUR BUSINESS TOO. CALL JIM AT ROBERT HALL CHEVRO· LET, TUJUNGA 1213-352·3241. OR AT HOME 11353-3226. HE HAS 1 EL C,A.MINOS 968 AND YOU CAN ORDER YOUR 1969 RIGHT NOWIF YOU WISH . 9000 SEPULVEDA BLVD. WAllEN W'LSON M01015 SOatll or Nordorr In Sepulveda. C a JU. "'N THE HEAIT Of THE VAUEY" (213) 894-9218 lAlGfST STOCI Of MONTfSA PAITS . ,. THE S fflllAl VAUEY'

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