Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

" . ' way In the Main Event, but along came Montesa-mounted Stan M1l1s In the high groove through the sweeper to nip IlLvis at the finish line by a whisker. The Experts In this class are finding that #13 I s Tracy Bright'sluckynumber. The " Taft Terror" Is fast becoming one of the better riders I n the district. Tad Sloan of Mendota picked up the second place trophy i n this class and f inished a strong third am ong the Open Experts. (R esults on page 16) SPROCKETS SCRAMBLES By Ernie Winslow Photos by Jack L igh t r BAKERSFIELD, Cal., A ug. 2 - F r i day ni ght was proclaimed family ni ght at Sprockets Park. To start the ev eni ng of family togetherness young Art Carter of Flllmore and a snappy Honda made It two wins In a row at the Bakers!lel d track by winning the 90cc Novice event . Not to be displaced by youth, Art Carter of a little older vintage turned In one of his best rides to garner first place honor s i n the 200cc Amateur class . This was especially gratifying for Art and his dependable Bultaco as Ron Tpbey and a usually unbeatable Bridgestone were held off on a last-lap ef fort. IN LANCASTER IT'S HODAIA Fighting for 125cc Expert win, brothers #43b Joe Roseberry and #40b Frank Roseberry. Joe won; both rode Kawasaki s, Open Expert final found #32 Sid Payne (Tr iumph) comi ng from behind to take the gold from Norton· mounted Alvi n Griffith. To carryon the family theme that prevalled throughout the evening the Rose berry brothers again dominated the 125cc Expe rt go with Joe leading Frank to the !lnish line as both were riding Bakers!leld Motorcycle sponsored Kawasakls. Frank, still I n quest of the el usive gold, spi ed Clarence Maxwell's Bul taco In the back of the truck and discovering no rider available quickly slapped his Expert plates on the rig and tur ned In the sm oothe st r ide of the evening to wi n the 200cc Expert tI;ophy . as he has won four out of the last six races he has entered and was leading i n the other two when he unloaded. Griff's Motorcycle of Bakersfield was represented by the father-son combo of Alvin and Midge Griffith. Midge had a fairly easy win In the Open A ma teur class and papa Alvin seemed to have thi ngs going his way i n the Open Expert Main. But a fellow by the name of Sid Payne had a I1tUe dlfferent Idea and motor ed by Alvin to take the win. Payn e was riding a Triumph and the Grills were mounted on Nortons, The 250cc Am ateurs followed Steve Davis on "Camel Red' s" Bultaco In the heat r ace and things were going the same Brother Act " First place 200ccAmateur scrambler at Sprockets Park was #53f Art Carter (Bultaco), who held off determined las t-lap bid by Bridgeslone rider aon Tobey. The McKay twins wer e also double wi nners with Don wi nni ng the type of trophy all riders can do wi thout. Unloadin g hard In the sweeper during practice Don cam e back to make fine showing i n the heat race and pi ck up fifth In the Main In the Open Expert affair. Don then loaded his bike and drove to the hospital where they presented him wi th a nice cast for a broken wrist. Arnold continued his winning ways In the Open Novice race Don & Ray's Motorcycl e Shop 1223 W.Ave. I , L anca ster, cant. 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There were no entries for the 250Cc short track, but a IOOcc class was r un with Dan Hazel (Yamaha) and Lloyd Qulntard (Yamaha) fighting it out In the heat race for the lead with Qulntard holding it all the way, but i n the IOOcc Short Track main, Hazel jumped into the lead with one of his usual j ackrabbit starts, and it wasn 't until the last lap that Lloyd was able to get around him f or the win. Third place was Joe Ambrose (Suzuki) with Jim Hurley copping fourth on his Hodaka. Bailey Sweeps Seniors In the IOOcc TT, It was Gary Bailey (Hodaka) again maklng a clean sweep In the Senior Class with Bryan Spinks (Yamaha) second and Dale Hopklns(Hodaka) third. Gary also won the Trophy Dash on his potent little Van Tech Hodaka. The Junior class was a battle between Steve Hyder (Hodaka) and Dan Hazel ( Yamaha) . As always happens , If you want to beat Dan you have to pass him, since his ability to get off the line I s fantastic. He doesn't do I t by second-guessing the starter, he just leaps out of the hole on the start like he was shot out of a cannon. Third place in the Juni or Class went to Jack Morgan (Hodaka) followed closely by Lloyd Quintard (Yamaha). In the 250cc class , Gary Bailey showed the Senior Class the way around as he took wins In both the Trophy Dash and the Main Eve nt. The Main Event was not quite as easy as it has been f or him, f or he was chased all the way by Jerry For mby ( Yamaha), and Jerry was i n striking distance of Gary's Greeves ail the way, but Gary I s the kind of consistent r i der who very seldom makes a mistake. YAMAHA Bob Maynard's ORANGf CO. CYCLE 205 N. Harbor Blvd . Santa Ana (714) 53109984 Juniors Jump The 250cc Junior Class was a win for a r ider who has been showing a l ot of improvement since he started running this tricky TT course, and he wlll be another man for Bailey to watch out for when he moves up to the Senior Class. We're speaking of Irwin Moon (Bultaco), who stayed ahead of Dick Welnbrandt (Bultaco) f or the well-deserved victory. Dennis Ralph (Bultaco) and Paul Kastraaides (Greeves) f in i shed third and f ourth. The Junior class Is attracting a lot of new riders as it gives them a chanc e to compete in a class wi th r iders of their own m erit, and if a r i der gets better, he earns enough points to transfer to the Senior class, thus gi vi ng all the Junior contestants a chanc e to mov e up as their abi lities i mpr ove . (Results on page 16) SAGE HOPPERS MOTO'CROSS AUGUST 4th 100cc NOVICE #2 1st MIKE RUNYARD - M/ B (W NNER OF 2 MOTOS) I 100cc NOVICE #3 NATIONAL RACEWAY SHORT TRACK AUGUST 2nd 100 NOVICE 1 st TERRY HENRY - M/B 1 st KEN RUNYARD - MI B 1 st WALTON BURRIS MI B 2nd BILL STRANGE M/B ( WI NNER OF 3 MOTOS ) 3rd TIM CULVER M/B CYCLELAND SHORT TRACK AUGUST 3rd 100cc MAIN M B SPORTCYCLES. 3 11 E. ALEXANDER AVE" TACOMA, WASH1NGTON 9842 1 lr,) .... ~ ~ 00 ~ .... .,; .... ] E s fr u:>

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