Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

ADELANTO PHANTOMS Story & Ph oto s by Le n Fa Jlschee r Harley ri ders Dan Haaby(22) and Mert Lawwlll (18) fin ish ed 4th and 5th. Here Mert checks for oncomlng traffl c. - chaln-reaction of ha ppenings pr oduced the strangest yellow -plate pr ogram ima gi nable . F irs t, when the ini tial heat race was Haul'n Honda hustl er John Ric e put on a greal show of sliding bul wound up wllh a fourth I n lhe ready to go, discr epenci es in timing Main for the 500cc Experl s. were discovered, so the Experts ran instead while officials finalized the Amateur lineup. Then, with the starting order , figured out, the first heat took off. Bob Self (Royal Enfield) hopped into an early lead ahead of Mark Brelsford (Triumph) and last year's winner Jim Rice (BSA). In the heat of battle on lap 3. Brelsford and Rice made contact, and Rice wound up with a dangling skid-shoe. He continued on In third, however, and Br elsfor d got by Self for the lead. At least four laps passed and then Rice received the black flag •••but he didn't s top, In fact, he picked up speed and closed on the front-runners . Then, on the !inal lap , as Rice lapped last place J im As hmor e (H- D) the black flag was waved again. Ashmore, thinking It was meant for him, pull ed in, and Rice continued on even more rapidly, passi ng both Self and Brelsford to cop the win. Talk about mass confusion! P rotest pJled on top of pr otes t as the other Amateur heats ran off (Don Harms's Harley turned back Tommy Roc kwood's Triumph Freddy Edwards (Yamaha), Mike Boal (Bul), and James Bassey (Suzuki) get on lhe li ne In lhe 250cc Experl Main Event start. In one; Trium ph- mounted Dave Smi th bea t out BSA r ider Geezer Emi ck in the Scott was first on a Hodaka, and Kirk ADELANTO,Cal., Aug. 18 - The Desert next) . McDowell took second on a Suzuki. Phantoms of George Air Force Base hel d Finally a decision was made. Rice 's Oddly enough, a Hodaka and a Suzuki another su ccessful day of TT scrambles win would count, but a !ine of $25 was again !inished fir s t and second In the at Adelanto, in blistering heat an d under levied against hi m for ignoring the black Powder puff eve nt with Diane Connolly a clear sky . flag. Ashmore. although last place man in winning on the Hodaka and Sandy Lambert Three motos were r un in each class the heat, would be allowed to start the taking second on the Suzuki. with enoug h riders present to r un separate final, and to keep the peace among even ts in all classes except 20OCc , 500 higher- up heat r ace finisher s. al,lfourthBig 250 Turnout and Open even ts in which the Amateurs place men were also qualified for the The 250Cc event had the bigg est turnand Expe r ts r ode toghther . feature instead of the usual three . out of riders and some of the most steve Nichols took first in the 50Cc So the s tart of the Amateur 14- lap exciting races of the day . In the 250Cc class on his new K&N built Yamaha 50. fin al found a bulging 13-rlder !ield on Novice event, a close duel between Ron Jay Lewis, also on a Ya maha, nalled the line. At the drop of the flag, Rice Ringen (Kawasaki) and Walt Bird (Yamdown second in the 50 event. In the 100cc r oared tn to the lead, but In turn one of aha) ended with Ron the winner . GreExpe rt event, two more ex -Honda r iders the s eco nd lap Geeze r Emick unloaded eves r ider Jon Lmdeburz won the 250 scored Vlctori.!.:s on two-strokes. Gary hard and a restart was called for. Second try•••this time with 12 men. Again Rice got the lead, again the re was The Triumph Cor pora tion of Balti more, Maryland has announced the apa cr ash on the second lap, sidelining Chal DeCecco (Triumph) and Bill Cody pointment of G. Brent Horney is assist(H- D). ANOTHER r estart, although the ant to the Sales Promotion Manager. third time ce rtainiy was n' t a charm for Horney started in advertising after he was graduated from the University of Br elsfor d, as his machine ble w on the Baltimore, where he majored in Business li ne. So nine men finally got underway. Management and minor ed in Advertising. Self led Harms, As hmore an d Rice at He has been the Advertising Manage r for the end of one lap, with Rice s teadil y two companies since gr ad uation and moving up•••third on the second lap, first on the third . And there he s tayed, buildcomes to Triumph Corpor a ti on from Entron of SUver Spring, Marylan d. ing up a ful l straightaway lead over Harms and Self, who swapped places bitterly until Don went out with only a lap to go. Or so It seemed. But - fittingly somehow, In the face of all the other hassles - the race ran 15 laps instead of the scheduled 14, and Rice was follo wed to the che cker by Self, Smith, Terry sage ( BSA), Jack Wilkinson (Honda) an d Ashmore. Everyone e 1s e had eithe r cr ashed or dropped out, while four of the finisher s wouldn't even have qualified for the race if no pr oblems had arisen earlier. And so another San Jose National Th e Pi rell1 Tire Co ., 10ll a leader in g makes history•••the kind of history that progr es sive adv erti s ing has come up with gives officials gray halr, but certainly a winner . The pictured set of three boxes gives the fans their maney's worth in mak e a spectacular display an d have acti on, suspense and drama. been admired by man y in the advertising (Results on page 16) field. Go Brenl Horney . T op-notch Yamaha rider Freddy Edwards had no probl ems In lak ing lop brass In the 250cc Expert class. Bullaco and Jerry W illingham leamed up 10 take top honors In lhe 500cc Experl class In super-slid'n fashion. Ama te ur event an d as usual, Fred Edwards took the honor s In the 250 Expert event by winning all three motos on his self-tuned Yamaha Enduro. The two-strokes came on strong In the 500cc Ama teur-Expert even t with an allout duel between J err y Well1ngham on an El Bandi to Bultaco, an d J im Bassey on a 360 Matco.After three close races, Jerry ended up the winner. John Rice put on a good showing but wound up fourth. Ben Fakkeldy easUy won the Open Amateur/Expert event, Triumph-mounted . The day ended with an exhausted water truck, but everyone lef t In good splri ts and we'll look for another Adalanto TT soon. (Resull on page 16) TRIUMPH GETS HORNEY ADVERTISING DISPLAY BOXES AVAILABLE Gary AMA away was tires Unique den or garage dec or a tio n is another pos sible application. 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