Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

Mulder Makes it, But Tealll doesn't BY John A . Grout Photos by Dennis Greene PA COIMA, Cal., Sept. 21 - Led by e flve sensational wins of Burbank's own Eddie Mulder, his speedway team , the Valley Red Devils, went down to defeat at Whiteman Stadium as the bIg TIger paw struck agatnl Mulder ,. " Th e Flower Power", belted the L.A . T iger power with five straight wins (all of the m establishing new fast times for the evenIng) y et the hapless Red Riding Devils got the very devil kicked out of th em as they sunk to a wilt~ Ing defeat: 47-37. ,:,. So, what happeried to the rest of the Valley crew? Co g off the west bank In the' tenth team event of the night, ". - THE MAtlC BUS By Gene Drew What do you do when y ou are facei:1 with the pr ospect of 30 race enthusiilst5 thirsting for the thrill of attending a national motorcycle e'lenf? ' You get them all together, brIght and (ugh) early and herd them all Into an air conditioned charte red bus. Then you load all th e goodi es. Starting wi th sufficient quantities of Coor s, large amber containers of scotch, bourbon and Vodka, pl us som e squeezmgs of the grape and four. and a half gallons of various mi xes. Well Ice d down I n the por tabl e bar that the bus c ompany th oughtfully nrnvlnAd. "O. K. Mr. Bus Driver, would you be so kind as to transp ort this screaming mob to Sacramento?" The expe c ted monontony of a Iong ride didn't develop as Ernie Browning announc ed to all and one that he I s putting himself on a strict schedule . Only one nip per 15 minutes. And it tak es 10 hours to make the trIp. The trIp was arranged bY the Silv er Ci ty Scr amblers M .C . of Las Vegas, as a yearly ' social event with the 25-mile National at Sac our destination. It' s amazing how m uch hidden talent comes out after a body has had a cup or two of sauc e, as B11l H11l can testify. However , the rigors of ente rtaining the entourage fo r f our hours and f or tifying himself In between soon brought on a case of rigor mor tis. Up and over Donner Pas s, thr ough the beautiful cool fo r ests of th e High Sierras and down Into the valley to Mr . Reagan' s backyard. Life of parly Bill HI li caught rlger-mortls an the commode but was extr lcaled In time to watch the races. Nine-thirty a.m, Sunday and away we go to the Falrgroundsl Only one thing was wrong. Drew, the head Travel Agent and the bus driver had become LOST. After stopping an elderly gentleman and decipherIng his directions, we f1nally found Aggie's palace of race. Braving the mile long ticket lines we settled ourselves Into a long, but thoroughly enjoyable day at the races. WatchIng Nix nix them all. Then back to our $30,000 limousine with a dinner stop In Reno, we again raced the dawn for home. Some just making It I n time for work. SynopsIs? All was great, super, neat, fine, out of sIght, and the only way to fly. Should Be Told BOBBY HAUSTElN, an Amateur just turned Expert says, "The dilference betweed an Amateur and an ExPert Is two teeth on the counter shaW" 0' Brien. Each of them rounded out the C'evenIng of hlgh-sa111ng rooster taUs with ~ sultl And the crowd came to their feet In a thunderous ovation , Also, young John Hateley, a star of the - Valley DevUs, lost two races that he obv iously could have won . And the only reason he lost was because he was trying to block for his teammate. Even Gary Ni xon, when he was out for pr ac tice at Whiteman a few weeks back, stated that Hateley would bec ome one of the finest r Iders In. this country 'wi thin a couple of y ears . Speaking of NIxon, we'll pr obabl y be seeing him out here f or the speedway races within the next two weeks. Also, Fred NI X, Gene Rom er o and Mert Lawwill have expressed the desire to put In theIr appearances. three team wins aplecel Receiving the hardluck trophy, and the f r ee Castrol 011, for the speedy evening, was the Flyin' Dutch One, Skip Van Leeuwen. Skip, making his first appearance here at Whiteman, slid his btke right down onto the engine cases In two turns, lost It both times, and though hopelessly beaten I n the heat race, kept getllng up and coming back for more. Keep your eye on hI m this week. I n the Maln Event, Nor m Elledge had a bi g l ead , but the bike Just flat quit as they cam e off the '!Inal turn, allowing Larry Helnselman the win. In the Grand Finale, for the four high point team riders of the night, I t was steady Eddie Mulder all the way f or the fastest win of the bunch: 59:38 1 Fantastic Performances Back to the races. Oth er fantastic rides, as usual, were turned In by the L .A . Tigers: Paul Conser rlere and Jack Skip Van Leeuwen (cenler) participated In same of the glary of the Whiteman Speedway shaw. Even brought along his awn trophy queen, but he was nata wlnnedhls first time auL Sonny Nutter quite cleverly turned his f r ont wheel all the way to the left lock stop. Th e bi ke promptly- whiPPed through all 360 degrees of a perfect circle, at ~eedl The centrifugal force of this tremendous bit lifted Sonny a full two filet abov s runnIng gelU:. Yet, somehow, he continued to hol d onto the bars, taking off after the r est of the pack In hot pur- Paul Canse"le" leads Jack O'Br ien here while John Halltley checks his lead over 4th place. BridgeSlone 175+ Dual Twin .. WORLD DRAG RACING RECORD .... You expect unique design features when yo u buy a Bridgestone - like du al rotary valves. dual carbureto rs. f ull time oil injecti on and alloy cyli nders w it h hard chr omed bo res. ~.., A _ _ ...SCA .... HO"r R OD ...--.0<:. . u,..,'"_ A. 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