Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

NO. CAL. MOTO-CROSS COU RSE COMPLETE D '" Latest word from Santa Cr uz , Cal . indica tes that Western s ta te s s crambles riders will be treated to one of the fi nest Moto- Cr oss co urses in the coun try when they journey to Northern California on Nove mber 23 an d 24 to compete against Joel Rober t, Torsten Hallman and Co. Cour s e preparations are now com plete on this wide, fast course laid out in bea utif ul DeLavega Park over looking Santa Cr uz and Monterey Bay . The track is ad jacent to several famous tour is t attracti ons s uch as San ta 's Village, the Lost World and the famous Myster y Spot. This race, titled the H I s t Annual Golden Gate Inte rnati onal" will be the s ixth in a series of ei ght e vents promoted by Edison Dye' s International Moto- Cr os s Inc . Cr edit for both co ur se and location mus t go to the hard working Ridge Runners or Santa Cr uz and the city or Santa Cr uz Pa r ks and Recrea tions Department . Race Headquarte r s for the 2-day event will be cen tered a t Pasa Ti empo Inn located close to the park. Ca mpingfac il We s are available near the cour se outs ide the park area. The al l-n e w circ uit won' t be r aced on until Satu rday's pr actice. The soU ls ver y loam y a nd sandy with many gullys and jumps .wi ndl ng' through pine trees and sandy sections; then Ittwis ts up and down through ban ked corners and onto a wide s traighta way. This parti c ular r ac e could be ter med the " glamour event" of the ser ie s and is a must for all riders an d scrambles fans. Vale' T otch op-N Czech Moto E ntry Vlas ti mU Valek, the best Czec hos lo vakian moto- cros s rider s ince 1962, will be compe ting in the Los Angeles International Moto- Cross event, November 17 and 18, al ong witN other west coa s t r ace s . These eve nts will be promoted by Interna tional Moto- Cross and Edi son Dye, who was instrumental In obtaining visas for the Czechoslova kian rider s for these important eve nts. Valek, bor n March 15, 1938 In Rokycany , Czechoslovakia, married and the father of two child r en, started his career as a young boy by riding trials. Thefirs t mone y he earned was s pent buying an engine and pa r ts for a " s pecial" trials bike which he mounted hi ms elf. Valek s tarted In several trials to obtain qualific ation. In 1957 he chan ged to MotoCr oss racing, whic h he has stuck to. He started Moto-Cross with a li ght 175cc and then changed to a four -stroke Es o 500 with which he gained In 1959 the title of CSSRchampion in the 500cc class. After finishing his military ser vice, Valek took up e mployment with the CZ factor y at Strakonlce as a mechanic, again riding li ght two-stroke motor cycles. This was the ti me or his greatest pr ogress . He became a CZ factor y rider, malntalned his own motor cycle, and his r iding co ndition becam e ex cellent. In 1962 he took fourth place In the MotoCr os s World Champions hip In the 250cc class, an d one year later he clinched second plac e in the same eve nt. At the beginning of 1964 Vlastimil moved to Prague, entered the Ja wa r esearch departm ent, and offered his experience for the development or new factory mac hines . Vl astlmil became CSSR cham pion and was four th in total World Cham pions hip classification for 1966/1 967. This year, too, Valek takes part In the Moto- Cros s Champions hip events. 16th Annual Trout Fry ) r By Rob Robbins P hotos by George Hays WHITEWATER, Cal ., oct. 6- The Whitewater Ri ver feeds the Whitewater Tr out Farm as It flows South from the San Bernardino National Fores t . And the Whitewater T r out Farm fed 400 de li cious trout dinners to hungry cycli s ts on the 18th deal er -spons ored Trout Fry. The fi r s t two years of the Tr out Fry there were two events each year , hence the . 18th Fry In 16 years . Dealer s Dave Mason of Pasad ena, Ed Kre tz of Monterey Park, and Skip Fordyce or Rivers ide pi cked up half the tab on each r ider, but they fig ure it's worth It to give their r iding cus to mers a quiet Sunday tour to the oasis In the des er t . ' /I odak" \l ot ore~' e1 (' s Greeves Kawa s .. CJ

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