Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

11 First Time Togelher he rr IE t on the Hard Top Photos by Dennis Greene T. ORANGE COUNTY, c ai., Nov. 3- Sunday's AFM race was used as a practice session for the uP-coming PIGP $1750 purse to be run Nov. 24. ThIs prize money Is an indication of the growing Interest In pavement bendIng , More and more big names In dirt track competition are maIdng the transition to road racing. Hummer and Rulon Gulbransen swunelo their second major race win within 2401l0urs. Top Novice Keith Mashburn who wrote his name In big. bold letters at Ascot, Is finding a new home on the hard top. He Is a natural on the road, as he Is In the dirt. Tom Rockwood, high polntAscotAmateur, Is making a comeback. He ran fourth In the 250cc class. Both Keith and Tom will be out to get some of the gold on the 24th. Len Fallsehe., on a U 5ee Yamaha erouellls low and stays ahead of P at Evans on a 100ee Yamaha. Cotati Brings Fast, Fast Relief " By Ron MJts COTATI, Cal., oct. 27 - A clear warm day and a good show of bikes made for a lively event for northern Calitor nlas' last AFM road race. The course at Golden Gate Raceway was a llttle over two miles long with nine turns , a series of fas t chicanes and plenty of bumps. In spite of close dicing for the $700 Inprize money the day was free of bad spills and no one was hurt. The four-lap heat races went ottwlthout too much excitement. Every one was just atter a taIr grid position for the Mains. The 100, 125 and 175 combined heat was won by Ken Green who led all the way. Second, riding a Bulstone, was Steve Duncan, both bikes 175's. Third was taken by Reg Pridmore on a 125, fourth by Mike Lane on a Hodaka 100. In the 350, 500, Open heat Dave Burchards dropped out atter really showing the way around on a Yamaha 350. Eventual winner was Reg Pridmore way out tront on the Power Res earch Manx Norton. Second home was Blll Lyons atter a hot battle with Tom Steele and Dick K11groe. Mike Lane got otf first In the 250 heat and was way out front. The other favorItes, Ron Grant and Dave Scott way back among unfamillar company. By the end ot the four laps Scott had worked his Yamaha uP to second and Grant put his Suzuki Into third spot with Dave Callerl takJng fourth. Not having a heat race, the 50cc G.p. and 100cc Production went out for a slxlap Main. Peter Glordanengo on a Honda 50 was the overall winner. After a ·few demonstration laps by two sidecar r igs the 100, 125, 175 ei ght-lap Main got under way. All through the race It was Prldmore- LeClerq than LeClerqPridmore, back and forth really hammerlng away at each other. The surprise came just before the finish line on the last lap when KenGreen did a job on both of them to win the 175 class and overall. He was followed In by Pridmore on a 125 Bultaco and LeClerq on an old but ettectlve Ducatl. The combined 175, 250, 350, 500 and Open Production race for eight laps got under way next with Bill Lyons on a 350 Honda leading all the way closely followed by Jerry Greene on another Honda. Frank Ambrosl took the 500 class win on a Velocette thumper. Two-t1tty honors went to Charles Overland on a Bultaco. The 175 win to Bill Douglas on a Honda. From Dead Last The most exci ting race of the day was the 350, 500, Open G,P . Bm Lyons and Reg Pridmore got ott first and were opening uP their lead when from a dead last start came Dave Burchards on a super fast Yamaha 350 passing groups of r iders like they were standing still and by G. Waldo and AI Burnett had nlVer raCld as a team before but took Slcond In the sidecar class. lap four was out front. Then the duel began with Pridmor e on a Manx makJng It In the corners and the 350 going embarrassingly fast on the straIghts the lead constantly shlttlng back and forth, Pridmore steady and smooth, Burchards fast and aggressive with the Yamaha zapping the Manx for the final time just before the flnJsh line. The 250 Maln produced the fastest time of the day but no wheel to wheel battles. Mike Lane got otf out In front and stayed there all the way. Ron Grant finIshed second atter riding hard and using every Inch ot the track In an attempt to catch Lane but the Suzuki downon power, jus t could not do the job. One of the most sldl1ful r ides ever seen around here was one by Dave Scott on the Al Fergoda Yamaha. After a couple laps Dave was closing on Lane and gettlng within passing distance when he los t his front brake, riding for the next five laps with the brake handle hanging from the handlebars he was able to hold third spot till the end. (Results on page 16) ~= ---- ------.. ===~ =~~=s~ INTENSIFIED LONG BEACH HONDA til IN SALES SERVICE AND SPORTS RACING HAVE YOUR MACHINE TUNED BY BOLD NEW BREED JOHN RICE BRON CCO powered by G ARELLI CYCLEs oM INI-BIKES #1 i n D i stri ct 3i Scrambl es PARTS ACCESSORIES NEW W EST COAST W REHOUSE A ., Sidecars too are coming around. They still furnish all the thrills they did In the dirt, and they've added more speed, style and grace. D. Hummer and Rulon Gulbransen ran first, just ahead of the new team of G. Waldo and Al Burnett who had never before ridden together or put a wheel to asphalt. Hummer and Gulbransen took the Ascot T. T. Championshi p jus the night before this runaway win. In the lightweight division all the classes ran at once, 50 to 25Oc cproductlon, with a 50cc GP thrown In for good measure. First overall and In class was Roger Wood, 200cc Brldgestone. First 50 GP was DanIel Osborne, fifth overalll All GP and production classes will run In their own races on the 24th, with the AFM rule of 35 entries to a class. The big bike race was, as always, the best part of the show with George Kerker and his Norton Commando coming In first. Jerry Green on a 125cc Honda was second. Jerry may not be with us on the BIg Day. He got a letter from Uncle sam. (Results on page 16) . . . .-'N"""~ ENGINE SPECIALTIES , INC. P.O. Box 600 BELMONT. CAL. 94002 415-593-7&91 ATTENTIOIl DEPT. LS ESI - East P.O. Box 2&0 Cornwell s Hel ehls. Pa. 19020 DE AL ER S & DISTRIB UT ORS WAN TED HONDA BSA HOD.AKA 4 convenie nt loca tions 5105 Atlan tic Long Beach 423-1433 1760 Lone Beach L one Beach 591-1301 11747 Eo Carson Lakewood 860-1354 4328 E. Anaheim Lone Beach 439·0943 .. 2nd Annual Pacif ic Coast Championship Moto-C ross Oc tober 13, 196B 100cc Expert Class 1st BILL LANGLEY - MB 511 MARK NICCOLI - MB Northwest Championshi p SCramble s - 10/13/6B 1st JACK JON ES - MB 2nd BILL HEATH- MB MB SPORTCYCLES.311 E, ALEXANDER AYE.• TACOMA, WASHiNGTON 98421 _ . Cll ~ e, ~ ~ gs ~ ~ e g; ~ ~ ... ~ r..l ~ ~ t.l

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