Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

. - • 'erris S'ape", Ope. 'aei Mau'e" '" - iIIillgswort' ' By Ki r k McDo well PERRIS, Cal., Nov . 2 - Gerry Burton & Co. continue to Impr ove the racing and facIlIties at one of Cal1fornia's oldest and best tracks. With the help of a new grader and a 2350-gallon water truck the track surface is manicured to near perfection. Saturday night racing at Perris will continue until Dece mber 21st this year, when the Burtons plan a big party at whi ch the season's hi gh-point riders will be honored. The all mota-cross pro- • 250 Novice and brought his Yamaha back t o the line to do 11 all over again in the 350 class . Behind Doug the battle f or sec ond place was on between Tim Abshier ( Yam ) and Bob Greenstreet ( Bul) in the 250, while Bob Rudd (Han) and Paul L ass ( Bul) had it out i n the 350 event. 200cc class winner Loyal Penn (Bul) was undoubtedly surprised more than once by the sound of a f our-cycl e behind him. Andy Skeel kept his T r i umph Cub hot on L oyal's heel s . CO> C\I cu' ee <1l Q., co ee 0> .., . .,; cu "" S cu '" Lightweights Close cu l::l Despi te the sm all turnout, there were suffi cient 100cc novi ce entri es to require three separate events to be run. All three were cl osely contended. None of the winn ers were able to Win all three CI) ~ Iol :c: Iol .,J Butch Landguth, 708, on his Tr iumph took the open overall on a night wtlh fow ontrles than U :... usual at Perris because of Hopetown. o Klyde MeGofast McDowell, #1, winds 1\ up for the win In tho SOee cia .. on Suz,* 1 In this Nov. r ", 9 = . gives everyone three rides. The end result Is great racing for riders and spectators. Saturday, November 2, was no exception. Despite a sizable handicap start, 50cc Experts Steve Nichols and Jay L eWis came through f or a close 1-2 f1n1sh. Both were Yamaha mounted. 100cc standouts were Keith Mlller (Hod) , Ron Bell (Hod), Bruce Alford (Suz), and Phil McDonald (Yam) . This Novi ce foursome swapped places all night long before f1n1shing in the above order. Both 250 Novice events were tight. Had Tim Abshier (Yam) been able to get of! the line with little Dougle Mason (Yam) , he , rather than Mason, might have taken the trophy. Harley Sprints showed well in both the Novice 250 and -, , 350 classes. Bill Bartels (H-D) and Rick Talbot &-D) beat out porntleader Bob Greenstreet (Bul) In - the 250 Novice and switched post tions to run two- three in 350 Novice, close behind Wayne Whlse' nant riding a new ERS Sprint 35Occ. After a fall in the first moto Vince Graves came back to win the second and third 250 Am. & Ex. races. Vince, however, was out-pointed by prood new Amateur Loyal Penn who also won the 200cc class. 350 class point leader Ron Killingsworth made good use of a handicap start and won the combined 500 & Open class riding a Bultaco El Bandldo. Sprintmounted Tony Denius and Ray Nichols (Mateo) both rode very hard f1n1shlng second and third, respectively. There are only three more District 37 point events this year (all at Perris) and six more Saturday night races. everybody's welcome to ride any Saturday night and camp overnight for Sunday'S activities, whether point - event or open practice. Practice starts about 7 p.rn, on Saturday and the races are over by 11 p.m. La."g.t' Gra"s 'oi.ts > PERRIS , Cal., Nov. 9 - The bigger they are, the harder they fall. Due to the Dirt Diggers' big Hopetown bash, entries were down slightly. In the resulting big bike program cubic inches played only _~ minor role in determining the winners. All amateur and expert riders, 250cc and up, ran in one three-race m otocross. 250 r iders Loyal Penn and Vince Graves ran r i ght wi th the 40 inches of Mike Posey and Butc h Landguth, Vince really put the hustle on his PurSang and came from behind to win the first m oto , Landguth and Posey each picked off one of the two remaining motes, Butch came up the overall winner riding a T r I u mp h . Bultaco-mounted Graves was second and after mechanical trouble BSA rider Mike Posey picked up third. Open Novice l ooked like an easy win for Dave Brant (BSA) until he unloaded in the sec ond moto. Don Corbett (Tri) zoomed in for the win in that one and l ed the third mota until passed by eventual winne r Neil Winston. Neil played David slaying the 40-inch Gollaths on his much smaller Bultaco. Doug Mason made a clean sweep in the m otes, Strangely enough, no one make of motorcycle hac! more than tw o fini shers in the top three. Richard Matthews (MB) was the most consistent finisher in the Amato-cross . He was followed by Bob Sander s on a Van Tech- Yamaha and Suzukl - moun ted Peter Haas . Results of the B moto-cross weren't decided until the finish of the third mote, George Luther (Yam) and Keith Miller (H an) went into the third race tied. Keith worked hard but had to settle for second. Tom Archbold ran third on his Honda. Mota-cr oss C, 100cc Novice, was tight all the way. Bruce Alfr ed and his Suzukl won. Gary McKeon ended up second on a Kawasaki and Steve Mudd third. Steve enter ed his Bultaco, rode a Sachs in first two mo t es, and won the third moto on a Honda. 50cc class action found Jack Dannenber g ( Yam) , first novice, sandwiched between the silent Suzukls of experts Klyde McGofas t and Gary Caldwell. There will be f our mor e Dlstri ct 37 point events at Perris this year and fo ur mor e Saturday night point events . That m eans two scrambles wi thin 24 hours of each other on Novembe r 17, 24th, and December 15th. (Results on page 20) ~ ~~ t6~ Snorts Up Another Grand Prix! Dirtdiggers M.C. 10th Annual Hopetown Grand Prix -11/9 & 10/&8 lOOcc Nov. 1st Bob Vacca • ••••• ••• • •• •• ••• 2nd Bruce Barron ••• •••••••••• •• 3rd Joe Biedenbach •••-• • • •• • • • ••• 4th M Payse • • •• ••••••• ••• •• ike 250cc Ex. 1st S teve Scott • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Bullaco PurSang Bultaco Lobito Bultaco Lobito Bullaco Lobi to Bullaco Lobito 500 cc Am. 1st S teve Ellsworth • • • • • • • • • • •• • Bultaco EI Bandido 250cc Am. 1st Charlie Hermansen • • • • • ••• • ••• Bultaco PurSang 2nd Larry Shoemaker • •• • • ••- • ••••• Bullaco PurSang Sidehack 1st Ll Wl M Burns • •••••• ••••• Bultaco EI Bandido ike Hank Burns ALSO Sideltack Assn. IT ser, (Huntington Beach) 10/27/&8 • i§s 1 25/200 Am. M ain 1st B uddy Carter ••••• •••• • •• • •• Bultaco Sherpa ·S· 3rd Mike Rendich ••••• •• • ••• •••• Bullaco S herpa ·S· 125/200 Ex. M n ai 1st S teve Bast. ••••• • •••• •••••• Bultaco Sherpa· S· 2ndMike Bast •••••••••• • : • • ••• Bullaco S herpa " S' 3rd DougYerkes • • •. • •••.•. • ••• Bultaco S a·S· herp 4th Wade Zim ennan •• • • • • • • • • • • Bullaco S a·S· m herp 250 Nov. 1st Charles Gann • • ••••• • •• • •••• Bultaco PurSang 250 Ex. 1st Steve Scott • •••••••••• •• •• • BultacoPurSang 3rd Larry Taylor• •••••• •• • •• • • •• Bullaco PurSang 350/500 Am. Main 1st Steve Scott • •••• ••• •• • • • • • • Bultaco EI Bandido Watch for Bultaco International rider Marcel Wierlz &5, 67 & 68 Moto-x Champion of Belgium with his standard out of the crate 69 Bultaco PurSang compete in the Inter-am International Moto-Cross series at West Lake Village Noy. 16 & 17- Saitta Cruz Nov, 23 & 24 - Carlsbad Nov. 30 & Dec. 1 - Saddleback Park Dec. B. So. of Kern County Li ne No. of Kem Co. 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