Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

• IN TER-AM MOTO-CROSS Westlake Village, Calif. Nov. 16-17, 1968 B~' Maureen Lee 125cc JUNIO R Steve Goldberg Bruce Baron David worth Jim Cooke J err crea ger Mickey Burton Darryl Ba ssani Fred Ka lnich Mike Todd Nonnan Payne Wade Zimmerman Dan E til erid ge Albert Kabosius E.C. Birt ~larshaII Neibert Dan Armstrong Ste,'e Feld 125cc SENIOR Joel Robert Claes Nilson Marcel Weirtz Gal:!' Bailey Walt Axtllelm Bob Bailey J esse Goldberg Tim Hart Hod Pen sac Hod 1I0d Pen 1I0d Hod 1I0d Yam Bul Hod Hon V-T Bul ~I'B Hod sac Pen Bul Pen sac Sac Hod Gua 23 0cc J UNIOR Greg SmiUt Mai GaQ'Myers Larry Shoemaker Bul Bul Jim O'Neal Oss Bob "ulek Yam Madi nlackwell Hus H oward Jackson Hu s George Shaw 250cc I:IITERNATIONAL C-Z Joel Rob!rt nus Christer Hammargren Roger De Coster CZ Mai Adolf W eil C-Z Da vid nickers Bul Marcel Weirtz Lars Larsson nus Hus Pierre Karsmaker Mai Walt Axlhelm C-Z Barn' lIiggins Mon John De SOlo Bul Bill Harry Gre Gal:!' Bail ey Bul Philip Palazzo Hus Gene Felty lIus Lon P eterson Yam Bill Verbiscio Oss JeR Willis oss David Aldana 50OccJUNIOR& OPK'i Mon William Dekkin g flus Dennis Keere Gre Rick James Larry Nolen Harry ~acher John Hately OPEN Steve Hurd Don Drake ~Iai c-z C"Z Nor Tri 500cc INTERNATIONAL Adolph Weil Mai Joel Robert C-Z Vlastimil Val ek C-Z Da vid Bic kers C-Z Pierre Karsmaker Hus Russ Damell Hus Chuck Minert BSA Dick Mann Gre Jim Wilson Gre Roger De Co s ta C-Z John De Solo Mon Ron Nelson Mon Tim II art, ,, C-Z C-Z AI Bak er Lon Peterson C-Z Bill Sit vertllom Hus Dick Dean Hus Gene Gomnert Hus nul Robert vacca Bill vemtscto Yam Bruce Jackson Gre Ed Meyers Hus C-Z Bruce Haserot Trophies as Tijuana TT Ter ) " .. • F irs t turn of 100cc Novice Main. Doug Maloney (183) look O ver lead on third lap. 'R. Aguirre (438) finish ed third. Second place fini sher O. Pe rrault (Ix) Is In pack with number obscrued. Story and P hotos by BiII Harmer TI JUANA, Mex. Nov . 17 - Soft- spoken J im Grace on Kawasaki carried hom e two fi r s t place trophies from the TIjuana Moto rcyc le Association's final TT program her e today. Ge tting stiff opposition from Bultaco r Iders Randy Cushman and Gary Gilmore, Grace dominated the four 250Cc novi ce motos. Th en riding the same 250Cc bike (O,K, under Mexican r ule s) he turned back all competition In 500Cc novIce a cti on. Gary Gilmo r e brought hi s PurSang across in a close s econd -place fini s h; Gold Star- mounted C. Smi th capturing thi rd position on his fi rst visit to the Ti juana cours e. Local favorite Wayne Hos aka also claimed two fi r s ts by winning the Open (combined) fracas on Mike Ga rre tt' s Gold Star and humbling the l OOcc expert LIONS DRAG STRIP Wilmington, Cal. By Dan Zeman Sun. , Nov. 19, 1968 TOP mKE JeR Gough RUN:-iER uP : M. Disharoon TOP STREET: Alan WeUtereU TOP MODIFIED: Grant Hannah TOP GAS: Moulders & Reese ST'lEET r\ A - Green A - W. flodges B - A. WeUtereU C - J . Li nn E - Anchnndo MODlflED: AA - Ed ~Ic[)onald .. - D. Adams \ B - G. Hannah D - Pat Murphy E - C. cash F - T. Thurman GAS A - Bailey B - ~Ioulders & Reese C - M. Cash E - J. Glover F - Pomato 10.50-lH.80 Tri 10.89-1 3-1.00 H-D 13.19- 97.71 BSA 333333333333333333333333333333333333333 3 Bob Bailey's Service Center 3 3 to 3 Motorcy cle Service & Repairs 3 3 a, 3 Tues. Thru Sat. 10:00 A.M. To 6:00 P.M. 3 3 eo 17124 S. Westem Ave. Bid&- No.6 3 to 3 0:. Gardena, California 90247 3 Phone 327-8S38 3 3 3333333333333333333333333333,3333333333 3 ",,' .., '" ... ... ... 12.11-110.29 Tri 'e " .Q 11.07-119.20 Nor 'o " '" 0 16.0313.3613.19 1-1.12- 80.21 II-D 96.77 H-D 97.71 BSA 93 .63 Suz H.I1- 95.5-1 Suz v.l Sl: b:l ~ b:l 12.43-106.88 13.3-1-101.33 12.11-110.29 12.78-103.82 12.83- 97 .08 16.85- 72.05 -J U H-D H-D Tri Suz Suz Kaw ~ U 11.26-123.00 :-ior 11.07-119.20 :-ior 11.9-1-112.92 Suz 13.12- 83 .33 Bul 16.77- 72.3-1 M.B. plenty of riding time wiUttwo he at races, a semI that any could enter, and a long IO-lap main. Doug Maloney found Ute track to his liking. After running second for several laps he made his move and- took over first place which he never relinquished. Suzuki mounted D, Perrault arrived In second and R, Aguirre, also riding a Suzuki, grabbed third. As an added attraction, sweepstakes races were held for bikes under 200Cc and 250Cc and-over. Jim McGuire and Mickey Chiara, both on Hodakas, finished one-two. Jim Harmon brought his little IOOcc Yamaha In third. / Riding a Harley-Davidson Sprint, a rider entered as John Smith gave the fans a real treat with as fine a display of flat tracking ever seen, to capture the larger class. Paul Bronson borrowed a Gold Star and gave him some competition to gain second and Bultaco-mounted Randy Cushman scampered across third on his Bultaco. (Results on page 16) - ... - SEE\. YOUR DEALER HUSQVARN A 01 strl buled by M Hnternation al 4790 PalmAve., ec La M esa, Calif. 92103 BOLD HEW BREED BRONCCO powered by GARELLI CYCLES ';' MINI-BIKES PARTS ACCESSORIES NEW WEST COAST WAREHOUSE ENGINE SP ECIALTI ES. INC. P. O. Box .00 BELMOtlT, CAL. 94002 415-S91-7691 DEPT. LS ESI - East P.O. Box 21;0 Cornwell. Height., Pa. 19020 DEALERS & DISTRIBUTORS II'!!I~::.-"" ATT E NTlO~ WANTED - - hassle on Doug Malone y's hot li ttle Hodaka, Ga ry Gilmore, still r idin g his Bul taco 250cc , edged Norton- jockey Rich Tibley for s econd s pot in the open class • A close contest developed between J im McGui re and Mickey Chiara for the s e cond spot In the I OOCc s but a spectacular s piII by Chiara on the switchback during the fourth moto settled It . Mexican Rules Taking advantage of Ute Mexican rules which pe rmit advancin g In class, the 200c c s eries of motos was dominated by l OOcc riders; RIding the rapid F & M Reed in duc ti on-special Hodaka, Jim Mc Gui r e won It. He was closely followed by Yamaha-ac e J i m Har mon an d Rich Ribley on a Garelli. The lOOcc Novice riders again got / ., .. RACE FOR SPACE ' • You won't get wet, Just rich, when you advertise In the fantastic pages of the Special Year End Issue or Cycle News. Yes 40 exciting pages In 4 color process, Cycle News chalienglS you to fill them with your products. The race forspacehas now bogun and you only have until Thursday, December 12, 1968 to order your bankroll. For space reservation and advertising assistance; contact Tom Culp (advert ising manager) 9-5 dally at (213) 423-U31. -t Wayne Hosaka (183) leads 100cc experts through S tum. 2nd place finisher Jim McGuire (1) Is directly behind. Mickey Chiara (l w) shown In 4th position, flnlshed 3rd. ' - .. e-, - - - -

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