Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

~ McGuire-Tuned Bikes go ! Undefeated j at Halls Ranch '-' Cll Q .. Story and Pbotos by Don Ivan GILROY, Cal., Nov. 17 - With a week of winter rams trying to close- out Nor thern California's smooth track scrambles season, an overcast but warm ~unday brought together a limited turnout of K- 70 spec1al1sts at the usually popuJu Hall' s Rancb track ComlDg up from Monterey to pr ove the prowess of the F&M reed syste ms were the super-fast McGuire- tuned Hodakas of Tim Ronsse and John Brown. Ronsse took a run-away win in the lOOCc novice heat and mam event with Brown (an amateur) doing the same in the 10Q-200cc amateur-expert bout. Ron McGuire, (the Northern M half of F & M Enterprises) was keptbusyintroducing the reed system to District 36 racers and tun1nr for his newly-found customers and with excellent success. Amateur Jim Rice, back in action after a long lay-off. cot exceptiOlla1 horse-power with his reed-powered PurSang as be swept to Victory in the 250 amateurexpert ma1n with expert John SUva a close second. The 250 novice ma1n was an exact rerun of the beat race as Yamaha-pilots Mike Musgrove and Dale Ivan derbied their D T 1' s wbeel to wheel for eight laps. Musgrove held his slim lead over Ivan. Kawasaki-rider Pat Benson took a distant third. Don Cowlll on Monilia .M.plnlalonl In hili rac•• I In the second moto otto was lead1ni when he SUddenly dropped out, apparent. ly ailing. Kneass promptly Joinedhim for a repeat performance of their first moto high Jinks. Then, r etiring for the day, Kneass and Otto loaded up their twin Triumphs • . Bruce Anderson, 112 plate expert. won all thr ee motos with Triumph rider, Dennis Brennan taJdng a serious second . The amateur r anks found the haulin' Harley of Ben Mosier unbeatable . The r eal battle was waging behind him between Tr iumph rid ers Gre" Randy and noVice fla sh Steve Spence . Spence. after working put sever al of the veter ans. settl ed tor third. losing out to Rondy. takini the checker sideways. (Results on page .16) .Smog, Protests and Thrills at San Jose Indoor Bruce And"son, lollowed '" Bud line.... With a lim ited showing the 4Q-incb expert class, a first-time moto-cross type event was staged for the four entrants, much to the dislike of perenntal winner Bud Kneass and his Sidekick Rick otto. The hand on the wrist start left Kneass sitting on the line in the first mote, Running second, otto dropped out to Join Kneass on the starting line where they started their own race. They rode parallel in smillng disgust for ten laps. Story and Photos by W,H. Spencer head in both heat and semi. He wailed in SAN JOSE, csr., Nov. 16 - The Indoor the trophy dash and would have made ita Class 'C ' seu on opened with a flourish perfect even1nc If he could have stayed In and a few prote.ts here in the Santa Clara the il'oove for the main. But Harry RarCounty Fairgrounds. ' i1o, 259z. made a pass In the third lap There are no official results due to the and led Davey to the finl.h. protests anit It may be a while before the Wheeler Gresham. l23y. had a very payoff Is settled. .pectacular start for the aveninl when Reason? It S88m. that one of the offihe pushed hi. Suzuki out on the floor for cials decided to allow compression rethe Hcond beat. WhIle warm1ni up th. leases on the bikes thereby onrrullni motor he fouled a plur. This led to some an earlier rullni disallowilli them. At il'eat two minute actiVity. the riders meet1ni, this brourht il'eat Startar Les Morpn is" the two disapproval amollist many of the fourminute, fix the motor '!in and off went stroke pilots. As the heat races ,ot IlIIder WhH1er. It took approzimataly 40 HCway the prote.ts iot heaTier. onds to pt a plug and a wrench. With the Although the E~It1al Hall here in aid of people bo1d111i opendoors and Mike San Jose is hardly the blIst indoor facillty , Yarn ho1d1ni his motor. Wheeler made It due to the lack of nntuation and acback but only after try1ni to vault the coustical inSulation, the one-tenth mUe fence after pustnr the plur over. It took track I. a thr1ller, Ju.t because It'. apprOXImately 1:45 minutes to pt It so short. rUllll1ni. After the usual practice and sp1l1a the After all that effort he proceeded to beats were off In rood style as 91riders win his heat qui te handily. But be was not rode and approzimataly 2000 spectators so lucky In his .emi, u be bobbled in watched. It's an endurance te.t for the the first turn and retired for the avenini. spectator as the smoe l..,el Is ireater In the fifth heat. Jerry Clark, 258z. then anythinc ..,er seen in Los Angeles ran away with It while Dave Belllna. tryand the noi.e is so il'eat It's like havInr ing to catch up from behind, pre••ed 135y. a jet start up in your ear . Larry Johnson. to the floor and In the Dave Hansen started out the beats same spot next laP. took a break there puttil1lt his green and white 11124z to the' himself. " ( OTORCYCLES 0 LY SALVAGE We buy J_.. & Sill Fin. USld Paris Also tons If H,D. Olll.tl uff. Q's-Knlckll-DlsII Pal Complete Servi ce Frame & Fork Straight ening. We Service what they sel l: Bob Ro ss 1 W 4th Sl, 26 est san Pedro, California TE 2-6124 KAWASAKI115cc -- Heavy duty For k Springs designed for tr ack or b-atl use 57 .95. Inter - Am Mato-Cross Santa Cruz, Calif. Nov. 23 & 24, 1968 125cc Jun ior Class 223 W. 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