Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

. • ' Jeff's Quips Brighten Day Ca.y Folks Iuds Tom Scales and Dutch Cunnlncham Into start ch.ck on first loop. All thr•• were Husky mounted with Cas.y comlnlln for th. check•• Casey Takes Vegas, As He Expected To . WAITING FORA TRAIN TO PASS By Dan Weltner • While waiting for a train to c:lear the crossing Try tbinIdng, not eursing While wondering if that cursed freigbt Will ever make it past your patll Try pondering, not fretting HUSKYxPENTON HADDOCK". OVERTON, Nev. Jan. 26- After an 88mile drive from Las Vegas we arrived in tile pits, or should say blew in, as the wind- whipped Nevada desert did its thing, to find over 50 eager Las Vegas area desert riders preparing for tile start of an SO-mile Hare Scrambles hosted by tile Groundsbakers M.C. Gene Drew (S.N.M.A. Pres.) bad Casey Folks, club president, cornered, asking "Is tbis FIM sanctioned?" Casey replied "No"; Drew returned "It should be, it's got to be out of tbis country." After a brief riders' meeting the riders lined up for tile start. Tbe wind and a large hill between the start and tile smoke made it difficult to see tile exact spot of the smoke. Tbe banner dropped and tIley were off. Casey Folks bad tile rigbt line and led after tile smoke. The wind blowing away from the pits gave no indication that riders were coming in so Casey Folks (Husky) came in almost before the cbeck was ready. Tom Scales (Husky) was 50 yards beb1nd; Dutcb Cunningham (Husky) was 25 yards bebind Scales. They were followed by BIll Hill on Greaves, Terry Griebel 011 Greaves, and first D091ee Bob Mikulski 00 Husky. Tbe tra1lb1Ites came tbrough, Dyra Sllavedra and Roger B11le both Pentoomounted were !laving quite a battle eoming in wbeel to wbeel, witll Roger winning. Tbe question nmn1ng tbrough the pits was: "Where is Switzer?" Max, the local ace, came in a few mlnules later. When asked wbat bawened be said: "I got tired" We know better; it was the machine. Casey Folks continued to lead as Hill moved into second, Gre1ble tbird. Scales tired easily after a two-mootb layoff with a broken lee, and Dutcb's cub top came loose. Mikulski was still in behind Grieble as everyooe pitted for gas and water to wash down the dust. Tbe eourse was really getting cbewed UP; tile area chosen was not the best. It was only saved by the rain the day before. Rough desert is what Vegas riders are used to, but they still like to eom- On February 15t1l, tile American Cycle Association will hold its 5t1l Annual Championship Awards, Banquet at Coda's Restaurant, 6231 Manchester, Buena Park, California (Artesia off-ramp Santa Ana Freeway). Awards will bepresented to tile cbampions in flat track, TT, moto cross and road racing for tile 1968 seaSOD. Dick Pearce will show a special color film of the 1st Annual 12 l!5. Production Grand Prix at Wlllow Springs. Dancing will follow. All motorcycle entllusiasts are inVited. Cocktails 7-8 p.m., dinner 8 p.m. For informatioo eontact the ACA, P.O. Box 247, Fullertoo, Cal. 92670 or call (714) 528-4290. Md Ill'" Ptrtonnlla toftIplMtfltI. Abo iIIdudIl InforNtion of infIomt to ..u -lie••••••••• motorcycle 1fIthus1as1s. _S....·.. _ _ 211 _ STIEET • ftIIICl, _ ... POWE R RESEAR at U.s. Distributor GARDNER CARBURETOR • 269 Or. u standing room only crowd Wednesday night at tile Santa Monica Elks Club. Tbe minutes spent in indignatioo Smitll, here under the auspices of BSA Migbt well become a consternation Motorcycles, conducted a two-part motoUnless with. motor off, your temper eools cross clinic consisting of a lecture and There are so many tIloughts to tbink movie Wednesday night and actual riding ADd bawen1ngs to ponder instruction Saturday at the Huntington Why waste your ire on this indttferent Beach Cycle Park. The lecture was a hulk--huge success. The riding instruction was When all you have to do is e1ear the air rained out. . And start to dream Smitll delighted tile crowd of over 600 witll many amusing anecdotes gathered Tbe formula sounds rational and pracin his years of competition, and answertical ed such questions from tile crowd as: I tbink - but tile problem is so otten What does the word "Martini" mean on . Tbe tIloughts turn back to tbisJoel Rob e r t' s sweatshirt? Answer: While I'm here I can't be tIlere .. Martini is a drink". What is your . Yet it's tIlere I want to be opinion of a compression release? Smith After all I took tbis route just to replied "a what". And when asked if he Get there quick you see--used a kill button on his bike, Jeff replied, "No, at BSA we like to save Oh bell! It stopped again weight". ff~ did mention one time howAnotller switcb1ng I suppose_. ever, when a kill button was available Well I'm late so what's tile use--while racing in tile Belgian Congo. The I'll ponder more •••caboose, caboose "kill button" being a 6' 6" native who tried to jerk tile plug wire off his rider- ~ less machine as it spun cireles in tile Hodaka Motorcycles Greeves dirt. It was soon after that said Jeff, that Kawasaki Montesa all tile trouble started in the Congo. Westminister Sport Cycle "Entllusiasm, health, a good machine, experience, and luck are tile essentials Guy R. Louis that go into tile making of a good moto(714) 893-7057 cross rider, and not tile least of tIlese 7574 Westminister Ave. Westminster, Cal. is luck. one example of good racing luck cited bY Jeff Is "when you go on your head, and you wake up to find that your bike has come to rest standing against a tree, Parts - Ace... - Used Blk.. witll the engine rUOJ)iJ)g, and in neutral." The students were treated to a color movie entiUed, "The Rough Riders" Outdoor ....Id starring Jeff Smith, whicb incidently 2300 W. Coast Hiny - N.wport Bed (714) 645-1562 woo't force Steve McQueen into an early retirement. Smith leaves Los Angeles early next week and journies to Nortbern California where he will repeat his moto-cross lhe III In' 1969 WeDr:o catIIIoI school in Santa Cruz; and tIlen it's on to isltlitl'lOltClllllPf. . . • ItlI ""tlWqdIlCCtUOC. Wasbington D.C. DON VESCO MIC RACING DIVISION 165 EL CAJON BLVD., EL CAJON, CALIF, 92828

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