Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

( ( CARLSBAD (APER CARLSBAD, Callf., March 23 - Theraln gone and the SUD out. to staT we bope, CYC found Itself flooded with post entries IlS 150 or more eager motocross riders turned out totrytbelrnewcourse, The riders meeting bad a little more to It than usual as stu Peters Wormed the riders <1 their cbances of a trip to England for the winner at lIIe IlP coming motocross series at Carlsbad and Sadd1ebacll:. The winner to spend 21 days In England riding In three races with tickets to the World SpeedwaY Champlonsblps. Larsen Cops Three Classes Tim Hut (Mon.) .. and o..r la &DOd form willi stn_rs flJI-,. n • nn• • db . .alt. oS Don tnok .... -.'torc:po1e bore. _ _ 0407. _ 12. 1969 (Ion. . r140re 01>17) J'1.%ft • • • !!!.!!:. n_r. _...... ... -1 0U7 2 , .. ~ BIzt:oIl. QftllI1I'I'1lla, ..... Jla ~ •••wrloo, Iowa Ifoa JIIC:boIlri.l..lll, ft.a. 6 '-en. !r1 JrRl 2 , .. :tea _"'7. St. hten'a.:q, fi.a. 1'::-.4 ~,.. ~o1.e40. 0Ia10 ti.c* Bavk1.a.e. IItd1De. Ob1o "a:rT7 Prale1Ch. OJL1o stOlllM. 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Fast actlon 14 twa lIIroItle few 7/" bar. Can be usad a slnele cable as _II as dwol. Wben used for slqle cable d_my uble can be Installed and carried as a ' •••••••%' '.'.-,.'•....,. -.".-.-.-.-.-•••'.".-•••-.-.-.-.-••••••, •. ,••: .., Yam Y. . lIul Bu.l. . NOVICE SHORT TRACK By Paul Cosner BIll !!dr. . . . 1. 2 , " • US DAYTDNA folJowed by Peonsy1ftD1a·s Gary Flsber • _ l!!co!!d ... 1. nn. db Lars Larsson soon found the new course to bls liking, winnJng the 125 expert on the Penton be distributes. the 250 expert and 500 expert on his tried and true Husky. Larsson was not having It easy. though with Tom Rapp (Bul) pusbJnc all tile ...., In tile 125 class and Mike Runyard (8achs) a close third. The 250 may have been a dUterent story as Jim WUsoo (Greeves) got Lars In the first mota onl7 to retire In the 500 go, the bard _yeod-oyer-end(noth1ngserJous. just some sore spots). The other motes saw TIm Hart (C-Z) and Bob Kulek (Husky) give chase with Kulek showing Lars the WIlY for the better part at the 3nl matos, The 500 expert go was no pusbover either, WIlli WUson out. Gary Jones (BSA) tool< uP the challenge. FIndlng a faster line througb the ooze, Gary put his BSA through Its paces onl7 til eet off iD tile last moto, glYing Bob Kolek (Husky) secODd and settling for tblrd. Tom Raw, an early challenger, came DAYTONA BEACH. FLA. March 12 Novice riders suPPlied a large measure <1 UDellP8Cted excltemeat at tile ~ Memorial stadium abort tracl< qleIIeI' on Wednesday D1gbt of SJ-d Week. california's Freddy Edwards tboroucblYoutclassed some at tile ration's best beginners IlS be stored to four sllccesslYe wins iD a row. The 3-star ($900) short tracl< race was held iD tile bardwalled. S&DllJ stadium under the Ughts. Rain sprlDkles balYed the usual OYeJ1low crowd. assurlDg a section of soggy bleachers for eacb aDd every optimist on baDd. As riders went out for eUm1nations to pare the fJeld for the regular ~, It became obvious tbat tile tracl< 'RS very tacky - perfect conditions forfastflytng. Edwards, rldlng a Yamaha bullt from borrowed parts after bls engine blew iD practice, managed top ellm1na11on time of 1 minute, 25.5 seconds. Right beblnd was Dick Haxton, GreenvJlle, Miss. on a Bullaco at 1:27.56. ODe CZ r1derwbogot off wbUe IIo1dlnII: down a second place, gave fans a preview of speedwaytoeome as he played rldlng Barry Bnggs-sl;rle around the c:lrcult. In the beats. Edwards was aplD tqls on the Yamaha twin, with a 2: 11.20 trip• ,.s, Ac,ion ".1 at 2: 11,36 and DIn Barry aI. st. Petersburg. Fla. with 2.: 11,36. Riders were experiencing problems wtth a wickedly bumpy first turn wbIch caused a Dumber at speclacular cartwbeels, baDdstands and other gymoastics. Cract1Dg tile throttle even wider, RJTerstde's ~ds tool< the second semi and top time aplD at 2: 57.82, First Semi weat to Haxton. The rain, wbIch bad been 1Igllt but steedY. was causlng problems during the CODSOIation races. Number plates were obscured aDd riders bad dlff1cull;y keepIng tbelr flIce sblelds clear. To add to tile trouble, the tracl< was "sllck as HUlqvama rldar Bob Kal. off tile board brldp In style that lett urs L.s_ p~. Inc cateh-up. a WIlY constderlDg a new Bell Star as a matcb tor steel fence posts. Tom came out minus some st1n. Juniors LootiD' Good The fast-irnproTlng Junior riders ID&7 be giving chase to the experts aDd runDing bot on theJr beels. There's a Dumber of real bot young riders coming out of this year's Junior riders. Sbarpen your edges experts. Goldberg A Cherry Picker? Young Steve Go1dbergs (HodaIal.) down to Carlsbad for the first time. tool< all three motes In the 125 Jr. class wtth Mike Tripes (Penton) tlgbtlD& off Jim Boldte (Hodaka) for secODd. The 250 Juniors turned out iD forc;e running two fiJgbts, the first a real battle ~ Pat McGuire (Husky) and Mike BIacheIl (Yamaba) McGuire wtnnIng tile first moto IlS Blac.twell bad trouble on tile bill, flnlsbed second overall eYeD tboug1l be WOII the 2nd and 3rd matos, 14-yearold B\lly Urban (Hosky) 100IEed reaJeood In his new effort, tile 250 class. The 2nd flight fOUlld Bll1 Gomao (Ossa) sweep.lng tile tlrst Z matos and -viDe a trouble In tile third wtth Mlb Pera (C - Z) wtnnIng. Bll1 stUl cot !be oyerall win, wtth CbucI< LuDde (C-Z) In tblrd. Larry Buros (Mateo) copped all three 500 jr, matos, not wtlbout detItI'mined bids by Paul DeBeDedettl (8111) and Gary Grabam (AmerIcan E8gle), Next motocross Is Saddleb8ck AprU 6th and start of the serIes. with the trip to England at stake anything can baWeo. Lets all make the whole series and root our laTorltes 00. (Results on page 20) liIue snot." AMA otftcJals worked apinst time to get the feature off before the track was Inundated. OllCe aplD Yamaha and FredelY Edwards prOYed tile w1nn1ng combination. The California botsboe toured the leo laps In a quick 3 miDutes. 39.4 seconds. It onlY tool< blm one lap to recover from a poor start and move from 5th to first pOSition. Berry and Huton fought from !lag to for second place before Berry's Yamaha managed tile trick, nac ~ro"'e~ ~ fr;j ~ ~ ~""'~ r.-..; .~.. (v • J ........""_J spare. Ra:e pro_. roll pia turnlslled for poslU .. Iodine ... bandl.. .... Unl cas/ne Ioell. 110 .lIt toebets to be 10sL No special cables ...dad. Stalldard mono bloc Of concentric bowl cables used. Udlt welpl, mada of flberelass Imprecuted ",I.. 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