Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

- imichrome \ Slaines SlIlIdenly .SlmiellfOllle j s a ho~., c,eans quic_ as a ....ny e OMPETITION TUM 8~ CHEMICALS Can S2.95 704 .ashinct on A.... Iowa Fall s Iowa Speclal lnd Triumph - Honda Repairs 0 Cuslom Raclna 0 Enaines Machine Work 0 Melisse Kits Cyl. Borlna 0 Head Portlna MIKE BURKE Motorcycle Specialties 15178 Raymer 51. Van Nuys, Cal. 91406 Telephone (213) 780-<1779 DESER T SET UP SCRAMBLES 10LD IIEW IREED IIOII(CO powered byGAREUI CYCLES 0 MINI-BIKES PARTS ACCESSORIES NEW WEST COAST WAREH OUSE ~ ENGINE SPECIA LTIES. INC. P.O. Bo.600 BELMONT. CAL.9~2 415-593-7691 ATTENT ION DEPT. LS DEALE RS & DISTRIBUTORS WANTED be climbed to second before the engine By Dewitt Thuett Cootust oo that wu not suppose d to happen at tile S1gD-1n bootb at Daytooa again took place... Post entries were 1n1d tIley could not sign In until 1'uesda y... mecban1cs, of tile ten dollar type, alter wattlng In a long line, were told to go outside and start all oyer again alter tile riders bad s1gDed In.. ,oone of these tI1Ings were supposed to happen tbis year. Dave Scott, tile former Scottish rider of more than a dozen years bad a close call...He sent In his entries for the 250 and the 200 mUe race and receive d accepta nce cards ••.alter he arrived in Daytona he receive d a frantic phone call from his wife stating that the AMA bad sent him a letter refusing his entries for being too late •••then one high level AMA official jumped him In the pits for baving black leathers •••Dave then obtained a bottle of white polish and proceed ed to add white stripes right on the starting grid. Texas terror, Rusty Bradley was a last minute secret weapon for Kawasa ki In the novice race but took a bard header trying for tile lead too soon in the race without benefit of muchpr actice.. .be was the only non- Yamaha hope against tile horde of Yamaha riders on machine s two and three years old that are still the class of the green platefie ld ...'68no vice winner, Don Holling sworth managed to push his last year's record setting H-D Sprint just' inside the first ten before blowing the engine and droppin g out••.be left for the Air Force right alter the race. Most often asked question at Daytona was, "How can one get a hold of the new Yamaha 350 racer with the mild mild price tag of only $1250.00••.You can bet there will be many more around In the coming nationa l road races.. .When Yamaha riders posted the fastest time in both the 200 mile time trIals and tile 100 mile Amateu r tile big "Y" became the first in Daytona history to turn the track under the 500cc level... All was not cream for tile scream ing two stroker s during the week... many machine s seized during practice , especia lly at tile end of tile front straigh t going Into turn one••.A lot of riders were asking at the Sunday meeting if Cal Rayborn really did not want to race in the rain or was the week delay a stallIng approac h to allow another week for his shoulde r to heal and anotller week for his tuner to come uP with another 5 mph. Yamaha 350 riders really cooled It during the week before taking nine of the first twelve starting position s•••Duri ng the week wait the Harley team bad tile machine s striPped to the frames in Orlando, looking for more horses••.Hard luck for Dick Mann on the starting line for tile 250 event••. bls special ignition system went on the blink and he was out of it•.,Ralp h White spotted the 250 field a quarter of a lap at the start- he forgot to turn the gas on•••Wh ite then came all the way through the pack to finish 13th and was still closing at the end•• ,Score a second one for Raybor n in the 250 race ••• slowed tben "Craft;y Cal" dropped to tI1ird and was sIgDa1Ing the otric1al s to stop tile race due to early ratn.•.before he could coov1nce them he bad dropped to fourlh •• .anollle r lap and he would bave been all tIle".y out•• .experle nce pays off. ThIrd time In .five years for tile Yamaba riders to grab ott eight out of ten places In the 250 race ••.Duha mel and Ron Pierce won the two warmup heat races with Pierce breakin g Yvon's '68 five lap track record •••some say Duhame l was faster but he never recelve d an official time for his efforts. . ..Bobby WInters took Tom Rockwo od's spare 250 that bad never been run during the week and ran it In for a lOth place... Tom finished 16th witll clutch troubles after ridIng the pants off Japanese ace, T. Araoak a earlier In tile rain-sto pped event••.Ron Muir and Frank Camilll ere, the two amateu r riders who broke the big bike track records , are both 29 years old•••bo th bave been racing around for a long time •••Frank only went one lap In the final alter posting fast time trial due to a piece of metal from the gas tank getting In the fuel line••Jt was a borrowe d tank on a last minute decision ...Muir, who rode the winning Yamaha 350 for an Ohio dealer, Is a former illinots Suzuki dealer who bas returne d to college . Hardes t and loogest spill during the week was recorde d by Canadla n D. Lloyd who miSSed the famous Infield sweepin g li!ft baoder•..many endo's 00 his 250._ Warren Sberwoo d, who bas ridden tile Daytona 200 since the days of the Beach course still at it ooly he bas switcbe d from a BSA siDgle to a twin...W alt Fulton Jr. and the Kawasa ki team parted ways right alter the 250 final ••.be bas been witll them since they started ractng on these shores and recently bad an all expense paid trip to the factory ...Duhamel known as, "Super Frog" In Canada, showed uP In the pits one day dressed in white from top to bottom, includin g gloves. Gordon Jenning s came uP with the crack of tile week when asked hy Roxy Rockwo od on the nightly radio showwb at he was going to ride in the 200...W itty Gordie replied, "A Honda 450 painted 'slow-b lue'" .. .skip Van Leeuwen set a record before time trials ever haPpened, he bad three rental cars taken away from him before the SPeedway OPeDed on Monday for tile first day of practlce •••the rare bird and alllgato r suPPly bas also depleted in Florida due to Skip and his grouP of annual "~unters"••.H-D team backers saying Barleys were slow due to bad s hlp men t of pistons ...all were changed during the rain week of watting. .. , Expert, Sportsman and ProfesEverybody ails 10 ride al Daylona onel a Ylar, Novice, Ama"ur all was (below, left) Cal Rayborn and his baulln' HarleJoD ... sional. 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