Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

CUMBERLAND (etlln... In tbe turDs aad· MartIn sbo1rIDC more motor 00 !be stra1IbtS. After tbe 10th lap MartIn t1red v1sibly aad AldaDa toot tile lead for keeps. It 15 too early to say wbetller Aldana or Castro w1lI prove best rt tile West In 1969 but MartIn I.B well OIl his way to cIalming tile Utle rt best In tile East. For !be 1D-MUe Championshlp, the Experts lined up In tile order of: Markel, Mann, Rayborn, LawwUl, Romero, Nlxon, Wlrth, Nix, C. Palmgren, Brelsford, L. Palmgren and Dave Sehl. When the flag fell, Mert boomed Into the lead and held it to the f1n1sh. Markel, Nixon, and Mann made rotten starts and dropped down Into tile pack. Chuck Palmgren bad pushed his way Into second but Mann moved in to take !be spot In tile 4th lap. Fred Nix, who didn't care for the bard, grooved track moved uP and back In the early laps, then f1na11y decided to do tblngs bis own way and got out In the loose stuff where he could throw bis big slide. He rode impressively outblgh, Oregon Grand Opener aad eventually worked his way arOWld !be trafflc to f1n18h fUtb. In tile meut1me, Mar1le1 .... movtDr up w1t11 determ1Dat1oo and COllSl.BteDcy but 00 the stxtb lap bis Harley-Davldson flattened out and six laps later soured altogetller forcing bim Into !be pits on tile 15th lap. By that Ume the outcome was determined. Romero bad nipped away at Mann the whole raee and f1nally grabbed second on tile same lap that Markel retired. PosUons remalned unchanged and tIIey streaked by the checkered flag in this order: LawwUI, Romero, Mann, C. Palmgren, Nix, Sebl, Brelsford, Rayborn, Nixon. L. Palmgren, and Wlrtb. As photographers worked away someooe asked tile dirty, tired, and happy Laww1llif be was going for tile Big Number .this year. Mer~ grinned and said, "Things are going real good right now." We will have complete results and photos next week. BY Virginia Copeland Photo by Don Henery Richmond, California Richmond Moto Cross 125cc Class lSI Nell MacDanaald XClDD 2nd Dayl MacDannald XCIDD M B SPORTCYCLES' 311 E. ALEXANDER AilE., TACOMA, WASHINGTON ·98421 FREE BIBLE FOR ATHIEF Ifthethief who took the 50cc Minarelli engine from the Indian display at the Sports Arena show will return it, we will ask no Questions and send him a bible if returned before May 10, 1969 Or $Il1D reward for the arrest and conviction of the party or parties who took it if it is not returned by 5/10, it is an expensive cut away model, for display only, wi II not run: It's of no value to anyone but us. Floyd Clymer M/C Div., 222 N. Virgil Ave.,L.A.,Cal.(213)388-5119. W Word of Gr.1s Pus on I BuIIlCO (164q) Din Gin.... of Medford, on 1ft Os .. Ind(21) .. Stevl Nuon, Mldford on I KIWlukl In I YIf'/ CiON 250 trophJ dI .... class. He I.B st11l In high school. Dave GRANTS PASS, ORE. Apr. 20- Sunny Russell of Grants Pass riding a KawaValley Speedway opened, bang, with 89 ClmR Trojan Speedway Flat Track - 4/23/69 Main Event 1st Gary Scott - Clmatti Trophy Dash 1st Gary Scott - Cimattl . .. .. . . . ... . . . . Trojan Speedway TT & Flat Track - 4/24/69 TT Main Event 1st Gary Scott - Cimatti Flat Track Main Event 1st Gary Scott - Cimatti Flat Track Trophy Dash 1st Gary Scott - Cimatti • riders revving up their engines to get the first raee of the season on its way. Old faces mixed with new faces and all of them V!f ,11 lUng. In the kids class (youngsters 15 Y6Us or younger mounted on 100ec maeb1nes or less) a new faee, Reggie sauers of PhoeniX, Ore. riding a sacbs, walked off with the trophY dash, while an "old face" to the racing p.me through young In years took the "A" Main Peter SimODSen of Grants Pass on a M- B. The 100 class saw Wes Word of Grants Pass on a SuzuJd spoosored by Fred Ford Cycle take tile trophy dash. It was Duane Francisco of Medford riding a Zundapp spoosored by B-C Sports out in front of the "A" Main, followed by Wes Word and Steve Hendr1ekson of Goldb1ll, Oregon. Ricky Ziegler of Cresent City, Calif. WIlo took the seuoo trophY last year In tile kids class, and was st11l ellg1ble for tile kids class tb1s year, moved \Cl to !be regular 100 class and didn't make too bad a showing. Ricky f1n1shed fourtb with his 4th gear out and the track 15 a 3rd and 4th gear show for him. The Championsbip Kid, Mike Branam of Rogue River, ore. mounted on bis Bultaeo walked off with tile 200ec Trophy of Rogue River, Ore. mounted on bis Bultaeo walked ott with the 200ec trophy dash and "A" Main. Mike is called the Championsbip Kid because he came on real strong at the end of the season last year and took botll tile Oregon State Raee In Grants Pass and the Championship raee at Sunny Valley Speedway In bis saki spOllSOred by Wally's Kawasaki of Glendale, Ore. made a good showing and crossed the line second with Dale Hall Jr. of Grants Pass on a Bultaco right behind blm. Both of these boys are sUllln b1gb school too. Wes Word, this time mounted on bis Bultaco, was again In the spotlight as be walked off with tile trophy dash In the 250 class. The "A" Main was tile most exciting raee of tile day as Duane Fransicso (Bultaeo) jumped to the lead with Dan Ginther of Medford, Steve Nasoo of Medford and Wes Word rightbehlndbim. Wes took a spill In tile first lap that let tile leaders walk off aad leave bim. Duane led tIIem for a couple of laps and tIIen Dan, riding an Ossa sponsored by Monty and MarY's Auto Sales,rotaround bim and through Duane tried to get first place back, Dan crossed the line first. Nason's Kawasaki f1n1shed a close third. Boy what a racel Bob Vaughn of Grants Pass mounted 00 bis rusty, trusty Triumph sPOIlSOred by Fred Ford Cycle, took botll the trophY dash and •'A" Main In tile open class. Mllee Lawless of Grants Pass (360 Bultaeo) took a well earned second.. and I do mean well earned beaeuse Fritz Espy of Grants Pass on a 450 Honda sponsored by Pollock's Marina pushed blm all the way around the track, every lap. Botb .rode a fine race. The sweepstakes saw Mike Branam work bis way through the 100 class to take home a ten dollar b1ll. (Results on page 20)

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