Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

Your II Always ~~~ ,n ,..----..:l~ ~g_---~_ ~~ .. Ame' , S ,,"= [ICa eekly '-_M_o_tOl--.:C..::.y.:.c.:..)e::....:.N:.:e:...:w:..:sp:'!:a!pe~r-_~ •••• Publisher & Editor•• Chuck Clayton Assl staal Eeli lor . . . • • Eric Rails 8usines Manager•• Sharon Claylon OUice Manager••Gaylene Thomason Production Manager•• Dennis Greene Production Assl•• Dean Cunmne:ham Circulation Manager•• Bruce Easley Bookkeeper•••... Susan WhUel'aw Lab Technician•••..•Lily Lakich Wanl Ads. •••••••. sandra PurdY Published weekly el:cept the first and last week of the calendar year by C&S Publishine Co .. Post Of.lice Bol: 498. Long Beach. CalUomia. also pUblish ers of Slale Cycle News for the Eastern states. Second Class Pos tage paid at Long Beach. Calif. . Editorial stories. cartoons. photos. etc. are welcome and will be paid for on the 15th of every month for material published the previous month (except press releases and ·Voice" letters.} Addressed. stamped envelope assures return. Reprinting in whole or in part expressly forbidden except by pennis• sion of the Pu blishers. Advertising rates and circulation infonnatiou will be sen t upon reQuest. Sind.. ("UfI~ prlcr SIIb.sl-riplion: URl- 2:)(" ~·.".u 2nd ('.:.ISS .... il ••••••••••••••••. SI.',Q NATIONAL ADVERTISING DIRECTOR••••• Thomas R. Culp Cycle News (West), P.O. Box 498, Long Beach, Calif. 90800 Tel. (213) 423-0431. EASTERN AI Haulf ADVERTISING St.'e Cycle News (E.stl P.O. Boo 13. Amherst. Ohio 44001 Tel. (2161 984-2433 0V~ m00VA W@D©IE~ y@\ \WIIE~V -RUSS WRITES IUll1 TRlBER'S RECORD RUII c--. Dear Mr. Mq' 19. Il169' It IIa beeD ra!IdDC verT IJard' ben tor tile Jut week or so. If it keeps ~ Ute tIlis, I am goiDg to c:oanrt my caraftII iDID an art! Last SuDJ!Q' tile raia IlIlt ~ _ ba time fell' tile ~ . Last T1Iut tile' _ _ tIliJIc ~ It l'aiDed aD _ -.tJ1IfcIt lleforetllenceatEa.Isen' ba BeJcium.1t cpdte jlIst tlefare PI.ctieeo and started just lIt1IIIr tile Jast race. Ye I dai, tile 18th, at K . . !JM!Iberg trIe same lfIbIc occurred. It did raiIJ _ c1m"fIIC tbe race but not eDCJIIIIt D mate tt JIIisenIb\e. I 1Ine reaIb" beeD ~lotatpnc tic:e iIr tile mud. Every course I bae rid\deD so far lias ba4 at least ODe t.dI sectiCG 01. mud somn:bere 111 tbe circuit. I lave eYeD begun to enjoy W In tile Slates mud 111 a moiDc:ross was a terrible tbiDg. A place w1Jere everyaoe 1IlId trouble. It Is fuDay bow you an adjust to tIIIDgs so s.- acam My sincere ~ to IlIU'nl TrIber . . estaNlsMng a new 3 fJa& ra:onL r do wisIJ to poUt oat aD error in repor11Dg pret'ioals records. It Is quite tI'1Ie tbat Woodard made tile run in 1960 111 tile lime of 3Z hours; bowever be __ f.oDoolI8d ibis lIP iD Aae-t 1961 CD a BoDda 3OSc:c, spclMOred by me, 111 tile time of 23 boars and 58 minutes. PAUL COLLINS BeDOower, cal. nc.c BEWARE, STEVE IICHOLS 1 bave been racing now for f.oaryears, aDd feel competitioa moiDreJcle raciJIC Is one of best bobbies a ldd can hlml. Not only IlRve I taken a ac:tml part 111 RUSS DARNE'LL Gbent, BeIc1um RAllBL ERS THANK THOSE . .0 Altllo considered to be at an advanced age for motorcycle riding, i recentlY (for tile past three years) tOok up riding both as a means of transportation and as a pleasant way of spending a Saturday or Sunday afternoon in the company at otllers at like mind, traveling down an open road as a means of dusting out the cobwebs. F or this purpose, I would consult the Calendar of Events which you thoughtfully publish, with a view to finding a group, eitller f.or a Poker Run (over completed roads) or an outing for a picnic somewhere eomparatively close by. There were usually listed enough such events to pez-mit a choice, both as to time and geography. WltII summer coming on, I have been looking at your Calendar once again. But, alas, unless my eyes deceive me, the only actiYities are hUl climbs, endurOS, f.1at track races and tile 11ke. [ cannot seem to f.ind any mention of road rid1Dg. Questions; Do you publish tllese and am I missing tllem? or has this been discontinued as an activity? If. you do not publish them because of a lack of interest, Is tbere some source which can sq:>ply me witll this sort of informatiOll? JULIAN KOOMER N. Hollywood, Cal. The Lightweights M.. C. siDce the club began. In March of tbis year I jpined tile Air Force, and f.elt sad.thatI'd lost touch witll tbis sport which [ loved. Well since comJDg iIrto tile Air Force I've found out that it's a worse bummer tban I excepted. Not only did [ lose contact witll racing but most of tile outside world. But God bless The Lightweights cause 'fte Name's Saady, Nol Linda Ascot's pr~ tropby girl was incorrectly eaDed Linda Marr oa page 12 at last week's PlIPeJ". The real .....e Is Sandy Maher. Let us take you out to diDoer to malre it up to you, SaDdy. New attractioas to compete for spectators' atlentioa at the f.ortbcoming C&rlsbBcl!Cycle News Motorcycle Cire1Is JUDe 14 & 15 bave just beeD llDIIOU'JICed. Eve! Knievel, "tile King at stuntmen" and soon to start in tile mane at his life called "Color Me Lucky" will perform two jumps on Saturday and Sunday. It will be the first time tile handsome young movie star will have done bis thing in the San Diego area.. Knievel will begin emoting before the cameras as fUming on his movie beg1Ds. At Jea.st six and possibly more sidecar racing outfits will put on a thrilling exbibitiro of 3- wheel speed and sliding around the Carlsbad roadrace course on Seldom seen in Southern California, an Elim1natioa HiUcUmb will highlight Saturday"s events. staged by the Carlsbad crew" the "qlbiU drag race" will fea.ture t1ftHlUre contests on a not- toosteep incline, for the added excitement at close competitioa. The f.our attractions are only a part of tile sIJow, which tncludes two AFM produetioa road race marathonsf.ora$l,OOO purse, a grass track TT program SPOllscred by tile LigIItweigIJts M. C ., car and bike dr8gs (includ1og 1/8 mile ellminatioos f.or laJoIJby tire btlries), wbeelIe cootests, and tile graad final motocross at tile CMC "Tr1p-iD-England series." Plan ro bJ1Dg1ng the whole family for two days and a night of tun. The discount ticket in tbis Issue is go

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