Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

Antelope Ramblers Desert Chase ~ ~ Trailbiltes The 100Cc class started twenty miDutes later so the dust could settle aft8r the big hikes at the seeond road crossing. Wes Anderson Jr .. Jack Morganand Dean Goldsmith all hit the jump at tile same time on three different tra1ls. They would go two loops for a total d. seventy miles. Morgan led it into the pits 00 his hot Hodaka, with only a three-minute slower time then the leader in the big bikes. Goldsmith and Anderson were running second and third on their Harley-David- son's. Photos, & Story by Dick Wright CALIFORNIA CITY, June 8 - Temperature was a perfect 80 degree with a mild wind, but Mike Patrick was again hot as a pistol. He can do no wrong. He got the lead early in the race and held it all the way to the finish line two and a half hours later on hisself-tuned Yamaha250DT-I. The course was set UP like a clover leaf, with three thirty-five loops. At 10 a.m. the banner dropped and they were off. There were two road crossings on the way to the smoke bomb and almost everyone made them. Steve Kirk on a Montesa fouled a plug and got a five minute late start. He really had his work cut out for him. Patrick led it into the pits after the first loop, got a fast gas cehck and was on his way again. Hard charging Patrick made the next two loops in fast time and pulled in for the win, to add another big one to his long list of victories. Tom Muto pulled in second on a 250 Husky. Bruce Dunford was third overall, also Husky mounted. Tom Maxwell was the first oPeIl expert in on a Norton, making it abouUour Morgan held the lead all the way on the second lap and pulled in for the win with plenty of room to spare. Goldsm1th was second followed by Anderson. Lynn Fortner was fourth on a Sachs. Mike Brown charged through the pack to take the first amateur spot on a Sachs, followed by Ken Buckspan, another amateur, 5.5. Hodakamounted. Mitch Mayers rode his hot Kawasaki in for the novice class win. Blll Dick kept his eye on the lime and motored up to second novice on as,S. Hodaka. There were a hundred and th1rt;y l00cc starters and ninety finished the long run with all their cbecks. '1bl.s class is really growing. (Results on page 2(}) in a row for him. Marty Dahlquist rode a heads-up race ta1dng first 500cc novice on his Husky. B11I McCann, a 250cc novice, on a Husky took eleventh overall. Steve Kirk moved up to thirteenth after his late start, a job well done. Mike McCoy, a top 500cc Amateur, did his thing and pulled in 16th overall, followed by Ray Alexander, a fast moving amateur on a Bultaco, taking tops in his class. full House A' Orange Co.' Speedwa, By Jim Vardeman ORANGE CO. SPEEDWAY, CAL. June 4, 1969 - A full field of cycles and a near capacity crowd turned out Wed. n!gbUor the weekly Short track and T.T. races at Orange Co. ~way. The crowd ls increasing each week and the competition is undoubtedly the finest in So. Calif. for this type of cycle racing. . The 250cc Short Track events were the most balr raising viewed by this reporter in some time. Randy Ellls, on a Bultaco and Jim Raymond on a Montesa dueled each other throughout the evening as though each race meant the deciding factor in a Championship title. Raymond won the Trophy Dash, but Ellis managed to get the edge to win the Main event, with the entire field hot on their heels. The two boYs continued their battle in the 250Cc T.T. events but Ellis managed to overcome both R. W. Ring, on a Yamaha, and Raymond to win the Trophy Dash and the 250Cc T.T. Main. Entries in the 125cc Class, T.T. and Short Track were so competitive and close matched that no one rider or maJce cycle held a dominating position. The I25cc T. T. Trophy Dash was won by Mike Payse on a Bultaco, who also put up a tremendous battle in the MaIn, but had to settle for a second to Ray Vanderpool on a Yamaha. The 125cc Short Track Trophy Dash went to Carl Byers on a Hodaka. in the 125cc Short Track Main the first 4 positions changed at least 5 times before being won by Kevin Stafford onaHodaka, with Byers 2nd on his Hodaka, Scott Autry on a Bridgestone 3rd and veteran Ron Taylor 4th on a Yamaha. The Open Class T. T. races provided a full field with Jim Peterson winning the Trophy Dash and the Main on a Triumph. In the Open Class Short Track the entries were not so numerous, but stil filled with excitement. Len Arnold on a Triumph won both Trophy Dash and Main. All heats in all classes were won by an array of the different riders with plenty of posltlon changing before each checkered flag. (Results on page 21) KONI EQUIPPED TRIUMPHS WIN READING The Twenty Mile National Championship Motorcycle Race held Sunday, May 25 at Reading, Pa., saw the Palmgren brothers capture 1st and 2nd place in this grueling contest of sklll and speed. Both Larry Palmgren who won the event, and his brother Chuck who was runner-up, piloted Triumphs fitted with Dutch-made Kon! shock absorbers. Hun'sman Again A' Elsinore T. T. By Jim Vardeman Bob Huntsman, Long Beach, on his red and white striped Bultaco, did it to them again for the 5th straight time in the 250Cc novice class. Proving his ability and his way around the narrow T.T. course, he managed to edge out M. Hagask on his Ossa, 2nd and Richard Gann on his Bul. There was a good field at entries and plenty of action in all classes, as usual. Elsinore has been the proving ground for many a young rider and this year is no exception. The competition gets more and more perslstent eacb week. A 10 cycle pile-up took place in the 3rd lap of the 250Cc expert.A1lhadsome anxious moments unttl the pile could be cleared up, but all riders walked away uninjured. The l00cc Expert class was fast and furious with McKee on a Hodaka finishing 1st, Dale Hopkins 2nd on a Suzuki and Field on his rapid Clmattl third. Tom LaFortune was the bigwtnner,as usual, in the 500 open class. Chamberlian was 2nd on a Triumph and JIm Willey 3rd on a BSA. San Bemardino M.e. Hare Scrambles - May 30, 1969 Trailbike Class Sweep FUEL INJECTION FOR 100 - J&OCC Motorcycles Complete kits for all 2-cycle bikes 5 & 7 Porting 1st Terry e Iark - Hodaka 2nd Mark Rader - Hodaka 3rd Jack Morgan - Hodaka 1st Amateur R. Forti er - Hodaka 2nd Amateur Allen Pepple - Hodaka 1st Novi ce Steve Anderson - Hodaka 2nd Novice Steve Fortner - Hodaka For a first-hand demonstration of HODAKABILlTY, visit your nearest dealer for a FREE 'es' ride. 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