Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

t** *~* **~ ~** *** ·** *** ··* *** ~~ SCRAMBLIN AROUND t #l ************ to 2: ***************polots to transfer up while restricted~~ Mauree n Lee Col By We've put the suggest ions for improv Ing scramb ies 10 Ibis column for quite a few weeks now and asked for suggestions and comme nts too. We finally got one. Big-bik e rider C.H. Wheat disagrees with the idea of putting more turns 10 current tracks to slow them down, fee1log that Ibis would further discrimina te against the big bikes and it's the big bikes we're trylog to bring back. As C,H, poloted out, macb10ery bas changed drastica lly. The newer big bikes are a lot dl!feren t tbao the old ones. We accept that and tbaok bim for taJcIog time out to call up and speak up for bis group. HOPE FOR BIG GUYS M. C. Melvin Byers and Tom Byers both ride for the Dirt Dluers North Vic Krill won his heat, Main and 15 ·Iap special race, butlnc bluer machines on his &ladllatlon &1ft 125 Yamaha. You can't do that with a cold watch! and scramb les, so II you're a teenage r and look as II you're going to turn Ioto a giant specime n of Americ an manbood, don't despair . John Banks, BSA's pride and joy Is winolog World Champi onship Motocr osses and be's BIGI The power-t o-welgb t ratio doeso't attect John and there are other large riders coming up througb the ranks. The newer 400cc-p lus scramblers are so radical that it taJces a big man to handle them. More tbao one factory rider bas gone back to bis lesser powered model. Some of our best riders here bave been big or are big guys. Feets MIoert, C.H. Wheat, Mike Posey to name a few riding current ly, are not what you could call small, and we'Uev eo throw Sam Crooks in for good measur e! He can flat baul when the need arlsesl So keep your Wheaties fiowlog and don't give up when it become s apparen t you're not going to be another carbon copy of the correct ly proport ioned speedw ay racer. There's a new world coming! .,J C"o) G Scra.IJlin', Aro• •d Addition To Co" •• le't O.t last Wee. We bave a Uttle story tbis week that wlll make some benchra cing for a while. Just hope the cbap it involve s doesn't get mad at us but what racer basn' t done sometbl og Uke tbis at one time or another? Those of you who ride Corriga nville or live up north bave doubtle ss met Bryan Sbannon ,a very cbarm ing Canadian from Vancouver who Is one whale of a compet itor. On Saturda y May 31 he pops Iota Long Beach Honda to renew acquainta nces with John Rice and says, "Comin g to Ascot tonight? " It fell to By Dale McKinnon MARYSVILLE, CAL, June 14- Jerry Lee Willis's win streak came to an end last night as he suffered a little bad· luck. Jack Eddings took the win after being runner up 10 almost every race and John Vance hung in there for a tbird. Rick Graves, Don Gent1l1 and Randall Dunn bad in a three way go from start to fln1sb of the 200 Novice Main. It was anyone 's race up to the end with Don taking it by a wheel. One of the fastest and hardest fougbt races of !be nigbt was 10 the 250 Expert malo event. Stan Anderso n got off the line like gaogbu sters with Gary Lozano and Ken Roberts hot on bis tall. Stan kept It, with Ken and Gary challeng ing bim for the lead peg to peg and even gettlng a wheel out in front occasio nally. They really bad the crowd uP on their feet. The 250 Am. race got off to a wild start when one rider went down in !be first turn and about three got off coming out of it. John Fite grabbed an early lead in !be restart with Gorena and Ashley Jeffery in hot pursutt . Then Doug Slemore made bis bid from back In the pack and some superio r riding brougbt bim uP to third. Some time ago we over-be ard a conversatio n where a sponsor was telling a bystand er about bis rider who was then riding the small-b ike division . "He'll make a great pro, II be justdoe sn't grow anymor e." Sounded funny at the time but It's been food for thought for a while. At Ascot the smaller men did seem to bave an advanta ge and pity the poor Novice who grew big trylog to earn eDl)ugh a 250. But a change Is underwa y, at least Col 10 the rough-t ougb world. d motocr oss race llJat takes the C8l

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