Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

HANFORD TT DESERT TURTLES M C HARE SCRAMBLES . . Hi Vista, Cal. By Dick Wright Larry Bergquist Mike Patrick Tom Poteet James Martino Larry Burns Paul Greenwood Tom Maxwell D. Kirdrowski Jim Dorman Larry Mulock Mike Burk Jerry Perkins Bussy Hirst Bill Walters Roger Terry Bill McCoun G. Westergaard Bob Weatherwax Steve McClean 100cc Jack Morgan Terry Clark Lynn Fortner Mark Rader Tom Jenkin Ira Mahoney G. Davies Jim Summers Mike Casper Larry Upp 500 Ex 250 Ex 250 Ex 500 Ex 500Am 500 Ex Op Ex 500 Nov ~ Ex 250 Am Op Ex 250 Ex Op Ex 250 Ex 500 Nov 250 Nov 250 Am 500 Ex 500Am Bul Yam Bul Hus Hus Hus Nor Hus Tri Yam. Tri Yam Trl Hus Hus Hus Bul Hus Hus Ex Ex Ex Ex Ex Ex Nov Ex Nov Nov Hod Hod Sac Hod Hod Pen Hod Hod Hod Hod ASCOT TT Gardena, Cal. July 6, 1969 By Maureen Lee NOV. MAIN Tod Sloan Bill Morgan Bul Mon Yam Bul H-D Suz H-D Al Kenyon R1ckTalbot Don Emde N. Brockinger Time: 4.54:53 AM. MAIN Tri Bob Haynes Keiib Mashburn Tri BSA David Aldana Mike Van Acker Tri Tri Dick Mills Tri Bob Ferro Tri Geo. Stirber Tri Tom Clark Time: 8.1:26 EX. MAIN Tri S. Van Leeuwen Dusty Coppage Tri BSA Dallas Baker Ralph White Tri Tri Tom Rockwood Tri . Jim Berry Larry Wilburn Tri Tri Eddie Mulder Time: 11,47:72 NOV. TROPHY DASH John Hately Mon Time: 1.13:27 EX. TROPHY DASH Dallas Baker' BSA Time: 1.34:47 INTERNATIONAL'MOTOCROSS Cold Creek Raceway Lafayette, Colorado1 Julyfi, 1969 250cc INTL CLASS Arne Kring Hus Alan Clough Hus Gary Bailey Gre B. Silveriborn Hus Bill Thomas Hus Geo. Shaw Hus Evered Terrel Hus Jeff Willis A-E 500cc INTL CLASS Torsten Hallman Hus Arbe Kring Hus Dave Smith A-E Fran Sigmans Hus Ray Jordan A-E Jim Wilson Gre Gene Fetty Hus Bill Putman CZ Sweden England Calif. Calif. Calif. Colo. Texas U.S. Sweden Sweden England Holland England Calif. U.S. Colo. MEXICAN SPEEDWAY Tijuana, Mexico July 6, 1969 By Mike Capalite TROPHY DASH Rick Woods Steve Bast Sammy Tanner Cec Platt C MAIN Bruce Haserot Mike Konle Greg Haserot Jim Gresham BMAIN Don Hawley Sammy Tanner Cec PLatt Stu Morley A MAIN Rick Woods Steve Bast John Carter Sonny Nutter 90Cc NOVICE Neil McDonald Joll Krick Kyle Lessley Duane Earhart Steve Craft Chuck Haddock R. Villanueva Kirb Shorshire Bob Leming Jerry Chandler G. Shiropulos 90cc AMATEUR Jack Jones Bob Muller Richard Hill 90cc AMATEUR Jack Jones Bob Muller Richard Hill Steve Baker Gary Maulden 125cc NOVICE James Ward Duane Tweedy Stephen Potter Muri Holt Billy Loflin Dennis Lyons Richard Garcia Stanley Fisher Jack Roberts Jim Pence 125cc AM & EX. Jim Hodge Leon Cotton Ron Tobey Mike Keener Buck Horton Albert Mystron Chris Rice 200cc NOVICE J. B. Martin J. Villaneba 250cc NOVICE Tim Tomlinson Steve Calhoun Bob Myers G. Christensen James Ward Lee Tyler Joe Villanueva John Oftin 250cc AMATEUR Chris Rice Ken Hale Steve Snider Leonard Reed Ry Comns Swain Shockly #231 Carl Nelson 250cc EXPERT George Holland Harvey Bakker R. Perreira Mike Middleton H. spurlock Jack Monger Steve Bray 360Cc NOVICE Jack Dodds Henry Patch Tony McDowell F. R. Hedgecock John Davis Ken. Busby 360cc AMATEUR Bill Oliver Dwain Shockley Bob Bennett Stan Sibley 500Cc NOVICE Jim Doherty John Bass M. Hartwell Donnie Cole Stan McBee 500Cc AMATEUR Jon Shaffer Don Harrell 650cc NOVICE Vig Flanery #86 Richardson Roger Davidson Joe Gorden Vershel Lemmons Ed Williams 650cc !A.MATEUR Mike Thompson Stan Nunes Louie Wood Gene Auston Jim Lawler Bobby Owen 650cc EXPERT D. McCaully David Rogers Cal Bottum Keiib Thomas Tim Thomas Carrol, Jackson C\I By Erich Kobler SCRAMBLES Hanford, Calif. June 27, 1969 By Jack Light M-B M-B Kaw Bri Bri Hon Kaw Kaw Hod Kaw M-B Kaw Hod Hod Kaw Hod Hod Hod M-B Yam Kaw Yam Yam Yam Hon Kaw Yam Yam Sac Bul Yam Yam Yam Yam Yam Bul Bul Bul Mon Bul Bul Bul Bul Bul Bul Bul Bul Bul Bul Bul Bul Bul C-Z Kaw Bul B~ BUl Bul Bul Bul Bul Mat Mon Bul Bul Bul Mai Bul H-D Bul BSA BSA BSA BSA BSA BSA Tri BSA BSA Tri Tri Tri Tri Tri Tri Tri BSA Tri Mat Tri BSA BSA HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. July 6 Festivities started with a parade lap then a line UP of all riders, introducti~ of the race Queen, and presentation of trophies for a previous run. The quaillying heats started next, wiib the 10OCc's first. The second of these was interesting in that a rider on a 50cc Honda was allowed to start about 100 feet ahead and that boy really gat it a go. However, the 100' s are just too fast and he was caught going into ibe second lap. He didn't give UP though, and finlshed seventh, making the faces of more than one rider scarlet from embarrassment. There wasn't a dull race all day and the first two from each heat were to transfer to the main 25 laps race. The ibird and fourth place finishers were destined for the consolation race, which was to be 8 laps just llke the heat races. In the last heat, open class, Lana Paige finished eighth on her big Triumph, which was great but didn't qualify her for eiiber main race. Someone didn't get the message because in the middle of all the bikes in the consolation race were all those POLKA DOTS' You guessed it. Lana Paige!. Oh well. Anyway, this one was a handicap start and was won by Mark Kruse, Hodaka, with Ted Longwith 250 Ossa, barely squeaking in for second: The twenty-five lapper was a handicapper also and the bikes were positioned all over the course according to class for the start. This race was won overall' by Bill Uhl on a 250 Bultaco, and the second place man was Ted Longwithl The one who just barely made the main event at all! Although Uhl gained the lead quite early and held It throughout ibe race, the rest of the riders all drove very aggressively and put a good performance on this track wiib its very fast and deceptive, slightly downh1ll first turn, and ibe almost buttonhook turn right Desert Turt'es M. C. Haare Scram"'es ~ c.. • r Or r aD e d ! Pf J·r e k e r aft~ the jump. Riders here rave about the traction. Fourth overall and first heavyweight was Mike Chamberlain, on a 500 Triumph, who will apparently also win the twenty-five dollars for high points here at the park. Eighth and tenth overall were 100cc brikes ridden by Doug Mac inti:e, Suzuk., and Ron Powell, KawaSlI;ki. After the race Powell seemed to think he finished much higher on the list than that but regardless, boib these boys had to really ride to do as well as they did. Thard hard luck trophy (there really was one), went to Nora Ray of Gardena who crashed while practicing here with her little Kawasaki injuring her ankle and so couldn't race. (Results on page 20) RICK WOODS COPS MEXICAN INAUGURAL By Mike Capallte Photos & story by Dick Wright in VISTA, CALIF. July 4,1969. The first annual Desert Turltes M.C. race was won in grand style by the desert pro Larry Bergquist #888 on a 360 Bultaco. It was a 9: 00 a.m. start, the course was thirty miles around and everyone would go two loops. It was real dusty, wiib a couple of rocky up hills one down hill, and a lot of white power~dust, how some of the guys can go fast through that grey blanket, when you can only see five feet in front of you is something else. Bergquist grabbed an early lead and led it all the way around, came through ibe pits for a fast gas check and out again still in the lead. ' The second loop was not quite as dusty because the riders had spread out, and it was ibe first time some of them got a look at the course. Bergquist kept the pressure on and came in for the Win with a minute lead over second man Mike Patrick #48x on a 250 Yamaha. Tom Poteet #34x on a Bultaco came down the . trail to the finish line in third place and ran out of gas a hundred yards short, his dad put some gas in and he just beat out James Martino #11 by five feet, Martino settled for fourth spot on a Husky. Larry Burns #94 was fifth and took first 500 Amateur. Tom Maxwell #23 was the first open class finisher on a Norton, followed by a real charger Danny Kiidrowski #541 on a Husky taking first 500 novice. Larry Muluck #567x was first 250 Amateur in, Bill McCoun #267x was first novice in on a Husky. The 100cc class went off twelve minutes after the big bikes. Jeff Wright #15 on his SS Hodaka grahbed the lead followed closely by Jack Morgan #1 also on a Hodaka. They dueled it out on the first loop wiib Wright coming through the pits with a ibirty foot lead over Morgan but he dropped his expansion chamber two miles out and dropped out of the race. Morgan now had the lead all to himself and pulled in for the win running twelfth overall with a minute lead over Terry Clark #6 on a Hodaka, Lynn Fortner #245m pulled in third on a Sachs. Mark Rader #28 was fourth. G. Davis #232 had a real good ride and pulled in sevneth and took first novice on a Hodaka. Mike Casper #307m took second novice. The Desert Turtles put on a good run, you would never have know that the club was only eight months old, good luck on your events in the future. (Results on page 20) TIJUANA, MEXICO, July 6, 1969 - A near-capaclty crowd turned out Sunday for the first motorcycle speedway race held in Tijuana Mexico, but the races were still a losing proposition as far as the promoters were concerned. It seems that ibe Mexican people were familiar with the fact that the track was surrounded by a wire mesh fence and overlooked on one side by high bluff. While ibe crowd in the grandstands was very disaPpointing, the estimates on ibe amount of people looking through the fence and swarming over the hills and bluffs behind ibe track ranged from four to six ibousand. While this would cause most promoters to give up, they stated that from ibe reaction of ibe crowd on the hill to the races, ibey had decided to go ahead and build a speedway arenaand r" all those people would have come inside. ., THE A Main battle looked like a retake ~ ~ ~~:~:r~~~~~:~ Steve had done some calculating and had been figuring how to get Woods because he would move up on him in the corners as Rick was staying on the high side, but the reason for ibis was a bad bump on ibe pole. Steve tried each time to make this his opportunity, but every time he would hit the ·hole and it would slow him down . enough for Wodds to get the charge out of the corner and through Bast would only be a matter of few feet behind Rick on the straighta~, that is all it takes as Rick took home the main envent win. A good time was had by all and some of the best speedway racing to date was seen on this one, but those thousands of spectators on the hillside are what is giving us the confidence to go ahead in building the new stadium. For the whole day, not one of them left, only more came to join them so this fact as well as the cheering from the hillside for every race means they liked the races and even if they don't attend the next one, they will provide one of the best parts of our advertising campaign." (Results on page 20) 333 - 33 - 33 - 33- 33 - 33- 33- 33 - 33 ~ 3 ~ 3 3 Maico Bob Bailey's Service Center Special tuning for Sachs & Penton 17124 5. 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