Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

AlIA PROFESSIOIIAL IIOTOCROSS AT ASCOT AUG. 11. South'IN8tanI motocross racers wIIo'n bMD 1IOIIdertlIr wbeD tile .utA I.s cotnr 110 ban a pro motocross 111 tile L.A. ar_ lIIIder tbe1r DeW rules are ad't1Hd 110 eel tbe1r prates8ioaa1 rac1IIC I1cellS8s from tile AloIA DOW, because tIIetlmelJld place are set. It wt11 be tbe last SIIDda7 ot Aurust at Ascot Park. Proceeds wt11 CO 110 belp tile fin Amer1ClUl racers wbo are colI\p8t11Jc 111 Europan motocross. '.s BRUSH PRAIRIE, WASH., July 13, leeeGary Kapus, ricl1JlC three d11fereat siZe Kawualds took bome tbe 1'ropby Dub wtn 111 tile lOOce IJId also tile A Ma.1n. 11rst spot 111 tile lOOCC clasB'. He took tile 200cc TraPiY Dub but bad bike trouble 111 tile A Ma.1n IJId didn't t1n1sh tIl1II race. Then be went 011110 take secood spot In tile ".,~'s SOUTH GATE, CAUF. JlI1Y 17- LeadIDc Trojan racer Paul WIlde, spouored by (Results 011 N'8 20) I.,.s T",I.s At L.c', Sc"•• S,.its TI., Terrors I.,•••, .'M., & •• ISOcc A MaID enDt. Gary I.s a liard fast r1der In U7 cJ&u IJId 18 'lN1l J1bd bJ r1ders IJId faDa at all d tile tracks 'IN ban _ b1m rtde at. Gary KlPu, IYI. the chKk.ld II. . . . hi slid.. nls Klw. . . 1 to. win at Bfillh Pral,ll. Ace BIke Sbop 011 a Yamaba 100 11'01I tile TT ma1n, but it -.sn't IUY. Dolle (C I matt I) Field IJId Ron (HocIaIra) wuI1IJns bad plans for tbat spot IJId pn Paul tbe bardest tlme yet. Dolle C·mrdnpam (Yamaba) took tile 125cc TT ma1n event lad from Robert BtU IJId held it for four 1a,ps untO tile last turn wbeD ap1II Wl1de rusbed past tIlem both at tile t1n1sh 110 wtn by tbat mucb. AU tile trytnc of Damly (Ossa) BocJae IJId MartOll (Yamaha) Greeson fI11ed 110 stop JImmy (Moote..) RaymODd 111 tile 250TT ma1n. JImmy Is tile potnt leader 111 tile clasB, but it Isn't uncballeaeed. Bob Hardison. 011 a Yam tIlatrallyam, captured tile 125 flattrack cJass: wblle JImmy Raymond ci.rrted tIMi cclors of CalU. Cycle Sales to another 250 wtn. S'~.,,'.~.rs ....·U, By N. WWtams CLACKAMAS, ORE., July l'7-WIth tile NatIoaal at Castle Rock r'1IIIII1IIc 111 the OPt two . . . there was a Jarptanoat d r1der8 at tII1a 4 star race. Some Pft lIP afl8r tile qaaUtytDc bats to _lbeIr btkes for Cutle Rock, but tblIre was stm a Jarge IIlIIIIlIer left to run tile maiDs. There wre etebt ..tt,...1 lIlIIIlher r1ders tbere. Four rode 111 tile race IJId four sat In tbe stI.Dds to watcb tile . " . Many r1ders 'ftIIt doWD In tIds nIebt race but DOII8 wve hart lIIIClUIb tIlat tbey couldn't t1n1sb the nlCbt. III tile Amateur MaID tile last four men went down all at tile same tlmelJld place IJId the race bad to be stopped just two 1a,ps afl8r tile balf 1187 mark, The ElIPeris went 00 U _ as tile track could be cleaned. Eve;ryOll8 was out for a practice run before tile Natlooal. (Results 00 pep 20) By J. Lacey PORTLAND, ORE., July 17- For a prelude to the Castle Rock Nattonals, tile Sidewinders M.C. of Portland beld tbe1r weekly protesslonal TT Thursday ntcbt, a four-star event, and thus set the stace for their big PacUtc Coast Cbamplons11tp Nation.' nu'" 14, Gary Ortl., _ thl Ezpertlllaln .t S1d.wlnd•• OrIIOft TT prevllw. HI'.lollowed In this prillminary he.t oil, L.co (3&Q) 11Io"_, Roll (!4V) IlI1s .d 1110 R.d. by R.y (3Ql Car· sr_, within tile same week. Anyone wtsb1nc a map, or olller information about these two events should contact DIane SeUert, Rt. S Box 2eo C, Oreeon City, Oreeon e7045. Phone 6323857 after 7p.m. or 234-7388 00 weekIn the same Por"and Professional Trio Profes8ioaa1 racers wtll be connron tile PortlIJId, e>recoc Bra for a 3 day rouDd ot rac.. 00 A1llf1ISllst, 2Dd. IJId Srd. First OIl tile sc:bedu1e, 011 Fr1dII,y,A\II. 1st, Is a Prote.loaal T.T. _ t at tile Stdew1Dders bfllItde track 111 ClIclclma-, wbtch I.s juat south d PorilIJId. The ~ I.s sactsooed by the AloIA, IJId ruarantees a purse d $600.00, plus onrap. StdewtDders ts c1l1"1'8Dtly the ooJ1 track 111 tile Nor tIlWHt ~ anrqe to tile r1ders. Gates wt11 opeoat 7 IJId rac1IIC bsc1II8 at 8. On SeturdI7 nlCbt, Aacust 2Dd, a De" type at rac1IIr comes to tile Stde'll'lDders track. Formerly, all ot tbe1r_bban beea T.T. or Krambles t1Pe, but 00 tbat nlCbt tIw1 are promot1llC an outdoor C1aU 'C' SIIort TracJr: nEt! It wt11 be a Proteestoaa1 procram, $6OO.00plusonrap, purse d tile r1ders. The ride wt11 be nm 00 the 1II.tde on!, ntl)!,., III tile start1IIC cr1d, tile T.T. straJcbIa1N1. IJId tIMm 111 tlIht IJId back tIlro\llll tile start1IIC crtd. The machl . . . are ltmtted to 250CC (wbtch Is wbat tile Nonces are r1dInC 111 tile T.T. nenb), lJIdallr1ders, Novtc:e., Amateurs, IJId Elql8J'ts COIII(l8te In a combtDed procram. Tb1a wt11 ctn spectators IJId r1ders IJId cbance to _ just wbat some ot tile "bot-sboe" Nonces IJId Amateurs ClUl do apInst tile Elrpert racers. The mschl... wt11 be tile sam... tt wt11 be all lIP to tile Tlderl ADd It wt11 also ctn enryoae a crack at tile bq mooey - because the wlnD8r at tile MaID Eyeut pta 11rst place douIb - be be Novtc:e, Amateur, or Expert. Tb1a Sbort Track race 18 also sancttooed by the AloIA. Clatu wt11 opeD at 7 IJId rac1IIC beC1IIS at 8. U tIl1II type ot rac1IIr ts 'lN1l attended bJ r1ders IJId spectators, SidewlDders ts .....sJdertar IIIII!11IIc for a _tloD for a NatIoaal Sbort TracJr: I1IIC CbamplonsbtP to be beld tbe weekend prior to the castle Rock Nat10nal T.T. Il8Xt far. If those plans CO tIlrouIh. it wt11 P'Il! out ot state riders two Nattonals oreron days. On SUDdIy tile raetng actloo switches sUcbt17 East ot PortlIJId to tile Gresllam FatrcroundS wIIere Valley Sports,1Dc.1.s SlMI.ct 11It1nllt1 III &lice Class "'' CrlSS RHIIIIIII Malce XU .cc (2H 0,••11) Sal FrlHllce IlItnl1l.........enll .cc Clasl Re. Nil Malce nA .cc (2HO,n1n Fontana Night Motocross - 7/12169 Ai I Comers Race 1st Terry Nicholls - Maico AdelCWlto n Scrambles - 7/1~9 500cc Amateur CI ass 1st Chuck Wheat - Maico :~~POi COOPER MOTORS 2815W.OliW! -Burbank,talif. three days later (reported 111 thts 1ssue). Nonce BtU Ubl who calls bome Bo1ae, Ida., iJ'&bbed tile lad In tile Nonce Matn and beld tt ttU the f1IIlsb. Tropby Duh wtnner C. Joyner looked l1ke the sure w1DDer but came lIP with mecbantca1 problems 111 tile Ma1II wbtle bts partner D. Cotton (Ka,,) was a strooc secoad, Alan KeIlYOIl (Bul) thtrd, and Mlks McCall (Ka,,) was fourth. The Amateur Dub and Matnwasap1ll dom!rw!led by WIld Btu Elder, S-D, but wbo knows wbat the outcome d tile MaID mlcbt hUe beea bad tIlere not ban beea a bq doWD-blD ptle-IIP eUmlMUIII all but three of tile .....teoder.. Harler mOlDltled Btu Manley -.rued S8COIId 1ilIa. thtrd went to Ms·1I81 Becker(Tn),trom tbe East Coast. The Elr;lert nents were mucb Wte the Amateurs ezcept tbat tile potnt . . . . . Mark wuuama dSdD't wtn tile IIUD. Be did lad for two Jsps lbolllb before a broken cba1II .-t b1m to tile plblJld Gary Davis, (Tn) took over and went 00 fOr Jds thtrd wtn here tIl1IIsasoD. Wlth thepnasure OIl, SIdP Van Leenen IJId DasQ' Coppqe boIb SllSPPlnCatbtsbee1s, Dans rode smooth and cooststentl7, _ _ b\lli8d, Jook1IIC re1ulld yet determtDed. IJId kept the bq wtn amonr tile hometown crew. Van Leell1l8llwas a close second, Dusty tbtrd, IJId anotber Joca1 faTOl1te Dick Dooaca (Trl) fourth. (Results on pap 20) promotilJC an AMA sanctioned Protesslooal T.T. with a $eoO.OO purse. The fatrgroundS 15 due to be dactlftted 111 the near future, and tbey bave made . . ot tile old horse rac1D& oval for the motorcycle track, with tile addtttonotacutlllto tile 1IIfleld 111 order to make tile race track more kidney shaped. Gate. wt11 open at 12:00 IIOQII IJId ractne be(1IIs at 2 p.m. ~ l fI) It ~ loG ..:l ~ ~

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