Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

All NightLongAt Drag Strip Elsinore ~ ~ -LIONS DRAG STRIP, JulY 27, 1969.... TIlere bu been a Tel'Y 1aree droP in llQ Slltries at Lions the put few weeks. ..:l SundI.J tIIere was a total of 15 bUtes run~ ntne the 1320 foot striP. 'Ibe bIc reuoa U for the droP 1a the fact tbat most rtders are pr8PlU'1n& their mach1nes for BonnevWe and the land speedrecordattempta. I would be safe in say1nc at leut 50% of the drag racers wW sbow lCl for tb1s event. Cycle News, by the way, wW also cover tbis ODe. Jack Matb1s showed 1lP at Lions today on his 1947 H-D. Altbo\lCb tIIebUtedidn't turn any fantastic times it sure d1d look flOOd. Jack bu completely restored tile machIne IIld lt looked as if it was driven r1Cbt off tile showroom aoor. Ttm Mark ra.n in the Fuel Class todaY. Ttm's H-D was burntne gu but dec1ded to run in tbat d1v1s1on because of lack of entries in the Gas DtTta1on. It paid off for Tim. He toOk Top B1b awarda. Bob Braverman IIld Bob Ebe.Itne were aIso in tbat c:la.u but they bad mecban1cel problems. Bob Ebe11nC bad otIIer protUms tIDo and lDded uP witll a ODe mOlltll suspens10a from l'UIIII1nC at Lions. Wltll the entries CIowD (as you CIIII _ read1nr the !Wulta) tbere bu been a droP in the mO!W1. Lioa'. manqer C.J. Hart 117I tile mooey w111 10 back 1lP wbeD tile Mr. Art HouatoD IIld Iils w1fe JO)'lIaft pal1ed COIIIIlU1 witll So. C&l1f. 'Ibe HousiIoIIa .are III&k1nC tbe1r new home uP at Lab 1'Iboe. Th1a perfect1J matched by _~ 1Dcr_. pair have broaIbt IIWIY PCil:lnr t1mu at 1JclDI as a h-.at IIld w1fe draCIiDr -.am. _, wU IaIowD as tile IlrIlaiDr ~ 1II1lIDk. . . . ....-.tblJw111atW be back to __ tile _ _ta. A.n:Pbow -t... Art IIld 1VIl lave. ~ are 111 YW'f sorry to - nu IOU for 111 the feUow DraI strip IIld DIOlIt of 111 tile IPICtalIor•• _ boll of )'011 haft tile bMt of 111llkin tile tature, IIId remember 10U are aIWQ8 welcome cIraaV8. the ltd at u- to come back. (Reeulta 011 pan 20) n RETURIS TO ASCOT AUG. 2 by RaY'COoPer EImNORE. CALIF. JulY 19-Rq VIIlderpool OIl h1a sUPer qulci BDltaco went home Sunday am witll all tile marbles. The races started Sat. nite, but lt was 2:30 am before they were over? And to beat tbat, on the 2nd of AIII. tIIey VI&IIt to run an hour lone race oPen to all comers after all tile otller events. It won' t be over unt1l time for breakfast. But if it ls'Uke any of the races tonlgbt it w111 be wortb lt. The SpecJal Expert Class went to Vandel'Jl.C)01 aIso. tbis time after havtne dOIle battle witll R. Marquis on a beautifully runntne Honda. WIo was dotne some mtpty long jumps in an attempt to catch the leader in mid-air. V. Hannon, tbis time OIl a Kawuak1. made the otller tb1rd of tbis tr10 tbat raced as close as sardines tor tile fIIU aft _s. Debble Jarman on a Trbamp!l won all tIlree motoa in tile Powder Putfaplnfor tile seccod week in a row, but tb1s wee.t Marcta Whitten was preastne her much harder and much closer in each moto. o1Iarman dOes not put her foot down cotne tbroueh the corners, whUe Whitten looked a uWe YicSous "wtnctnc" tbat UWe Hod&Ir:a tbat way. in the mInibike c:la.u lt was Jett Ward OIl a Hoad& 65c:c wbo showed tile way home to about 10 other uWe IIlYs inc111l11Dc E. Newcomb on a RIAl wbo ttn1aIled IICOIId ID c1au. Jeff 1a jut the rteht stze IIld weicht IIld he makes rtdIDC a m1D1tdb Joot Uke IUCIla heaut1ful tbIDC. It there 1a anyOll8 out tbere witll a Hod&Ir:a 5 speed minibike tbat would Uke to race witll tile "bIC Idde" call me at 816-1919 (113) It'. _ tIDo flOOd atdbto eft rid of. Come OIl did. Ruults 011 .... 10 ~ GREEVES GRIfFON TO BE GlYEN AlAY BY c.••c. OLD AND NEW OF IT ere.. tiles 1114 Ilar\e,.Dswl.... A tI,. ..... ClIIIII'" _a"..., "sitar atllle TIle C&1UorD1a ..otor Sparta CJub an-.aced tIlx1a7 . . II'IIld prize tor tbeJr Aua1ver1U7 ser1NwiDbea_Greeve8 GrUtOll a\lllPUed b.r Nlck NlclllUOD M0- ••• of the s1a _ta in the aerles Firat w111 he • m~ IIeJd at C&rlabad Race.." cal., 011 Aupatl4tb. 'l1Ieother rac.. wiD be: ~ck Park AQIlIIIt Slat, C&rJatM, 8eplIember list, 9IId$bac1l September 18tII, beck to C&r1sbed tile IIt1l of OCtober, IIld tile II'IIld fSDa18 at Ssdd!eheck OCtober 18t1l IIld 19t1l. Scortnc IIld cOlDJ)ltltioo rule. wW be the same as in tile Go1deD state serles wIl1ch _t Gary Ba1le7 to Eurqle. Tbere wW be cub for Experts IIld tropIdestor J\ID1an for each ~ tile s1a motocroaee, pIllS overa11 tropb1es lIldawarda.A1lare pointe -w for nut ,..... IIlIDIberS. C....C. membereh1ps are rllJl1red to ride C ....C. coat 18 $I. MaJ.1 _trie. are $l5. post _ ~ are $10. Furtber tntormatlOll m&7 be oblaJDed by c:aWnr (714) 539-3318. _ta, Husqvarna-CZ-Penton _11(1.- -.m S'CfflltJenfD {(flcing SACRAMENTO RACEWAY, CAL.. .JlIJ1 19. 1969 - 8atul'dl1 1IIIbt'. nat track motorcJde racM at SulI'&meIIm Geara'e C&rt8r of MortIl HJPJaDda win lib - - ' aso ElIpert eIUa Ma1D Eftat of tile _ . C&risr IIad to work lib 1IIIF 1Cl from tile Heat Race lI1roaIIl the Semi Ma1D wbere he placed IICOIId 111 order to cp.UtJ for the Ma1D EveDt. carter IIld RoD DaYies of IoW1 Valley. shared tile llve J&l'd ~ line as both"ve wonpreytoaa-W,DaY1ea be1JW Jut' 'iNek'. Ma1D EveDt wiDDer. C&rt8r wW IIOW ja&D J'a1rtJQt'. R&Jpb Wa1dmaD OIl tile ten 'J&l'd Iwncttcap Une. New EJrpert rider, .JohD Ores of carmlchM1, made h1a bMt sbIlw1DC aIDce tur1IlnC bpert as he rode to a - - ' place tJn1ah heIdad C&rier'. Gree bad won h1a heat race by quite a IIl&rPIIIld was lnutneC&rier'tIIrouIlbouttheMa1D. 'l1Ie Elrpert dlv1810D aw two of Sacramento's uperta mak1nc a return to tile nat track as carl Cra.nke and Gerald HeDder_ made tbeJr 1Dt1a111lP8&1'1DC1 CULVER Larpst Stock of Motorcyeln & Parts II til. LIS Angeles Arel C"Y CYCLE 839-90 0 ALSO Suzuki, Zundapp. M.Z. & Mantesa ., "Z'tde'l-t4ll'4, 2 CYCLE CITY MOI~xE::I:::ies (2131 475-4541 a-- ...., .w Complete line of Torsten Hallman Racins Equipment r 10673 W. Plco Blvd•• West Los Anaeles. Cal .UI.TRCO I S"'S - Peatl. - SpeclaUst lor Dirt or Streit 10241 CulYw Blvd., Cul_ CI\I cf- Maleo ce lit. " s 01 *Is _ a .tqe . . . , . . Ite_ AIIIeo~"" .. _ I . CI.....iL s _ a _I II,. Is _ I , for tile JWal'. RucDo CoIrdoft fans were abI8 to eppJaud tbe1r netel'bors as RoD. bkew, IIld Paul C&rt8r r&II flrat IIld IICOIId 111 tile 100 Nc:If1cs eIUa.Cbar_1IcG1IueJ made a ~ ,....., of tile 111I Amaliear race. _ IUD-. of C8D11lbel1 IIeJd out _liard ch&rIIDc Tom F1eminr of Suta ~ to ta1IIe home tile trqlb;y in tile 115 Nonce c1ua. One of tile more 1IIterutlnl races of tile Fred McFar1alld of E_Icw. McFar1alld rtdeealODceSuU1 111 tile 100 bpert c:la.u. It took McJI'arlaDll lIIe IIItIft race to tlDd h1a .., to lIIe 1eI4. OIl the Jut lap be took the 1dn __ DOD Stmmma of 8rocIer1ck. TIle mJlI1 tdb races "ve CODtIDued to IJ'OW ta populartt:F IIld _ winDers UIp com1nr lCl WMId1. Jolla MlnorllldpjpSmeedem both of 8Icrameino. could not work~ ...., &l'OIIIld La1'17 0StIraJ10 of SIIlta Roa as Clstera1lo went OIl to h1a 11r8t win. Larry w111 now jQln Minor IIld Smeedem 011 lIIe ~ Une tor former w1IIIIIr•• There are 110 motorqcle racM scheduled for tile racetrack nut saturda,y ntebt. 'Ibe DIllt ena1Dc of racIDc w111 be OD Aurust 2Dd wIleD lIIe Procr&m w111 he preseated by lIIe 8acraJxleDto Track8rs IIld Fort Sutler Motorcycle ClUbs. (Resulta OIl pace 10) -mc1.DYo!ved ~~ NICK NICHOLSON MOTORS .15~3 \,/,1:1 Walt Axthelm's Triumph-Suzuki Motors I $6.50 .. week call BIKE TRAILERS N.w & Used. (213) One, two, • lIIr•• rill mod. 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