Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

. .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ... Scramblin'...Around . .... . .. . . . . .. . ... .. . . . . .. .. . .. . By Maureen Lee It looks l1ke it's going to be :he llgbtweight number one plate that is going to The Dog Patrol By Annetta McBride From The Dallas Times Herald Photos by J.R. Compton Residents in Dallas, Texas have more hope of rega1n1ng their lost or strayed pets than animal lovers in other major cities. The big reason for their optlm1sm Is the part-time business operation of Frank Mauzy and his brother John. The Mauzy brothers have hit on the scheme of riding motorcycles to scour suburban neighborhoods in search of lost animals. Mauzy contracts to search for a lost pet for three months at a cost of $10. lf he locates and returns the animal there Is another $20 charge. Petite Mrs. Mauzy handIes the phoned in reports of 6 missing pets while John and Frank ride the Dog Patrol on their motorcycle. Both ride the same bike so they can look to both sides of the street. They ride down alleys and vacant fields as well as city streets. Frank says the motorcycle "provides about ten times the mobility of a station wagon." The motorcycle has a side bene- Frank Mauzy uses his molorcycle as ball 10 draw losl docs oul of hldlne. fit. "Nine dogs out of ten," says Frank, "will chase a motorcycle. It's as good a way to stir UP a lost dog as on" in his own neighborhood;" The largest animals the Mauzy brothers have been asked to locate are horses. And there Is a surprising number of these running around loose In the suburbs and near suburbs of Dallas, and an occasional one in the Trln1ty River bottoms near the heart of· downtown. The Mauzys believe that theirs is the only service of Its kind in any city. It Is certainly a service any large city should have, where pets are always getting lost and hearts are always being broken because of It. Ardent cyclist Frank Is trying to elicit the assistance of his wide acquaintance among young motorcycle riders to look for hIs animals as they cruise the city. When he gets an organization going in Dallas he could start a school jpen branches, offer franchIses In other cities - but he wisely plays it by ear. Besides, he hasn't got too much time to dream; right now he's' looking for a strayed gelding and a perky little Pomeranian. He'S got to get going. be the really interesting one to watch for the remainder of the year. Larry Taylor didn't f1n1sh the Simi Valley GP which moved WUlIe Heckle into first. But Saturday night WUlIe didn't ride theStumpjumpers scramble and Larrydid,puttlng hIm back into first place. I can just see these two going down to the wire at the end of the season! Speaking of Hoclde's, Danny, WllUe's younger brother sustained a badly broken arm while riding at Trojan last week which will put him out for a while, but we know all of you who know him will send best wtshes and If you want to send aget-well-quick card, send it to Hockle's shop in Torrance and he'll get It. Gives you a bit of a boost when you're down and out and find out people careI Getting back to the Simi Valley Grand Prix fellow scramblers, if the desert brigade tells you a story about me, I deny It!!l Actually, I can't, and even find it funny myself (well almost; the bruises still show in a sldrt,) At the mudhole a whole group of us were cheering on our respective favorites and I did get alittle happy over the performances of Steve Nichols and Troy McKee who were running third and fourth and was doing a bit of bragging on their part to the" desertites" standIng there, when whoops, Jack Morgan got out of shape and came at us while doing all he could to straighten out. Who did he nail? Guess! As I was being picked up and dusted off the comments were, "Make fun of the desert riders, will you?" To which I replied , "Well, If you're going to get hit by one It might as well be the best," which is the way we've felt about Morgan for years. But cheers, desert people, you scored five points on that one, it couldn't have been more perfect for timing If we'd rehearsed it! We think Terry Dorsch'sletterprlnted in Voices last week makes a very important point, and a tIP of the helmet to you Terry for taking time to write it. A letter means agreatdeaI.As Terry says, these GrandS Prixpay desert, motocross and scrambles points, yet In some cases dIscriminate against the scrambler with his "TT" scrambles equipment. Sure, If you ride a Grand Prix you .... .. .. By Bob Caudle Bultaco apart and fixed his and came out to win the second moto, with Jessop second. ThIs gave both riders the same amount of points. Everyone knew the third moto was going to bea real race. Meyers came through first and Jessop second with the rest of the pack 11ghtlng for position until Yamaha dealer Ken Lighthouse got off hard in the mud hole taking three other bikes with him. This gave the leaders room to really stretch out. Ken was hauled off the course but at last report wasn't hurt, just badly shaken.. Tough luck for a good rider. in the meantime Meyers fln1shed first with Jessop right behind hlm. In the 360 class a DIrt Diggers North mp.mber Lowell Wal1ace(Hus) and a little known rider from Elko, Nev. Ernest Fordin (Mal) were really battling It out until Fordln fell in the water hole and . flooded his Malco. Wallace pulled an overall first with Fordln a firm second. The open class only had three riders, these fellows raced two four !aJl motos with Fred Rogers (Tri) getting tlrst by a full lap in both motos. The powder puff was uP next with four hardy souls ready to battle with the mud and dust. Judy Aja (Hon) borrowedapalr of Big John boots about six inches too large and started to put it on the rest of the girls. Judy crashed in a sandy section and was passed by referee Bill Miller's wife ClaudIa (Yam) who came in for the win. The Sandblasters plan to hold another event later In the fall, and we look forward to it as they do put on a good race. (Results on page 2Ci) YAMAH of EI Monte Sales and S.rvl c. 2159 N. Durf•• Av•• EI Monte, Cal. 91732 SI....d barr.1 sa..s costly replac....nt of barr.1 when scarr.d by broken rine or s.lzed piston. Also allows for reborlne 10 .30 over. (213) 442-5800 UWASAII Headquarters BEACH CITIES CYCLES S25 N. EI Camino Real San CI.ment., Callfomla (714) 492-6141 .. ~- .......... :0: lo:1 ..:I should be prepared tor aoytId.qs, but most ~ ride tbese events for tfIe sbeer eben..... I:,) although hopiqt for a few points. But, If you scramble weeklY 011 a Husqftrllll, a 360 Greaves or a Malco etc. you staDd a better bet to f1n1sh witll mon polots thaD tile chaP with say a 500 Triumpb set ql for TT's. Right? In the 40- iDch class Ibe desert sleds will even ~ lDgetber better than our thoroughbred TT rigs butin the glop that occurs somewhere 0II8't'llJ'Y GP course, they can still be in trouble while tile motocross~scrambleS machines will knife through. That is wIlY we hope, that in 1970 the Competltloo Committee will do wbat It has been discussing. No more Grands Prix for points. 1bere will still be the glory of ridIng them, tfIe trophIes etc. but the unfairness will be taken out. Not only that, It's getttnr so there are too many GP's. Remember when the only one we iIad was Corriganville and how much that meant each year? Too much of a good thing kills It and at the risk of offendIng peoPle, we'd l1ke to see just two per yeaI:Corr1ganv11le (or whatever they'll call1t) and the Grjpsters at Elsinore. In two short years that has become a classic. Another bunch of letters we'd like to comment on are those from the people concerned about the loss or condition of our TT tracks. We understand the one at South Bay Is out of sight and plan a trip there some Sunday. But there's a point well taken that if some local landowner would build a track like Prado Park was and we mean LIKE Prado,notahalf-shot imitation, he could make himself some money and the clubs hosting at the track would make out fine too. Just watch the big bikes re-appear. We lost Prado because the Government lease ran out and the property was marked for a state park, Dot for any other reason •••anyWay should anyone have some land close in and want to copy Prado get a hold of us c/o Cycle News and we'll put you in touch with the original builders. Oh boy, Is a trackllke that needed! On A ugust 17th at Bay Mare there will be a motocross at Bay Mare put 00 by the American Motocross Club with the proceeds going to the Americans going to Europe. There's also a point run the same day but don't forget, our g'lIyS need all the support we can give them, so let's have a good turn-out. S,,"".sfers HoI" Hera", Scorc'er WINNEMUCCA, NEVADA, July 27, 1969 - A newly formed motorcycle club in northern Nevada, the Winnemucca Sandblasters, held their first annual motocross on wbat the riders thought was the hottest day in Nevada. The temperature soared to 100 early in the day when the sky clouded over in the afternoon to make for some good racing.' The Sandblasters wanted to make everyone haPpy for their first race so they gave away 28 trophies to a total of 54 entries. The course consisted of about a half mUe of grass, complete with one mudhole and one water crossing then down an abandoned pole line road for the rema.in1ng half mile for a total of a mile of slick grass, mud and dust. The water crossing took its toll on everyone, but the 100's seemed to have the most trouble. Every 100 seemed to fall at least once. The overall 100Cc winner, Steve Woerner (Bul) from Reno was really flying over the course. Steve fell in the water twice, picked UP his bike and still kept his quarter mile lead over "Ghost" Thomas (Hod), but try as he would Ghost just couldn't catch Steve. There was no question as to the overall winner in the l25cc class. John Schmidt (Yam) also from Reno, won all three motos hands down. John went through the mud and water looking more like a professional than a novice. The 250' s were the race of the day. Merle Jessop (Yam) won the first moto and Bob Meyers (Bul) pushed in for his second place. Meyers took a friends E SAFETY DESIGN e.,.p;ol Prese.f.Iio.s Gary Bailey - Elsinore Larry Hineselman - Orange Co. Jim AsbWllrth - Orange Co. Ask for the Choice of ChamPions at your dealer HOW D.al.r 01 til....... Honda Del R.y 4421 S. SepUlveda

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